• Benjaben@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    It really would be a strange kind of uniquely American poetry if our school shooting problem inverted itself into a megacorp CEO shooting solution.

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      7 hours ago

      If a few more CEOs gets off’d, they’ll ram gun control legislation through congress faster than Trump can wolf down a Big Mac.

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        3 hours ago

        A papercut that draws blue blood is a bigger issue to these freaks than a river of poor corpses.

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        6 hours ago

        Historically it’s been threats to the owner / controller class that have produced serious gun control legislation in the US, so you are probably right! But if you mean actual confiscation a la Australia, pretty sure that’s off the table here. Sincerely think it’d spark a war no matter who sincerely attempts it or why.