• Nils@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    No one is using legally attained weapons to kill people.

    The problem is, they are using legally attained weapons to kill people.

    And every time they do, the news makes sure that it is described, and politicians use it as an argument for more restrict control and weird rules.

    They do that because it is easy, and it does not alienate their base and lobbyists. It does not mean it will solve the problem in the long term.

    Not so long ago, they banned a tamagotchi because thieves were using 15K USD devices to unlock cars.

    • rabber@lemmy.caOP
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      3 days ago

      Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t the last time a legal weapon killed people was the 1989 montreal one?