dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?message-squaremessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down121
arrow-up1304arrow-down1message-squareWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squareBgugi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoNo, but 100 years ago, you could buy actual machine guns out of the sears catalog. No background check, no ID. Just a money order and postage on delivery.
minus-squareBgugi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo, it ended in 1934. 1986 ended when you could buy new ones with fingerprinting, background checks, and an (originally) prohibitively expensive tax.
No, but 100 years ago, you could buy actual machine guns out of the sears catalog. No background check, no ID. Just a money order and postage on delivery.
That ended in 1986
No, it ended in 1934. 1986 ended when you could buy new ones with fingerprinting, background checks, and an (originally) prohibitively expensive tax.