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[–] Bye@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (16 children)

We always had lots of guns, why are mass shootings a modern phenomenon?

I think we should regulate them the way we do cars. But also there’s clearly some underlying issue. Maybe cultural where people see guns as a way to escape or see them as part of their personality.

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Because old guns took 30 seconds to reload one bullet and were inaccurate past like 3 meters

[–] hypna@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think they meant like 1970, not 1870.

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

I'm seeing a lot of shootings since the 80s. Guns get better and people get more fucked up mentally. America chooses to fix neither.

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