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Author of Texas bill to ban 'furries' in schools cannot come up with examples of it happening (web.archive.org)

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A Texas bill, known as the FURRIES Act, would ban non-human behaviors in public schools, including the use of litter boxes and wearing animal accessories.

Rep. Stan Gerdes, the bill's author, claimed schools were providing litter boxes for students acting as "furries."

When pressed, Gerdes could not find an example. The bill was left pending in committee.

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The assault weapons ban in Australia forced the retirement of the entire set of politicians who voted for it.

They have no regrets, it is a good law and makes their country a better place to live for them and their children.

[–] Rivalarrival 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The assault weapons ban the US had from 1994 to 2004 didn't force the retirement of the entire set of politicians who voted for it. It simply drove the majority position across party lines, and left everyone wondering how the hell the Democrats become so out of touch with their own constituents.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Gotta love that freedum:

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/06/15/did-the-assault-weapons-ban-of-1994-bring-down-mass-shootings-heres-what-the-data-tells-us/

[–] Rivalarrival 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Dropping gun control, we would have had the political capital to enact universal health care, which would save several hundred thousand lives a year, and improve the quality of life of millions more.

Trying to force gun control got us Trump and UnitedHealth, without actually achieving gun control: no federal measures have passed since 1994, and 42 States have enacted pro-gun laws since 2004.

Was it worth it?

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Pushing gun control with a sunset clause was pretty dumb, in hindsight.

Letting Russia take Crimea in 2014 was pretty dumb, in hindsight.

It's easy to sit here today and judge the idiots of the past based on what we know now.

If I had a time machine and mind control ray would I go back and make them do it differently? Sure. Right after I told 2011 me to buy 1000 more bitcoin for $4 each and hold them until $50K.

[–] Rivalarrival 1 points 1 hour ago

Pushing gun control with a sunset clause was pretty dumb, in hindsight.

Even then, they didn't have the support to implement it without that sunset. They hoped that support would grow and it would be easy to renew.

It didn't.