Anonymous landtrust 10w

We keep hearing that legal gun-owners, in general, are more law-abiding than society as a whole, so they’d just obey the new law, right?

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Anonymous #4 10w

“We keep hearing” is vague. I doubt they’d give up their guns

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Anonymous #3 10w

Why?

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Anonymous #4 10w

Legal gun owner here, im not surrendering my firearms

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Anonymous #3 10w

Not surrendering, selling. When New Zealand did it, the govt compensated owners an average $1,097 per gat (converted to US dollars)

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Anonymous #4 10w

Thats a fine program, but I still wouldn’t sell all my firearms

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Anonymous #5 10w

They (rightfully so) point out how the current administration’s policies are unconstitutional, and so would a gun ban be

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

How would banning the firearms that I own save lives?

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Anonymous #3 10w

That’s understandable but the current SCOTUS has been fine with overturning precedent. If a future SCOTUS overturns DC vs Heller, the concept of modern-day gun ownership is gone lol

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Anonymous #5 10w

Which would be a very bad thing, would be nice for the scotus to stop taking rights away for a while

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Anonymous #3 10w

I’m not sure how specifying that they’re guns that you own changes anything but less guns means less shootings, really not more complicated than that. Interactions that elsewhere would be a physical altercation or yelling match often turn deadly in a country where everybody is armed.

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

A country with fewer guns is a country that is safer for our kids, teachers, police officers, parade goers…etc. I know everyone thinks they’re responsible enough for gun ownership just like they think they’re responsible enough to commute to work at 120mph. Still, people make mistakes and limiting this huge risk (in my opinion) is far worth the trade off since they don’t really make us safer anyway

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

The firearms in my possession are at no risk of being used to harm someone

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Anonymous #3 10w

I just don’t think that’s true. Nothing against you personally but just like people assume there’s no risk in driving fast if you’re a good driver, it’s also wrong to assume there’s no risk associated with your gun just because you’re careful. What if a kid came across it while you had it out of the safe? What if you yourself had a suicidal episode? Any number of things could make that situation deadly

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

And we’re putting ourselves in such risky positions for what? Having a firearm increases your risk of dying from a shooting, it doesn’t make you any safer.

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

That being said I know we’ll never get the second amendment overturned or meaningfully changed so I think more common sense restrictions are the best we can realistically aim for

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

I get that those are real situations, but there hasn’t ever been a child in my apartment before. And it’s possible for them to be used in a suicidal episode, but then so could any of my kitchen knives, or my car

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Anonymous #3 10w

There hasn’t been before but if something unexpected arose then there would be a real danger. Something like that is rare but not that rare, thousands of kids get shot by accident every year. Most of those parents thought they were being plenty safe.

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

Driving makes me more likely to die in a car crash. Swimming at the lake with friends makes me more likely to drown. Really anything we actively do increases our risk of dying from it. That’s exactly why I’m a big believer in taking proper safety precautions, and advocating for others to do the same

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 10w

True on the suicide point but someone is much less likely to commit suicide the harder the method is. Suicidal episodes always pass, it’s much easier to shoot yourself in a moment of passion than it is to slit your wrists or set up something with your car

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