▲ 1193 ▼ "It's a mental health problem!" (i.postimg.cc) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 466 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Vegasimov@reddthat.com 32 points 2 years ago (51 children) Every country that currently has gun control laws, at some point didn't have gun control laws and did have an armed population They all managed to pull it off, the USA is unique in thinking this is an impossible task. And they haven't even tried permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 52 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Every country that currently has gun control laws, at some point didn't have gun control laws and did have an armed population Many of those countries had only an armed aristocracy, and they made those laws to keep firearms out of everyone's hands before there were hundreds of millions of armed people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aux@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) No. All these countries had crap loads of guns. UK is a good example. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Interestingly enough, you can still purchase rifles and shotguns in the UK… you can even purchase an AR-15 or a Beretta ARX 160 legally in the UK so long as it’s chambered for .22LR and approved by the police. You just have to tell them it’s for a shooting club; not self defense. When the UK passed their laws, it was more targeting handguns. One of the biggest problems around guns in America is the culture. Dickbags seem to want to associate manhood with the usage of this one specific type of tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You can buy pretty much anything in the UK if you meet legal requirements. People have machine guns and even bloody tanks. But they have them for a good and valid reason and don't go on killing rampages. Guns regs don't mean no guns. Gun regs mean no guns for idiots. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (50 replies)
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Every country that currently has gun control laws, at some point didn't have gun control laws and did have an armed population Many of those countries had only an armed aristocracy, and they made those laws to keep firearms out of everyone's hands before there were hundreds of millions of armed people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aux@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) No. All these countries had crap loads of guns. UK is a good example. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Interestingly enough, you can still purchase rifles and shotguns in the UK… you can even purchase an AR-15 or a Beretta ARX 160 legally in the UK so long as it’s chambered for .22LR and approved by the police. You just have to tell them it’s for a shooting club; not self defense. When the UK passed their laws, it was more targeting handguns. One of the biggest problems around guns in America is the culture. Dickbags seem to want to associate manhood with the usage of this one specific type of tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You can buy pretty much anything in the UK if you meet legal requirements. People have machine guns and even bloody tanks. But they have them for a good and valid reason and don't go on killing rampages. Guns regs don't mean no guns. Gun regs mean no guns for idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aux@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) No. All these countries had crap loads of guns. UK is a good example. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Interestingly enough, you can still purchase rifles and shotguns in the UK… you can even purchase an AR-15 or a Beretta ARX 160 legally in the UK so long as it’s chambered for .22LR and approved by the police. You just have to tell them it’s for a shooting club; not self defense. When the UK passed their laws, it was more targeting handguns. One of the biggest problems around guns in America is the culture. Dickbags seem to want to associate manhood with the usage of this one specific type of tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You can buy pretty much anything in the UK if you meet legal requirements. People have machine guns and even bloody tanks. But they have them for a good and valid reason and don't go on killing rampages. Guns regs don't mean no guns. Gun regs mean no guns for idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Interestingly enough, you can still purchase rifles and shotguns in the UK… you can even purchase an AR-15 or a Beretta ARX 160 legally in the UK so long as it’s chambered for .22LR and approved by the police. You just have to tell them it’s for a shooting club; not self defense. When the UK passed their laws, it was more targeting handguns. One of the biggest problems around guns in America is the culture. Dickbags seem to want to associate manhood with the usage of this one specific type of tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You can buy pretty much anything in the UK if you meet legal requirements. People have machine guns and even bloody tanks. But they have them for a good and valid reason and don't go on killing rampages. Guns regs don't mean no guns. Gun regs mean no guns for idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aux@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You can buy pretty much anything in the UK if you meet legal requirements. People have machine guns and even bloody tanks. But they have them for a good and valid reason and don't go on killing rampages. Guns regs don't mean no guns. Gun regs mean no guns for idiots. permalink fedilink source parent
