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>When you advocate for punishing law-abiding citizens for the misdeeds of criminals

I don't think you're arguing in good-faith here. The Misdeeds of criminals? It's not like mass shootings are carried out by felons. They're carried out by mentally ill people that have access to guns they should not have access to. They're not criminals until they take action.

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> I don't think you're arguing in good-faith here.

I could say the same about you, but I'll just leave it that I don't think you have thought through your position.

> They're not criminals until they take action.

And nobody calls for banning guns until they take action either. At which point, as you say, they are criminals. So the calls for banning guns every time there's a mass shooting are exactly what I said: calls to punish law-abiding citizens for the misdeeds of criminals.

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