NO. If you don't already have one, you DON'T need to go get a gun.
What you really really need to do?
-de-escalation training
-First aid training
-Gunshot wound first aid specifically
-unarmed self defense, pick any
-gun disarmament training
-gun use training with multiple types of firearm
But that sounds hard and unsexy and responsible so let's just talk about possible shootout scenarios that will never happen/s
@foundseed
i think these are good things to recommend, but they also correspond with taking risks and putting oneself in immediate danger
i'm not sure what gun disarmament training would be, but if it's training to disarm an armed person, i would say that is extremely high risk and more likely to lead to injury/death than any training or scenario where one is armed
it's something that some folks could accomplish, but is usually training given to military and police
@foundseed
@johnbrowntypeface
it seems to be basic logic that physically engaging an armed person as an unarmed person is very high risk. doesn't seem a controversial argument for me
you're responding as if i'm instructing folks to do something in particular, and as if pointing out the dangers of one activity means i de-facto support another
if i have any overall point it's that being unarmed is absolutely no guarantee of safety, especially if you end up in conflict with armed opposition
@anubis2814 @foundseed
i disagree and don't believe this could be proven
i would say it's down to the ideology, behavior, and training of the people with the guns that determines the likelihood of violence
community defense is response to our milieu where there are already a lot of guns. in the US there are many gun owners, most of which never commit violence with their guns
State forces and fascists are most likely to shoot people - and so we practice community defense as protection
foundseed
john.brown_typeface
anubis2814