Submitted by runninginsquare_s t3_10nuzwm in massachusetts
[deleted] t1_j6bt570 wrote
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aaronroot t1_j6bup3v wrote
Wait so laws only “work” on people who don’t break laws? Fascinating.
Justinontheinternet t1_j6ezrg3 wrote
Seems like someone got shot and killed with a gun, according to the article at least. If the laws prevented these deaths, like we’re told they will. Would this have still happened? 🤔
Because we’re trading a constitutional amendment for the promise that gun laws will prevent tragedies such as these. We’ve given up much of our 2a rights but they haven’t held up their end of the bargain and stopped these tragedies from happening. Which means these laws don’t work or politicians are lying.(insert shocked face here)
Hell I expect someone to get on tv within the next 48 hours and talk about creating more gun laws because of this. Despite their current gun laws not working hence here we are commenting on an article about another mall shooting.
Even the Holyoke mall doesn’t allow weapons but what they are doing in reality is disarming law abiding people while allow this shooter easy and helpless targets many of which are our friends, family and neighbors.
“No Weapons Allowed The possession of any weapon, other than by law enforcement personnel, is prohibited.”
http://www.holyokemall.com/uploads/pdf/holyoke_behavior_code.pdf
aaronroot t1_j6jtohv wrote
I don't expect you're looking for a conversation but I do wonder how it is that you expect incidents/deaths that were prevented from happening due to the existence of laws be accounted for. How can you account for something that never happened?
It seems more like you're noticing that laws don't prevent all crimes. "Do laws against murder prevent murder? Well how come we still have murders?"
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