The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
    94·
    10 months ago

    the guns i see the criminals use

    Are you running up to folks during a bank robbery and asking them for receipts?

    Or is this, like, guns you saw criminals use in a cartoon show?

    • AbsentBird@lemm.ee
      11·
      10 months ago

      I assume they mean the ones they show on the news after a mass shooting.

        • AbsentBird@lemm.ee
          1·
          10 months ago

          I assume they’re more likely to show pictures of the weapon when the gun isn’t legal or has unusual features. I hadn’t even seen a bump stock before that shooting in Navada made them big news.

          • Glytch@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 months ago

            Just commenting that “some major cities” is super general especially after they were talking about guns they had supposedly seen personally.

            Also is calling them “ghost guns” supposed to make them scarier? Really? “Unregistered firearms” isn’t spooky enough?