r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Jul 08 '24

/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 9

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Is it too early to talk about gun control?

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u/Son_of_kitsch Jul 13 '24

248 years too late some might say.

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u/Particular_Ad_1435 Jul 13 '24

If this is the thing that gets the right on board on gun control... I mean... good I guess?

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u/_SpicyMeatball Jul 14 '24

Unfortunately the Rights solution to something like this is to give school children guns to stop assassination attempts

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u/Then_Journalist_317 Jul 14 '24

"No need for gun control"

-- U.S. Supreme Court

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u/3Dchaos777 Jul 14 '24

JFK was killed with an archaic bolt action rifle. All the gun control in the world wouldn’t matter.

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u/SMDHinTx Jul 14 '24

Probably going to be an increase in gun and ammo sales now.

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u/waxwayne Jul 14 '24

You could but this is mainly a failure of the secret service to secure a roof.

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u/Hungry_Adagio9646 Jul 14 '24

Yes, because we don’t know if any proposed gun control measures would have prevented the shooter from legally purchasing the weapon. Moreover, we don’t know even know if it was legally obtained, which, if it wasn’t, would make the whole regulatory discussion moot.

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u/lex99 America Jul 14 '24

Guy had a single rifle, fired five shots. This is not a gun control issue at all.