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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by spacephysics on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:46PM (#28559288)
I think Australia is a great example of what happens when guns are given up. You have a government that’s going on witch hunts for covid cases and exerting extreme authoritarian pressure for remarkably low covid rates.

Some would say it’s them testing the limits of their populace. What are they gonna do? Protest? That’s illegal when in lockdown.

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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by stef25 on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:35AM (#28561240)
So you're saying that covid measures wouldn't exist if there were more guns, and that would be a good thing?

Maybe the remarkable low covid rates are there because of the authoritarian pressure? Authoritarian is never a good word but if people simply won't listen when it comes to matters of public health (that affect everyone - an overflowing ICU is never a good thing) and thus endanger the health of others then they have to live with the consequences. It's not a matter of politic, opinion or ideology.

The suggestion that this should be responded to with guns is just the most perfect own goal.

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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by megablast on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:01PM (#28559434)
No you don’t.

You do have one of the lowest Covid death rates in the world. You have a lot of states with complete freedom.

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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by abduhl on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:14AM (#28561137)
Your response to the accusation that a government is being authoritarian is that it’s OK because there’s “a lot” of places with “complete” freedom? That’s bordering on “this is good for Bitcoin” levels of Stockholm syndrome.
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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by NoImmatureAdHom on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:49PM (#28560995)
...except if you want to leave, lol.

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

Article 13

    Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
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Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds by mbrodersen on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:09PM (#28572940)
The majority of Australians grumble about it but agree with the lockdown restrictions. Looking at the insane number of people dying from COVID in the US compared with Australia I understand why.
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