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minus-squarejfrnz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago“Buy a gun so the fascists don’t kill you” is the exact argument the fascists used to proliferate guns.
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoDon’t you understand how something can be true when one person says it, but not true when someone else says it?
minus-squarejfrnz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoSure, but I just disagree in this case. It’s the same thing. Proliferating guns is the best way to prevent them from being banned. A gun owner never wants to give up their gun.
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoOK, good luck with that in a country where even “genocide isn’t on the ballot”.
minus-squarejfrnz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWe’ll need luck… everything is fucked. But I stand by belief that we need fewer guns, not more. Even if it’s not a realistic outcome.
“Buy a gun so the fascists don’t kill you” is the exact argument the fascists used to proliferate guns.
Don’t you understand how something can be true when one person says it, but not true when someone else says it?
Sure, but I just disagree in this case. It’s the same thing. Proliferating guns is the best way to prevent them from being banned. A gun owner never wants to give up their gun.
OK, good luck with that in a country where even “genocide isn’t on the ballot”.
We’ll need luck… everything is fucked. But I stand by belief that we need fewer guns, not more. Even if it’s not a realistic outcome.