• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      Given that New Jersey is one of if not the most restrictive state for firearms regulations in the country, I don’t think this analogy is quite as sharp as you were expecting.

      • Bixcut@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        TIL, thank you

        But I’m still serious. Places outside nj are trying to pass e bike regulations too, and I’m sure the panties are twisting harder than for gun control.

          • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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            22 days ago

            I don’t disagree; but the fact that you don’t have to insure a gun while you do have to insure a bicycle is the point here…

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            22 days ago

            Nobody has said there are no gun laws; just that currently there seems to be more interest in restricting access to ebikes than there is in restricting access to guns, though guns cause far more societal harm.

            While I don’t have a direct reference to the numbers for this; injury and death caused by firearms seems to be far more common and more severe than ebike related injuries - at least in America.