• nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    There are all kinds of discussions we can have about this, not the least of which is that “no guns” simply isn’t an option in a country with 500 million firearms and no central firearm registry.

    But, really, all that stuff is beside the point. Guns are the ultimate equalizer. They equalize the weak and the strong. An 80 year old grandma can defend herself against a 25 year old man using a gun. A suppressed populace can defend themselves against a tyrannical government using guns.

    Gun crime has negligible impact on most Americans; we have about half as many firearm homicides as traffic deaths annually.

    Philosophically, the gun community feels having that equalizer and balance against tyranny is more important than the impacts of gun crime. Whether or not more gun control will decrease gun crime is irrelevant if a person feels that free firearm access is the more important of the two issues.

    Btw, regardless of your views, if you come to the US you should shoot some guns. It’s fun and you’ll be glad you did.

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      9 hours ago

      Wow, so we have too many guns so no reason to regulate has to be one of the stupidest arguments I have ever heard. It is like common sense showed up to have you shart in their face

      Guns are the ultimate equalizer sounds like something a weak assed little Nazi would say. Why does every other modern civilized country not need them then? It is like you look at the worst case and say it is now the best case

      I could give a shit about the feels of gun nutters. To think we have to appease homicidal radicals is fucking bonkers.

      I think most people will pass on the shooting thing. There is a lot more to the USA than a bunch of gun waving lunatics.

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        12 hours ago

        I have traveled most of the country and 95% of Americans are normal people who just want the best for the people around them. They just have different perspectives on what that means.

        You should let your hate go, my friend. I promise you’ll be happier for it.

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          9 hours ago

          Same and it is clear 95% are not gun nutters.

          Reality is a harsh mistress and your gun rhetoric is absolute garbage.