So, now we’ve got police going to the wrong address and shooting innocent civilians, and white civilians shooting innocent black kids who ring the wrong doorbell. The persistence of hate narratives and shoot-first-ask-questions-later knee jerk reactions show how absolutely dangerous an #NRA fueled gun society is. Their answer: More Guns! Because “guns aren’t the problem. People are the problem.” My question: So why in God’s name would you give guns to the problem?
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"guns aren’t the problem. People are the problem.”
I agree with this, for the following reasons, even though I don't have experience with guns or don't know much about them, so based on what I do know, which more common sense or the blatently obvious.
1. Guns are inanimate objects
2. Guns need ammunition to be loaded by a human
3. As far as I know, guns have some sort of safety mechanism to avoid accidental firing (lets all it a safety switch)
3a. So to fire, you need to set the gun put the safety switch in the OFF position
4. To hit a specific target, be it a Target in a range, an animal or human you need to aim the gun
5. There is an option to fire a warning shot, usually to scare off an animal for example,
6. There is also an option to maim and not kill your target
7. In order to do any of the points (and sub points) in 2-7 a HUMAN needs to make a decision or take action, based on the rational assessment of the situation, soldiers are trained to do this quickly for example, but it usually down to common sense.
So a gun lying on a desk, with no ammunition and with the safety OFF to me is just that, it is safe.
Hence I agree people are the problem, not the actual guns. Give a gun to a person who for what ever reason is irrational is a recipe for disaster. However having more and more guns, and more powerful guns at that is also a serious problem, so again humans make those decisions to allow them.
I fully appreciate the second amendment, so we can't change that. Guns are, in some cases clearly needed.
I really do not want to have to tell my asshole neighbors "I told you so you imbecile!" while a massive color revolution occurs in every suburban neighborhood with zero police aid.
Disarmed, dumbed down, apologizing for unchecked black aggression and cowing to the very yellow media is getting way too out of hand.
@Humpleupagus @ForbiddenDreamer @MelodyCooper @zleap Apparently I’m blocked too
@zleap I sincerely wish you had put as much words and effort to dissecting the specific restrictions and background checks and bans of AR15‘s that would literally save lives in this country as you enumerated the reasons why guns are AOK in and of them selves. One sentence to say yeah maybe too many guns doesn’t cut it. Do better or you’re part of the problem.