• Sagan_Wept@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 day ago

    If he had a history of domestic violence it would literally take only one of those to be reported and have him charged with. All his guns would be taken from him

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      16 hours ago

      The logic of that has never made sense to me. If you’re taking his guns away it’s acknowledging that he is a significant enough danger to others that he can’t have access to weapons. If it’s already gone that far why not lock him up to keep him away from the people he is a danger to? It’s not like he couldn’t go on to harm them with some other weapon in the future.

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        12 hours ago

        Because there is a greater threshold of due process needed to imprison someone (like a conviction in court of law) rather than disarming them.

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          But why is that acceptable? They’re either dangerous or they’re not. Removing their guns doesn’t remove their ability to do harm. It only removes one specific method. How are we arriving at the point of taking their guns if not via a conviction in a court of law?

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            Literally everyone is a potential harm to others regardless of if guns are involved. You’re talking about delving into massive gray areas and applying black-and-white logic to them. Someone with anger issues shouldn’t have a gun, but they shouldn’t be in prison either. Same deal with people with mental health issues and children. No one should have a gun imo, but confiscating them on a case-by-case basis is a better solution than the jack shit some groups would prefer to do, and it shouldn’t only happen in criminal cases.

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        12 hours ago

        Ah, so guaranteeing the patriarch has access to firearms is really an act of mercy for his victims.

        But why guns? What about syringes of phenol? Make sure each man has one for each family member so he can perform painless honor killings. This seems like something a healthy society would do.

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        Guns are either kept in a locked box/rack, or on you/close at hand.

        Knives are found in the kitchen. Ive never seen anyone put down a gun in the kitchen and just walk away from it for half a day

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        People are much less likely to actually use knives than guns. And if they do, their target has a greater chance to get away.