• tygerprints@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    Protect yourself from what. What measures have failed you, and what kind of war zone are you constantly in that you have to have a weapon? I’m almost 70 and I’ve never felt any need to have a gun to protect myself, and I live in the SAME world you do.

    If you bothered to read or listen to the news you’d know that the elevated murder rate in this country is 100 percent due to the proliferation of guns in the hands of young men, thugs who think that there’s something glamorous about toting a gun around and end up killing innocent people and kids as a result.

    If you’re going to spout ignorance, to me that’s even more of a reason you should never be allowed anywhere near a gun.

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      7 months ago

      and what kind of war zone are you constantly in that you have to have a weapon?

      I’m a trans woman and live in the U.S., also gay, openly atheist, and anarchist. I’m surrounded by well armed people that hate me.

      If you bothered to read or listen to the news you’d know that the elevated murder rate in this country is 100 percent due to the proliferation of guns in the hands of young men, thugs who think that there’s something glamorous about toting a gun around and end up killing innocent people and kids as a result.

      Your use of “thugs” outs your rankism. This is also not true, but you think it is because you think the news is telling you truths. The reality is that it’s complex and likely more to do with social ills than tool quantity.

      If you’re going to spout ignorance, to me that’s even more of a reason you should never be allowed anywhere near a gun.

      lol