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[-] hesiomn@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 year ago

No cars though. Fuck cars.

[-] Rusky_900@reddthat.com 29 points 1 year ago

I'll never understand how owning guns is normalized.

[-] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Owning a personal weapon has been a thing since humans evolved

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a Karl Marx idea..

Note, the idea doesn't support the idea of carry permits. Personally, dont have an issue with a hunting rifle or shotgun kept in a safe at home, but carry and especially cc permits are absolutely insane. You do not need a firearm that can be hidden for either home defence or hunting.

[-] electrorocket@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ok, thanks for telling me that it's impossible for a violent criminal to ever threaten me in my house. Handguns are good for home defense because they are short range, and quick to aim, not because they are easy to hide.(That too, but to a lesser extent)

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That's what the shotgun is for.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

It was normalized in the US because white settlers always had to be ready to commit genocide against indigenous people or put down slave revolts - that's what the 2nd amendment was really all about. In a socialist community, firearms will be necessary because there will always be nazis about (not to mention their ex-cop friends).

[-] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I mean those are two reasons it was kept, but there's also:

  • It's based on a historical English law
  • Wild predators
  • Police back then were sometimes days away (and still hours away today in some cases)
  • Hunting for food
  • Shooting the French
  • Shooting the Spanish
  • The revolutionists were tired of raiding garrisons every time they needed armament
  • The founding fathers wanted to keep their war ships
[-] DominicO@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago

I prefer bikes

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