The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Because every gun owner thinks they are “the good guys”

      Just wait till I use my gun to save a bunch of lives. Then you’ll see that I’m a hero. /s

        • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          Because most are.

          Now I know the new trendy thing is for gun lobbyists and right-wing operatives online to stoke the division by pitching guns to the left. I know the intent is to profit from a wider market while simultaneously muddying the waters of who is the most violent ideological group.

          … And some ground is being made with this vector, but it’s still nowhere close to comparable.

    • aidan@lemmy.world
      English
      9·
      11 months ago

      Usually from their perspective they are. Most people don’t try to be bad.

      • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        Yep. This guy thought he was fighting a righteous battle against the evil of white replacement. Brainwashed, but not insane by any clinical definition any more than any soldier is.

        • MrSpArkle@lemmy.caEnglish
          8·
          11 months ago

          This is a key insight. There have been plenty of despots and dictators that ruled countries for decades while committing uncountable atrocities who had full command of their faculties.