Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing their trauma will convince lawmakers on either side of the political aisle to reconsider firearm policies.
  • 30mag@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would like an explanation from some of the people here touting the Second Amendment as an end-all and be-all to explain why it is that only in the past couple of decades has there been a huge gun proliferation.

    The assault weapon ban caused prices for banned firearms and banned high capacity magazines in circulation to skyrocket. Every time someone says “assault weapons ban” there is a segment of the population that rushes out to buy a truckload of guns that might be banned in the near future.

    https://www.newsweek.com/beto-orourke-named-ar-15-salesman-year-nra-1460608