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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 106 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Theres just no way to fix gun violence in this country, sorry CEOs :'(

[–] ours@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've heard the solution is more guns somehow.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

In this particular context? Definitely.

[–] alqloe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago

Thoughts and prayers, CEOs 🙏

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 75 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Only took how many school shootings before a good guy with a good showed up? And someone still died, almost like guns are meant to kill people.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

And sometimes killing people is the right thing to do.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Guns also took down monarchies

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Now do oligarchies mascarading as democracies next

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But not 50 cent. 9 shots and dude was fine. I'm not sure if that speaks more for how much that guy needed glasses, or how rushed and anxious they were doing it that they never thought that precision was part of the process.

9 attempts and shitty results, that shit screamed government work.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not hyperbole to say that this is exactly why the 2nd Amendment exists. It's been bastardized and misrepresented for a long time now but this is explicitly the kind of tyranny the founding fathers envisioned we would need protection from. In their time the people with the power to extract wealth at the cost of human suffering were mostly monarchs and other governmental bodies and in our time massive corporations have joined those ranks but that doesn't change what's happening at a fundamental level.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Imagine if this is what gets big corporations to lobby for gun control.

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah they will pay for private security and lobby more mass surveillance and more police state. I mean if there the CEOs aren't denied, defended, or deposed first

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Then a member of that private security has a loved one get a claim denied. Then where are we? Right here again.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 9 points 1 month ago

Historically, that would not be at all surprising. That's basically what Reagan did in California because of the Black Panthers

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

It'll just be more gun control for the poor.

There are a lot of things the government is perfectly happy to let you own as long as you can pay the extra fees and permits.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Somehow I find the mental image of a coin-operated anesthetics machine that you wake-up mid-surgery to put more coins in hilarious in a dark way.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Somehow reminded me of Futurama

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago
[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

In late stage capitalism we might have to take judgment in our hands to get justice.

We grew up with morals and ethics which tell us to obey the system and value life. But later you'll realise they themselves only value life which is rich and (in the best case) white. Morals and ethics are used to oppress and control us. Oppressors without morals and ethics should not be tolerated.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What/when is that image from?

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

When the Hill-dog was running for president in 2016 (I think). She was visiting common folk to see how they lived. She looked more shocked to me.