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Full disclosure I personally support an an armed proletariat. That said my favorite thing to ask home protection people is, "when is the last time you had your fire extinguisher tested?"
Its a free service offered by most fire departments. Far, far more children are killed by fires than roving packs of murderers. Guns are much more likely to be used for suicide or domestic violence. If you own a gun but not a fire extinguisher you don't really care about protecting your family, you just want to kill someone
This made me realize that I didn't even know where to look for a fire extinguisher because I've never noticed one in any store I've been to. Apparently they're mostly available in some section of hardware stores that I haven't been to often
Meanwhile there was a prominent booth for buying guns in every walmart near me until walmart stopped selling them altogether
Some grocery stores sell the smaller ones also. But yeah, Americans are super weird about safety. Taking a basic first aid course is going to help you save lives far better than shoving a pistol in your pants or learning krav maga
Always make notice of fire exits when you enter a building. That will more likely be useful than carrying a gun ever will
That's another good one. If you're bowling with your kids and a rogue firearms instructor starts shooting the place up and you know where the exit is, you might get your family out of there. If you pull out your piece and return fire there are now two unhinged idiots filling the air with lead
Wherever you go, always have a plan to evacuate everyone in the room
aldi and harbor freight sell some shitty little $20 ones
They’re right next to the smoke alarms.
Test your smoke alarms too btw
Don't forget CO detectors as well. Carbon monoxide is sneaky, and a simple detector could save your life someday
An armed proletariat should probably take the form of an organized and coordinated militia, with everyone trained on how to use their weapons and checks on their health to ensure they're able. Randomly strewn about weapons purchased on credit for anyone who shows up to a gun store seems bad.
Ideally, but under no pretext and all of that. I was mostly just stating that I didn't support blanket gun bans though I have to admit I don't really trust Americans with them
Additional pro tip: don’t just keep a fire extinguisher in your kitchen. You need one in your bedroom, too (in the event there is a fire when you are asleep and you need an extinguisher to get out or get your kids).
also kids don't kill people with fire extinguishers, but every year toddlers kill people with guns in the US so lmao
They also make small extinguishers for your car. Though EV fires are nearly impossible to put out, so perhaps it’s not necessary anymore…
Someone should design a tactical fire extinguisher with picatinny rails and shit to get chuds to fantasize about putting out a fire with. Then they could just fetishize those and own like 40 of them and maybe actually do some good with their lives
Design a fire extinguisher that looks like a flamethrower and chuds would be all over that shit.