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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Obviously easy access to assault rifles plays a big part in this, and the wilful folly of America lawmakers allowing their sale to civilians is impossible to overstate.
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The focus on assault rifles is seriously misplaced unless the problem you're trying to address is mass shootings specifically, rather than gun violence generally. Still in favour of banning them outside of a gun range, because you simply do not need a high round-per-minute rifle for anything really... but they are not the source of that much gun violence in the grand scheme, so it's really just a feel-good measure.
I've read a number of people in here saying "just do SOMETHING", as if it doesn't matter what you do or what impact it has as long as someone's doing something. That's a terrible approach to public policy and always yields similarly terrible results.
For me, a system of testing and licensing that's much more stringent than what's required for you to drive a car would be the best way to go, if we're living in a dream world where it's possible to pass such measures.