▲ 361 ▼ Lewiston, Maine shootings leave at least 16 dead (www.cnn.com) submitted 2 years ago by farcaster@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 118 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] bus_go_fast@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Clent@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) A large chunk decided to pretend gun laws were never a thing. Maybe it's because western movies went out of style, where refusing to turn your guns over to the sheriff was the entire plot point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] superguy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Pretty much the ruling class decided they'd be richer if more people bought guns, so guess what people did? permalink fedilink source parent [–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago It's not really as complex as people make out. The gun lobby profits from gun sales. Mass shootings increase gun sales, which in turn increase mass shootings, giving them the growth they demand. But mass shootings also increase demand for gun control, so the gun lobby spends millions of dollars openly bribing Republicans, millions more in courts fighting progressives, and undisclosed amounts astro-turfing and seeding talking points online. The spreadsheets say that's the path to maximum profits, so that's the path they take. They simply don't care about these 22 people or the 220 before that or the 2,200 before that. It will never be their kids expensive school. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Clent@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) A large chunk decided to pretend gun laws were never a thing. Maybe it's because western movies went out of style, where refusing to turn your guns over to the sheriff was the entire plot point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] superguy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Pretty much the ruling class decided they'd be richer if more people bought guns, so guess what people did? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] superguy@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Pretty much the ruling class decided they'd be richer if more people bought guns, so guess what people did? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago It's not really as complex as people make out. The gun lobby profits from gun sales. Mass shootings increase gun sales, which in turn increase mass shootings, giving them the growth they demand. But mass shootings also increase demand for gun control, so the gun lobby spends millions of dollars openly bribing Republicans, millions more in courts fighting progressives, and undisclosed amounts astro-turfing and seeding talking points online. The spreadsheets say that's the path to maximum profits, so that's the path they take. They simply don't care about these 22 people or the 220 before that or the 2,200 before that. It will never be their kids expensive school. permalink fedilink source parent