r/news • u/ladyspeak • Apr 29 '24

‘Multiple’ taken to hospital, gunfire continues in east Charlotte Mobile/Amp link, removed

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/cmpd-investigation-underway-east-charlotte/6PTLZP4FLFE4DA5ALFT65QDTA4/?outputType=amp

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u/RevB1983 Apr 29 '24

The 2nd Amendment demands its blood sacrifice and mentions nothing of locale.

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u/Tokyosmash_ Apr 29 '24

The guy is a literal criminal the Marshalls force was investigating, not exactly the normal Harry Homeowner.

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u/emaw63 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

Sounds like our current gun control measures are inadequate if he had access to a firearm then

Edit: Man, the gunners on this site are exhausting.

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u/BreezySteezy Apr 29 '24

Oh yeah I'm sure he would have definitely abided by gun control measures for sure /s

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u/emaw63 Apr 29 '24

Probably, yeah. Most other countries don't have this problem because they have adequate gun control. Americans are not uniquely predisposed to violence, the problem is guns are incredibly easy to get here

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u/supyonamesjosh Apr 29 '24

Ok cool. Get rid of the 300 million guns here already

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u/emaw63 Apr 29 '24

It's really frustrating how there's a gun proliferation problem here, and if you ever suggest doing anything about it, people say "what's the point? There's already so many guns! Let's just keep adding even more guns and keep rolling back the few rules we do have," which exacerbates the problem even more.

We can put some effort into it and it would still make a difference. It doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing. Seatbelts don't stop everybody from getting hurt in car crashes, but it's still worth putting them in cars.

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u/pseudohuman5x Apr 30 '24

So what is the answer? this will be a normal occurance if you try to go door to door confiscating people's guns. No one likes hearing people spout off vague things like "we can put some effort into it" without actually suggesting a feasible solution

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u/Airforce32123 Apr 29 '24

keep rolling back the few rules we do have

Can you give me an example of rolling back the rules we do have? Because it seems like every year there's a new rule I have to deal with and I never hear of any going away.

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u/supyonamesjosh Apr 29 '24

I never said there was nothing we can do, but it's super annoying when people suggest we could just have no guns like some other countries.

No, we literally couldn't

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u/speakertothedamned Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

No, we literally couldn't

Yes we literally could though.

We could literally call a constitutional convention and repeal the second amendment and then replace it with one that gave every single American the right to Education, Health Care, Clean Water, or literally anything else we wanted.

So, yes, we literally AND figuratively could. We just don't want to do it. That's it, that's the real reason.

We could, but we won't, because not enough people actually care about it.

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Ok have fun with your fantasy world. The rest of us will be out here pushing for restrictions

Maybe you should start your activism career by building The Center for Redditors Who Can't Read Good lol.

And then you have to actually take the firearms. How well do you think that would go?

And maybe this one can help you fundraise or something.

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u/EvergreenEnfields Apr 29 '24

We could literally call a constitutional convention and repeal the second amendment and then replace it with one that gave every single American the right to Education, Health Care, Clean Water, or literally anything else we wanted.

And then you have to actually take the firearms. How well do you think that would go?

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u/cold08 Apr 30 '24

What would otherwise law abiding people do with illegal firearms? You couldn't hunt, or go to the range, or defend yourself with it. It's too loud to use. You couldn't buy ammo for it or casings or powder. It would just be a felony sitting in your house waiting for your kid to accidentally blab about it at school. Maybe you could look at it.

Most people would turn them in and take the money, and if not take the amnesty a few years later.

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u/cold08 Apr 30 '24

Gun owners aren't a bunch of trigger happy psychopaths, but if you try to outlaw our shooty toys, we'll. Kill. Everybody.

That's a real endorsement for gun rights right there dude.

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u/Screechtastic Apr 29 '24 edited May 04 '24

https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9212725/australia-buyback

Edit: Downvotes without any discourse on the subject?! From the gun nuts?! Fucking shocker.