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MoonRakerWindow t1_is8z8ua wrote

Reply to comment by pegothejerk in Two Florida men charged with attempted murder after two children shot during road rage incident by DragonWriterDB

Clearly, the legislature needs to respond by loosening gun laws. Obviously an armed society is a polite society. Cooler winds would have prevailed in this situation if the kids as well as the adults were armed.

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thisismynewacct t1_isa9x2r wrote

These guys are the “law abiding gun owners” that 2A absolutists love to tout.

I mean they were, until they weren’t, which is too often the case.

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fishythepete t1_isbgc7m wrote

>I mean they were, until they weren’t, which is too often the case.

This isn’t the case at all. The data here is a little stale, but the vast majority of firearm charges brought are unlawful possession charges - I.e. for the prosecuted individual possession itself is unlawful, so the charged individual is not (and likely never was) a lawful owner. Adding in possession of stolen firearms and illegal transfer of firearms is almost the entirety of firearm crime prosecutions.

Law abiding gun owners are overwhelmingly just that.

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