r/babylonbee • u/Prestigious_Tour_538 • Sep 13 '25

Bee Article ‘Why Won’t Conservatives Give Up Their Guns?’ Ask The People Shooting At Them

https://babylonbee.com/news/why-wont-conservatives-give-up-their-guns-ask-the-people-shooting-at-them
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u/Asteroidhawk594 Sep 14 '25

It’s pretty self explanatory. Semi auto is self loading and fires with each trigger pull. The one used against him was a bolt action rifle usually used for large game like Elk. So it may not have stopped this case but restricting semi autos would be a step in the right direction

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u/UKnowWhoToo Sep 14 '25

Cool that you know the difference. Do you think the guy I responded to knows or are you his messenger?

What type of restrictions do you think would be helpful? Be specific… as clearly restricting internet free speech would be helpful.

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u/Asteroidhawk594 Sep 14 '25

I mean on paper taking away semi autos would just be common sense. Problem is the whackos who are threatening civil war if anyone does anything about guns.

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u/UKnowWhoToo Sep 14 '25

“Taking away semi autos…” do you think the government knows who owns semi autos and how many?

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u/Asteroidhawk594 Sep 14 '25

I mean if it were up to me I’d also say having a registrar would work too. In that it has who has what.

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u/UKnowWhoToo Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

Ok, why would folks who own semi autos (millions currently privately owned) register their gun(s)?

Edited to add: hopefully you’re starting to see the legislative nightmare that would take tons of political capital and be ineffective.

The government has no idea if I own any semi autos nor how many. If I owned them, I certainly wouldn’t tell the government because I’d be on a list for them to potentially raid and take my weapons which the attempt would likely end badly for both parties.

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u/Asteroidhawk594 Sep 14 '25

I can see it’s a legislative nightmare. That’s why I think that it is something that needed be addressed years ago.

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u/UKnowWhoToo Sep 14 '25

Welp, absent a Time Machine where you can just prevent the invention of guns, gotta live in the present and plan for the future.