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My opinions about guns have changed over the years. I used to be of the opinion that nobody should have guns in this day and age, what's the point aside from ego boosting and sport.
Then a cheeto puff did a treason on jan6.
I'll give up my guns only after the fascists give up theirs. Non negotiable.
You want to "prevent tragedies"? fund programs for welfare and healthcare. Tax the rich. Break up megacorps like google, albertsons, nestle. Enact and enforce employee protections. Raise the minimum wage. Ban airbnb and heavily tax empty residences. Universal basic income! Did I mention fixing the healthcare system? More that I'm forgetting to list.
Miserable parents make miserable kids, and miserable kids lash out. For the wealthiest and most powerful nation on the planet, this shouldn't be hard to figure out.
But surely it's proper for one company to control the entire food supply. I mean you wouldn't want to be a communist and not let the free market do as it wishes
/s in case the italics and words aren't enough
i have on occasion been accused of being a communist. Usually when I point out that people deserve rights.
also fire every single cop in the country and replace them all with people who actually believe that they're supposed to protect and serve.
The problem is that all of those ex-cops would still exist and still be American citizens. They'd 100% create a far right militia, at the very least. No doubt about it.
Unless we shipped them off to Russia or something.
sounds like a domestic terrorist group, just the kind of thing that the fbi is supposed to put a stop to.
Ding ding ding we have a winner!
So much to unpack here. Your last 2 paragraphs are lucid, but the previous 3 are unhinged.
Am i wrong though?
Well, did you go out and defended democracy by force?
Unhinged how? Or do you just have insults and no substance?
it's unhinged because of the implication of violence against a specific group of people identified by their political beliefs. And wouldn't you know it, it's that same group of people who are opposing all of the solutions I proposed in my previous comment.
You and I agree on this topic, I was just curious if the other commenter had anything intelligent to add or if they just instantly resort to insults because they can't intelligently articulate their viewpoint.
From you I didn't see an implication of initiating violence so much as protecting against those whose political beliefs support violence against their out groups. Seems pretty reasonable to me.
That is such stupid logic. "Oh people want to violently overthrow the government? I want them to easily get guns" The fascists should be the exact reason you want to have strict gun control
It doesn't work that way when they already all have guns. If you wanted to do it your way, you'd have needed to start on that gun control about 100 years ago.
Because the cops are not going to take the fascists' guns, even if they were outlawed. They are vastly outnumbered by armed citizens, and they are scared of them, and many of the cops are the same fascists too.
Worked fine in Australia. Kind of the point of the article.
No no no, this won't work in the US because reasons...
Yea, you could totally win a gun fight against the US military 🙄
oh absolutely. I have the power of god and anime on my side.
Read the rest of the thread. They're not talking about the military.