Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site

Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by ojbyrne on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:16PM (#10999654)

Alternate viewpoint: the proliferation of guns in the US is a factor behind the militarization of the police force. If the police can argue that when they execute raids the person on the other side of the door is armed, then that can be used to argue the need more powerful guns, armor, armored vehicles, etc.

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Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by jabgrabdthrow on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:25PM (#10999713)

I think a large fraction of raid targets would be armed even if you made guns illegal.

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Re:Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site by refurb on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:24PM (#10999710)

Fair point, but the US had a ton of civilians guns before the police ever started looking like an army.

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