Hello comrades! Friendly reminder that American leftists continue to be threatened by gun loving conservatives. You should know how to defend yourself and you should probably own a gun. Find an active SRA, John Brown Gun Club, or (if things are dire) pink pistols or other βapoliticalβ gun club.
Iβve been in the SRA for 4 years, itβs not great, but I met comrades local to me. Iβve learned a lot from them and fash who post good firearms advice and I love to share that when I can.
Open for questions and Iβll post more getting started stuff if this doesnβt get banned.
Sure. You do you.
You didnβt say βI donβt want a gun,β though; you said that you didnβt think you could pull the trigger on a gun to kill someone, and thatβs different.
Are you anti-gun, uninterested in guns in general, a pacifist? I mean, could you kill someone with a knife, but just not a gun? Or are you opposed to all actions involving physical defense?
It sounded as if you just believe that you donβt have it in you to take a life, which is fine; I think thatβs the normal, healthy human condition. But thatβs not necessarily an indication of pacifism.
This isnβt an abstract, philosophical, unlikely prospect we face. Project 2025 outlines the extent to which American Fascists are willing to go, and January 6th demonstrated it.
I really do not feel the need to continue to justify myself to you.
Go ahead and imply that my stance enables fascism or whatever. Iβm sure youβll definitely berate me into picking up a gun and getting in the trenches.
No, dude. Did you read what I wrote? I said
- I donβt care if you want or have a gun.
- I clarified how I interpreted your comment, which bore directly on how I framed my response (not wanting to kill β pacifism & also in no way implies not wanting to own a gun).
- I asked questions to further conversation, which is how people communicate; in this case trying to find where you draw a line on violence.
- I said I thought it was healthy to not think you could kill someone.
- I pointed out that - for me, at least - this isnβt a hypothetical situation; that I believe itβs a serious topic deserving debate, which people should be thinking and taking about. In particular, Iβm not trolling - these are real issues.
What I did not say is that you needed to justify yourself, and there was no ad-hominem attack in my response.
I think weβve interacted before, and while I could be mistaken, I thought weβd had some good conversation with common ground. But it could be that weβve butt heads before and thatβs why I recognize your username.
In any case, OPβs post reflects a growing feeling, especially among the targets of P.2025 - minorities, the poor - that they need to prepare to defend themselves for violence. You obviously donβt, for whatever reason, but many people do. And I think we should be talking about this.