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MoonRakerWindow t1_is8z8ua wrote

Clearly, the legislature needs to respond by loosening gun laws. Obviously an armed society is a polite society. Cooler winds would have prevailed in this situation if the kids as well as the adults were armed.

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thisismynewacct t1_isa9x2r wrote

These guys are the “law abiding gun owners” that 2A absolutists love to tout.

I mean they were, until they weren’t, which is too often the case.

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fishythepete t1_isbgc7m wrote

>I mean they were, until they weren’t, which is too often the case.

This isn’t the case at all. The data here is a little stale, but the vast majority of firearm charges brought are unlawful possession charges - I.e. for the prosecuted individual possession itself is unlawful, so the charged individual is not (and likely never was) a lawful owner. Adding in possession of stolen firearms and illegal transfer of firearms is almost the entirety of firearm crime prosecutions.

Law abiding gun owners are overwhelmingly just that.

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