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Why liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns (www.npr.org)

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Since Trump's election, gun groups catering to progressives and people of color report a surge in interest as they look to defend themselves in a country that, to them, feels increasingly unstable.

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Lifelong anti-gun libtard here.

I've been doing my research and talking to friends with guns so I can begin the process of arming myself.

Fascism is here and I passed my history classes. I know where this is going. It's time to make sure you, and everyone you know, is armed to the teeth.

If things keep escalating, which they will, because that's what fascists do, then there will come a day when they attempt to prevent anyone who registered/voted Democrat from purchasing firearms.

Buy them. Now.

[-] wookiepedia@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Never voted for any Republican anything my entire life. Have been buying guns for myself and my family for over a decade.

Please share your viewpoint with those in your circle of influence, as we will need more of this going forward.

Also, don't just buy a pistol. Buy a shotgun and a rifle.

Be safe.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Also leftists. Also rightists.

So, basically, people from every political background are buying guns.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

The warmongers win again.

[-] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 6 days ago

While the pacifists did jack shit to stop this.

[-] Leather@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Zapp: I hate these filthy Neutrals, Kif. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me.

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[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago

Because masked people with no ID think they can trespass on their property and rob them of their rights?

[-] zeroday 9 points 6 days ago

Trans person here who's been attacked by a neo-Nazi - I really, really wish I had my gun at the time. Because, without it I was in a situation where I either had to let him kill me (not a good option) or pull a knife on him and at least try to seem crazy enough that he knew he'd be badly hurt too. Luckily that worked for me. If I'd had my gun, I could have at least drawn on him and told him that he was going to leave me be or die. My chances of survival would likely have been higher had I had my gun on me at the time.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 6 points 6 days ago

I’m still not willing to get one. I am statistically safer without one in the house. I do have a couple large dogs, I collect knives and I have collapsible batons stashed in key locations.

Maybe once the kids are out of the house.

[-] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

I was like "Just get a safe, store them outside, yada, yada". The I read about the kids. Yeah, That's a wise decision.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I’m not anti-gun, I just follow the stats. Multiple children in the house and they are more clever than I am.

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[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

That's just not understanding the statistics. Lots of people leave their chambered weapon wherever, they keep it on the kitchen counter, on the couch, on the bed, etc. then their kids find it and accidentally fire it.

Crazy violent people also have guns, and they will use what they have at their disposal to be violent. The gangster wannabe meth head that shot his roommate over an argument is in that starts m statistic.

Buy a safe, learn to use the gun and store it properly in the safe. You're not less safe than before.

An armed minority is harder to oppress!

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[-] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Too few, too little, too late.

I hope not, but I think a lot of them are still living with the fear of yesteryear that has not updated with the times and the threat of their neighbors having it in for them, and not being as worried about the legal repercussions.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Too few, too little, too late.

Literally. They made gun ownership an obsessively partisan subject specifically so the other side wouldn't be armed, neutering the left's political capital.

Trump is only in power right now and wrecking our constitution and nation because despite having a minority support base, that base is the most unhinged, heavily-armed, devotely loyal group in the country. It's the rawest, purest form of power. That's what Jan 6th was about, he had no intention of actual insurrection, he just wanted to demonstrate that he could turn his people on a target. It was an arms test, like detonating a nuke in the Nevada desert. "I can do this anytime I want."

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Up until very recently, most of the deaths in wars were caused by disease instead of combat.

Give it a few months and the anti-vax stances paired with colloidal silver and horse-dewormer will leave plenty of guns and ammo for everyone.

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Gun owner and former military. One can purchase a rifle or pistol, but if you are not constantly training, muscle memory, with live rounds and maintaining your physical and mental fitness, you will fuck it up. The things I could do in my past, I can no longer replicate them with the speed and efficiency I once had.

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago

Don't forget silent weapons like slingshots and bows/arrows. It's going to freak them out when they look down and see an arrow sticking out of their chest.

[-] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Contact or join your local SCA group. They may be anachronists as opposed to anarchists, but if you want to learn how make and use weapons and armor of that sort there are few more accessible teachers and trainers.

One of them made large amounts of basic body armor from heavy gauge plastic barrels for use by protesters a few years back. They may not stop bullets, but they are very_ effective versus "non-lethal" rounds and similar.

And yes, the person did get a visit from the FBI, who let the person keep on making as they weren't working on weapons of any sort. Just the armor.

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[-] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I fervently hate Trump, his cronies, and his supporters. However, buying guns is a laughable response to a serious threat.

Maybe you buy a 9mm. Maybe you buy an AR15. The US government has stealth fucking bombers. Tanks. Fighter jets. Satellites. ICBMs. Your pea-shooter is fucking useless against a government that has decided its own people are the enemy. Trump is in the midst of authorizing the military to fire on civilians. Do you think he is going to specify that they use commercially-available firearms just to keep things fair?

You know what is not useless? General strikes. Civil disobedience. Protests. Boycotts. Journalism. Do you want to hurt Trump? Sell your stocks before the bubble bursts. Don't shop. Cancel your phone and read a newspaper. Call in sick. Organize. Collaborate. Help each other. Bring the economy to a screeching halt and the billionaires who put Trump in the white house will put his ashes in a shoebox in about 10 days.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

The plan is never armed warfare on equal terms against the full might of the national military. It's for Proud Boys, the Klan, Zimmerman and Rittenhouse, countless other real threats that want to see Democrats and minorities dead. It's for the implicit threat that keeps right-wing authorities from pushing too hard.

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[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Someone should have told the Vietnamese that their guns were useless back in the 1960s. The USA had bombers, tanks, fighter jets, satellites, etc. I bet if someone would have let the Vietnamese know that their guns were useless they wouldn't have won that whole war.

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[-] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Ah the illusion of safety.

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