spaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoFrom military weapon to cultural symbol: how the AR-15 has defined the US gun debatewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down110
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkFrom military weapon to cultural symbol: how the AR-15 has defined the US gun debatewww.theguardian.comspaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareKusimulkkulinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoIt does make sense to use the correct terminology in a debate imo
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoIf the debate is about kids dying the arguments should be about how to stop that. Not the exact make and model of gun that killed them. Arguing stupid details like that just makes it seem like you don’t care people are dying.
minus-squareKusimulkkulinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoI thought the argument was about what sort of guns to ban
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoThen you haven’t been paying attention.
minus-squareKusimulkkulinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoBut that’s the main point of the debate, the legality of owning certain firearms
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoMaybe for people who don’t care that people are getting killed
minus-squareKusimulkkulinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoI thought people wanted certain guns banned for the specific purpose of avoiding mass shootings
It does make sense to use the correct terminology in a debate imo
If the debate is about kids dying the arguments should be about how to stop that. Not the exact make and model of gun that killed them.
Arguing stupid details like that just makes it seem like you don’t care people are dying.
I thought the argument was about what sort of guns to ban
Then you haven’t been paying attention.
But that’s the main point of the debate, the legality of owning certain firearms
Maybe for people who don’t care that people are getting killed
I thought people wanted certain guns banned for the specific purpose of avoiding mass shootings