the pushback to folks choosing to pursue firearms training or obtain them always throws me for a loop
ultimately this should be the choice of the individual
maybe there are posts i don't see that proclaim everyone must arm themselves by 13:12pm this Tuesday but i'm not seeing such posts
is there a long line where somebody is passing out AKs that i missed?
if you talk to people who do community defense you will find gun safety is a paramount, primary focus
if you even look at professional trainers who are conservative or reactionary, this usually still holds
the average gun owner is far more responsible than how they are portrayed by people who don't like guns or who have no experience with them - at least in terms of gun safety and avoidance of injury
@johnbrowntypeface That is surprising and different to the US's reputation.
When the laws on responsible gun storage were introduced to Australia -- a gun safe fastened to the building, with ammunition stored in a separate locked container located in another place -- barely any gun owner already had that storage in place.
your idea of the reputation of the US from an outside perspective probably differs from our lived reality
i'm not speaking specifically of things like gun locks or gun safes, though some use those. i'm talking about safety precautions for the use of firearms
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