08-29-2023, 08:51 PM
(08-29-2023, 05:56 PM)Nately120 Wrote: All I'm saying is that where I come from a lot of people aren't doing very well because of systematic changes that have taken place over the past few decades, meanwhile they are comforted that they have guns to protecting them from people taking stuff from them. It just seems like a bit of a hollow peace to have, really. If someone tries to take my $250 television I can shoot him dead. Completely gut the power and viability of the working man? Ehh fine, as long as I can shoot someone who would take my TV.
Like you said, it's peace of mind. And being a broken down laid off or disabled relic of the industrial age gives you plenty of time to be on the lookout for some thug who might steal your last tenner, eh?
Eh, I'm a cynical man and you're testing my limits in that regard.
I certainly wouldn't speak for every single person in the situation you've described. But you're describing this as a binary choice, wanna keep your gun, we gotta destroy your livelihood. It's also certainly not limited to property crime. What's an old man going t do to defend himself against a twenty year old who breaks into his home? Much less an old woman, or even a younger woman for that matter. I know for some who don't view this right as all that important this can sound extreme, but having the absolute right to possess a means of defending yourself is important. Otherwise you are consigning a certain group of people to the status f perpetual victim, and with the current state of law and order in much of the country that is an unconscionable action.
