• ximtor@lemm.ee
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    20 days ago

    The thing is, this is mostly reactionary politics. They do this because it’s easy and they can say “see we did something, gib vote”.

    Instead phsychological care is being reduced, which would be way more valuable in the long term.

    I am not saying gun laws are bad, just that they don’t pose that much of a problem in Austria if it weren’t for psychological issues. Not to speak about alcohol, unrelated to the shooting but ffs thats an issue nobody touches because “culture”-_-. I just mention this because regulating this properly and/or providing psychogical care for alcohol problems, or even aknowledging that it IS a problem, would go way further in preventing harm and accidents.

    Not as interesting of an issue of course, no outrageous headlines to be made that don’t negatively impact politicians…

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      22 days ago

      Wow kneejerk pseudo-science enshrined into law because one person out of 10,000,000 used a gun to kill someone. Do you think if he had used a car instead you’d see a similar response? why or why not?

      • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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        22 days ago

        You’re totally right, and this is supported the data! The USA has the least restrictive gun laws of any major developed country but has similar rates of gun violence as all other developed…oh wait, never mind, the USA has by far the highest gun violence rates of any major developed nation.

        Our per capita rate of gun violence is comparable to countries like Somalia, Iraq, and Haiti.

        And also, car deaths is a huge issue too, and we should restrict car ownership and encourage mass transit and related infrastructure. Making more of our cities pedestrian-only locations protected by bollards, would also make people even safer from both accidental and intentional car deaths.

        It’s also way better for the environment and thus, people’s long term health, leading to even higher life spans and better happiness.

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          21 days ago

          And get safer cars. The US has some kind of car arms race going on where you need a super large heavy car to be safe because the roads are full of big heavy cars… Resulting in much more deadly crashes for everyone. Besides most states driving test is a joke.

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            21 days ago

            Cars are much safer than they used to be.

            Over the shoulder seat belts, ABS, airbags, crumple zones, stability control, etc all help prevent accidents and he’ll you walk away from any that still happen.

            • A Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              21 days ago

              They are safe for car passengers, and a nightmare for everyone else on the street. High hoods with bad sight for drivers and awful impact profile for pedestrians, heavy cars which make low speed collisions much more deadly for everyone not protected by 3 tons of steel. Safety should be for everyone, not only car passengers.