the right to bear arms exists to protect people from tyrants

the whole premise of this right is that we can’t trust the government to keep our liberty safe because they could become the tyrants. if one day some religious idiot comes into power who doesn’t want women learning math, you may end up glad that conservatives have made it easier for women to fight for their liberty by refusing to allow these rights to be eroded

the right to bear arms exists to protect people from tyrants

And yet, it’s the would-be tyrants who are armed to the teeth.

this is why more young feminists need to support gun ownership and learn how to use weapons

women should be able to choose what they want to wear, the type of weapons they want to own, and what to do with their bodies

the NRA needs to stop being thought of as conservative and liberals need to embrace the NRA

Guns are for weak people who want to feel powerful.

guns are for vulnerable people who want to ensure their own safety.

Nice theory, but owning a gun makes you less safe, not more. You are way more likely to be hurt by your own gun than successfully using it to defend yourself.

you don’t know my circumstances or anyone else’s.

It has nothing to do with circumstances, it’s plain statistics. Look up the numbers.

your statistics don’t know who i live with, who lives next door, or how corrupt my government is. and, as samuel clemons said, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.

What is it with Americans that they seem so be so afraid all the time. You see danger everywhere. Life now is safer than it has ever been in the history of humanity.

there are more slaves now than ever in history. there are more prisoners, more prisons, more cartels, more police (but i repeat myself). i won’t tell you how you may keep yourself safe. please return the courtesy.

All of those things are because there are way more humans today than ever in absolute numbers. The percentage of people who die a violent death has never been as low as it is now, and that includes people dying in war.

that’s cold comfort for slaves

I’m not sure how it’s relevant to this discussion. Are you some kind of vigilante who needs a gun to free slaves?

at this point i’m making due advocating that would-be slaves aren’t legally prohibited the tools they need to protect themselves.

You seriously think that the cause of modern day slavery is lack of guns?

Maybe you should call the UN and let them know you figured out the solution to the slavery problem.

You seriously think that the cause of modern day slavery is lack of guns?

that’s not what i said. it’s a bad faith argument: a strawman.

Then what are you trying to say? I’m still not seeing how you bringing up slavery is at all relevant to the discussion.

it’s one of the very real dangers people face. and firearms are one of the tools they may use to defend themselves from it.

That’s an extremely simplistic view of a very complicated problem.