Anti-gun people are really weird to me. Why would you deny yourself a defensive tool that puts yourself on equal footing with your aggressor? Equal footing at worst, a massive advantage at best. A gun allows a literal child to defend himself against a home invader - all it takes is a steady hand and a smooth trigger pull. Even if you disagree with the proliferation of firearms, you have to acknowledge their effectiveness. Why would you deprive yourself of mankind's greatest invention for self-defense?
Make no mistake though, a gun requires a measure of personal responsibility, and perhaps this is the answer. Does the mind of the anti-gunner seek to absolve himself of this responsibility? Instead of using a gun to defend themselves, they would prefer to dial 911, hide, or become a victim themselves - leaving the responsibility of their safety to others (with guns). It no longer has to be their decision. The same could be said for people pushing censorship and "safe spaces" on college campuses. Their concept of physical and mental safety is someone else's responsibility - never their own.
Anti-gun people would prefer to hamstring the strong, bringing them down to their level, rather than uplift themselves and take responsibility for themselves. Police are there to clean up the mess, punish criminals after the fact, and have no duty to protect you. You are only one who is responsible for your own defense. Victimhood is not a position of power or moral superiority.
Anti-gunners fancy themselves part of some intellectual elite - so shouldn't they be the ideal gun owners? You're smart enough to figure out the laws surrounding self-defense, when lethal force is allowed, and that it should used with discretion. You should know to lock up your gun to prevent kids from using it or to prevent its theft. Surely you can handle the responsibility if you try, so look inside and ask yourself:
Why don't you own a gun?
Maybe I'm preaching to the choir here. /pol/ is probably smart enough to own guns.
>>55356367
The liberal religion, animism, assigns human motivations, emotions, and other attributes to non-living things.
This is why you always hear them speak of bad neighborhoods instead of bad people. As much as they claim
to follow the scientific method, this religion steers them to believe that 'culture' (something akin to Bad Juju)
causes people to behave in an uncivilized manner, rather than to understand that culture is created by people.
Firearms are not exempt from their religion--this is why you'll often see news headlines that read "Guns killed 43
people in Chicago this weekend" instead of "Niggers killed 43 people in Chicago this weekend".
Funny enough, this even extends to images of firearms. There are many news stories of elementary school
teachers--almost all female and liberal--having their students forcefully removed from classrooms for drawing
a picture of a soldier with a rifle, or biting a Pop-Tart™ in a manner causing it to remotely resemble a pistol.
These students are often removed by armed police, whose weapons are believed to be possessed by a good
spirit at that time.
Hope this helps!
I don't know, I kinda like knowing that I can go anywhere at anytime without the fear of being shot by some scumbug.
I don't have that fear either.
>>55359816
I like knowing I can shoot someone if they attack me.
>>55359816
Gun policy has no effect on homicide rates. You gave up your rights for nothing.
>>55356367
Gun grabbers are mentally ill.
They should be institutionalized for their own safety and ours.
Thanks Reagan.
>>55356367
>Why would you deny yourself a defensive tool that puts yourself on equal footing with your aggressor? Equal footing at worst, a massive advantage at best. A gun allows a literal child to defend himself against a home invader
There are countries, there are even states in America that believe and have a law in place that requires you to NOT resist a criminal even in your own home if you could avoid death by doing so, and if someone were to shoot a nigger that broke in with a gun they would actually have to prove the nigger had the intention to cause harm.
Liberals are this fucking retarded.
This is why you live somewhere that isn't infested with the scourge known as liberal faggots.
Anti-gun person here.
Public policy that makes guns available for you, Joe Schmoe, also makes them available to criminals. In order to get rid of gun violence we need to get rid of guns. Period. That includes your gun too.
>>55360636
Are you going to run around and knock on doors collecting the private property of 110 million Americans? Many of which are liable to shoot you? Should the police or the military- many of whom are staunch supporters of the second amendment? Many of whom swore an oath to defend the constitution of the United States? Are you going to ask them to break that oath? Are you going to ask them to get shot at so you can feel more secure? Do I need to call your wife and tell her you're being a pussy?
>>55360636
What does gun policy do for violent crime in general and not just gun crime? Please provide citations.
>>55360716
Actually I would like communities to have more say in their own laws.
I would like to live in a community that doesn't allow guns, where neighbors know each other and care about each other. You probably don't even know who lives three houses down from you, people can hitchhike into your town, then you wonder why you need a gun. Ha.
Do you think that you would need a gun if you lived in a like-minded community where people cared about their neighbors and prevented outsiders from coming in?
>Many of whom swore an oath to defend the constitution of the United States? Are you going to ask them to break that oath?
Like they don't already do this daily lol.
I guarantee you that the average police officer in America violates people's Constitutional rights frequently, especially the first amendment.
>>55356367
Access to firearms should be legal to law-abiding citizens. But that's really not the point, is it? Owning and using weapons is perfectly legal over here as well. Actually, in most european countries, Just with varying degrees of regulation.
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Even your precious 2nd amendment starts with "well regulated", because 200 years ago, that seemed like a reasonable approach regarding the right to bear arms.
I'd argue it's still reasonable now, and blatantly obvious: There are people out there who absolutely shouldn't have access to firearms, that's why it needs to be regulated.
Heck, reading 5 minutes on any 4chan board would probably yield plenty of reasons why you people shouldn't have guns...
Regulation doesn't equal "they be takin' our guns". Look around; no one's coming after you!
>>55360887
There is always Hawaii, the most unfriendly fun state in America.
I'm not worried about my neighbor, I have no reason to be paranoid of walking around my neighborhood and getting shot. I don't live in a gun free utopia like Greater Chicagoland. I carry a handgun with me 24 hours a day.
but guns were never designed as a tool for defense, but rather the opposite
>>55360887
>Do you think that you would need a gun if you lived in a like-minded community where people cared about their neighbors and prevented outsiders from coming in?
>like-minded community
>prevented outsiders from coming in
Where do I sign up?
>>55361056
>tools can only be used for one thing only!
Computers were never designed for you to jack off to Kekold porn but that doesn't stop you now, does it?
>>55360963
Well regulated means well equipped and trained.
German gun laws are fucking draconian. They are exyremely strict.
The only European countries with decent gun laws are Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
>>55361056
Nope
