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Justin Ling: I’ve studied the ‘incel’ culture that fuelled the Montreal shooting and solutions are hard to find (www.thestar.com)
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[–] 14 points 4 months ago (7 children)

We still need to find fucking something. I hear tons of calls for gun control but no matter how many rammings or shootings or stabbings or other acts of violence do I hear an attempt at drawing young men (and men in general) away from this shit.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It needs a cultural fix. Better role models, better life choices, and ending glorification of this shit.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    But you would be amazed at how many support only gun laws in response and nothing else. Expensive and ineffective AND pulling resources out of other police duties and social services. This is a massive pet peeve of mine.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    it's pretty clear from the data that laws restricting firearm access reduce gun violence.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    He was using an SKS with stripper clips and no magazine. It has a wooden stock and was probably manufactured in the 70s. They were used in Korea and Vietnam. Patrol cops don't have armor that stops 7.62 either. Gun control was not going to stop this one.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    No light vest can stop ANY centerfire rifle round. The 7.62x39mm is an intermediate round. If you got a Mauser 98 from WW1 and fired 1930s civilian 7.92x57mm (the German Mauser round) it would zip through both sides of the vest and kill anyone behind the cop, too

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