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by klyrs 840 days ago
Well, we're approaching the 25th anniversary of Columbine. But 35 years ago, my neighborhood was equipped with quite a lot of Uzis and Mac-11s, and we had quite a lot of mass shootings. Only they were called "drive-bys" and nobody circled the wagons to preserve the historical tradition of access to such equipment.

At what point did ordinary people get easy access to weapons that have high capacity and rapid fire? That's when we see a rise in mass shootings. Today, ordinary people are getting access to tools which can quickly and easily make better fakes than experts with photoshop could do even 5 years ago.