A new study has found that Americans, including traditionally pro-gun groups, are averse to living near AR-15 owners and neighbors who store guns insecurely. This consensus highlights potential local-level agreement on gun safety practices.

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes to immediate living environments, Americans’ views on gun control may be less divided than the polarized national debate suggests.

The research was conducted against a backdrop of increasing gun violence and polarization on gun policy in the United States. The United States has over 350 million civilian firearms and gun-related incidents, including accidents and mass shootings, have become a leading cause of death in the country. Despite political divides, the new study aimed to explore whether there’s common ground among Americans in their immediate living environments, focusing on neighborhood preferences related to gun ownership and storage.

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
    1910·
    8 months ago

    How is being less visible at night not make a black gun more dangerous than one with a bright wooden sheen?

    You’re right. We should regulate black paint just in case someone decides to turn their legitimate wooden rifle into a war machine.

    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
      86·
      8 months ago

      So you ignored everything i asked about except the color?

      Okay.

      In aggregate, these differences between the two guns, especially the magazine shown on one gun and not the other, make the weapon more dangerous to others, so it’s considered more dangerous to others. Seems pretty simple to me.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        76·
        8 months ago

        Someone already shit on you about everything else, seemed redundant to pile on.

        In aggregate, these changes make the weapon more dangerous to others look scary.

        Fixed.

        • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
          36·
          8 months ago

          So it’s your firm connection that the top gun with a 10 round magazine is equally dangerous as the bottom gun with a 1 round chamber?

          Okay then.

          • seth@lemmy.world
            3·
            8 months ago

            Why don’t you compare chamber to chamber? The top gun also only has a one round chamber.

            Why don’t you compare magazine to magazine? They each only store one round (in the chamber) without a magazine. Standard hunting magazines for both in most states which allow hunting with them, is 5 rounds. You can also get 10, 20, 30, or higher capacity for either.

            The point is that they’re both highly customizable and acquirable, and their basic functions and performance are identical, but only one is publicly stigmatized. Either do both or neither.

            I don’t get the point about firing from the hip, no one who is trying to hit a target is firing from the hip unless they’re a trick shooter or firing a shotgun and even then, very rare. And you can also have a pistol grip on a mini-14. And even if it was an issue, holding a pistol grip from the hip is less natural and more awkward than holding a standard hunting rifle grip at that angle.

          • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
            42·
            8 months ago

            You’ve already had it explained to you that the mini14 takes magazines. Being overly pedantic doesn’t help your case.