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June 12, 2016
Guns are enabling hate crimes.

I’m angry. I won’t be as cordial as I usually am in my posts.

Mass shootings have become something of a norm in the US. Turn on the news, see a breaking story, and think, “Another one?” That is not fucking normal.

Gun violence is an issue. Hate crimes are an issue. Guns enable hate crimes. They are responsible for the murder of women, POC, LGBT+ folks, among others.

But there are still people who think the “freedom” to keep and bear arms is somehow more important than protecting human lives. That an outdated portion of the Constitution is more important than protecting the innocent.

FUCK ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS WORTH MORE THAN THE LIVES OF MARGINALIZES PEOPLE.

Unfortunately, gun control isn’t the answer, either. It’s not enough when states with strict laws still enable men to buy a gun and shoot up a school, or a church, or a gay nightclub. It’s not enough.

The only solution we have left is disarmament. Confiscate firearms. Similar regulations have worked for the UK, France, Spain, Australia, Japan, and South Korea.

It’s time the US cared more about human lives than its fetishization with firearms.

  1. warlord-invictus reblogged this from rockytop-conservatarian
  2. spinalgalloway reblogged this from rockytop-conservatarian
  3. krycega reblogged this from rockytop-conservatarian and added:
    You know, I wished I had a gun when I lived in Mexico. Would’ve really helped me out when my landlord broke into our...
  4. birepublicangirl reblogged this from rockytop-conservatarian and added:
    I’d rather just buy a gun and shoot the unlucky mother fucker that dares try to cross me.
  5. atlas-with-a-gun reblogged this from rockytop-conservatarian and added:
    Stupidity like this should be very painful.
  6. gravelhold reblogged this from rockytop-conservatarian and added:
    “Nobody wants to take your guns, we just want tighter gun control”
  7. insanechayne reblogged this from rockytop-conservatarian
  8. rockytop-conservatarian reblogged this from ntnewsociety and added:
    I’m just here to laugh and enjoy your tears. You’ve got it all wrong buddy
  9. notjustamwac reblogged this from bizarrodf and added:
    Um… OP, Australia didn’t go through disarmament. We had a buyback, sure. Unwanted guns were taken in by their owners,...
  10. bizarrodf reblogged this from shitpost-senpai and added:
    counterpoint: why don’t women, POC, LGBT+ folks, and others just buy guns
  11. shitpost-senpai reblogged this from ntnewsociety and added:
    Who’s going to come take those guns? You do realize there are still shootings in japan, the UK, France, and South Korea...
  12. nitrochilly reblogged this from ntnewsociety and added:
    As the old saying goes “Come and take it.”
  13. panandel reblogged this from ntnewsociety and added:
    mass shootings arent the norm in the us, thoughgun violence is not the issue, religious hate crime is the issue. even if...
  14. lifeisusuallystrange reblogged this from explicit-contentus and added:
    This poster is an idiot.
  15. explicit-contentus reblogged this from skeleton-lad and added:
    I was just using it as an example for somewhere that you can buy guns illegally.
  16. skeleton-lad reblogged this from explicit-contentus and added:
    Criminals follow the law though. I retract my previous statement. Everyone knows the black market is a myth.
  17. ntnewsociety posted this