• Wahots@pawb.social
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    4 months ago

    All guns should be surrendered and destroyed en masse. They are fun, but society would be happier, healthier, and with far less suicides and DA without them.

    I’ve seen too many close calls to consider them safe for society at large.

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      4 months ago

      It boggles my mind people can bear a device that can end lifes in an instant and feel like they are fun. I guess this is making my unpopular opinion.

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      4 months ago

      Wouldn’t that be nice?

      But the truth would be: someone will find a way to make guns on their own, then the rest of us would be defenseless against that.

      This is the reason why militaries have nuclear weapons despite wanting peace.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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        4 months ago

        Guns don’t defend against guns.

        Edit: People who have to deal with the public who might be armed don’t do it with a gun in their hand, they do it behind bulletproof glass. The odds that a given gun is going to shoot a bad guy moments before the bad guy shoots a good guy are a fraction of the odds that that same gun will be used to accidentally kill a child.

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          4 months ago

          Which exactly proved my point. You can make your gun at home.

          If you see one getting caught, imagine how many at large.

          • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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            4 months ago

            If you see one getting caught, imagine how many at large

            That sounds like FUD. Intentional?