Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
by lmm on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:19AM
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> On to the signs. "Posted, no trespassing" is an indication that bad things may happen if you jump a fence. Maybe all it is is getting arrested and charges pressed. Do signs like that make you feel unsafe?
No. Those suggest a normal, decent, measured response, rather than a spirit of escalation. A sign like "talk shit, get hit" would worry me though.
Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
by travisporter on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:18PM
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The elephant in the room is race.
Re:Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study finds
by HideousKojima on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:55PM
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I'm just as ready and willing to shoot the white meth-head around the block if he breaks in as I am a black crack-head who breaks in.
So we get to the crux of it. It's not the signs that prevent you from socializing with your community.
On to the signs. "Posted, no trespassing" is an indication that bad things may happen if you jump a fence. Maybe all it is is getting arrested and charges pressed. Do signs like that make you feel unsafe?
Signs like that are intended to deter the wrong kind of people, that is, those who would harm you. They have the added side effect of bringing together like minded people, and deterring socialization from people with a problem with it.