GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoNashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local parkwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square286fedilinkarrow-up1493arrow-down112
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkNashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local parkwww.nbcnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square286fedilink
minus-squarejoeyv120@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down5·11 months agoThe cost of freedom i guess
minus-squareSirEDCaLot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down5·11 months agoBeing found incompetent generally removes your right to have a gun. Why did he have a gun? Why wasn’t it taken away? If the laws we have aren’t enforced, then passing more laws isn’t going to help.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·11 months agoMost guns used in crimes are stolen, bought on the street, taken from a relative, etc. So it’s probably pretty easy to get a gun in the circles this guy moved in.
minus-squareSirEDCaLot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·11 months agoThat’s usually the case. Which means passing yet more laws without enforcement is not going to have an effect on a group that overall ignores the law.
The cost of freedom i guess
Being found incompetent generally removes your right to have a gun. Why did he have a gun? Why wasn’t it taken away?
If the laws we have aren’t enforced, then passing more laws isn’t going to help.
Most guns used in crimes are stolen, bought on the street, taken from a relative, etc.
So it’s probably pretty easy to get a gun in the circles this guy moved in.
That’s usually the case. Which means passing yet more laws without enforcement is not going to have an effect on a group that overall ignores the law.
“Freedom”