• PizzaMan@lemm.ee
    143·
    10 months ago

    The whole “what could have stopped X” question is a loaded one. But regardless, the answer is gun control, and U.S. law should learn from modern German law:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/germany-gun-control-laws-a4366996.html

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/london-evening-standard/

    It’s crazy how even this right wing sources seems to understand that gun control is necessary and a requirement for low gun death rates, given that they admit right at the begging of the article that they have amongst the lowest death rates out there.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

    Total:

    Germany: 1.04/capita

    United States: 12.21/capita

    Homicide only:

    Germany: 0.06/capita

    United States: 4.46/capita

    If more guns & lax gun laws made us safe, we would should expect to see the opposite. Yet we don’t, because anybody with half a brain understands that a tool whose purpose is to kill as easily as possible will make killing easier when it is around untrained people/people with insufficient reason to own it/people who store them poorly.

    That’s a 75x smaller gun homicide rate. We aren’t going to get that small of a rate without gun control.

    Inb4 somebody calls me a troll despite putting effort into this: fuck off

    • ConMod@lemm.eeM
      58·
      10 months ago

      Mate, here’s a great example of you intentionally pissing everyone off. Look at how much effort you put into the comment, you got sources and everything. But you’re still managed to piss everyone off, while maintaining a thin facade of civility. We can see past it at this point, you aren’t here to discuss or anything, just to troll.

      A try-hard troll is still a troll.

      I’m still going to let peepin make the final decision, but I fully recommend a ban.

        • Lusamommy
          43·
          10 months ago

          As long as he brings the arguments, it’s not something I’ll do

          The problem is that his arguments are made from faulty, intentionally dishonest foundations. It doesn’t matter how many random propaganda sites he links, the whole thing is still a heap of garbage and lies.

          • Lookin4GoodArgs@lemm.ee
            11·
            10 months ago

            So what?

            Do you think the solution to mis-/dis-information is censorship or otherwise attempting to marginalize what you believe are “garbage and lies”? What makes his arguments invalid? Which of his statements are false and lies? How do you know? And why are you definitely right and why is he definitely wrong?

            There’s this really interesting humans do. We become convinced of some viewpoint, whether through reason or, more likely, uncritical acceptance of some framework. It’s the right viewpoint. We assume others must also share our viewpoint. The truth is obvious to us. So disagreement is often treated as lies. The one who disagrees knows the truth, but chooses to say otherwise. They’re nefarious, despicable, and disrespectful for their duplicity in the face of an obvious truth.

            But here’s the thing: people genuinely hold beliefs different than you. What you see as “faulty, intentionally dishonest foundations” can only be true if you are of the mind of Pizzamane and can definitively say he believes in something else entirely. You must have the mind of Pizzamane. Unless you’re really a psychic, you cannot do that. He may actually believe the foundations of his beliefs and you’ve been wrong this whole time. You can’t know that’s true either.

            So what to do?

            As hard as it might be, you have no choice but to except Pizzamane and other liberals and leftists at face value. You can consider our beliefs as garbage all you want. But leftists have every right to participate in this community, just as you do. And, I assure you, we often consider your beliefs garbage. When we disagree, then we should argue about the arguments, the statements and conclusions.

            In short, he, or anyone else for that matter, will not be banned by me as long as they bring arguments. (…and don’t tell people to fuck off…😠)

            If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person wereof the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.—John Stuart Mill

            • Lusamommy
              31·
              10 months ago

              Do you think the solution to mis-/dis-information is censorship or otherwise attempting to marginalize what you believe are “garbage and lies”?

              Yes. When people continuously are shown to be bad actors uninterested in the actual facts, yes, it’s good for the health of a community built around discussion to remove such a person since all letting them stay does is place an extra burden on everyone else to continuously correct the lies such that they don’t propagate to unknowing people.

              • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
                21·
                10 months ago

                When people continuously are shown to be bad actors uninterested in the actual facts, yes, it’s good for the health of a community built around discussion to remove such a person

                Funny how this standard applies to me, but not the conservatives around here who are throwing insults around (one of whom is a mod).

                I believe there is a term for it, a double standard.

                I’d like for this community to have high quality discussions. But it never will so long as the rules aren’t enforced on conservatives and leftists alike.

        • ConMod@lemm.eeM
          25·
          10 months ago

          Thats fair, and thats exactly why I let you make the decision.

      • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
        83·
        10 months ago

        Mate, here’s a great example of you intentionally pissing everyone off.

        … by simply existing evidently.

        But you’re still managed to piss everyone off, while maintaining a thin facade of civility.

        If bringing up straight facts is enough to piss people off, then you guys are the problem, not me or the facts.

        you aren’t here to discuss or anything

        Then why the fuck would I be putting in the tiniest bit of effort? Trolls don’t put effort in.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
      311·
      10 months ago

      We have gun control. That is why the question the article asks is what law could have changed stopped it.

      We are not without gun laws here. We have a lot of laws in this

      • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
        102·
        10 months ago

        We have gun control.

        Some states have a small amount. The rest basically have none. And even the states that do have gun control pail in comparison to German gun control as Peepin pointed out.

        And you’re ignoring the fact that any given gun law is only as strong as the weakest gun law nationwide. Anybody can go traveling to another state where the gun laws are lax and get a gun.

        The gun control in this country is laughably weak as a result. Couple that with having the most guns per capita of any country out there, it’s a recipe for having a shooting basically every god damned day.

        • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
          310·
          10 months ago

          The rest basically have none

          The rest basically have non

          As I broke down, the requirements to own a gun in Germany and in America are very similar at the federal level. The weapons used in the shooting in Kansas CIty could have been purchased in Germany.

          • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
            82·
            10 months ago

            As I broke down, the requirements to own a gun in Germany and in America are very similar at the federal level.

            That is objectively false.

            Country Good reason required? Personal protection Long guns Handguns Semi automatic Fully automatic Open carry Concealed carry Mag cap limits Free of registration Max penalty (years)
            United States No Yes Permitless in most states – 4 states: Shall-issue permit – 17 states: Background check for all sales Permitless in most states Permitless in most states - 8 states: Shall-issue permit - 23 states: Background check for all sales Permitless in most states Restrictions in some states Pre-1986 only Permitless: 32 states - Shall issue: 12 states - May issue: 1 state - Anomalous: 1 state – Illegal: 4 states Permitless or shall-issue in all states Varies internally [Varies internally](Federal: 10 years, State: Varies)
            Germany Yes – sport shooting, hunting, collecting Proof of threat to life required – rarely granted Yes – shall issue Yes – shall issue Yes – shall issue No Proof of threat to life required – Near no issue in practice Proof of threat to life required – Near no issue in practice 20 (SACFP) No 10

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation

            And that’s before you get into all the other restrictions that germany has on a national level. To pick out a few:

            • Gun license required for pretty much everything that isn’t a musket

            • A license requires you to be over 18, be trustworthy, capable of owning a gun, have expert knowledge, and have a necessity for a gun

            • Ban on convicted felons, those with addictions or metal disorders from owning guns

            • Any weapon defined as a weapon of war is banned

            Gun control in the U.S. is nowhere near the level of gun control in Germany. A requirement for a license to own a gun in the U.S. would get shut down by the 2nd amendment so fucking hard not even the NSA would know the attempt was made.

            • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
              210·
              10 months ago

              Did you read the article I posted? Gun licensing is the equivalent of our process to purchase a firearm. And your article is wrong. Fully automatic systems are regulated in the United States at the federal level. Why you shouldn’t rely on Wikipedia for a topic you don’t understand. You see differences that really are not there. Necessity is easy to get past, you hunt, sport shoot, etc

              Still, how would any of these changed the Kansas City shooting? You keep trying to dodge the question of the article.

              • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
                93·
                10 months ago

                Fully automatic systems are regulated in the United States at the federal level.

                I understand how federalism works, evidently that skill escapes you.

                You can legally own a fully automatic gun in the U.S., unlike Germany. Even your cherypicked point is wrong.

                Still, how would any of these changed the Kansas City shooting?

                I’ve already answered this, and the answer went sailing over your head.

                • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
                  210·
                  10 months ago

                  Then clarify as I don’t see how how any of this would have stopped the shooting.

                  Your chart was wrong and I called it out. Are you intentionally posting false information since you knew it was wrong ?

                  You realize gun control really started during Nazi germany to keep the Jews from defend themselves. After the war it was the allies who stripped away most the gun rights to keep the population from attacking the allies.

        • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
          110·
          10 months ago

          They also ban fully automatic guns and severely restrict the acquisition of other types of weapons.

          Fully automatic weapons are heavily restricted here. Can you think of one ever being used in a crime? I can’t.

          Compulsory liability insurance is required for anyone who is licensed to carry firearms.

          Do you think that would change anything? Do you think the criminals would say, Oh Crap! I can’t afford the liability insurance. Do you think that would have stopped the Kansas City shooting?

          German gun laws restricts the acquisition, possession, and carrying of firearms to those with a creditable need for a weapon.

          That wouldn’t have stopped the Kansas City shooting either. They didn’t legally own the firearms.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
    32·
    10 months ago

    Let’s ask a similar question: what measures to oppose illegitimate voting would have stopped Trump from being elected in 2016?

    Wait a second though, wouldn’t denying the right to vote to a wide swatch of people be unconstitutional? Sure, if you want to prevent certain terrible people from being elected and the only tool you’re trying to use is regulating voting, then you’re going to have to prevent people with certain ideological views from voting. But wouldn’t that go against the core principles of the US constitution…?

    So what would have worked, if you don’t want to touch voting rights, or eliminate civil rights regarding speech and press?

    That’s a bit harder, isn’t it?

    So, let’s try this again: if you want to prevent gun violence, what would work that doesn’t infringe on constitutionally guaranteed civil rights?

    (And a note here: I did not and will not vote for Trump, any MAGA supporter, any christian nationalist, or any politician that supports gov’t censorship of any kind for any reason. I’m deeply disappointed that, whatever other social and economic disagreements I have with traditional conservatives, we can’t even agree that civil rights should be absolute.)

  • uzi@lemmy.ca
    28·
    10 months ago

    All the government needs to do is make murder illegal and then nobody will plan to hurt anyone and people will be nice to each other.

    Mark my words, once homicide is made illegal, nobody would dare violate what the law says they are not allowed to do.