• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I’m a grown adult man and I think I could take pretty much any 15 yo. For the unusual case where a 15 yo is bigger than me, I believe that with the help of another adult we could still take them down. Why would guns be needed? Why wouldn’t a taser be used? Wtf.

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        2 months ago

        Agreed, this is why we should be allowed to arm ourselves (among other reasons)

        Nothing is stopping you from being armed and living out your fantasies.

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          2 months ago

          True, though it’d be nice if it were legally recognised.

          Also, governments are responsible for the most murders in history (excluding actual wars… which are also caused by governments) so wanting to protect yourself from the state isn’t a massive leap in logic or conspiracy’s territory.

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            2 months ago

            True, though it’d be nice if it were legally recognised.

            Why would they do that? Isn’t the whole point to keep you unarmed?

            Also, governments are responsible for the most murders in history (excluding actual wars… which are also caused by governments) so wanting to protect yourself from the state isn’t a massive leap in logic or conspiracy’s territory.

            People are responsible. Governments are just groups of people, not some monolith hell bent on global domination and mutual destruction.

            Keep waiting for the “Government” to let you protect yourself against it. I am sure “they” are getting right on that. lol

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              2 months ago

              I mean, the US does it better than any other western nation, we could at least be on par with them

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                2 months ago

                I mean, the US does it better than any other western nation, we could at least be on par with them

                No thanks. I would rather not have the 'Merica cosplayers up here in Canada allowed to have an arsenal.

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                  2 months ago

                  Considering that the US has less murders per gun than Canada does, I’m not sure issue is the guns.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, they are so vague with details we know it’s because they fucked up. If they had some sort of “justification” they would have all the details available to us.

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    2 months ago

    There’s a lot missing from this story before I make a snap judgment against the police.

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      2 months ago

      Cops are not judges, they aren’t even required to have an accurate knowledge of the law. Disarm and defund police, put the money into education, healthcare and public transit.