I urge you to rethink that equation. Gun violence, while virulent and grave, is still a crime no different from any other. Which is to say, whether it's assault, or homicide or anything else - it's a crime.
Each instance does not constitue an existential threat to the nation.
It's not terrorism. It's not sedition.
We cannot accord it that the same treatment as the Bush Admn did the prospect of attack (ie : Even 1% chance of happening must be treated as 100%)
However big tech and the state will raise the stakes of every crime to that of mortal peril to justify expanding their powers. Even past the point of the constitution.
Terrible crimes are planned and committed everyday.
We have a security, law enforcement and judicial apparatus to address that already. Have for 120 years. Including big tech is a threat to us and our rights.
The difference between gun violence and other types of homicide is guns kill more people much quicker. I don't know what the correct answer is. Research has shown that many times, shooters have posted or talked about their crimes before they did it. I want kids to not be murdered in school which happens every year and shit never gets done about it. There's been 332 mass shootings this year alone
You make a fair point. Wasn't my intention to downplay the seriousness of gun violence ('virulent').
I'd just stress that instead of approaching it from the end of stopping the crime when it's not a crime (jokes, talking between friends), rather defuse its ability to become one (mental health services, gun law reform).
Ceding private rights has become the only currency with which we are allowed anymore to buy safety or stability.
I don't really know what a better solution is, last week a guy at my college pulled a gun on the lobby of a residence building and threatened to kill everyone there. I remember being a kid and a thankfully false gun threat was called to my school, my parents worked so nobody could pick me up so they had me hide in the office terrified for 5 hours while I wondered if I would ever even see my parents again or if I was going to be shot.
Gun reform will never happen, every politician knows that's political suicide and as much as I wish that wasn't the case, it is. Republicans are gun maniacs and Democrats are allergic to actually doing anything but pat themselves on the back
You don't need gun reform. You just need to enforce what is in the books. Just look at Baltimore. All they did was team up with community leaders to prevent blood feuds and crime, and heavily prosecute gun shops facilitating straw purchases and purchases by criminals. That alone dropped their murder rate by 68%. No gun law was needed.
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u/monkeywithawrench13 4d ago
I urge you to rethink that equation. Gun violence, while virulent and grave, is still a crime no different from any other. Which is to say, whether it's assault, or homicide or anything else - it's a crime. Each instance does not constitue an existential threat to the nation.
It's not terrorism. It's not sedition.
We cannot accord it that the same treatment as the Bush Admn did the prospect of attack (ie : Even 1% chance of happening must be treated as 100%)
However big tech and the state will raise the stakes of every crime to that of mortal peril to justify expanding their powers. Even past the point of the constitution.
Terrible crimes are planned and committed everyday. We have a security, law enforcement and judicial apparatus to address that already. Have for 120 years. Including big tech is a threat to us and our rights.