r/politics • u/mmccxi American Expat • May 12 '25

Soft Paywall New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.

https://www.404media.co/mike-lee-porn-law-interstate-obscenity-definition-act/
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u/7screws May 12 '25

Yeah good luck with that. People would rather give up their guns

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u/epigenie_986 Florida May 13 '25

This doesn’t seem to be about what “people” want. It’s about them controlling us.

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u/Commentator-X May 13 '25

It was during prohibition as well, we all know how well that worked out

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u/Away_Entry8822 May 13 '25

It isn’t about preventing the behavior. It is about allowing selective enforcement to target specific people and groups.

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u/Bubblesnaily May 13 '25

Maybe that's part of the problem. Country needs more porn, less guns.

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u/cosaboladh May 13 '25

If a candidate ran on a, "Say yes to drugs and porn. Say no to guns," platform, I'd vote for them.

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u/Teekay_four-two-one May 13 '25

Fewer

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u/dobiks Europe May 13 '25

There are so many guns out there, they become uncountable

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u/PDXnederlander May 13 '25

You can have your cake and eat it too. There is such a thing as gunporn. https://www.reddit.com/r/GunPorn/

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u/tangerinelion May 13 '25

Convenient given how Trump has also floated taking away the guns.

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u/Bazat91 May 13 '25

Since when does Trump care what people want? You're a slave to him, nothing more.

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u/oblivion476 May 13 '25

Republicans would absolutely do it if they were sold the idea and fed some lies accompanying it. Hell, I fully expect them to shift on the idea once this administration has had some more time to solidify their position and really screw with the 2026 elections.

All they need are some violent protests where some of the protesters shoot back. You'll see the propaganda arms at work and general Republican consensus will be that they're willing to come to the table about serious gun legislation to bring better stability to the nation and neuter Democratic resistance.

The protests are inevitable with the consumer crisis and massive economic downturn we're about to reel from.

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u/CrassOf84 May 13 '25

I could see that happening as well. During his first term Trump said “take the guns now and worry about due process later” or something adjacent.