• drthunder@midwest.social
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    5 hours ago

    I’m pretty anti-gun despite being on the left, but I think I’ve seen this person her at protests before and if anyone’s gonna have a gun I’d prefer it be her over anyone else.

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      I’m in favor of regulating guns, and I feel like keeping one on my person / in my living space actually increases my risk of injury. However, I also think it’s a good idea to know how to violently resist if necessary. (I have shot pistols, shotguns, and rifles before.) And, I don’t think it’s unreasonable for people of any political persuasion to have access to armaments in case they need to “fertilize the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants”.

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        I’ve read that having a gun in your house does increase your risk of being shot. That being said, I understand that having guns helped groups like the Panthers keep their communities safer. I don’t think they’ll help us most of the time in resisting a dictatorship, though. If we beat the fascists, I think more of it will come from sabotage, mass strikes, etc, as opposed to shooting.