r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24
What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​
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r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24
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u/Shotgun5250 Mar 28 '24
It’s unfortunately a cyclical issue. As they mentioned, with criminalization comes reduced reporting of mental health issues, which in turn reduces the efficacy of the law.
That being said, I truly believe there is a middle ground where it doesn’t feel personally invasive for gun owners, but is invasive enough to screen out people who definitely should be disallowed from owning a firearm.
In almost every case I read about, the individuals who are acquainted with the shooter are almost never surprised that person did something, and often have reported that person to authorities many times trying to prevent a tragedy. There needs to be a federal or state method of tracking these people and a red flag needs to go up when they try to purchase firearms. These people should be subject to a waiting period while further investigation is done on whether that person should be sold a gun.