• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Then I ask this: School shootings simply never happened when I was a kid in the 70’s and 80’s. We had far less regulation*. Any asshole could buy a gun, get it delivered to their doorstep, and they were cheap. Yes, even AR-15s.

    This shit all started with Columbine. Want to suicide and go out the most horrific way possible? Shoot up a school!

    So no, it’s not the guns. Nothing has really changed on that front. So what happened?

    * One exception: Conceal carry laws were nothing like today, far more restrictive. I’m leaving that out because criminals and mass murderers hardly give a shit about carrying illegally. Would that stop you if you were intent on murder? Also, at the same time, the laws around transporting guns generally became more restrictive.