They go after this platform, because it's a favorite of mass shooters. You know this.
DdCno1
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The AR-15 is designed for hunting humans, not game.
As good an excuse as any to post this infamous video:
I swear there's another one, but can't find it right now, so it's definitely not a fluke.
Would you describe someone who has likely driven a Jeep as smart?
At least in China's case, the harassment extends to ethnically Chinese people who have lived their entire lives abroad and never set foot in China.
This appears to be the new norm among autocratic regimes (although it isn't all that new - think of Trotsky, for example, or the infamous umbrella murder).
Vietnam is doing this as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BB%8Bnh_Xu%C3%A2n_Thanh
https://rsf.org/en/dissident-exile-stops-blogging-because-family-vietnam-being-hounded
Eritrea, a regime that is similarly repressive as North Korea, but far less known, is also notorious for this:
Saudi Arabia is among the worst in this regard:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression/saudi-arabia
I'm getting the impression that liberal democracies housing refugees and dissidents from autocratic regimes are unprepared to counter these threats. It is our responsibility to protect people seeking refuge and this includes proactive action against governments that seek to extend their violent rule outside of their borders.
It wouldn't be a Republican ban if it wasn't tackling a fictional "issue".
Apples and (lab-grown) oranges.
But what about...
You would think that millions of global COVID deaths that he (and Xi - but nobody is allowed to vote that idiot out of office) is primarily responsible for would finally keep people from voting for the "it can't get any worse" guy.
COVID-19 killed almost three times as many Americans as died during WW2 due to both inaction and deliberate malicious actions. This alone should have resulted in a prison sentence for Trump and his inner circle.
Imagine the Papal States never dissolving and becoming a nuclear-armed power in the 20th century, using the threat of nuclear annihilation to maintain their independence and increase their global influence.
That would be an interesting alternative history scenario.
The "well-regulated militia" part afterwards isn't vague, but gets ignored by self-proclaimed "originalists".