re: Let’s address the elephant in the room: the conspiracy folks

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In order to prevent gun violence, the far left helped an 18 year old shoot and kill 21 people?

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This is where you’re missing the mark. The government’s motivation with gun control is not to reduce gun violence, but to remove potential impediments to their authority. In many countries, gun control was effectively enacted just a few short years before their governments rapidly descended into authoritarianism. These countries went rapidly from banning guns to banning dissent and making opposition figures disappear.

Would a group that desired gun confiscation see terrorism as a legit method for convincing law abiding folks to support greater gun control? Well, that pattern of horrific school shootings leading to public support for enacting gun control worked in Australia and New Zealand, so it’s not like the precedent isn’t there.

It is not uncommon for organizations to have stated aims very different from their true motives. Just look at how Planned Parenthood touts all of these legitimate health services they pretend to offer, when in reality, more than 90% of what they do (besides admin and advertising) is abortions.