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  • You see, at some point you need a shield around the reactor to actually absorb all the high energy particles released, and turn that energy into heat.

    So we have to replace a few tons of shielding that’s lightly radioactive every 2-6 years. That’s literally a vehicle’s worth of waste to power tens of thousands of homes.












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    The whole point is to prevent dangerous individuals from using these loopholes to buy guns.

    Dangerous individuals largely aren’t using this loophole to buy guns. That’s part of the problem.

    The only gun control that might have a chance at stopping gun crime is a total civilian ban and that requires an Amendment.


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    According to Pew and APMRL, 58% of Americans want stricter gun laws, and nearly everyone—86%—supports universal background checks. 86%. Not exactly a fringe opinion, is it?

    They hyper majority of gun sales have background checks involved in them. Universal background checks would either ban the private sale of guns (which SCOTUS would likely overturn) or open up the background check system to private citizens (which will almost certainly be abused from a computer security perspective & will lead to people realizing just how poor the system is).

    The point isn’t that 80% don’t support gun control, it’s that each thing on the wishlist isn’t widely popular. And even if the actions would lead to a landslide, Americans wouldn’t be happy about it.