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It's amazing how whatever is going on in politics, the gun industry always seems to win.
My cautionary tale is that I knew a guy from my childhood whose wife was raped in a break in. He bought a gun to keep around the house for protection, and the wife killed herself with it.
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Arm the oppressed
But if you do get one make sure to maintain it and your skills with it so that you use, clean, and store it safely and are effective if you do use it.
God damn right! If you are new to guns though please go take a safety class first, the hunter safety course (even if you don't hunt) is a wonderful intro imo, and typically free/cheap. Took it when I was 11ish and it did a great job getting me in the mindset of always being conscious of where I point the muzzle of my firearms.
All this is from a pretty staunch gun advocate too (although I am extremely open to and encourage discussions around how to regulate them a bit more).
Agreed. I own guns. I go target shooting for fun once in a while. I hope to never use them against a person, and I think we need to reform gun laws.
But I also think more people should be arming themselves against the apparent threat.
I hope to never use them against a person
Me too. The absolute last thing I want, again as a staunch gun advocate, is to ever have to use it in a real life situation for about a half dozen reasons.
I took a concealed carry class to get my permit some years ago, which I recommend even if your state doesn't require a CC permit. They had a retired sheriff and a lawyer for two of the instructors, they went through multiple scenarios of both when do you use it and what will happen afterward. I NEVER want to have to fire a firearm in self defense, I will but I literally have to feel like my life or the life of someone else is in IMMEDIATE danger. Even then you run the risk of missing and hitting an innocent bystander, police typically only have a 70% hit rate across 2 shots (unverified, could be wrong).
I'll say it before and I'll say it again:
Having a weapon and not being in a large group in public just means the cops are more likely to shoot first and ask questions later. Especially in Trump's America.
If you're alone don't give them a reason to believe you're armed, because it will be used as a pretext to murder you.
The only time it works is if you're in a large enough group and in a public space where the cops will draw unwanted attention to what they're trying to do.
I mean, who wants to be taken alive by Nazis?
An LGBT person might decide that's an acceptable risk if it allows them the chance to deter or prevent violence against them from the increased number of empowered bigots walking around in Trump's America
Of course, I'm merely pointing out that it's not a cure-all and people like Philando Castile learned the hard way that doing things legally doesn't mean a cop won't shoot you just because they're scared. (Especially when you're a minority)
It's a protective measure that relies on: you never having more than one assailant, you being quicker on the draw than your assailant, and you being a really good shot under pressure. (That final one is what results in innocents deaths, and not enough people want to admit that they might not actually be that good of a shot.)
It's why I personally prefer a couple high-powered flashlights. The best way to survive an altercation is to escape it.
Cool, let's arm both sides... The solution is always moar guns!
When you're preparing to fight a fascist regime, more guns is the solution.
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Unironically yes, because more violence is incoming.
Since they belive in enacting laws that benefit them only, we have to twist these same laws against them.
Don't want more guns (or any guns tbh), but fuck it, I'm buying a gun and going to the shooting range with my fuck trump rainbow tshirt
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Cops are not your friends