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_refugee_  ·  3353 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How would you stop mass shootings?

Ben, I quite enjoy you as a human being, but there's a point where I can't follow your feelings, and I'd like to express it here.

I feel like bombs and other home made weapons at least present a certain barrier to entry that guns don't. No toddler is going to accidentally build and detonate a C4 or similar explosive. No cavedwelling creton who lacks basic intelligence will be successful attempting to follow more complex construction or scientific steps that are a part of building weapons. I could download the Anarchist's cookbook and make whatever any time I want but I can't be arsed to.

Yes, for those who intend to commit mass killings, these factors won't stop them. But there are other pieces involved if we are talking about just gun deaths in America.