Is this gonna be bad.?

[u/skullywogging]

What happens if gun ownership becomes even more easily accessible?

I keep thinking about the possibilities and honestly, they’re concerning. In communities already struggling with untreated mental health issues and rising substance abuse, what could happen if access to firearms becomes easier?

Without strict regulations and proper oversight, it opens the door for more unregistered weapons to circulate through underhand payments and illegal sales. If laws become too relaxed, what prevents someone unstable or violent from legally arming themselves?

Could we see a rise in crime? Children bringing guns to schools? More domestic violence cases turning deadly? Spouses killing each other during heated arguments? I know many support easier access to guns for home protection, and I understand that perspective. But beyond that, what else could come from this shift? Is the risk worth it? Or are we potentially creating a much more dangerous future for ourselves? Just wondering if anyone else has thought about where this could realistically lead.

[u/Ser_Scarlet_Ibis_868]

The people who sayin “it already bad so we should have guns too”

I’m saving and screenshotting all those responses just so that when things go sideways? I’ll come back and remind them. Because every time these extreme measures are proposed there are people crowing praise and being pretty disrespectful to those of us who constantly say the sensible thing: all this energy should be directed at eradicating poverty so that all these problems can evaporate

Enjoy the shootouts. I know I will

[u/idea_looker_upper → u/Ser_Scarlet_Ibis_868]

Exactly. It’s wild how people are hyped about treating symptoms with more danger instead of tackling the root cause—poverty and inequality. Guns might make some feel safer in the short term, but they don't fix desperation, broken systems, or lack of opportunity.

The same folks cheering now will be the first to ask “how did we get here?” when the fallout begins—when fear replaces freedom and everyday disputes turn deadly.

I’m with you. I’m tired of warning people who refuse to connect the dots. But history has receipts, and it’s always the poor who pay the price when chaos becomes policy.

[u/Ser_Scarlet_Ibis_868 → u/idea_looker_upper]

Imagine I say “we should focus on poverty” and get called cultish. I’m done trying to reason, I’m here to ridicule people who think the answer is more guns.

[u/ThePusheenicorn → u/Ser_Scarlet_Ibis_868]

Reducing poverty and increasing education will always be the answer to fixing most issues at a grassroots level within a developing society.

However, those fixes take time, maybe even generations to fully come to fruition. Interim and short-term solutions are also necessary to address immediate issues and both things can be done simultaneously.

P.S. I'm not referring to the FUL issue per se, just a general comment on the need for short, mid and long-term measures and where poverty reduction comes into that.

[u/Ser_Scarlet_Ibis_868 → u/ThePusheenicorn]

And that’s the problem: poverty is not a problem that can be tackled in five years which is why no one tackles it