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 (DIR) Post #AVlRz7vx11ogCl1Y2K by mcnado@mstdn.social
       2023-05-16T17:35:52Z
       
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       Good morning to anyone out here who is legitimately trying to keep AR-15s out of the hands of 12 year olds. You know, 12 year old kids, like the one who shot a fast food worker with an AR-15 n TX yesterday. #’murica
       
 (DIR) Post #AVlRz8UKxBK1vP70dM by mcnado@mstdn.social
       2023-05-16T17:38:54Z
       
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       Serious conversation though: how do kids here get guns? Generally, through theft of guns that were not responsibly secured. Someone (maybe the kid, maybe a friend/gang member/acquaintance) breaks into a car or home, and finds unsecured firearms, which they take. The end. How do we prevent this? Well, if you own guns, LOCK THEM THE FUCK UP. If you don’t own guns, support safe storage laws requiring people who do own guns to lock them the fuck up.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVlRz97KcCVvsLM9Pk by Rog@mastodon.radio
       2023-05-16T20:24:51Z
       
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       @mcnadoBut if they are locked up, how do they protect you from surprise attacks from ninjas or British kings?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVlRz9eIdcsxWamTnk by mcnado@mstdn.social
       2023-05-16T23:19:28Z
       
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       @Rog or surprise British ninja kings! On a serious note: people in the US are vastly more likely to be killed by the household defense firearm than by a stranger with a gun. Between suicides, accidents, and domestic murders, firearms in US homes are much more deadly than home invaders.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVlS0Vb0WeABsht2Ke by darwinwoodka@mastodon.social
       2023-05-16T17:47:57Z
       
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       @mcnado I think AR-15s should all be kept locked up at weapon ranges, which is the only place they should be allowed to be fired.  How are they different from a machine gun or a cannon, really? It's a device meant for mass killing and that's its only real use.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVlS0WE0BfM5pe8B72 by mcnado@mstdn.social
       2023-05-16T17:52:47Z
       
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       @darwinwoodka I think that is a reasonable option (essentially what Austrialia did with many firearms).Odd bit of US firearms laws — muzzleloading cannon are generally not regulated by ATF as firearms. Anyone can order one by mail and set it up. As a kid I always thought having a black powder cannon would be cool and wanted to order one from the various catalogues selling them, but my dad wisely saw the multitude of ways in which that would go awry.