• espentan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The proposed amendment includes raising the federal age to buy a gun from 18 to 21, banning so-called assault weapons and mandating universal background checks and a waiting period between the purchase of a gun and its delivery.

    It… it doesn’t sound horrible, but I’m not American so I probably underestimate how important immediate gun access is to keep the wheels turning.

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      5 months ago

      As far as I know everything except the banning of the assault weapons is very popular in America, so this will go nowhere and it’s that’s probably on purpose to keep gun regulations a wedge issue.

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        5 months ago

        It has nothing to do with that, gun owners aren’t the ones running around saying the AR15 should be banned, when it contributes to around 50 deaths a year…the paranoia is on the anti-2a side.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Well for one assault weapon isnt a proper term, its like the term muscle car. Ya kinda get what someone means by it but it is not a solid enough term to be used for anything practical.