Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoMultiple people shot at Iowa high school on the first day after winter break, officials saywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareAlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThey use our guns in that “country to the south.” Often procured through the direct incompetence of our own officials.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoAnd how much would you like to bet that the US gun manufacturers will open up shop in Mexico if a gun ban is implemented? Again, guns are a symptom, and banning them is nothing more than a bandaid. I’m not some 2A nut either. I don’t actually own any guns.
minus-squareAlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoDude. Mexico has some of the strictest gun laws on earth. You can only legally buy a gun inside a single military base in the whole country.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI’m sure they also have laws against cocaine, but that doesn’t stop it from being trafficked. Cartels tend to be largely above the law.
They use our guns in that “country to the south.” Often procured through the direct incompetence of our own officials.
And how much would you like to bet that the US gun manufacturers will open up shop in Mexico if a gun ban is implemented?
Again, guns are a symptom, and banning them is nothing more than a bandaid.
I’m not some 2A nut either. I don’t actually own any guns.
Dude. Mexico has some of the strictest gun laws on earth. You can only legally buy a gun inside a single military base in the whole country.
I’m sure they also have laws against cocaine, but that doesn’t stop it from being trafficked. Cartels tend to be largely above the law.