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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Exceptions for active military can work because they are subject to the far more strict ucmj. Cops are a real problem though, they kill 1000 or so people every year with minimal consequence.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    1200 last year, that we know of. Cops self report their crimes. There is no law that requires them to report if they have committed a murder.

    https://policeviolencereport.org/

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Not so fun fact cops were invented to prevent people like us from stealing crates in the harbor 200 years ago. They used to be just upper class people who patrolled the port. They didn't always exist, so it's just as possible for them to cease to exist. A society without goons in blue is possible. Cops protect the owners of the country. edit: Why can't we commoners set up our own force to protect us the regular people?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The ucmj being strict is worth little against someone taking up his guns and going rampage.

    Why does anyone from the Police or Military need to own firearms privately? The only reason i could think of is training, but that is a responsibility of the employer, to give enough training to the cops and soldiers.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Private ownership of guns is allowed, asking why anyone needs it is non sequitur.

    You need to decide if you are ok with living in a free society or not. In a free society people are going to be able to do bad stuff sometimes.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What makes you a more free person? Much smaller risk of death and suicide or owning guns? Lol

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Being able to choose either of those myself is unarguably the freest. The real question is the conflicting rights. If the right to own guns is conflicting with the right to life liberty and the persuit of happiness then we need to find a resolution. Legally speaking when two rights collide like this the they typically try and preserve as much of both rights as possible. Thats not what every gun control advocate wants though. Everyone has a different version of how it should shake out.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    That's where the gun culture comes in. America has none, they just have guns and no protective, strict culture of do's and don'ts around them. Not everything has to be restricted by law if a society decides that there are still rules. We have a social rule that when we sneeze or cough we put something in front of our mouth. It is not a law, but it is a healthy social rule that is helpful; everyone accepts that they are not free to sneeze in other people's faces. You need either gun laws or gun culture, Switzerland chose more culture, Germany more law, both work. America chose ... more guns and the "freedom" to shoot them in other people's faces. That's stupid and dangerous.

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