What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

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The Political, Aspie Fangirl: So a mass shooting happens and this is what big companies and the U.S. government think will solve the problem:

klondikebar123:

bacon-beer-n-boobs:

klondikebar123:

irrevocably-a-timelady:

futuresushi:

bbychocobo:

  • Bag searches at theaters
  • Metal detectors at theaters
  • Not showing the new Batman movie

Things no one seems to want to talk about:

  • Stricter gun laws.

I don’t get it.

Loose gun control laws make it demonstrably easier for everyone to buy and access guns - including criminals. Saying ‘oh, criminals don’t obey anti-gun laws, therefore we shouldn’t bother with them’ is like saying, 'oh, criminals don’t obey anti-rape laws, therefore we shouldn’t bother with them.’ WHAT? Are you seriously asserting that the best way to maintain law and order is to not bother passing any laws that criminals - who by definition break the law - won’t follow? 

Not bothering with preventative measures out of fear that criminals won’t follow them is indistinguishable from making things easier for criminals. What you’re basically saying is, 'You know, I *could* make it harder for criminals to access guns, but they’d probably still get them anyway, so why even bother with the obstacles?’ And if that’s your approach to the legal system, YOU FAIL AT EVERYTHING.I mean, shit - why even pay for a police force if crimes are still going to get committed, right? 

No. STOP TALKING FOREVER. 

(via sanityscraps)

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    And obviously not showing The Dark Knight Rises will help with futures shootings in movie theaters.
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    stupid gun laws, if you carry a gun down the street in england you get fucking arrested - OBVIOUSLY this is better, how...
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    Well stricter gun laws wouldn’t really help. It’s not like you can get any of these guns if you’re crazy or a criminal....