Mass Murder Is a Choice. The Gun Industry Made It

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Mass Murder Is a Choice. The Gun Industry Made It
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I wholeheartedly reject the Maine mass shooting is a product of gun manufacturers. Maine literally already has yellow flag laws where this guy should have been separated from his firearms when he was admitted to the psych hospital. The Maine mass shooting was a failure of the state and people do not want to accept that. The Sheriff that should have stepped in did not do so and THAT is unacceptable. I'm so over people using tragedies to prove their unrelated points. If gun manufacturers were really the problem we'd see millions of domestic murders based on the fact that there's like 100 million more guns in circulation than there are citizens of the US.

red flag laws cut suicides and murders. I feel like I read 10% reduction once. That’s… not a lot. Also, Maine’s yellow flag law is weak

At this point I'll take 10% reduction over 0%. And I think I highlighted the weak point of Maine's yellow flag law. There was literally a person who could have created distance between the person and his guns, and they didn't. What would you like to have happen?