ok, so now that they've carried through with a policy that no expert in the field thinks will have any effect on gun violence at all, i wish them luck at a careful evaluation of the actual root causes of violence in their society.

banning things makes authoritarians and sheeple feel safe, but it doesn't solve anything: it doesn't solve for addiction, it doesn't solve for prostitution and it won't solve for gun violence, either.

i don't oppose these bans, i'm just insistent that they don't work. all evidence-based research suggests that the focus and resources would be better spent on finding ways to address the toxic effects of heteropatriarchy and aggressive masculinity - of which islam is a dominant contributing problem - as well as on better identifying mental health issues in socially isolated young men.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/03/20/new-zealand-bans-semi-automatic-and-assault-rifles-6-days-after-mass-shooting_a_23697256/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spotim_referrer=recirculation