• arin@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Pretty sure the guns i see the criminals use aren’t even legal. Crazy extended mags

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      3 months ago

      This is the fundamental problem with gun regulation at the state level – they can be effectively abrogated by neighboring states with more lax regulation. FiveThirtyEight did a piece on this a while ago. In that article they show how strict gun laws in Illinois, California, and Maryland are defeated by guns flowing in from the surrounding states with more lax laws. The vast majority of gun crime is committed with guns which are illegally possessed, but were initially obtained through legal means.

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        3 months ago

        That’s why Mexico is suing Arizona, and maybe Texas? Cali has strict gun laws so the cartels can’t get guns here. They have no issues getting guns in AZ and TX

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          Yeah, that’s basically the legal theory of the suits. It’s pretty novel and there are a lot of issues with it.

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      3 months ago

      Wait… You’re telling me that they continue to do crimes with guns even when the guns are illegal? Criminals? Really? I refuse to believe it.