Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where...
by cwillu on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @08:39AM
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And the US police routinely rob travellers of their cash and goods at gunpoint.
So again, what good are the lax gun laws providing the populatnon against tyranny?
Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where...
by krapp on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:23AM
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As we've learned recently, American gun owners don't give a shit about tyranny so long as the tyrants don't come for their guns.
In fact, depending on whose head the boot comes down on, they'll even cheer it on.
Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where...
by Rodeoclash on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @08:52AM
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And you're going to stop them with your guns? Good luck.
Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where...
by tim333 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:49AM
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I don't think you can call the British thing tyranny, speaking as a Brit.
Ok there have been some hate speech laws, but we have elections and can vote the pols out, no armed uprising required.
Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where...
by 1attice on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:28AM
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American take:
- UK sociopolitical problems caused by lack of guns - Canada sociopolitical problems caused by lack of guns - German sociopolitical problems caused by lack of guns
I think I can complete the rest of the thinkpiece on my own, with the help of ChatGPT. My prompt starts with, "You are a gun"
I do not like powerful guns in the hands of the population and I love the idea of a peaceful civilization without the need for violence, but you're living in a relatively short peaceful historic phase, which is just now starting to take a turn for worse again.