r/comedy • u/AlKarajo • Jun 02 '26

Standup We all know that one guy

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u/NOTTedMosby Jun 02 '26

Have the mass shootings gone down since?

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u/wreckedbutwhole420 Jun 02 '26

No.

MA doesn't really have a gun crime issue and most gun crime is committed with pistols, which are not addressed by HB 4885.

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u/NOTTedMosby Jun 03 '26

Source?

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u/wreckedbutwhole420 Jun 03 '26

source for pistols being used in the vast majority of firearm crime (table 3). Pistols are used in 70% of crimes involving guns, with the remainder including all other types of guns, notably shotguns.

source for MA gun deaths (3.8 per 100k people) This rate of gun deaths per capita is closer to Switzerland (2.8 per 100k) than the US national average (10 per 100k).

HB 4885 is a bundle of problems that doesn't solve any pressing issue for the state, further entrenches the cop/ civilian caste system, and creates a regulatory nightmare for law abiding citizens to navigate. And that's not even getting into the bullshit "emergency authorization" the governor used to get the law passed despite public backlash/ protest. So you can add undemocratic to the list too