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How fragile and distrusting of other people does someone have to be to feel the urge to carry a gun around on their person at all times? Granted America can be a bit (lol) dystopian but to warrant a gun on your hip to go to Trader Joe's? That's some scared person behaviour. For a nation that wants to come across as being the confident cowboy there really is a scared child behind it all.
Tell all of this to cops.
I've been advocating for military slap fights for a decade
I think there are quite a few scared people carrying guns around in the US, and that's very unfortunate. In fact, if you're carrying because you're afraid, you should reevaluate your situation. It's just another tool you can carry around, one that you're very, very unlikely to need.
Tell that to my (former) neighbors in Chicago. It was a poor neighborhood. There was gang activity. Most of the people that lived there have been on the same street for 30+ years. They couldn't afford to move, and cops DNGAF because the neighborhood was 98% black. What's to "re-evaluate"? You can't move, cops sure as fuck aren't going to save your ass when trouble comes calling, and the violence is real. Even without guns, three young gang members in the alley will fuck you up.
I've got five fire extinguishers in my home, but I've never had a house fire.
Yeah yeah, I hear you, but there's a difference between rational fear and irrational fear. You know full well I was talking about folks who live in safe neighborhoods. Even then, you should be practiced enough that you're not walking around paranoid and anxious all the time. It doesn't do you any good to shoot at noises in the dark.
There's a difference between the reality he's expressing and the made up hateful strawman you're beating up in your head
What? I'm honestly not sure what you think is in my head. I was referring to people who are scared to live life in what is actually a safe area?
See "US Police" for more information.
What a hateful way to look at it. Self defense is a basic human right and being prepared to do the right thing doesn't make you "scared"