• kool_newt@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Because guns are one of if not the most effective way to protect oneself when other measures have already failed. I want to be free, have freedom, that means the freedom to posses an effective way to protect myself.

    An elevated murder rate isn’t a problem of guns, it’s a societal ill. If you’re sick and vomiting, the solution isn’t to plug your mouth.

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      1 year ago

      Logical fallacy. Me vomiting doesnt kill classrooms full of children. Also, how does owning a gun protect you? The studies have been done. People who own guns are far more likely to kill themselves and their family than they are to kill an attacker.

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        1 year ago

        Logical fallacy. Me vomiting doesnt kill classrooms full of children.

        I assumed you were familiar with concepts of analogies and models, my mistake.

        Also, how does owning a gun protect you?

        Is your imagination really that poor? I’m a trans woman so I want to protect myself from potential crazy neighbors that think I caused all their problems. I lived alone, I like to not be completely helpless against an invader.

        The studies have been done. People who own guns are far more likely to kill themselves and their family than they are to kill an attacker.

        Other people’s carelessness should not be a reason to take my rights to protect myself.

        Cars kill many people too should we ban those?