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@9GFFTZP AgreementsStarted 3yrs agoActive 1yr ago

if people weren't able to walk around with guns then other people wouldn't feel endangered, and they wouldn't feel that they'd have to carry around a gun as well.

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 @9GFHMC2Libertarian from Tennessee  disagreed…3yrs3Y

It is our constitutional right to own and carry firearms and no laws are going to prevent bad guys from owning and carrying firearms either

 @9GFMBV8 from Texas  disagreed…3yrs3Y

A gun isn’t the issue, it’s the mentally ill people that walk around thinking it’s okay to kill children that are the issue.

 @9RGQQGD from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

So you agree, there should more regulations in place to make it so that firearms do not end up in the wrong persons hands such as background checks, mental health evaluations, etc?

 @KindheartedGranola from Missouri  commented…3yrs3Y

That's a utopia I'd love to see. But in the meantime, in the real world, people carry guns for a myriad of reasons, often for their own personal security. Your suggestion seems to overlook that reality.

 @PollsterUnicornSocialist from Kentucky  disagreed…3yrs3Y

We can ensure that responsible, law-abiding citizens who feel the need for protection can still obtain firearms.

Take Australia for example, they implemented strict gun control after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996. The regulations didn’t prevent people from owning guns entirely but made the process more rigorous. Subsequently, both gun-related homicides and suicides saw a significant decrease.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The Government has nuclear bombs and Tomahawk missiles and you won't let us have what are peashooters by comparison. The Government will inevitably become more tyrannical if it does not fear & respect the people, and if the people do not have the capacity to defend themselves against tyranny.

 @9GFV3PC from Indiana  disagreed…3yrs3Y

No matter what people are somehow going to get their hands on a gun, its happened before in places like Britain. Either way it is sewn into our constitution ot bear arms. We should be allowed a gun to protect ourselves and our country

 @9GFHLC5 from Wisconsin  disagreed…3yrs3Y

Well if someone stabs or shoots me I want to be able to defend myself i'm not nervous or intimidated when the right people have guns, it's felons and mentally ill people you need to worry about.

 @9GFHK6Z from Tennessee  disagreed…3yrs3Y

Gun control is what made our country independent, and the same thing that gave rise to Nazi Germany when the National Socialists restricted gun and hunting laws.

 @9RGQQGD from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

Uhm… no. Nazi Germany rose because it elected a man with a big mouth to come into power at a time of despair and then he passed laws that made it possible for him to establish himself as a dictator within the government, it wasn’t “gun control is underway, now Nazis can exist with ease” they slowly made an entire country afraid of a race of people based off of a man’s Prejudice who gave them false hope and dreams during a period of depression. He blamed Jewish people for all of the issues going on at the time and then made life miserable for everyone. Guns may…  Read more

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Those of us living in the real world have already figured out that our rulers are inhumane monsters.

 @9GFL3JW from Arizona  agreed…3yrs3Y

there will always be someone who is willing to break the rules. i don’t think people should walk around with their own guns, but weapons such as pepper spray would be important

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

Expert Gun Control

Pepper spray is ineffective.

There's too much risk of wind-caught spray harming the user, barring the fancier gel-like sprays.

Some people naturally happen to be resistant to OC-style irritants.

Even still, would you trust a chemical irritant weapon to protect you from a knife or a gun?

 @9GFJ8Y9 from Illinois  agreed…3yrs3Y

I think the author is right. the fact that i walk around knowing people have guns on them frightens me

 @9GFHMYC from Iowa  agreed…3yrs3Y

I find this true, a lot of people that carry guns as safety not for violence, have to carry them because of the possibility any day, any time, that there could be a threat. I think that guns are too available and it's terrifying.

 @9RGQQGD from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

It’s terrifying because what if I just fall into someone but they perceive it as a threat/push/me acting like I’m trying to pick a problem with them? Are they just going to pull out a gun at me because they feel threatened/like they need to defend themselves? Or what if they think I have a weapon as a random by stander and it turns out to be an umbrella? And I going to ambushed because they perceived me as a threat without assessing the situation and pull out a gun? It seems like an extreme way to defend yourself in a public place that is populated/busy/broad daylight, literally any scenario that’s not being in the middle of now where and you actually wonder why the hell is someone coming down your driveway. But even still, why is the first instinct to grab something that has the capacity to cause life threatening injuries?

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

Expert Gun Control

For almost all concealed carriers, the standard (reflected by instinct and training) is to not draw until the threat is clearly present and severe.

If you shove into them accidentally, even the intentional equivalent probably wouldn't justify deadly force.

Especially if the only "bad" sign is you having an apparent weapon slung on your back, as is proper etiquette for open carry of rifles, they'll know not to draw until **** 's about to hit the fan.

 @9GFJRPY from Michigan  disagreed…3yrs3Y

criminals will be criminals, they’ll get their guns whether law abiding citizens have them or not. to think that people will magically lay down their weapons all of a sudden is ignorant and stupid; you’re living in a utopia.

 @DelegateElephantRepublicanfrom Tennessee  disagreed…3yrs3Y

Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership and still has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. This suggests that an armed society does not necessarily lead to a feeling of danger or the need for everyone to arm themselves.

 @9GFHSXSRepublican from Wisconsin  disagreed…3yrs3Y

It is good for us to flesh out how people get guns so that people are safe but not getting rid of them because the good citizens will give up there guns and the criminals will still have ways of getting guns so now the safety of all citizens is at risk

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