@dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?message-square220arrow-up1320
arrow-up1320message-squareWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?@dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square220
minus-squareboletuslinkfedilink34•2 years agoWe haven’t had AR15s for 200 years. The real answer though is more likely cultural, because there are plenty of countries with permissive gun laws who have much lower rates of gun homicide than the US.
minus-square@Kroxx@lemm.eelinkfedilink16•2 years agoWhile we haven’t had AR15s for that long, full autos were legal for private ownership prior to 1986
We haven’t had AR15s for 200 years. The real answer though is more likely cultural, because there are plenty of countries with permissive gun laws who have much lower rates of gun homicide than the US.
While we haven’t had AR15s for that long, full autos were legal for private ownership prior to 1986
And ARs go back to the 50s-60s IIRC