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-78 points

Pretty simple problem to solve, get a conceal carry permit.

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Oops now everyone got guns and you get killed by some random. I’m sure judge dredd will save you. Try being more violent, violence solves all problem. It’s self defense that mean it’s right. Always remember, dead bodies tell no tales. Aim for the center of mass and always empty the mag to make sure there is only your side of the story left.

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2 points

Guns are for pussies carry a Dane axe like a respectable person.

I dont know if this is even a joke on my part.

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2 points

Carry a large warhammer, like Thor.

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-6 points

Actually increasing the level of possible violence (and also the uncertainty of violent outcomes) does lead to a reduction in aggression. You have to be willing to think it through though.

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5 points

“What if he has a gun”

Thieves in your area are now packing, enjoy the upgrade on unpredictable violence

Try faster violence escalation next for extra spicy neighborhoods

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-10 points

Well not if you aren’t armed. If you are armed, you do get to kill people.

An armed society is a polite society.

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7 points

What a disgusting falsehood

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4 points

I suppose you might get to kill people but that doesn’t mean that the law is going to be ok with that. Proportionality of force is a thing. Stand your ground states are doing their best to change that, but that’s a very mixed bag.

If you shoot and kill someone for blocking your waymo and being a creep, in most places you are going to have to convince a district attorney and a jury that you were justified in ending their life. Even if you do that and escape criminal liability, you’ll then have to convince more people not to hold you liable in civil court.

Sounds pretty cool to go “I got a shooty bang bang so if I feel threatened in any way I can come out blasting.” It is true in the moment, but if you place any value on your future liberty, money, and time you might want to consider the ramifications of killing another human being.

Finally, even if society decides you shouldn’t face any criminal or civil penalty for killing someone, you will have to face yourself. Sitting behind a keyboard it sounds badass to shoot someone that’s pissing you off. In the moment you will probably feel justified. Many a young man sent to war or employed as a police officer didn’t think that taking a life would change them, only to find the reality of taking a life is not what the action movies promised. Self doubt, self loathing, ptsd, depression, these are all common reactions to reckoning with the fact that you are the cause of another persons death.

It is hard to feel like a righteous badass as you watch a grieving widow mourn someone that may have even done something stupid or wrong, knowing that their child has no father now and their wife no partner. Are these people jerks and creeps, sure, is the punishment for being a jerk or creep death, rarely. It is a heavy burden to carry to end another.

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Polite society my ass. I’ve owned guns for over 15 years and never has a gun de-escalated a situation. People who carry in public are way more likely to kill someone and to get themselves killed. Guns cause aggressiveness far more often.

The woman was never in danger, if she pulled a gun, her, the harrassers, and all other bystanders would have been in danger.

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18 points

ah, the American solution

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in a country that has more firearms than people, certainly adding MORE firearms will resolve these issues!

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40 points

When the solution is “Vigilantism” you know the situation is fucked.

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-22 points

No, its self defense.

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In civilized countries “self defense” means you might have to punch someone. “You should have an easy way to kill someone on you at all times, and keep it hidden so they don’t know” is not self defense, but clear signs of a dystopia.

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-10 points

That was in response to being robbed.

I think the phrase you’re looking for is “defending yourself”.

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I don’t live in a 3rd world country, so I guess I just don’t understand the concept of needing to arm myself before leaving my house because I’m likely to need a deadly weapon while I go about my business.

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-36 points

lemmy is full of sissy pacifists but i upvoted you.

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4 points

And this is why we have a term called “toxic masculinity”.

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15 points

I once had someone get in my face and say, “Are you man enough to fight me?” I responded with “I’m man enough to find non-violent solutions to my problems.” Why should someone be proud of the problem-resolution method of choice for 3-year-olds?

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Violence is for situations when one’s choice of other resolution methods is gone. Such situations do exist.

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-8 points

there aren’t always non-violent solutions. i accept that reality. it’s nothing to be proud of, but i would be ashamed if i couldn’t deal with that truth.

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-1 points

How many people have you shot?

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