🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agoAnon breaks upsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAnon breaks upsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareMacaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoIsn’t this just a vicious cycle? You own a gun, because other people also have access to guns. The burglar might bring a gun, because the home owner possibly has a gun, etc
minus-squaretacosanonymous@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoKinda. It’s also a remnant of the old west. Guns were freedom, protection, power, etc. It would be much more effective to curb crime by meeting everyone’s basic needs than giving everyone a gun. But dumb Americans don’t know any other way. They are just too self-centered and absorbed to think about anyone else.
Isn’t this just a vicious cycle? You own a gun, because other people also have access to guns. The burglar might bring a gun, because the home owner possibly has a gun, etc
Kinda. It’s also a remnant of the old west. Guns were freedom, protection, power, etc.
It would be much more effective to curb crime by meeting everyone’s basic needs than giving everyone a gun.
But dumb Americans don’t know any other way. They are just too self-centered and absorbed to think about anyone else.