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    Are gun designs open source? (lemmy.world)
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    [–] Fedizen 63 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Its a joke, don't think too hard about it.

    Freedom as a concept is to vague and personal to be useful any kind of real discussion; "freedom" means whatever you think it means. This is why politicians love to say it.

    I would say that you're right guns make people feel safe.

    However, that the constant threat of violence in society leads to degradation of social norms, especially for children who then get less socialization and become more extreme.

    You see this in like more people choosing to homeschool their kids - they then get lower quality education and poorer social skills and are less able to survive in society. In a capitalist world, this is slowly eating away the ability of americans to compete in a global economy and so there is a strong movement to isolate our economy which will only make us less competitive.

    [–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I would say that you’re right guns make people feel safe.

    I just wanted to say that guns absolutely do not make me feel safe, knowing one is nearby or seeing one makes me incredibly anxious. Holding one even more so. I don't understand how people can feel safe around them, to me it's like having a ticking time bomb in the room but the timer was set by a rng.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

    Yeah no if I know there is an unsecured gun around that makes me feel anything except safe. There is only a very narrow set of circumstances in which having a gun around is non threatening and just walking around in public is not one of those.

    Let's take an example scenario: there's someone who cut in line in front of you at the supermarket, upon confronting them they turn aggressive.

    Scenario 1 (widespread gun ownership): you have to deescalate or risk potentially getting shot by a person that is very obviously not acting rational anymore. In turn this promotes less civil conduct as brashness is encouraged.

    Scenario 2 (limited gun ownership): you can reasonably argue with the person since the highest threat you are facing is a pocket knife, a risk that can be mitigated by simply keeping your distance or an obstacle in between.

    So yeah there is no reason to hand out guns like they are candy. They are a tool designed for war and violence and as such have no place just being carried around in public.