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minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down17·edit-21 day agoI’m all for guns but keep them responsibly. Which most gun owners seem completely incapable of doing so. Edit: I’m amazed at how people have went from “all guns bad” to “you need a gun” due to the election.
minus-squareBlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·1 day ago most gun owners seem completely incapable of doing so. You got a source for “most” gun owners being “completely incapable of doing so?” Cause I’ve yet to see a study that says any of what you said above.
minus-squareMellowYellow13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down11·1 day agoSchool shootings on the regular, that’s your study in real life.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down3·1 day agoAnd what percentage of gun owners are the source of the weapons of school shooters? And before you go off on a tangent, gun regs are a good things, background checks are good, red flag laws are good.
minus-squareMellowYellow13@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down9·1 day agoAnd what percentage of killings in the US and death by kids and otherwise are caused be guns?
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 day agohttps://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/15018548
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down9·1 day agoThe fact that there are more guns than people is one of the top reasons children die in America.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·1 day agoYeah. It is. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down5·2 days agoThere are more guns than people in the USA. The numbers dont really paint the picture that most gun owners can’t safely own guns.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·1 day agoThe fact that there are more guns than people is one of the top reasons children die in America.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day agoConsidering they’re just above traffic fatalities I suppose it would be fair to say most drivers are incapable of safely keeping cars too.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 day agoYou would be correct. Who would’ve thought humans can’t responsibly operate literal death machines?
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoYou think thats bad you should see how dangerous the average kitchen is, full of detergents, heavy acids, heavy bases, knives, fire and gas sources. Literal death rooms those have got to go along with cars im with ya.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 day agoYeah, you’re right! Deliberately misinterpreting the argument solves everything!
I’m all for guns but keep them responsibly. Which most gun owners seem completely incapable of doing so.
Edit: I’m amazed at how people have went from “all guns bad” to “you need a gun” due to the election.
You got a source for “most” gun owners being “completely incapable of doing so?”
Cause I’ve yet to see a study that says any of what you said above.
School shootings on the regular, that’s your study in real life.
And what percentage of gun owners are the source of the weapons of school shooters?
And before you go off on a tangent, gun regs are a good things, background checks are good, red flag laws are good.
And what percentage of killings in the US and death by kids and otherwise are caused be guns?
Don’t deflect.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/15018548
The fact that there are more guns than people is one of the top reasons children die in America.
No it isn’t.
Yeah. It is.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens
There are more guns than people in the USA. The numbers dont really paint the picture that most gun owners can’t safely own guns.
The fact that there are more guns than people is one of the top reasons children die in America.
Considering they’re just above traffic fatalities I suppose it would be fair to say most drivers are incapable of safely keeping cars too.
You would be correct.
Who would’ve thought humans can’t responsibly operate literal death machines?
You think thats bad you should see how dangerous the average kitchen is, full of detergents, heavy acids, heavy bases, knives, fire and gas sources. Literal death rooms those have got to go along with cars im with ya.
Yeah, you’re right! Deliberately misinterpreting the argument solves everything!
Almost there.