• PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I dunno about social media companies but I quite agree that the party who got the gunman the gun should share the punishment for the crime.

    Firearms should be titled and insured, and the owner should have an imposed duty to secure, and the owner ought to face criminal penalty if the firearm titled to them was used by someone else to commit a crime, either they handed a killer a loaded gun or they inadequately secured a firearm which was then stolen to be used in committing a crime, either way they failed their responsibility to society as a firearm owner and must face consequences for it.

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      4 months ago

      If you lend your brother, who you know is on antidepressants, a long extension cord he tells you is for his back patio - and he hangs himself with it, are you ready to be accused of being culpable for your brothers death?

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        4 months ago

        Did he also use it as improvised ammunition to shoot up the local elementary school with the chord to warrant it being considered a firearm?

        I’m more confused where I got such a lengthy extension chord from! Am I an event manager? Do I have generators I’m running cable from? Do I get to meet famous people on the job? Do I specialize in fairground festivals?

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          4 months ago

          …. Aside from everything else, are you under the impression that a 10-15 ft extension cord is an odd thing to own…?