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This is part of a larger trend. See the maps here of the changes in permitted carry since the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry This GIF in particular makes that point clearly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry#/media/Fi... And if anything it has accelerated around the Covid pandemic: https://biostats.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/us-saw-sur... As the politics in this country…
I thought this was a terrible idea until I realized that other states are already doing it without any problems.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, it's the same wave of people pushing "contraversal" voting laws at that level. Really something to be proud of /s
Absolutely incorrect. Gun control is another racist policy meant to keep control over those the elites fear.
Congratulations to Texas for joining the more than 20 states respecting both the natural right to arms and the Constitution's regulation on government interference with it. I wish they had enumerated many more specific rights not to infringe, but some of the most violated today were considered too obvious to merit specific attention. We're seeing a huge surge for protecting gun rights on the local and state levels, n…
Those AR-15 trees sure are pretty this time of year.
Natural sure is a weird word to use for a purposeful human industrial activity.
Given the state of our culture, I’m hard pressed to take average citizens seriously as political agents for themselves.
Why not lean into corporatism if self-aggrandizing saber rattling is all the average citizen is?
This is part of a larger trend. See the maps here of the changes in permitted carry since the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry This GIF in particular makes that point clearly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry#/media/Fi... And if anything it has accelerated around the Covid pandemic: https://biostats.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/us-saw-sur... As the politics in this country…
This is part of a larger trend. See the maps here of the changes in permitted carry since the 80s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry This GIF in particular makes that point clearly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_carry#/media/Fi... And if anything it has accelerated around the Covid pandemic: https://biostats.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/us-saw-sur... As the politics in this country…
I thought this was a terrible idea until I realized that other states are already doing it without any problems.
No problems? Look at the science. https://www.pnas.org/content/117/26/14906 "In a hypothetical situation in which there are 39,000 firearms deaths nationally under the permissive combination of these three laws, we expect 4,475 (80% CI, 1,761 to 6,949) more deaths nationally than under the restrictive combination of these laws."
I thought this was a terrible idea until I realized that other states are already doing it without any problems.
No problems? Look at the science. https://www.pnas.org/content/117/26/14906 "In a hypothetical situation in which there are 39,000 firearms deaths nationally under the permissive combination of these three laws, we expect 4,475 (80% CI, 1,761 to 6,949) more deaths nationally than under the restrictive combination of these laws."
I thought this was a terrible idea until I realized that other states are already doing it without any problems.
Genuine question: can you elaborate on "without any problems"? As a European I find the level of gun violence in the US to be shocking, so I don't understand why lax gun laws like these are not a problem. The Bill Hicks quote "There's no connection between having a gun and shooting someone with it, and not having a gun and not shooting someone, and if you make one you're a fool and a communist" is perhaps overly simp…
This helps eliminate a victimless crime. The criminals will still carry illegally and this bill actually upgrades the felony for those who are caught carrying who legally could not. Now someone who needs to carry who can't afford the overpriced classes, fingerprints, waiting for the state to mail you a card to give you your rights is gone. A lot of poor people need to carry a gun for protection, and either cant affor…