I hate people who treat them like some toys and fantasize about them. That makes me think they are in some sort of death cult. That they found socially acceptable way to love violence.

I would still get one for safety but it is a tool made for specifically one thing. To pierce the skin and rip through the inner organs of a person.

They can serve a good purpose but they are fundamentally grim tools of pain and suffering. They shouldn’t be celebrated and glorified in their own right, that is sick. They can be used to preserve something precious but at a price to pay.

  • tcgoetz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This seems like a very urban viewpoint. There are still places in the world and in the US in particular where a firearm is tool for safety that has nothing to do with other humans.

    • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      No, it’s just that rural people expect their opinions to count more, as though their lifestyles are more authentic or honorable.

      And where exactly is it that a firearm is necessary to protect from wildlife? Kodiak Island?

      As far as the safety argument goes, let’s examine Police. The number one cause of “in the line of duty” fatalities is auto accidents, the second is heart disease, with COVID jockeying for position. If guns were a prophylactic, you’d expect them to shoot cheeseburgers and their cruisers. But as Richard Pryor observed: “Cops don’t kill cars…”

      • Godric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        A firearm is necessary literally anywhere that has predators, unless you want to have all your livestock killed.

        Also necessary if a tweaker decides on a midnight visit, as the police are half an hour or more away.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Guns make it possible for anyone to kill anyone. Without them, the capacity to inflict death is far less egalitarian.

    Hate them all you want; I trust you with guns far more than I trust some angry meathead who doesn’t understand the concept of “No.”

    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Guns create violence.

      Crossbows have a similar ideology.

      They turned a woman into a killer, a child. The frail the weak. Anyone could unclip a bolt to the face and kill.

      But crossbows are obvious. You can’t sneak them into schools.

      If you want guns. Why ?

      To kill pests ? Then rifles not handguns. Rifles are harder to sneak

  • 1ns1p1d@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I have worked in Accident & Emergency in England and in an ER in America. Guns are a curse.

    You all need to see the deserted dead body of a 15 year old laying on the table after an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt. A baby who has been shot through, or the crowds of relatives helplessly sobbing in the streets outside the emergency room.

    Every gun owner thinks they are a responsible gun owner until they arent. Its simply not possible to be 100% safe 100% of the time. That’s not a thing that humans do.

    And no. There are nowhere near as many knife deaths in England.

    I never saw a fatal stabbing in the UK, but I’ve seen many in America. The numbers are insignificant when compared to gun accidents and murders.

    All “tools” that kill this many people should absolutely be regulated.

    Americans never shut up about freedom, but don’t pay attention to the freedom taken away simply by the threat that anyone around you could be carrying a gun. You’re all just used to it being your way. It’s so nice not to have to consider the possibility. The american way is like spending your lives with the sword of Damocles dangling over your heads. That’s your freedom.