@aral #facehoof

The problem is #ViolenceCulture, not guns!

• Otherwise we'd see Europe suffer from mass shootings since at least the #Luty-SMG & #FGC9 got released.

Cuz the problem isn't [il]legal availability, but whether media rewards violence with airtime, thus wanting copycats!

@mjj @mattblaze +9001%

I mean by the same logic as #AI grifters everyone should be allowed to DIY their own guns because #Luty-SMG & #FGC9 exist...

• Obviously, none.of the lawmakers would agree cuz that would empower the average citizen and not get them paid in a consultancy job post-office...

@Huntn00 @josephcox Again: The problem are #people, not #guns.

• The only reason in the Post-#Luty & Post-#FGC9 era why you don't see everyone and their grandma armed [in #Europe] is not #legislation, but the fact that we don't have a #ViolenceCulture here.

I mean, #JStark built the FGC-9 in #Germany with 0 controlled parts so it's safe to assume it isn't #technology that stops people, but the lack of motivation, desire or need.

• The problem in the case of #DeepFake-based #pr0n is #sexism and prudishness!

The solution is #accountability & #consequences for tze perpertrators and an end of #VictimBlaming and #stigmatization!

@PeterCxy well, I think,it's mostly fearmongering by facists who know jack shite about #guns.

• That being said DIY gunsmithing isn't something that started with the #FGC9 nor the #Luty-SMG.

Whereas organized crime and terrorism just use existing and readily available stockpiles of illegal weapons instead, as those are cheaper and more dependable to a degree.

• In fact the biggest source of illegal firearms in Germany are "inventory losses" and flatout thefts at military and police since before WW1.

@Archivist @datarama @munin I think all drugs need #HarmReduction and that #criminalization prevents both proper information and access to care.

• I'm not saying we should've #Fentanyl Vending Machines (instead we should have professionally staffed "Consumption Rooms" where there's not only trained personnel onsite able and ready to intervene when needed) but that the criminalization and it's effects are more harmful to society overall.

• Only with a #legalzed access and #consumption will it be possible to enforce #ConsumerProtection, #QualityControl and #YouthProtection as well as offer support and relief where needed.

As for people harming others: That is sufficiently sanctioned in #PenalCode already!

• It doesn't change the fact that a person gets charged for murder regardless if they used their bare hands, a bajonet, syringe or gun to kill someone.

• Criminalization doesn't reduce access in the "Post-#Luty & Post-#GFC9" era, but merely makes it harder for investigators to find and match evidence pieces like the gun used.

Basically everything that doesn't inherently cause harm to individuals (i.e. violence), organizations (i.e. theft) or society as a whole (i.e. tax fraud & tax evasion) is a #VictimlessCrime per very definition.