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   Sean Casten (seancasten@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jul-2024 23:36:10 JST Sean Casten

   I get variants of this question a lot so let's take it on. Short version: because America's gun policy has always been steeped in a desire for extra-judicial, vigilante justice.

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     Sean Casten (seancasten@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jul-2024 23:36:09 JST Sean Casten

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     2. No one buys an AR-15 or a bump stock so they can fill their fridge with turkey and venison, or so they can quickly defend against a home invasion. These are weapons of war, designed to kill large numbers of people quickly.

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     Sean Casten (seancasten@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jul-2024 23:36:10 JST Sean Casten

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     1. Consider: no one fetishizes Rittenhouse, or Zimmerman, or that rando couple from St. Louis a few years back because of their membership in a well-regulated militia, nor for their hunting or self-defense.

     Bill repeated this.