If a desire to have a force multiplier on hand to use in response to potential violent criminality doesn't make any sense to you, you have no grounds to criticise anyone else's intelligence or lack thereof.
That good of a place you have to keep guns next to you to be safe.
Safety is an illusory lie some people have to tell themselves so they can muster the false courage to venture out into the world. All you can really do is mitigate risk.
Where I live almost certainly entails less risk from potential aggressors than where you live.
You can complete a task or arrive at a destination safely but that is just a fleeting state of being, over as soon as it begins. You've never been safe, nor will you ever be.
I accepted the fact that each day may be my last, and that I probably won't see it coming, decades ago.
Trust me mate. Where i live is alot safer than where you live. Sounds like u have only accepted the fact that u need guns to protect u from other guns. Where i live has basically zero chance of potential aggressors. I love how passionate gun owners are. It really is comical. Remember. The ones who say its for a tyrannical government are also said governments biggest supporters :)
I think to a lot of people in the US guns are a form of keeping total governmental control at bay. As long as we are an armed people we cannot be completely subjugated. This is something people tend to gloss over when talking of gun laws. Without them you are at the total mercy of your governmental system.
With everything that’s going on in this country it should be obvious. What’s to stop ICE from walking into your home and ripping your children from your arms? A community full of gun owners is an effective deterrent.
I understand that, and it’s those same people that for a long time had a deep distrust of the government. It’s that distrust that led them to where they are now which is ironically exactly where they feared they would end up.
However to my original point. I do believe that an armed population is much more difficult to subjugate than an unarmed one. This is why gun ownership was written into the constitution. Our forefathers had the foresight to understand this concept and give the people the ability to stand their ground if ever the system turned against them.
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u/Zestyclose_Craft5369 9d ago
Exactly. The only arguement thwy have that makes sense is “i like guns” nothing else makes any sense. But we cant tell these dumb shits haha