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minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoPoliticians and cops have guns, or other people with guns, to shoot back. Schools do not. It’s a class thing.
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoTherefore the average NRA opinion: If everybody has a gun…
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 minutes agoSuper-ness and gun ownership aren’t the same thing, and don’t work the same way. When everyone is armed, everyone can kill. When nobody is armed, a subset of people can kill. The former state of affairs is more fair, and hence less likely to lead to violence.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThat’s such a weird “sinister” line
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThat is the case. But it does not make it any less true. Those with weapons are harder to assassinate than those of us without weapons. Again, it’s a class thing and you and I are not a part of that class.
Politicians and cops have guns, or other people with guns, to shoot back. Schools do not.
It’s a class thing.
Therefore the average NRA opinion: If everybody has a gun…
Super-ness and gun ownership aren’t the same thing, and don’t work the same way.
When everyone is armed, everyone can kill.
When nobody is armed, a subset of people can kill.
The former state of affairs is more fair, and hence less likely to lead to violence.
That’s such a weird “sinister” line
That is the case. But it does not make it any less true. Those with weapons are harder to assassinate than those of us without weapons. Again, it’s a class thing and you and I are not a part of that class.