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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

wouldn't that achieve the opposite?

edit: ah, that's the joke. woosh.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 2 days ago

No. We can change it to waaaaay way way lower chances.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

The handguns are free with purchase of a flight ticket

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Would there be more or less mass shootings if literally every adult had a gun

[–] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

There would be more homicides in general and waaaaay more suicide.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most people would probably do more harm than good trying to stop a mass shooting with their own gun.

[–] AlreadyDefederated@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right. People with a gun in the house are more likely to be injured or killed by a gun, not less.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not to mention, most people aren't going to train enough to be effective. Most people don't respect deadly objects in their possession enough to learn how to use them safely and effectively. That's made obvious any time you watch people drive.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 hours ago

And you have to worry about the cops shooting the good Samaritan when the show up. Possibly by accident even.

[–] groet@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

100% certain it would be more. And I wager it would actually, be more than linear. Double the number if people with guns and you get more than double the number of mass shootings.

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

More until we reach convergence or critical mass and become singularity shooting.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Yeehar bullets all the way down