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[–] Fraylor@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fuck Reagan. He created this shithole of a situation and ruined this country. I'm happy he died of Alzheimers and simply pray he was terrified and miserable in the last moments of his life.

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[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Every iteration of gun control, with few exceptions, carves out exceptions for LEOs and Military. If you want this to stop a good start would be making these guys have to follow the laws the rest of us do, because if you campaign for more of the same from your lawmakers, I guarantee there will still be exceptions for the people who protect the rich.

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not aware of any federal exemptions to gun laws for military/ex-military citizens.

The only ones I've seen relate to state gun law in e.g. AZ, where if military/ex-military want a conceal carry permit, the training requirement is waived. You still have to submit an application with fingerprints and everything to DPS. (Which is kinda moot anyway, since AZ citizens who can federally own a firearm can also open/conceal carry.)

[–] SkepticElliptic 1 points 1 year ago

Illinois recent AWB has carveouts for police.

[–] AndrasKrigare 1 points 1 year ago

https://dd214direct.com/veteran-need-guncc-permit/ has some additional details, but largely agrees with you; some states also lower the age requirement for veterans.

Louisiana recently passed a law allowing vets to concealed carry without a license https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/concealed-carry-law-could-be-model-for-other-states , but this definitely seems like the exception and not the rule

[–] Treczoks@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

Excerpt from the US version of the Prayer of the Lord: "... and give us today our daily ~~bread~~ mass shooting ..."

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmmm, so all of those "well regulated militia means the national guard, the only people who should have guns are the cops and the national guard because they're the only ones responsible enough" people are going to finally admit that cops and weekend warriors aren't actually all that special and the training they recieve doesn't make them good people it only makes them more effective should they decide to be bad people?

[–] Treczoks@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe you should differ between those people in active service and ex-soldiers with PTSD and mental issues that makes them hear voices...

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe they should differ. I think that anyone who hasn't proven themselves a danger to others should be able to own one, even people with PTSD which shouldn't be stigmatized simply because some people with it do violent things. Most people with PTSD do not.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why? No one, zero people, who join the military or the police, do so without the intention of using force over others. These aren't good people, I'm not going to concern myself with what category of shitty to put them under.

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[–] Satiric_Weasel 2 points 1 year ago

I have seen no indication that he had left the service, every report I have seen thus far has indicated that he was an active member of the US Army reserve serving as Sergeant First Class assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiments in Saco, Maine.

[–] Jeff@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This timeline is a bad one. We need father time to make the old in power fade away so we can attempt to fix what the worst generation has broken.

[–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like there is a limitless supply of the people you are waiting to fade away.

[–] Varixable@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

We just need to help those people fade a little faster then.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

said every young generation since the dawn of civilization