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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence

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California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence

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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
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    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.

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      Sure, but you say that guns are a human right like housing or food.

      No one needs a gun.

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        https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/las-vegas-woman-shoots-man-after-six-months-of-stalking/

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        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.

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          But it’s not an important “right” in the slightest.

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            You can have that opinion. I respect it but don’t agree. I think the five human necessities (Food, water, clothing, sleep, and shelter) should be human rights over guns but that’s not what is actually the law.

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