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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hmmm I wonder why there weren't any mass shootings TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. What a ridiculous argument

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Crazy thing is it's been 200 years since 200 years ago 🤯

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kinda hard to have a mass shooting with a flintlock.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mmkay well they call it a 1911 because that was the year it was invented. What else ya got?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

clearly it was all the good guys with guns stopping them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or maybe there just weren't any? Maybe mass shootings are a symptom of how fucked up our society has become?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

yes, the society where beating your wife was a fact of life was certainly a normal one. all the lead in the air was good for your brain too! you know crime has gone down and only continues to drop, right? sorry, but the facts don't give a shit about your fear-mongering