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Do you really want to touch that without gloves and a mask on?
A wokified AI take:
Got's to be treading lightly here Tiny. I just don't see enough wiggle room in the OP to peel enough layers of the onion to address the many issues raised, other than to say: Obviously, Red Flags laws don't work, whether it's tied to Trans or any other blue-plate special idiot of the day.
I'll only address one additional item from your below: "Trans people should have the right to defend themselves". Shooting up a church during a mass doesn't come off as a "defensive" posture any more or less than doing the same in another religious school setting - IMHO.
You might should look up the word: mollycoddle
Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do
I guess I need to pay more attention to the news. And do a better job of reading as some of my "facts" in this thread have been wrong. Westman only killed two people, and I was using the FBI's definition of mass shooter, meaning someone who killed four or more people in a 24 hour period.
Anyway it sounds like Westman should removed from the sample, so that there are only three confirmed transgender mass shooters (4+ people killed) in the history of the United States of America, that I'm aware of.
This is just not worth arguing about. Two people dead. About 1.3 million people die from heart disease and cancer every year. About 50,000 from COVID. Maybe we should go back to arguing about COVID instead of trans shooters.
If you (speaking to board members in general, not "you" specifically) want to take handguns away from people, maybe you've got a point. But I don't see why the 2nd amendment should be overturned and long guns, which are necessary for any effective militia, should be taken away from a whole class of people. While you're probably right about red flag laws, I'd think more steps should be taken to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, although I'm not sure what those steps should be. I don't believe transgenders are off mentally in a way that would increase their propensity to commit violent crime.