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minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down16·11 months agoIsn’t it strange how the US has had formidable firearms freedoms for >200 years but mass shootings only became commonplace some ~30 years ago? Doesn’t Canada have better access to mental healthcare?
minus-squarestrangehill2dieon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down6·11 months agoHmmm I wonder why there weren’t any mass shootings TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. What a ridiculous argument
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoCrazy thing is it’s been 200 years since 200 years ago 🤯
minus-squareDultas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·11 months agoKinda hard to have a mass shooting with a flintlock.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·11 months agoMmkay well they call it a 1911 because that was the year it was invented. What else ya got?
minus-squareBruno_Myers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoclearly it was all the good guys with guns stopping them.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoOr maybe there just weren’t any? Maybe mass shootings are a symptom of how fucked up our society has become?
minus-squareSomeAmateur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 months agoThis was made in 1881 a few months after the assassination of James Garfield Mass shootings weren’t commonplace, but the talking points sure were
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoSorry I’m not sure what your point is
minus-squareSomeAmateur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoAmerica’s debate on guns has gone on well before mass shootings, and that the exact same points are brought up. Back then the big scary weapon was the revolver. My point is none of this is truly new.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoYes I agree, it’s a tired argument
Isn’t it strange how the US has had formidable firearms freedoms for >200 years but mass shootings only became commonplace some ~30 years ago?
Doesn’t Canada have better access to mental healthcare?
Hmmm I wonder why there weren’t any mass shootings TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. What a ridiculous argument
Crazy thing is it’s been 200 years since 200 years ago 🤯
Kinda hard to have a mass shooting with a flintlock.
Mmkay well they call it a 1911 because that was the year it was invented. What else ya got?
clearly it was all the good guys with guns stopping them.
…stopping whom?
potential shooters from 1911
Or maybe there just weren’t any? Maybe mass shootings are a symptom of how fucked up our society has become?
This was made in 1881 a few months after the assassination of James Garfield
Mass shootings weren’t commonplace, but the talking points sure were
Sorry I’m not sure what your point is
America’s debate on guns has gone on well before mass shootings, and that the exact same points are brought up. Back then the big scary weapon was the revolver.
My point is none of this is truly new.
Yes I agree, it’s a tired argument