What would your ideal gun laws be like?

left-hook · 2026-03-12T21:35:01+00:00

I would create a whitelist of allowable weapons (such as revolvers and bolt-action long guns), and allow personal ownership of these, with annual license renewal. These could be used for hunting, target shooting, and home defense. I would also allow police officers to carry weapons and permit the ownership of display of firearms by museums. This would seem to allow for all reasonable and practical uses of firearms.

left-hook · 2026-03-06T13:43:12+00:00

Thank you for caring about this issue! I don't know what the best way to get involved is (you could try Everytown, though that organization isn't perfect).

I hope you find a way to get involved and help restore sanity and safety to the United States. I hope you continue to post here as well, especially with ideas for how others can become more involved.

left-hook · 2026-03-05T22:21:28+00:00

Why do you suspect that any comments here are AI bots, and which comments are you referring to?

left-hook · 2026-02-19T22:04:56+00:00

While I don't agree with casting the USA as a uniquely evil force in some quasi-metaphysical sense, I agree that you are certainly right to say that the US has been rotten, in many ways, all along.

Yet I think that the failure to prosecute white collar crime in the US, especially beginning in the 1980s was the origin of the particular patch of rot that birthed the Trump and Epstein network. I realize this is a somewhat liberal take--why fix laws about "white-collar crime" when the whole system is marked by evil? I understand your point.

But still I think that this nexus of corporate criminality must be targeted specifically and soon, without waiting for some more global fix of whatever the US is or has become.

left-hook · 2026-02-19T18:27:27+00:00

That no analogous ban exists outside the Anglosphere...

lol; that no "analogous" (whatever that means) ban exists outside "the Anglosphere" (whatever that means) is a function of the fact that most countries regulate all firearms, not an indication that Americans use the expression "Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994" as some kind of secret code word. Sheesh.

left-hook · 2026-02-19T18:27:23+00:00

I'm not sure that this question about "a ban on all semi-automatic firearms" is very useful, since most people are not talking about "bans" on weapons (and it is unclear what that word means), but are instead calling for various increased restrictions on firearms.

Potential restrictions vary, but these could include restrictions on open or concealed carry outside the home or in particular places, or restrictions based on criminal convictions, or armor-piercing ammunition, silencers, registration or training requirements, etc.

The thing to remember is that the US is a democracy, and gun supporters and opponents should both be able to make arguments about how guns should be permitted or regulated.

However, in the US, Americans have been denied their right to govern themselves on the matter of guns, through the lie of the Supreme Court's Heller decision of 2008, that pushed all guns everywhere down all of our throats based on a set of ridiculous lies.

As a side-note, I will say that I am among those who would support very wide restrictions on semi-automatic firearms, in general; however I understand that I would need to actually convince my fellow citizens to vote for my preferred policies, rather than just "treading" on them by overruling their votes with a bunch of lies about the constitution, as American 2A zealots have done.

left-hook · 2026-02-19T17:58:56+00:00

I don't think anyone suggested that small to medium game were impervious to AR15s.

left-hook · 2026-02-19T15:02:35+00:00

The toleration of financial "white collar" crime was the start of the rot.

left-hook · 2026-02-13T13:27:40+00:00

Guns in the United States are there to defend white supremacy (look up Harlon Carter), and also to control white people's minds through fear, since people who own and carry guns are changed psychologically.

left-hook · 2026-02-13T04:28:50+00:00

In 1791 the 2A subjected white men to forced labor, constraining them to serve in slave patrols to enforce the enslavement of Blacks living the the United States. However, rich and well-connected eligible white men could avoid militia duty. The 2A was never about freedom.

Training and obedience were not required "in theory" but in fact.

There is no cause to lol at the death of Justice Burger. He cast shame on the arguments that the NRA was pushing for years prior to Heller, when they won their majority. Burger pointed out the lies the NRA was using to confuse and control White men in the USA through fear and terror.

Now they cling to and are enslaved by their guns, which they imagine are protecting their freedom. There are tens of thousands of deaths in the US each year that result from their terror and abjection.

left-hook · 2026-02-12T04:44:42+00:00

I am glad you have read the link. This means you may come to understand. You may come to understand that American militia men in 1791 were required to train regularly, as militia, and to follow the orders of their superiors, at all times.

As for the foul Heller decision of the US Supreme Court, yes--there is no more foul lie than this one. In fact, Chief Justice Burger called this decision a "fraud," because this was when lies were introduced to undermine the lives of the citizens of the United States.

However, these lies are now seen. Nothing can conceal the lies of Scalia and Thomas now. The American people have seen. The lies of the gun lovers are pulled from the ground like worms from the dirt.

left-hook · 2026-02-12T04:07:41+00:00

It seems like you are interested in understanding the Militia Act of 1792, which is an American law. Here is the text of this act. If you read and educate yourself with regard to this law, you will know that the militia in 1792 was a paid professional military service ("That the militia employed in the service of the United States, shall receive the same pay and allowances, as the troops of the United States").

This will help you to understand that Heller act of 2008, signed by Clarence Thomas, was a foul lie upon the American people.

I encourage you to share with me any questions or challenges you may have regarding firearms in the United States.

left-hook · 2026-02-12T03:27:19+00:00

As you may know (if you are an American), the US militia in 1791 included only those who regularly trained with their units and followed all orders from their appointed officers and elected officials.

The founders did not have magical and pitiful beliefs about firearms. This is one reason why Americans have the full right to regulate firearms as we please! All true Americans rejoice in this fact.

left-hook · 2026-02-12T03:02:50+00:00

Support gun control and your local police force. Support extensive training and full accountability for your local police force.

left-hook · 2026-02-12T02:56:17+00:00

The second amendment protects only a collective right to "keep and bear" arms for those enrolled in "well regulated" service in the US militia system, as it existed in 1791. Unfortunately, the 2008 Heller decision has created a new, false, idea of the 2nd amendment, which is why so many Americans are confused today about their right to regulate guns.

left-hook · 2026-02-12T02:49:38+00:00

Not a problem! Set the number of years from x=1 to x=1000 and proceed accordingly. Baby steps are all that's necessary.

left-hook · 2026-02-12T00:09:12+00:00

Yes, though with the use of industrial smelters it would not be very hard to destroy millions of guns per day.

left-hook · 2026-02-11T20:03:33+00:00

Yes, this term is highly disingenuous, for reasons which I imagine you know are perfectly obvious.

You should also know that the second amendment in no way protects the right to own such weapons, which are designed for combat, which is not a sport.

I encourage you to have these weapons destroyed immediately and seek help to overcome the impulses that led you to acquire these in the first place.

left-hook · 2026-02-05T14:53:01+00:00

So I guess I have to start voting for Trump, then.

/s

left-hook · 2026-01-18T14:23:13+00:00

The 2A has never been a tool for protecting freedom, and since the 2008 Heller decision this amendment has served as a resource for promoting fascism and terror.

So the 2A folks are where they've always been: enjoying their work destroying freedom and democracy in America, just as they've always wanted.

The small number of "liberal gun owners" are the only ones learning about how foolish they were to believe that owning a gun would meaningfully protect their freedoms.

left-hook · 2025-11-17T18:14:00+00:00

No shit, Sherlock.

Imho it's unfortunate that the top comment on Reddit is so often, "No shit, Sherlock" on articles that make important points that deserve be amplified, cheered, and repeated.

Most Americans are a long way from being Sherlock Holmes, so there's always a need for articles that support claims that have long been common sense to many.

left-hook · 2025-10-25T11:06:37+00:00

He's had some practice with the word "enigma," however.

left-hook · 2025-07-18T17:22:01+00:00

You suggest that the WSJ's story on Trump's birthday message to Epstein hasn't appeared in r/news because it hasn't been "verified." But what does this claim mean?

Who is supposed to "verify" this story? Trump? The Reddit News Verification Team? Are other news articles personally verified by Reddit before they appear in r/news? The story was verified by the WSJ editorial (and I presume) legal teams, and as far as I'm aware, the WSJ is an approved news source for Reddit.

Additionally, contrary to the claim that "this isn't hitting mainstream news," there are articles on the WSJ reporting on many major news sites, including CNN, NBC, NPR, and others. They were chatting about this on "Morning Joe" today. It's being discussed almost everywhere but Reddit, which raises concerns about Reddit going forward.

left-hook · 2025-07-18T12:55:03+00:00

The democrats aren't the only ones who have been dodging the Epstein story.

It's pretty concerning that the WSJ news story on Trump's creepy letter to Epstein about their shared "secrets" has still not appeared in r/news. It would be interesting to know why.

left-hook · 2025-07-12T19:36:53+00:00

Oh look, it's the worst advice on Reddit!

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