gerowen

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[–] gerowen@piefed.social 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Disarming all the people who "didn't" shoot up a beach won't bring those victims back, and it won't stop motivated extremists from doing it again. The kind of folks who commit atrocities like this just won't bother participating in the buyback.

I'm curious what kind of indicators might have been present that police or others in the community might have missed; violent rhetoric on social media, a sudden interest in guns by somebody who previously wasn't into them, etc.

[–] gerowen@piefed.social 60 points 15 hours ago (11 children)

I'm never quite sure how to feel about this. On one hand, if the person just wants to make some money and they're doing the job, why bother them. On the other hand though, I know that anybody who has consistent access to an internet connection in North Korea is almost certainly working for the benefit of the great leader and they aren't actually seeing any money or benefit for themselves. I just hate that the citizens of North Korea have to suffer and be punished because of their asswipe of a leader.