• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Have you tried…not shooting people?

      If two people get shot in London or Paris, it’s massive news, and laws get changed.

      If ten people get shot in the US, we kinda just shake our heads, and yous do fuck all

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        9 months ago

        No argument on that point, we’re pretty docile through years of bread and circus, and complacency conditioning propaganda¹. George Floyd protests could have been the outrage and protesting in Paris over a cheese manufactured getting wrongly fined by the government, but here it took mandatory lockdowns with everyone out of work and ruin-of-civilization pandemic fears.

        I get it. Wish I could personally change it, but the most I can do is vote, and call and email my representatives. If everyone did that every issue, we’d have a different country. Unfortunately see point ¹

        I own a gun, a revolver, it was my uncle’s service weapon. I’ve taken it to the range a few times but besides that it sits locked in the safe unloaded and safety on, and I don’t carry it around. I can’t see myself ever needing to actually use it, but it’s nice to know it’s there in case there were ever truly a threat to my family. In places like the UK, I assume people have home defense weapons in the form of knives, billy clubs, pepper spray, etc. I’ve seen the damage it can do at the range, and it’s scary. I’m scared of it. I don’t ever want to become not scared of it.

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          9 months ago

          In places like the UK, I assume people have home defense weapons in the form of knives, billy clubs, pepper spray, etc

          Jesus fucking Christ 😂

          NORMAL PEOPLE DON’T HAVE HOME DEFENCE WEAPONS YOU FUCKING BARBARIAN 😅

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            9 months ago

            No?

            You’ve never known someone that has had their house broken into?

            Do you live in privileged suburbs or is the UK just a magical place with no home invasions?

            Or is it just a matter of not caring if someone does?

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              9 months ago

              You don’t get it… Why we should be afraid of someone breaking our house?

              Thiefs don’t carry weapons. If they were arrested with deadly weapons (including knife), that would add decade of prison time for them. It’s being like that since centuries…

              Also: they breaks home when we are not home.

              So weapons are useless. You are not more safe with them. It’s just a way to escalate a dangerous situation to a deadly situation.

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              9 months ago

              No?

              No! 😂 I knew a dealer once that kept a 32mm spanner in case someone tried to steal his dope, but that was in a rough area

              Christ on a bike, imagine thinking that’s normal!