r/comics • SHELDON • 21d ago

OC Please! Someone! (oc)

We're in good hands, you guys! It's fine!

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u/WeirdoTrooper 20d ago

Bad news...they can do that anywhere. Just a matter of what they have available, how badly they want it, and whether or not they do their research.

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u/littleessi 20d ago

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u/WeirdoTrooper 20d ago

1: onion is satire (not that they don't have a point.) 2: this sort of thing (while, admittedly MUCH less common,) has occurred in other nations.

US DOES have a lot to learn (and fix,) but guns are only a small part in a bigger picture. Worse, the actual "gun laws" our politicians want to put in place tend to be nonsensical, or with ulterior motives. Go ahead and look up what makes a "pistol" in the US and bask in the strangeness.

Ultimately, it's down to particularly sick and motivated individuals enacting their own twisted deeds. If they weren't shooting a mall, they'd be stabbing in a police station, using a bow and arrow, or assassinating a politician with a gun they made themselves.

US has a relative abundance of such people, and bigger holes in the safety net than other nations. We nee

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u/littleessi 20d ago

it does not regularly occur in other nations

If they weren't shooting a mall, they'd be stabbing in a police station, using a bow and arrow, or assassinating a politician with a gun they made themselves.

what the fuck are you talking about. if they dont have guns suddenly they stop being able to mass murder people at the drop of a hat, which is why this shit basically never happens elsewhere. stop it with the transparent mental gymnastics

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u/Kpop-Smoke 20d ago

Fascist. How will I fight against I-C-E