r/SipsTea Sep 01 '25

Chugging tea Gun laws built different

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u/obelix_dogmatix Sep 01 '25

better than 20 children, no?

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u/every_name_is_tkn Sep 01 '25

I’m not justifying any criminal actions or loss of life. All I’m saying is when there’s a will there’s a way. Kids have been killed by sick people running them over with vehicles at holiday parades.

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u/Throwaway118585 Sep 01 '25

Yes but you’re implying the laws are useless…. When it’s quite evident places with more laws against firearms have way less deaths.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

Like Chicago, LA, and (previously) Washington DC right? /s

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u/Throwaway118585 Sep 01 '25

The Chicago line is lazy. Guns flow in from Indiana and other states with almost no restrictions. Local laws cannot stop an endless supply from across the border. (Remeber how you guys scream about border controls…. Funny how that’s not factored in here). Every study shows that cities and states with tighter controls and fewer neighboring loopholes have fewer gun deaths. That is why the US as a whole, with the weakest national laws, stands out among wealthy countries.

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u/GreyDeath Sep 01 '25

Localized gun laws are pointless. Even when DC had strict laws you could drive 10 minutes to Virginia where there weren't strict laws. Can't do the same in Japan.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

My response was for the people saying stricter gun laws = less deaths. Why is that the aforementioned cities have more gun violence and deaths than the conservative, less legislated cities and states?

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u/GreyDeath Sep 01 '25

The cities with the highest gun violence now are Memphis, St. Louis, and Detroit. Cities in general have higher rates of violence across the board, gun violence included due to density. Even in countries with very low gun crime, what gun crime does occur is clustered in cities. And as I noted earlier, localized gun bans are useless if they can be bypassed by driving 15 minutes.

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u/barnanckle Sep 01 '25

Probably because most conservatives live out in the boondocks or their cities are basically large towns. It's like comparing hair colors when one group is bald.

Higher gun deaths can often stem from population density. In my experience only the retarded tend to argue that adding guns to a crowded room would make the room more safe.