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Do broni! - Newsletter Artura Kurasińskiego

October 04, 2017

Brońmy się.

W Las Vegas biały mężczyzna otworzył ogień do tłumu zgromadzonego na koncercie. Zabił 59 osób a kilkaset ranił. To najkrwawszy atak pojedynczego napastnika w historii USA. Czy to powstrzyma wyznawców prawa do noszenia i używania broni w Ameryce? Nie. Czy na nowo rozgorzeje spór o to czy Amerykanie są za słabo uzbrojeni (polecam lekturę mitu  o "good guy with a gun") czy może za bardzo? Z pewnością. 

Broń w Ameryce można nabyć pod kilkoma warunkami - niestety jak dowodzi rzeczywistość dostęp do niej jest bardzo mało restrykcyjny.

Co więcej - dzięki nowym technologiom (Ghost Gunner) można stworzyć w domu z kawałka aluminium w pełni działający karabin oraz pistolet. Bez numerów seryjnych, w dowolnej ilości. A propos numerów seryjnych - w Ameryce dzięki ustawie przepchniętej przez lobbystów z NRA nie umożliwiono stworzenia narodowej bazy danych numerów seryjnych broni. Polecam poczytać jak takie sprawdzanie wygląda w rzeczywistości. Oglądamy za dużo seriali o policjantach i ufamy filmowemu wizerunkowi ich pracy.

Dlaczego o tym piszę? Ponieważ w Polsce członkowie partii Kukiz '15 wnieśli projekt zmiany prawa i spowodowania, że dostęp do broni palnej w Polsce ma być łatwiejszy. Społeczeństwo ma się uzbroić. Przeciwko komu? 

Od kilku lat Policja w kolejnych raportach pokazuje, że Polacy coraz bardziej ufają wymiarowi sprawiedliwości i popełniają coraz mniej przestępstw (tych z użyciem broni palnej również). Spada liczba przestępstw. Po co zatem broń? Może do obrony przeciwko uzbrojonym napastnikom, którzy dostęp do broni uzyskują z pominięciem prawa?

Kto i czym nas obroni przed strachem jaki sami tworzymy?

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Świat biegnie, esport pędzi! Badania i raporty pokazują, że dobrze wie dokąd zmierza. Nad losami graczy pochylił się już Parlament Europejski, a fenomen esportu zadziwił parlamentarzystów ponoć bardziej od Brexitu. Co dalej: Coca-Cola w FIFA18, stylowi zawodnicy, finał Mistrzostw Polski ESL i więcej. Zapraszamy na esportowe podsumowanie września:

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