• Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    How in the FUCK does that guy get access to guns? Is there literally no check and balances for buying a gun in the states? WTF

    • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      What a challenging character: He had a brain injury in infancy, functions at a kindergarten level, and can’t be tried due to incompetence, but he apparently drives and repeatedly pulls straps.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Just commenting on checks and balances, there generally aren’t any. It’s a constitutional right to have guns in the USA, so most laws that would enforce any kind of restrictions on ownership or access to firearms, are usually deemed unconstitutional and thrown out.

      There are entire groups actively working to ensure everyone has fair and unrestricted access to guns, most notably the NRA. Those groups are unapologetic about what they do and they’ve been very successful in maintaining the status quo for gun access.

      IMO as long as the right to bear arms stays enshrined in the US Constitution, this will not change.

      I’m not an American and I’m very thankful for that because of things like this, however, my life is very affected by what happens there. As a result, I’m pretty well versed on their country. At times, I know the US laws better than my own countries laws.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately it has recently changed …. For the worst.

        Previously there were restrictions on carrying and ownership in many states. Those laws were deemed legal because they weren’t bans but limited restrictions . It was enough to make a difference and most such states gad had noticeably lower firearm violence. So we even proved within the US that such laws worked.

        Then the Trump Supreme Court struck down most of them

    • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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      1 year ago

      no there are not. we have more guns than people, and americans literally have guns just lying around their houses. because we allow it. because 'merica.

      so yeah, when we cut all our public mental healthcare in the 80s, and put all those crazy people back on the streets, yes they have access to weapons.