The great equalizer. A small woman now has a chance against nigger fat fuck. An armed society is a polite society. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun. These are FACTS NOT OPINION.
"When I carry a firearm, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The firearm is the only personal weapon that pouts a 100lb woman on equal footing with a 200lb mugger. A 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gangbanger. A single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys wielding baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or number between a potential attacker and a defender.
A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
The argument that the gun makes a lethal confrontation out of one that would otherwise only result in injury, is fallacious at best. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the other.
The gun is the only weapon that is as lethal in the hands of an octagenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
The gun at my side means I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be *unafraid.It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation.
And that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act."*
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[ - ] Leveraction 3 points 1.8 yearsJul 16, 2022 18:17:55 ago (+3/-0)
An armed society is a polite society.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.
These are FACTS NOT OPINION.
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[ - ] uvulectomy 3 points 1.8 yearsJul 16, 2022 17:49:15 ago (+3/-0)
"When I carry a firearm, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The firearm is the only personal weapon that pouts a 100lb woman on equal footing with a 200lb mugger. A 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gangbanger. A single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys wielding baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or number between a potential attacker and a defender.
A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
The argument that the gun makes a lethal confrontation out of one that would otherwise only result in injury, is fallacious at best. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the other.
The gun is the only weapon that is as lethal in the hands of an octagenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn't work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
The gun at my side means I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be *unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation.
And that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act."*