• NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    ATF: you can’t make alcohol or tobacco look like candy or market them for kids.

    Also the ATF: turns a blind eye to bespoke gun maker who do things like make kits to make guns look like it’s made out of legos

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      7 months ago

      This is one of those things.

      Like yeah, i get it. It’s honestly kinda cool.

      But can you please FUCKING NOT.

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        7 months ago

        Don’t know why you’re being downvoted. I agree with you, sure, it looks cool, but why?

        The chance for something bad to happen just increases with things like this. Accidental gun-related deaths are already a thing that happens too much.

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          7 months ago

          I modded my vehicle to look like a giant hotdog. Maybe I should think twice before I contribute to the obesity epidemic. I can’t help but feel partly responsible for causing people to over eat and kill themselves.

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            7 months ago

            Two very different things. Obviously cars kill many people every year, that’s not the intended purpose, and making one look like a hotdog won’t realistically increase the probability of a child seeing it, thinking it’s a toy, and hurting themselves or someone else.

            Guns are made to kill things, making an instrument of death look like a toy can definitely increase the probability of a bad outcome.