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I get the sentiment here but.
some people who are civilians do need guns. but not assault rifles. normal rifles to shoot at a bear or other predator. because rural location.
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not everybody lives in a city. some people live in places where there are wild animals in your backyards and you need to shoot at them to scare them off.
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also as comrade @Siph pointed "no guns for civilians" sounds very pro-cop and military. because those are the only people who are then going to be armed with guns.
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I am of the opinion that the people have the right to reasonable self defense, this means things like pistols, revolvers, long rifles are fine by me. Once the weapon becomes automatic I think its an issue.
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@packetcat i sympathize but the issue with this is that people kill themselves a lot more and a lot easier when guns are in the picture. it shouldn’t be that easy to take your own life. and a lot of the people who need self-defence the most are also ones dealing with a lot of shit and trauma that makes mental illness that much worse. (and guns are really not that useful in close quarters anyway…)
the bigger issue is we need to demilitarize the police. cops shouldn’t have guns either. until we have that nobody is going to feel safe
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@packetcat but like, a break-action rifle is fine. get rid of magazines, get rid of handhelds, nobody needs that shit. you want to take a classic break-action or lever-action rifle or shotgun out to the range, good for you. that’s closer to a bow and arrow than it is the shit cops are walking around with these days
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@Lady agreed. I forgot about suicide and guns.