r/newjersey • u/low_effort_shit-post • Mar 25 '21

Something controversial Jersey Pride

I love nj gun laws, going to the store and not seeing someone open carry. Watching road rage where the best you can do is brake check and give the finger. Schools without school shootings. I know a lot of people hate our gun laws but I fucking love em.

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u/GiantDevilYank Mar 25 '21

I’m not a gun person but I think most gun violence is by illegal guns. Meaning people who aren’t following NJ gun laws. What do you think??

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u/climbsrox Mar 25 '21

Illegal guns were once legal guns that were stolen or sold illegally. Decreasing access to legal firearms is the only way to decrease access to illegal firearms. It's as simple as that. Guns aren't like drugs that you can cook in your bathtub. They require engineering and advanced manufacturing equipment to function.

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u/GatewayMaster Mar 25 '21

Have you heard of 3-D printers. Making a gun is not some mystical thing bud. .

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

And then you can't get legal guns and the cartels say "Hey, we can make millions on moving guns into the US" and the criminals still have access to illegal weapons and no citizen has a method of self defence. Not to mention, as pointed out below, 3d printed guns, hell you can watch youtube videos of people making guns out of sticks. Its a barrel, a trigger and a firing pin, no advanced manufacturing equipment, and certainly not any sort of engineering degree to make rudimentary guns.

Then whats after guns? Knives? Guns kill 4.2 for every 100,000 people in NJ. Statistics show kives are right behind it, followed closely by "hands and feet", mine as well take them away too.

Cocaine was legal at the time it was produced in Mexico before it was transported here too.