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[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (24 children)

You comment is very confusing. I understand not supporting the gun restrictions introduced in the last 5 years, but why would you oppose the buyback program? If the government makes a citizen's property illegal to own, they should compensate the citizen.

All the data shows that law abiding gun owners aren’t much of the problem.

FTFY. Also, the issue (generally) isn't gun owners, it's their guns that get stolen, misused, etc.

Doubling down on this when we our sovereignty is threatented is just straight bonkers.

Irrelevant and nonsensical. Individual gun owners have no impact on preserving our sovereignty. Modern militaries are on a different level than "A well regulated Militia" or whatever other 2A BS this is.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Modern militaries are on a different level than "A well regulated Militia" or whatever other 2A BS this is.

Uh... Afghanistan would like to object?

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (8 children)

And switzerland but I guess they all have military training.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Do you prefer the Switzerland bureaucracy than ours?

Also, not sure how that helped them with…

/Check notes on the Switzerland wars./

Afghanistan war.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well more like nobody dares attack switzerland because it would be impossible. Everyone has a bunker and an assault rifle and they know how to use it.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

They are also very friendly with everyone, try to stay neutral, and more important, hold the key to a lot of money.

But they did not achieve that just by giving people guns, they teach it in schools, hold shooting competitions, lots of bureaucracy, and you can be charged for improper use of your equipment. Their society is not as divided, and they also have good support for their citizens.

Looking around the world, the places that controlled gun violence well either banned or added more bureaucracy. But it appears that people prefer to go the Australian way.

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