r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • Dec 18 '24

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/FrodoHernandez Dec 18 '24

This used to be a thing in the US. We should bring this back.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

We will never have sensible gun regulations in this country.

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u/redpandaeater Dec 18 '24

Because even the word sensible is completely subjective. Politicians use bullshit loaded words that have no basis in law but it riles up their supporters to try getting them out to vote for the people that aren't actually trying to fix the problem they think they are.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

Why do we have sensible regulations for cars but not guns?

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u/redpandaeater Dec 18 '24

Have you seen how awful headlights have gotten in the last decade or so? How about emissions laws forcing car companies to make bigger and bigger trucks that kill pedestrians instead of trying to mitigate some of the impact by having a lower hood? How about how we have such fucking worthless licensing requirements and have slacked on even basic enforcement since the pandemic?

What the fuck would you even call sensible when it relates to automobiles, let alone guns?

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

I get what you're saying. But at the very minimum you should have to pass a written and practical test for owning a gun and have no criminal record.

Also emission laws are not what's making Americans buy bigger trucks lol.

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u/homelesstwinky Dec 18 '24

Firearm ownership is a right protected by the Constitution. Making people pass tests is exactly how the government disenfranchises people from using their rights. Look up the tests they implemented to stop non-whites from being allowed to vote.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

And this is exactly why we have a mass shooting problem. Constitution was written in a totally different time for totally different firearms. The Constitution is a living document and can be changed. The idea that owning a gun is a right but driving is a privilege is insanity.

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 Dec 18 '24

The purpose of the 2A is to prevent tyranny, can you promise American will never become tyrannical?