• malloc@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Some gun owners look for any reason to use their gun. Smh.

    Send these idiots off to fight a war. They will have all the chances to use their gun. most will probably be better off used as sandbags

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        6 months ago

        That’s right. That’s exactly what this guy did. Just “protecting his family”

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        6 months ago

        Rational conversation is impossible in threads like this so don’t even bother. It’s a nonstop circlejerk of over generalizations and name calling.

        I think my favorite comment in this one so far is “When you have a gun, especially a “manly” gun like an AR-15, you start having intrusive thoughts and desire to use it.”

        Really? They really think that owning a gun magically gives the owner intrusive throughts and desires to use it against people? Forget who they are or how good their character might be, apparently anyone who owns a firearm will struggle with newfound urges to murder people. That’s news to me, I guess that commentor knows myself better than I do.

        And before someone takes this non anti-gun comment and frames it as support the dude’s actions in the original article, I’ll clearly state that I don’t agree with what he did and he should probably face criminal charges. Pulling a gun on someone’s only acceptable if they’re moments away from murdering or seriously harming someone.

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            6 months ago

            I wish more people understood that violent crime happens and responsibly protecting your family, and knowing what that means and how to really do it, is a very sensible thing to do.

            I also wish that our people in general were smarter, wealthier, and less stressed out so that violent crime and firearm accidents would diminish. That would take actual social reform though, which is way harder and less catchy than “ban things ban things!”