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Justice Department finalizes rules to close ‘gun show loophole’ | The change was touted by the White House as the biggest increase in gun regulation in decades (wapo.st)

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[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Actually violent crime has been dropping consistently for decades!

[–] MysticDaedra@fedia.io -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's no correlation between the violent crime rate and firearms regulations in the US.

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Beyond false. Couldn't be further from the truth lol.

[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Poverty is the real problem. Everything else is Band-Aid...which can be effective in stopping some of the bleeding. Its just the only tool the ownership class can accept

[–] BaldProphet@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Owner class would love nothing more than to disarm the working class.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Gun ownership is growing fastest among non traditional gun owners. LGBTQ, Latinos, Black people. The problem makers have their guns, and their dads guns, and his dads guns, all passed down to them.