@[email protected]M to [email protected] • 1 month agoCalifornia is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violencetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square236arrow-up1518arrow-down136
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 month agoBoth of those are way down from when I was in my twenties.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoThat’s education and culture. People will pay whatever it takes to feed their addictions. It’s cultural disappoval that changes behaviour.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-21 month agoTaxes are an effective way of reducing at least tobacco usage. Tons of studies prove that. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951962/pdf/2270.pdf
Both of those are way down from when I was in my twenties.
That’s education and culture. People will pay whatever it takes to feed their addictions. It’s cultural disappoval that changes behaviour.
Taxes are an effective way of reducing at least tobacco usage. Tons of studies prove that. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951962/pdf/2270.pdf