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Either of these men being armed would have resulted in both of their deaths, without doubt.
Suggesting that more firearms could have prevented or solved anything here is ludicrous.
Suggesting that vulnerable people avoid guns or disarm in the face of rising fascism targeting them is ludicrous. That's not to say every situation would improve, or that this situation would've been different.
Edit: Also, lets be clear, the police don't need the excuse of you having a weapon to shoot you, they've demonstrated repeatedly they will come up with an excuse and likely get away with it.
As the kind of person who is targeted by rising fascism, I would prefer you did not speak for us. I am firmly against gun ownership. The statistics show that having a gun on you makes you less safe, not more.
I didn't say they weren't a vulnerable person, merely that even if they were they did not speak for us.
Did I say I spoke for the entire class of people?
Yeah, if I'd literally said, "I speak for us." All I said was, "You don't speak for us." Which is true. I never claimed to be speaking for anyone but myself.
God. If you're this deliberately dense, there's no point in arguing with you. Enjoy whatever this shit is rattling around in your brain. Blocked.
Who said I was speaking for "us"? And what makes you think I'm not in that group?