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by wl 3 days ago
> We're not anti-gun. Just anti the "only used explicitly for killing people" kind of gun.

That doesn't square with Canadian classifying tasers (purely defensive, non-lethal) and anti-materiel rifles as prohibited firearms. Not that those kinds of bans don't have some sort of legitimate public policy basis, but there's something else going on here.