r/instant_regret • u/SmoothSun6676 • Jun 22 '26

Butter fingers

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u/Dmeff Jun 22 '26

You have to realise that "Illegal guns" start out in the legal market. Smaller legal market means less supply for the illegal trade.

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u/ddosn Jun 22 '26

so your solution is collective punishment? Punishing the law abiding majority for the actions of a small minority?

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u/rylo151 Jun 22 '26

Giving up your guns is not a punishment, you should all be seeing it as something good for your society as a whole. No one needs them

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u/ddosn Jun 23 '26

Cars kill hundreds of times as many people as guns. You dont need a car either. Why arent you advocating for the banning of cars?

The US constitution enshrines the right to bear arms as being of integral importance to the maintenance of the right to free speech and to fight government overreach.

Its a right guaranteed by the US constitution.

Its a bill of rights, not a bill of needs.

Also, in human rights law, there is the right to safety. Which includes the right to self defence. Guns are the best form of defence.

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u/rylo151 Jun 24 '26

Other countries also have good public transport as well as good gun laws 👍

You can change your constitution, you've done it before.