jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoCalifornia is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violencetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1473arrow-down130
arrow-up1443arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violencetheconversation.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·7 months agoAnd sucks even more for POC because statistically they don’t have the monetary means that white people do. So higher taxes mean less legal guns for POC… Oh, wait, the law is working the way it’s intended.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoSure, but you say that guns are a human right like housing or food. No one needs a gun.
minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoDe facto is a right in the USA by the 2A. Try again. I didn’t say it was the equivalent of food but it is a right.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBut it’s not an important “right” in the slightest.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agohttps://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/las-vegas-woman-shoots-man-after-six-months-of-stalking/
And sucks even more for POC because statistically they don’t have the monetary means that white people do. So higher taxes mean less legal guns for POC… Oh, wait, the law is working the way it’s intended.
Sure, but you say that guns are a human right like housing or food.
No one needs a gun.
De facto is a right in the USA by the 2A. Try again. I didn’t say it was the equivalent of food but it is a right.
But it’s not an important “right” in the slightest.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/las-vegas-woman-shoots-man-after-six-months-of-stalking/