• Geek_King@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    To be fair, there isn’t a whole ton of legitimate reasons why civilians need .50 cal rifles. I wonder if republicans will oppose the bill because anything that infringes on the rights of guns is abhorrent to them. Or if they’ll champion it, because Mexican Cartel’s use .50 cal rifles.

    I’m willing to bet it’ll be the first option, because just like the border bill, they don’t want anything that’ll take away the drum they like to beat to rile up their base. If they only like complaining about a problem to scare people, and actively avoid fixing that problem.

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      5 months ago

      there isn’t a whole ton of legitimate reasons why civilians need .50 cal rifles.

      We should be asking the opposite question. What are the legitimate reasons civilians should not have them? I can’t think of any. .50 cal weapons are not used in crime or mass shootings.

      By default, everyone should be able to do everything. We impose restrictions when the costs to personal liberty outweigh the benefits to society.