It’s the VA state motto

@Zuluzeit You can argue that your gun legislation is stricter than ours in some ways, and we are a socialist state.

Since 1776 yall

@LrnAshly I had no idea. That is nice.

Most of that Bs didn’t pass

@Doc depends on the state

That’s the point

in CA....yeah kinda

@TheParamedicGamer I know.

I think VA is the worst state I've ever lived in

Va was a test to see if it could get pushed through state legislatures

it's bad in Ca

peoples republic of...

Virginia

Easiest way to control a population is to eradicate its ability to defend itself.

I disagree. The easiest way to control a population is to create a belief system.

I can get behind that totally

And then produce some moral hegemony. Where some thoughts are considered morally lesser.

Social construction of beliefs

Correct.

And applied social terror.

Sociologist here

Much more efficient than physical control.

@Doc you are speaking hard truths my friend

Psychiatrist here,

nice to meet you.

@TheParamedicGamer well, thank you, sir.

Well the outliers will need to be disarmed because there’s gonna be “the watchers” who are tuned in and those will need to be controlled by something other than social construction mechanisms

Doc social psychology is my jam!

yes and no. History shows us that social pressure is the most powerful force.

The outliers will be your eccentric weirdo here and there.

99% conform

that's the thing we always say. gun laws affect the law abiding citizen.

which at one point does that person need to push back

also!

Even so, violence and threat of violence doesn't seem like it's not a thing.

this seems a bit off topic for <#771201221145919499>

every society breaks down when the individuals comprising it are no longer loyal to the entity. If they have guns it will be more violent.

though....300 000 dead Tuutsies might disagree....

It's precisely the election topic for a lot of people. One-issue voters are real.

fair