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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 38 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (62 children)

You would have thought that after January 6th/George Floydd protests, and the lack of justice that followed both, would have finally shown liberals they cannot rely on cops and the "justice" system for personal protection.

Warren vs district of Columbia

Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales

Uvalde school shooting

Yet here we are.

My body, my choice to protect it the way i wish. Fuck off gun grabbers. Prisoners are forced to give up all their rights and yet they are still not safe in prison. I refuse to be your prisoner.

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Some people think that situations where they can rely on others' strength are normal.

Thus they may agree with need for weapons and self-defense, because "it's a dangerous time", but not when everything is in order again. Not even thinking that said "dangerous time" somehow happened and will happen again.

Guns are similar to fire extinguishers and defibrillators in that most of time they are not needed.

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[–] naught101@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

How would guns have helped in the George Floyd case?

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is this a serious question?

Do you believe armed protesters are easier or more difficult to suppress?

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that question is as simple as you think. Peaceful protest is much more likely to garner public support, at least until things are critical. And taking weapons to a protest in the US seems like an almost guaranteed way to die, one way or another. Not saying the cops are well trained with weapons, but neither are the general public.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

The BLM protestors who marched with guns in Georgia didn't get fucked with by the cops at all, because the cops were scared. Look it up.

Other BLM protestors got beat down by cops in riot gear, in countless examples across the country (when the protestors were unarmed).

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

More protesters would have been shot. The movement would have been demonized even more than it was.

The protests were already overwhelming peaceful. To re-envision history saying "moars guns" would have helped is pretty bizarre gun nutters nonsense.

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