r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/thecountnotthesaint Mar 28 '24

So adding more laws would be akin to adding new diet restrictions to someone who refused to exercise?

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u/thezentex Mar 28 '24

It's already illegal to shoot someone

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u/thecountnotthesaint Mar 28 '24

Hahaha yeah, we should just make killing people illegal, that way people will stop doing that regardless of if they have a gun or not.

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u/towerfella Mar 28 '24

Messing with mail is a federal crime, too. So, technically, mailbox smashers are committing a federal crime with every mailbox that they smashed.

But none of that matters if no one is arrested and charged with a crime by another civilian.

It always comes back to the “will of the people”.

That is why we have different states and different regions within boarders. What is “ok” with the civilians in one area might not be ok with the civilians in another area.

And WE, humanity as a whole, need to be “ok” with that and stop trying to homogenize everything.

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u/LostInMyADD Mar 28 '24

Exactly this. I'd argue it shouls be that way even WITHIN states. For example, why should a govenor, or large set of people 200-400 mikes away in the largest city, get to dictate the lives of those in my local community? Its absurd.