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im probably going to get karma bombed for the provocative title alone, but i don't care. i need to vent.
i honestly belive there is something wrong with people who oppose gun control, im almost tempted to challange their sanity and mental health when i speak to one because i can only see their rhetoric as outlandish and illogical.
gun control exists in every western country on earth. the only place that suffers from constant mass shootings is also, incidentally, the only nation that doesn't have any proper gun control.
and yet these americans, can't put 1+1 together, and instead chose to blame video games, movies, comic books and simply anything just not to admit the rampant gun problem.
the US is the only country on earth where you need a license to drive a car, but not for carrying a firearm, is simply insane.
and every argument i encountered for opposing gun control completely falls flat on its face when challanged with logic.
"its a constitutional right"
blind worship of the 2nd amendment seems completely pathetic to me. it's not holy scripture, it's written by other humans who can err, but even ignoring that, the constitution was written in a much different time, when self-loading guns didn't exist and people lived on the frontier.
"blame the man, not the gun, – real criminals would be able to acquire a gun illegally anyway"
that's the only argument that makes some sense. but here's the thing – most of the mass-shootings were comitted with LEGALLY purchased guns – and i have data to prove it: https://www.kunc.org/post/1982-74-percent-mass-shooters-obtained-their-guns-legally#stream/0
not to mention that people who are smart enough to get a gun illegally are also sane enough not to commit a mass shooting. because as you know, almost all mass shootings were done by mentally deranged and dysfunctional people – you know, the people are are usually incapable of stealthily dealing in illegal guns.
but even if we throw all these facts out the window, if gun control helps to save even a single life, it's already worth implementing!
"The US already has gun control"
except its so minimal it might as well not be there. all they do is a light background check to see if the gun-purchaser in question had comitted a felony punishable by 1+year in prison or was sent to a mental institution in the past. THAT'S IT.
there are requirements for gun license, no mental health analysis, no check of smaller felonies. and worst of all – all these checks can easily be bypassed by purchasing a gun online or from private sellers.
"we need guns to overthrow the government when it will become corrupt"
- that's just laughable, do these people really think their little AR-15's and casual shooting at bottles will be able to stand against the US army – that has tanks, artillery, bombers, heavy MG's and soldiers with some of the best military training in the world? what are they thinking???
"without guns, the terrorsit will just use knives instead"
that's the whole damn point! because knives are 100x less deadly than guns!
can a knife-wielding lunatic kill 15 people in 30 seconds? of course not! at maximum, he will be able to stab 2-3 people before being shot by police, or overpowered by a crowd. hell, all it takes is just one strong man to pick up a chair or a plank to neutralize a stabber.
not to mention that stab victims are far more likely to survive their injury than a shooting victim.
my country has a rampant terrorist problem, 20 years ago there were mass shootings and bombings on a weekly basis. lo and behold, after our forces cracked down on their illegal weapon workshops and implemented strong gun laws, mass shootings have become incredibly rare and when a stabbing does happen, there are barely any casualties.
"you just want to take our guns away"
the worst and stupidest of them all, gun control doesn't mean the universal ban of guns, i have no idea who spread that stupidity, if you'er a law-abiding citizen with no record of mental-health issues or criminal activity, you will keep your gun.
so when all these arguments can easily by dismantled and invalidated with simple logic, why are there so many people who oppose gun laws???
(edit: holy shit what a long post, i vented so hard i didn't realize i made a wall of text :C