• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    They are also damn helpful for defending life. A Smith and Wesson puts the daintiest of women on an equal field with the burliest of asailants.

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      9 months ago

      God brought us different, but Colt made us equal, blah-blah-blah.

      The difference between trained criminal who started and dictate the situation and an unprepared civilian is just too big. Not to say about how seeing a gun or a sudden movement would trigger an instant attack. You overestimate reflexes of a regular person and their ability to use firearms. Self-defence gun in a bag is more of a risk for an owner and others rather than an affective detterent.

      Guns should be. Under the lock. People who casually carry them around just in case aren’t a solution but a problem themselves.

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        9 months ago

        Makes perfect sense. Pass laws forcing law abiding citizens to go unarmed while criminals who don’t abide by those same laws can freely ignore them and continue to use firearms on their law abiding victims. Make sure you include some carve outs so politicians and elites can carry or have access to firearms in case the poors get uppity and BOOM problem solved!

        Brilliant, did you think that up all by yourself?