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Cool. As an adult, I have lots of devices around that could horribly injure or kill me if used improperly. Are you saying I shouldn't own a table saw, ladder, or vehicle?
What if I've been prescribed medication which could kill me if I took the whole bottle? Should I not keep my medication around?
Thank goodness you're here. I guess I wasn't up to the task of managing risk and making my own decisions.
You should weigh the costs and benefits of each. If you need help, in the United States table saws cause roughly zero deaths in the US every year, by contrast guns kill roughly 45,000 people annually.
Considering there are something like 450,000,000 firearms in this country, and since many of those deaths are deliberately self-inflicted, those odds don't seem too bad. It ain't like a firearm will just go off on its own. Certainly reason to preach caution, but not fear. Guns demand training, mindfulness, and care. They're not for people who want to be coddled. You say it's dangerous. Of course it is! That's the point.
Nazis must not be the only group armed. Gun rights are minority rights. Every gun ban in this country has been used to oppress minorities, never to disarm fascists. You're talking to us as if you're the adult and we are children unaware of the risks. We are not. We are taking our lives and freedoms into our own hands, and preparing to defend them. You wanna use peaceful protest, go ahead. Nothing wrong with that. But you don't get to tell minorities not to make use of the tools legally available for self defense. We indulged you before, when fascism still feared to take over. But they've never been defeated peacefully. Now it's time for liberals to stop whining about us preparing against it. Not like y'all ever did a damn thing to prevent their rise in the first place.