Now, if I where a poster of the fed persuasion I might say that their point about how you cant quick draw mcgraw a determined gunman would count equally for if a right wing psycho was the target.
Also, I find every single argument that ends up with "buhhh thats just the fantasy that the arms manufacturers sell you in order to get you to buy guns" extremely dull, no one is willing or capable of un-gunning the right wing of America(even after a revolution and a strong grasp on power it would be a hugely daunting task), so even if its unlikely that you will be able to react in time to a gunman going up to you, you can either just fucking die realizing all your options like running away are long gone or die with a chance of defending yourself.
Unless the real defense argued by these libs is just never aggravating the right wing by pushing fundamental human rights and leftist politics, or if you do to never be seen in public or have your location leaked ever again. Or maybe more cynically they think having martyrs is a good strategy to get people to :vote:
Maybe I'm being stupid and thinking of this in way too simple terms but it seems pretty simple to me, if you dont have a gun you're entirely at the mercy of no one targeting you, or whoever targets you being a fuckup, if you have a gun you have fucking something except hope and prayer going on. Theres of course more layers to effectively protecting people from assassins than just having a gun, but a gun is just a fundamental good start if you expect to be facing the homicidal rage of your enemies, however shitty the odds may be of you surviving and defending yourself are, I cant imagine it making them much worse.
Now, if I where a poster of the fed persuasion I might say that their point about how you cant quick draw mcgraw a determined gunman would count equally for if a right wing psycho was the target.
Also, I find every single argument that ends up with "buhhh thats just the fantasy that the arms manufacturers sell you in order to get you to buy guns" extremely dull, no one is willing or capable of un-gunning the right wing of America(even after a revolution and a strong grasp on power it would be a hugely daunting task), so even if its unlikely that you will be able to react in time to a gunman going up to you, you can either just fucking die realizing all your options like running away are long gone or die with a chance of defending yourself.
Unless the real defense argued by these libs is just never aggravating the right wing by pushing fundamental human rights and leftist politics, or if you do to never be seen in public or have your location leaked ever again. Or maybe more cynically they think having martyrs is a good strategy to get people to :vote:
Maybe I'm being stupid and thinking of this in way too simple terms but it seems pretty simple to me, if you dont have a gun you're entirely at the mercy of no one targeting you, or whoever targets you being a fuckup, if you have a gun you have fucking something except hope and prayer going on. Theres of course more layers to effectively protecting people from assassins than just having a gun, but a gun is just a fundamental good start if you expect to be facing the homicidal rage of your enemies, however shitty the odds may be of you surviving and defending yourself are, I cant imagine it making them much worse.