Comment on For All That Is Good About Humankind, Ban Smartphones

• deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is true but I don’t think it’s going to have the desired effect you want in the long run. How’s the war on drugs working out?

  Firearms restrictions will be enforced unequally; it will be used as a pretense to further persecute minorities. Those with money will simply hire private security contractors who can jump through the legal hoops to get whatever they want. The majority of shootings in the US are related to drugs and other illegal activities that have logistics channels to get guns just as easily as drugs or exploited people. Guns are durable and the demand exists. They’re not going anywhere.

  The gun problem in the US is not the cause of our woes, it is the symptom. “Make X illegal” is the laziest form of government and it’s just granting them more power which will be abused eventually.

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  • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Appreciated, but do you think the authorities want to win the war on drugs?

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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Counting the civil war or no?

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  • Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do counts with and without the civil war.

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