Is it because alcohol, tobacco, and firearms also have legal pathways? So they spend time tracking down cheats and checking/enforcing regulations?

  • Beemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.de
    85·
    11 months ago

    So I have no idea about guns but would you say there is no legislative way to end the fact that the USA is the only first world country with a mass shooting like every other day?

    Again I am not arguing for or against any one particular measure or ban.
    I don’t know anything about high cap mags or whatever.
    But I do know that other countries seem to show a correlation between stricter gun laws and less fatalities by gun.

    Or is it your 2nd amendment that stands in the way of effective legislative measures?

    It just seems like a problem that should be so easy to solve and as a European it just seems strange that you guys seem to be completely unable to even make improvements.

    • Garbanzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      other countries seem to show a correlation between stricter gun laws and less fatalities by gun.

      Other countries have universal healthcare and functioning social services. I suspect there’s a stronger correlation between those things and lower levels of violence of all types.

    • AnotherRyguy@lemmy.world
      52·
      11 months ago

      I think the issue here is that lawmakers don’t know enough about guns to write laws to regulate them effectively. They just ban things that sound dangerous because it makes it look like they’re doing things without actually having to do things.

      Republicans have a legitimate argument that Democrat gun control laws are fucking stupid, and Democrats have a legitimate argument that we need more gun control. Most of us just sit here wishing you can be allowed to own a gun, but not buy a fucking assault rifle from some random dickhead at at a gun fair.

    • SolOrion@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      11 months ago

      It would require a constitutional amendment to outright ban guns, and our Congress can’t agree on year to year budgeting. Getting the required votes to ban guns would be functionally impossible. Honestly even if it didn’t require an amendment I don’t think it would be realistically passed as a regular law.

      So: banning guns outright is off the table entirely.

      More gun controls always seemed to be approached in an incredibly stupid way- they tend to ban the scary things rather than the dangerous things.