YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

  • GooseFinger@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Man, if the only thing that’s preventing a country’s populace from murdering each other is restricted access to weapons, then that country is a failed society.

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      1 year ago

      Man, if your country has you living in such fear that you feel the need to be armed at all times, then that country is a failed society.

    • iegod@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yes much better to arm that populace and have it be a double failure. Your failed society comparison would be an improvement for the US.

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      1 year ago

      I mean, I’m sure there are lots of other socioeconomic reasons, but it feels like you can solve this big one a lot quicker and easier than trying to solve all the abstract issues that covers.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
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      There will always be murders. Humans are irrational creatures. Banning firearms makes murder attempts less likely to succeed, and mass murders significantly harder to plan, execute, and achieve actual mortality with.

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      That’s kinda a given, but way harder to fix than introducing weapons control.