• Poob@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Open or concealed carry is insane. You Americans are unhinged.

    This is from a gun owner.

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      1 year ago

      Believing a politician can unilaterally suspend a right protected by both the federal and state constitution is unhinged.

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        1 year ago

        I wasn’t commenting on that, I was commenting on carrying a gun in public

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          Licensed concealed carriers have a lower violent crime rate than the general public. So its unhinged to ban these individuals from carrying thinking it’ll stop criminals.

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        Well I own 5 guns and would never even consider carrying in public ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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          Nifty. Neither being a firearm owner nor count of firearms in any way invalidates the decisions of those who choose to do so.

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            1 year ago

            You’re right. It was only a side point to imply that not every gun owner is as loony as certain American ones.

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              Unfortunately, the only loony stance here is that legally carrying firearms is somehow a loony thing to do.

              It’s always weird seeing how incapable some people are of considering that a different point of view is every bit as valid as their own.

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                Not all views are valid. That should be pretty obvious. I don’t consider carrying a firearm to be a valid view. It’s paranoia on the level of believing lizard people run government.

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                  Not all views are valid.

                  I don’t consider carrying a firearm to be a valid view.

                  It’s interesting that you seem incapable of considering yours may be the invalid view.

                  It’s paranoia on the level of believing lizard people run government.

                  I’d argue being so terrified of the possibility someone might be legally carrying a firearm to, itself, be the indicator of paranoia.

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                    You’re making a lot of assumptions. I have considered both views and formed an opinion. You also seem to be implying that I’m “terrified” that someone could be carrying a gun, but I’m not sure how your jumped into my brain to figure that out.