• HubertManne@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    I agree. Same with gun control. Im for it but I want emphasis on healthcare, education, regulation, fair progressive taxation, government services as part of a modern, functioning society. We lose these things and good luck on the rest. Moreso with foreign affairs.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Respectfully disagree on gun control. In the past few years we’ve seen things like constitutional carry, legalized bump stocks, legalized sawed-off shotguns, teachers carrying while on the job, gun-buyback bans, stand-your-ground laws being unequally applied to minorities, and probably a slew of other things I don’t know about. The problem, as usual, is the messaging. The GOP has been talking about gun confiscation for decades and it hasn’t happened anywhere. They talk about a “mental health crisis” but do basically nothing about that and even make it worse (pretty sure TX also is making it harder to confiscate an individuals guns for “red flags”).

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        2 days ago

        Im not saying throw it out. Im saying if you don’t have education, healthcare, etc that its basically a side issue at that point because everything is so bad. We are waaaayyyy behind. Its like working on airbags when you don’t have seatbelts.