JD Vance dodges on gun reform

[jlw]

Originally published at: JD Vance dodges on gun reform - Boing Boing

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[anon61221983]

Yes, he’s actively trying to normalize gun violence. He’s perfectly okay with children dying so long as white men can continue to shoot who they like.

[Brainspore]

One would think that multiple assassination attempts by nutjobs who had no business owning firearms at all—let alone weapons of war—might be enough to at least get the Trumpers thinking about the possibility of tweaking the gun laws, but this is a cult that lacks such self-preservation instincts.

[GospelX]

@jlw

lock up people who are committing violence against their fellow citizens.

So the January 6th rioters and some orange guy who stands at rallies and tells his followers to hurt people who disagree with them? He’s one again said something specifically appealing that really means nothing.

[gracchus]

@anon61221983

Yes, he’s actively trying to normalize gun violence. He’s perfectly okay with children dying so long as white men can continue to shoot who they like.

And, expanding on that…

@gracchus

This is a partisan issue in the U.S., and only one American party has made it a foundational plank of its platform. If an American makes BS arguments such as the ones listed in this topic, they are effectively making common cause with fascists and white supremacists and the duopoly party that enables them; actual progressives and liberals and good allies don’t do that.

[anon61221983]

They just know that they can afford to let the rest of us be targeted because they get free gubmit protection from violence (and the rich that they care about can afford private protection). They WANT us killing each other…

[MaiqTheLiar]

Here’s and idea, PURGE THEM(?)

Said in the voice of Jenny Nicholson.

[MonkeyT12]

It’s funny that so many militant gun owners complain that if they register a gun with their government, the government will identify them and take their guns away - while at the same time, they want open carry and openly post their pro-gun views using means that advertisers and private companies could and do easily use to identify them.

[Kilkrazy]

The stats show that right-wing attacks on left-wing politicians run at 10 times the rate of left-wing attacks on right-wing politicians.

So maybe it’s about empowering your electorate.

[Brainspore]

@Kilkrazy

right-wing attacks on left-wing politicians run at 10 times the rate of left-wing attacks on right-wing politicians

Beside the point in this case since the nuts who tried to shoot Trump with weapons of war weren’t left wingers. Their ability to easily obtain weapons of war endangered his life anyway.