Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoA 2020 law banning plastic bags in Vermont has nearly eliminated their use in the statewww.burlingtonfreepress.comexternal-linkmessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1501arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarecorsicanguppylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·1 day agoWe can ban a bag successfully but we can’t ban a gun?
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 day ago“It’s mah rite!”
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·21 hours agoUnironically, yes, it’s literally protected by the Constitution. Plastic bags are not
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoConstitution doesn’t specify what type of gun, not sure ak47 and other fully automatic weapons were on the minds of the writers of the constitution. A lot of things have changed since then.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoSure, that’s why those things are illegal, but normal guns are not
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoBut they are only illegal under certain circumstances and certain states. So if exceptions can be made, more regulations can be made as well.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoYeah, but why aren’t hand-grenades and suicide vests covered in the right to bear arms?
We can ban a bag successfully but we can’t ban a gun?
“It’s mah rite!”
Unironically, yes, it’s literally protected by the Constitution. Plastic bags are not
Constitution doesn’t specify what type of gun, not sure ak47 and other fully automatic weapons were on the minds of the writers of the constitution. A lot of things have changed since then.
Sure, that’s why those things are illegal, but normal guns are not
But they are only illegal under certain circumstances and certain states. So if exceptions can be made, more regulations can be made as well.
Yeah, but why aren’t hand-grenades and suicide vests covered in the right to bear arms?
Cannons were not covered either