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[–] Yewb@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Im a liberal guess who now has a gun safe with multiple guns?

I guess we are making America great again by arming the liberals too?

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Also by helping the struggling gun industry

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

there's an easy solution: only buy foreign made guns.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Sweden: for when you need a gun but don’t want to fund domestic fascism, and also need some cheap furniture while arming yourself …and maybe could I get one of those fighter jets on the side?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The Czech Republic thanks you.

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

At this rate America's 4B movement is gonna stand for "bang bang bang bang"...

[–] Jank@literature.cafe 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought the whole point was not to bang?

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Stop banging and start banging!

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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The left needs to get on board with this. Govt isn’t going to protect you from far right militias when the shit hits the fan.

[–] nothing@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago

Cops aren't required to protect you from anything. Learn how to protect you and yours. And learn how to read situations, always.

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[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 41 points 1 day ago (6 children)

American ‘solutions’ for American problems

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What would you do in this situation?

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago (58 children)

I do not blame any woman or queer person arming themselves in the U.S. right now. But I think that you should think of it as personal protection rather than preparation for something larger.

Be aware of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disarmament_of_the_German_Jews

The Jews of Germany constituted less than 1 percent of the country's population. It is preposterous to argue that the possession of firearms would have enabled them to mount resistance against a systematic program of persecution implemented by a modern bureaucracy, enforced by a well-armed police state, and either supported or tolerated by the majority of the German population. Mr. Carson's suggestion that ordinary Germans, had they had guns, would have risked their lives in armed resistance against the regime simply does not comport with the regrettable historical reality of a regime that was quite popular at home. Inside Germany, only the army possessed the physical force necessary for defying or overthrowing the Nazis, but the generals had thrown in their lot with Hitler early on.

Obviously, women and queer people are a lot more than 1% of the population, but you can't count on every queer person being on the right side and you certainly can't count on every woman to be on the right side.

[–] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think we agree that it is important to consider parallels in history, but the US is not 1930s Germany.

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[–] Ekybio@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago

With sentiment like "your body, my choice" floating around more and more, I hope that everyone in need will arm themselves accoringly.

Because the guys on the other guys think they are made of steel. Remind them that they have a lot of very vulnerable blood vessels close to the skin and that knifes are as cheap as their lies...

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Guns!, the cause and solution to most of America's problems.

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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 day ago

Remember that step 2 is to practice!

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Can confirm, my wife has expressed an interest. We're just waiting for the local LGBTQ friendly range to open.

The other local ranges are either run by cops (ACAB) or require NRA memberships to join. Yeah, that's not happening.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Sometimes you have to open the gun range you wish to see in your neighborhood.

Or something like that. I think Gandhi said it.

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