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  14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

  by jojorabbit in

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  another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

  i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

  but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

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  MeanMrMustard

  When someone proposes price controls to reign in inflation, the suggestion stems from a shallow understanding of the issue. If any price controls are implemented, the *net* effect is worse than before, causing much more suffering.

  Gun control laws are very similar. It's a shallow response. It's like curing disease with leeches. It's an emotional response, a panic, but it won't actually work, and the net effect, after all of the unintended consequences are realized, is worse.
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  14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

  by jojorabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

  i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

  but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Again, you can't take a law and simply transplant it somewhere else and expect the equivalent outcomes.

  Has Australia had a revolutionary war? An armed civil war? Are Australians constitutionally granted the right to bear arms? How many guns were owned before and after the controls?

  Exactly. Also, not all gun deaths are the same. For example, concerning this stat, stated earlier:
  
  "Of all the 5 to 14 year olds shot in the developed world, 90% of them were Americans"
  
  And of that 90%, what percentage of those deaths are inner city gang violence, primarily with hand guns? Every day, literally each day that goes by, more people are killed in Chicago alone. The gun control measures there just disarm the law-abiding.
  
  
  
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  How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

  by nicolaou in

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  here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

  business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

  young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

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  MeanMrMustard

  We use a small fraction of the TP that we used before the pandemic. After the great TP panic hoarding of 2020, we installed bidets.

  Took a little getting used to, but it's rather refreshing.
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  14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

  by jojorabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

  i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

  but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

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  MeanMrMustard

  I'm not really a leftist. I try to be a Christian. Left and right are both wrong. You're just extra wrong.

  
  Try harder. You said:
  
  Simple fact: in your brain these kids were acceptance losses
  
  I know this wasn't directed toward me, but I can see this was an attempt at pure manipulation. A jump right to shame in an attempt to undercut arguments.
  
  It's a lot like calling someone raaaacist. I'm not buying that shit.
  
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  14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

  by jojorabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

  i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

  but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Oh nos... a leftist thinks I'm a rrrrraaascist because I don't subscribe to bigotry of low expectations.
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  How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

  business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

  young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

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  MeanMrMustard

  To answer the OP more directly:

  I have 4 kids. I've noticed my grocery bill double this year. Also, I've noticed less product within the package.

  Buying bulk helps.
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  14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

  by jojorabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

  i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

  but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Jojo it wasn't all directed specifically at you. However it is obscene when someone slaughters 20 children and your first comment is that you support gun rights.

  
  Be honest. You know why someone might go there. The bodies aren't even cold and the left will use it for a political agenda. By that, I mean laws will be proposed that are vague, unclear, and wouldn't have prevented the tragedy in the first place.
  
  

  Why do people need access to body armor and assault rifles?

  
  See what I mean? Good lord. We could go over all the stats again. We could talk about thr definition of "assault rifle" - or the lack thereof, all before the body count stops climbing. And then we'll wait a few days and find out he had a hand gun (as reported earlier today).
  
  

  Why do countries with strict gun control have way less murders?

  
  Spare me. I lived through the summer of love. Guns were the only thing that kept BLM out of my town.
  
  

  Simple fact: in your brain these kids were acceptance losses

  
  Forking hell. Like I said. The guy will turn out to be mentally unstable, family problems, most likely fatherless, and on the spectrum somewhere - as a vast majority of these shooters. But noooo, we either buy into "common sense" left-wing solutions or else we "accept" kids getting gunned down.
  
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  14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

  by jojorabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

  i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

  but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Let's wait and see how crazy this one turns out to be. The focus won't be on mental health.
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  How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

  business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

  young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

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  MeanMrMustard

  As an example - let's say a natural disaster occurs. Horrible. Property damaged everywhere. Gas suddenly has a price spike. In some areas, the price is $50/ gal.

  Is this good or bad?

  Politicians will get on their high horse and crack down on 'gouging'. It's just unacceptable that anyone should pay above the normal price.

  But soon nobody in the hardest hit areas have any gas. There is nothing to buy, nothing to run generators. People have money, and a desire to buy gasoline. But there is none. So they go cold and suffer more.

  But if they just let the price rise, everyone and their uncle would load up their car and move gasoline into the affected area. Gas tankers, spurred on by incentive, would pull extra deliveries. Everyone would have more than enough gas. But as the supply rises, and demand is satisfied, competition will bring the price down again.
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  How is the 'Cost of Living Crisis' affecting you?

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  here in the uk we've recently had the price cap on household energy bills raised by around £800 and there'll be another similar raise this autumn.. food prices are up, petrol is around £1.82 per litre - that's $10.37 per gallon for our american friends - and inflation is currently running at 9%.

  business are being hit as ordinary folk prioritise their spending.

  young folks are effectively priced out of the housing market and wage rises are not keeping pace.. mrs nic' and i are fortunate in that we're both in secure employment and with the kids moved out and mortgage paid off our outgoings are thankfully low.

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  MeanMrMustard

  Why would you say price control is the worst response?

  
  Because it will lead to shortages.
  
  Prices contain valuable information about supply and demand. If something is already in short supply, a higher price is a signal that will 1) cause consumers to cut back and naturally ration their usage of the resource, and 2) cause producers to ramp up production to meet the demand (because the margins are high and the reward is greater)
  
  If the price is held low, usage never cuts back and production never ramps up. The result is a shortage. If the price is held low enough, it might force producers to operate at a loss, which basically means they will stop producing.
  
  Shortages are much worse than higher prices.