Oh wow.

[luzribeiro]

If you think that mansplaining about "not assault weapons" and "assault weapons" in light of today's events in Las Vegas is going to be helpful in discussing the huge gun violence problem the USA has, you are the problem.

50+ dead, 400+ taken to hospitals.

Save us all the wisdom you need to share about the bullshit you believe.

This is how these guys handle everything - by dragging us out into the weeds of the mansplains rather than actually addressing the issues.

Don't be a dick.

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[garote]

If he was Chinese, someone would have known?
If he was in his 30’s, someone would have known?
If he was a she, someone would have known?

[asthfghl]

What does "someone would have known" mean? Everyone learns and then "knows" everything as soon as it happens. This is the 21st century.

[garote]

“A 30-year-old Chinese woman who loves guns was able to stack her hotel room with tons of them without anyone doing squat about it.”

Would that have surprised you?

[asthfghl]

Yes. Because gun obsession doesn't seem to be infecting 30-year-old Chinese women as much as it does old white men. Does me not being surprised, surprise you? Why?

[garote]

What does that have to do with “was able to”?

[asthfghl]

Who you talkin' to?

[garote]

You, obvs:

https://talkpolitics.dreamwidth.org/1928713.html?thread=133281033#cmt133281033

[asthfghl]

Then explain your question.

[garote]

Well, you say you ain't surprised it's a white guy that did the crime.

But also, you ain't surprised a white guy was able to commit this crime. What I'm asking is, why ain't you surprised? Just a matter of access to guns? Like, white people can get guns easier?

[asthfghl]

More like, the crazies among the white people are more prone to expressing their crazy with guns. Cultural thing, you know. And yes, crazy people being allowed easy access to guns is the problem here, not the existence of guns among the populace, as some are trying to present it here.