• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I realize any sort of regulation whatsoever is anathema to a lot of people who own guns, but I really think we would cut down on gun deaths by a huge margin if you were required to take a gun safety class before you could buy a gun. I’m sure you could give a basic overview of gun safety with one short class and it would be enough to stop a great many accidental deaths.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      Something like 50 to 60 percent of gun deaths are self deletions. I’m not sure how many of those are suicide vs negligent discharge though.

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      12 hours ago

      At least in my state this IS required, people just ignore all of it the second they walk out of the store with their license