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minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]hexbear12·3 years agoOr that the culture is so toxic it makes people snap and exploit lax gun laws to do violence. link
minus-squareDetroitLolcat [he/him]hexbear15·3 years agoI mean I think it's both - guns are treated like a commodity or a cultural signifier rather than a tool for liberation. We also have laws that let people who should not own guns own them (think suicidal people or domestic abusers). link
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]hexbear8·3 years agoYeah, toxic culture mixed with toxic gun culture, all bad things in the general cesspool surrounding the 2nd A in this country. link
Or that the culture is so toxic it makes people snap and exploit lax gun laws to do violence.
I mean I think it's both - guns are treated like a commodity or a cultural signifier rather than a tool for liberation. We also have laws that let people who should not own guns own them (think suicidal people or domestic abusers).
Yeah, toxic culture mixed with toxic gun culture, all bad things in the general cesspool surrounding the 2nd A in this country.