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[-] wieson@feddit.org 25 points 1 week ago

Addition:

Stop the 24 hour news cycle and please please please stop naming criminals by name and showing their faces. Delete the "claim to fame" angle that comes with horrible crimes.

For community involvement, what comes to mind for me is: walkable neighbourhoods, libraries even in small towns and local sports clubs.

But there must be a minimum of gun laws: Buying, owning, operating only under license, storage at home in a safe and ammunition in a separate safe. That's really the bare minimum.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Regarding the news cycle. Yes! Stop the 24 hour, constant fear being fed to the populace.

You are remarkably safe in your own home. Get rid of the fear mongering!

Stop making national news of local issues. The constant national attention to some random horrible things that doesn't affect 99.99% of the viewership doesn't need to be highlighted.

I'm not against gun laws, but I'm going to disagree with your minimums. Anything regarding storage is essentially unenforceable until after a tragedy has occurred. It can't be used to preempt a shooting but only to punish the owners afterwards. Those sort of things need to be community driven. The gun community should be talking about storage more and shaming those that don't follow it.

It also implies that everyone's situation at home allows them 1) to purchase two safes and 2) to have room for two safes and 3) limits their ownership of either guns or ammo to the size of that safe. It also doesn't make much sense to have two safes if the person doing the shooting is the one that is buying the ammo and guns in the first place. It also places undue burdens on those that do not have children and do not have children that come into their home.

As much as it is laughed at in California, but when you buy a gun you either need to bring a lock or buy a lock with it. They are the cheapest things, but it's at least a minimum safety that isn't onerous. Even if no one uses them once they get the gun home.

As for operating under a license, what would that do beyond the existing restrictions for procuring firearms? Do they expire and what would happen then?

We need comprehensive laws grounded in addressing specific issues, not something to create an idealistic and narrow view of what gun ownership is or should be.

I think we should have federal programs on gun information and educational programs. We can teach people and build a culture on gun safety and storage. Maybe programs to subsidize the purchasing of safes and reimburse or reward owners that make safe choices.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The news problem is a generational thing. Younger generations overwhelmingly avoid those types of media, and when they do watch it often find the arguments hollow and sensational. Better media literacy likely.

As long as people are alive that watch it, and as long as news is considered entertainment instead of truth, it will keep happening. Best bet is to just turn it off.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yea. I also think that other forms of "news" that the younger generation use is wholly unregulated. That there is no recourse for "influencers" that fabricate news on those platforms.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah thats a whole other trap on its own, using social media sources that have no legal journalistic requirements to be truthful or make corrections.

For me I try to go to communities that allow a diverse range of perspectives, and then use mainly international media that have solid reputations.

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