dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareboletus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoWe haven’t had AR15s for 200 years. The real answer though is more likely cultural, because there are plenty of countries with permissive gun laws who have much lower rates of gun homicide than the US.
minus-squareKroxx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoWhile we haven’t had AR15s for that long, full autos were legal for private ownership prior to 1986
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoAnd ARs go back to the 50s-60s IIRC
We haven’t had AR15s for 200 years. The real answer though is more likely cultural, because there are plenty of countries with permissive gun laws who have much lower rates of gun homicide than the US.
While we haven’t had AR15s for that long, full autos were legal for private ownership prior to 1986
And ARs go back to the 50s-60s IIRC