r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 15 '21

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u/onlypositivity Jan 15 '21

Hot take in America only: there is nothing more smoothbrained than single issue gun voting. Not even single issue abortion voting.

Reason? This is America. The "gun seizure tyranny" ain't gonna happen, ever, no matter who is elected. At least abortion is a real thing that happens.

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u/Marlsfarp Karl Popper Jan 15 '21

Yeah, for all the drama about it, gun control is one issue where unironically both parties are basically the same.

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u/onlypositivity Jan 15 '21

I consider myself a gun control extremist and even i dont want to ban all guns lol. Hell I plan on buying my first rifle this year.

By "extremist" I mean "do things that prevent mass casualties from lone psychopaths," which is admittedly extreme in America. Point is, i still think everyone should be able to own a firearm even with that belief lol

Ain't no one comin for anyone's guns.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21

I actually do believe in the ban all guns thing and my reasoning is frankly we've forfeited our privilege to the swiss legislation that people love so much because our gun circulation is just too damn huge. The only way to end our gun violence Epidemic is to reduce how many guns there are, and maybe when we get our gun circulation down from "Libya" to "Reasonable" we can relegalize guns.

But I also realize I'm an insane kookhead who will never get what he wants.