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Gun Control & RKBA

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SarahD

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Wed Feb 14, 2024, 06:44 PM Feb 2024

Why we need to control guns AND people. [View all]

The NRA tells us it will.do no good to limit general public access to firearms. What we need to do, they say, is get a grip on mental health problems. This article makes it pretty evident we need to do both. Ordinary citizens have no need for military style assault rifles, and anyone with a history of violence or certain mental health problems should not have access to any firearm. We can go on insisting on the absolute right of anyone to own guns, and we can insist that people with severe emotional troubles cannot be dehumanized by restricting their activities, and it's all fine, as long as we don't mind mass shootings.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/us/lakewood-church-shooting-joel-osteen-texas/index.html

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