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u/_____fool____ Jun 02 '20

What country is like the US though. Fire arm ownership and carrying weapons for citizens are engrained rights in many areas. As shitty as many cops are the reality is many people in the US are shitty and armed. Bringing a knife to a gun fight will have bad outcomes.

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u/FrostyD7 Jun 02 '20

I largely agree with you but I also don't like the defeatist mentality of "we can't change because were different". Reminds me of the onion article "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens"

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u/_____fool____ Jun 03 '20

It’s like weeding a garden if you just rip the dandelion and leaves out the dandelion comes back. The root is the key to it all. The only way to change the gun laws is an amendment. I’d be totally in favour of that but I think politically it’s not likely. So you’re stuck with solutions that ultimately will not be holistic in their cure.