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by ceejayoz 845 days ago
We tried that sort of approach; it's pretty widely considered a mistake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_...
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whimsicalism 845 days ago
I agree that 7 years ago it was widely considered a mistake, but I think we are currently reaching by a new consensus based on the opinions I have been seeing more commonly in the last 3 years.

We are in a conservative moment in the US right now.

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jen20 845 days ago
This story is about Canada, though…
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whimsicalism 845 days ago
The VCCA is a US law, ask the above poster why they wanted this one.
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jen20 845 days ago
It was a reply to the thread generally, which devolved into a US-centric response to a Canadian OP.
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