(Not mine, just sharing)
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
618 points (94.0% liked)
People Twitter
5367 readers
1940 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a tweet or similar
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
If you go left far enough you oppose gun control and aren't overlapping any of those circles...
Gun control has nothing to do with left vs right. Either you are privileged enough to have never felt true danger or you live in the real world.
Most of the real danger in my life is the result of guns being in the hands of people who want to kill me because I walked on their grass or something
Has this ever actually happened to you?
I get a few "Go back to where you came from" and a N word here and there, as well as standard police BS. It got worse during Trump and we bailed the small towns.
But you tell me how many dead folks you need before you feel validated.
I was assaulted a month ago, didn't draw any weapon but if strangers didn't intervene at the last second I would have. I belong to a targeted minority, and the only alternative to being able to defend myself is basically just to hide.
Edit: Maybe a bit longer than a month ago now
So.. The gun wasn't needed
If the altercation started 15 seconds earlier it would have been different. If that changes nothing for you then there is no need to continue this
I feel like this comment could go either way.
Read the other reply to my message. They admit they haven't experienced true danger, and they're clearly in favor of gun control.
I grew up in a pretty liberal area around lots of gun enthusiasts. Some of them liked to hunt, others were just really protective of their property.
I now live in a pretty conservative area around lots of gun enthusiasts. Some of them like to hunt, others are just really protective of their property.
Gun violence doesn't come from responsible gun owners, it comes from gangs (usually stolen guns), mentally unwell people (often stolen), and police (kind of both of the previous groups...). The solution isn't "fewer scary guns in general," but "better checks to reduce the guns that get to bad people."
My suggestion is to attack each of the problems separately:
Gun control legislation I've seen so far is mostly useless, since it attacks "scary guns" like the AR-15 style guns, which are a minority among gun violence by statistics, which are dominated by suicides and gang violence (both often use handguns, not AR-15 style rifles).
I’ve been in potentially deadly situations but guns were irrelevant to the equation.