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"I'm a gun owner. Tim Walz is a gun owner. If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot." Harris told Oprah. (hexbear.net)

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“I’m a gun owner; Tim Walz is a gun owner,” Harris said.

“I did not know that,” Winfrey replied.

“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot,” Harris added. “Probably should not have said that. But my staff will deal with that later.”

The article has a video clip. I love the bullshit "probably..." It's a 100% certainty she spoke with her staff and workshopped the phrasing and presentation of gun stuff. Plus I bet she practiced her lines. No American politician is going to wing it when talking about guns.

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[-] Huldra@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

The massive assumption here being that by default they will do harm to you, this is true crime brain.

[-] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

"Stealing my shit" is doing me harm because I am a poor person who can't just magic a new life out of nothing. I have no fucking sympathy for anyone who tries to steal from me, sorry. And idk but i'm not going to trust renters insurance to just go "oh, someone stole all your shit? here's the full value of it" 🤷‍♂️

[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

You know what else is really valuable that is easy to steal? Guns

[-] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

yeah i don't have a gun which is why any burglar attempting to take my shit will face the sword

[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

If you are one of the 376/100000 (0.37%) to even be burglarized in the first place:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238258/burglary-rate-country/

[-] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

if y'all gonna be all "this is reactionary" i'm gonna say this is some Ultra shit, "the only acceptable response to burglary is to hide in your room, otherwise you're a chud" and going all morshupls about it

[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

I didn't say that. It's just funny to me how there's an internet culture of blowing a very specific, rare, type of crime out of proportion so they can fantizise over shooting someone.

If you actually want to make your family safer stop worrying so much about the .3% thing and focus more on getting less cars on the road? More public transit, more walkable cities, less cars means a way safer place for everyone.