Gun manufacturers are having a great year.

https://lemmy.world/post/44042758

Right, the only people who should be armed are the christian nationalists who are already armed to the teeth and itching to use them. As we all know, nothing bad ever happens when people without guns confront people with guns. It worked out great for the native Americans!

This is not a question of whether someone should or not, but a question of whether doing so will make them feel safer.

The answer to the first question is usually “yes”, but the answer to the second question is usually “no”.

If the state wants you dead, a gun and a couple boxes of ammo aren’t going to be more than a minor inconvenience to the state.

If the state wants you dead, a gun and a couple boxes of ammo aren’t going to be more than a minor inconvenience to the state.

I’d rather inconvenience the state than march quietly into the concentration camp, thank you.

I’ve studied enough of my history to know that, whatever ignoble end awaits me at the end of a fascist’s gun barrel will still be vastly preferable to whatever horrors await in a camp. I refuse to die in one, outright and by any means necessary, even if that means dying on my front lawn instead.