When Americans have to live in fear of mass shootings on a day-to-day basis, has access to guns really made America more "free"?

[Ad_Quid_Orator]

I mean is that really freedom when you have to worry about an attack happening when you go to the store or a show or a school? When more and more of these places have security checkpoints?

And before any of you talk shit about gun ownership preventing a tyrannical regime from gaining power, there is no historical precedence for that and it's just as likely that access to guns can give a rogue faction the meas to seize power.

[inhua]

the only thing Americans have to fear is not the guns themselves but the people who get their hands on these guns and their contribution towards creating these people

despite America being the so-called land of opportunity and fairness, it is anything but as a advertised. why do these mass shootings occur in the west more than everywhere else outside of polygamous countries?

ever seen that short ugly kid in middle school or high school getting picked on and bullied, teachers doing nothing, peers doing nothing and the bullying is justified because apparently he's a "creep" just for existing. ever wondered why that kid grew up to become a school shooter?

I wager that most if not all mass shooters have been dealt a bad hand in life, screwed over time and time again and society justifies screwing them over

if you're ever worried about being gunned down in the streets, how about Americans be mindful of how they treat others. take a good look at yourselves in the mirror instead of pointing the finger at an item consisting of metal parts just assembled together

[Lliam]

People like you live in fear. In 2021, your chance of getting shot and killed in a non-gang related incident was about 1/107,140. Before 2020, it was less than 1/140,625.

People like you also believe that if you don't wear a mask, socially distance, and keep up on your covid jabs, you are certain to die.

Twice as many people (40,000 or 1/11,250) are killed by motor vehicles, by accidental poisoning, and by accidental falls, than in total firearm homicides. But are you afraid to get in a car?

I'm not about to give up my self-evident, unalienable, constitutionally guaranteed right to own a firearm just to make someone "feel" safer. I already feel perfectly safe.

[Smashingdoozy]

I moved to the UK from the USA and lemme tell you... Any loud bang I jump and duck and people look at me like I'm a fucking psycho. Different worlds it's actually insane.

[Stacey55666]

I wonder why Antifia stayed out of red states?

[Avicenna]

Yeah, sure, law-abiding firearm owners who have to carry for self-defense are the real threat, not the criminals who commit the violent crimes that you completely ignore. It’s because of those criminals, the ones leftists coddle, that people have to carry for self-defense.

Leftists like you make it very clear that they consider law-abiding firearm owners the real threat. But you continue to make excuses for violent criminals and support policies like “defunding the police” that enable their crimes. You have to solve the violent crime problem before you can talk about convincing law-abiding firearms owners to give up what protection they have against violent criminals.

The biggest danger here, though, is your totalitarianism. And that’s what underlies your bizarre thinking.

[Ad_Quid_Orator]

If by "coddle" you mean offer more paths to redemption and focus more on rehabilitation (because just focusing on punishment is working so well) so that they are less likely to become repeat offenders, then no we're not giving you a need to own guns to protect yourself.

But here's what you're forgetting: any law abiding citizen (someone with no crime record) can commit a crime. You can't know who will be a criminal down the road and that explains why 77% of mass shootings were committed with legally purchased firearms.

www.axios.com/.../mass-shooting-nashville-guns-legally

[NathanDavis]

as someone who also lives in Mexico, I sure have the "precedent" of what happens when you take away the rights to gun ownership for law abiding citizens...

yes, the governments become closer to tyrannical regimes... especially the local and regional ones

[Chthou95]

Take away guns from good citizens, then you leave these guys with all the guns and no police to protect you because of corruption in law enforcement. Take Mexico for example. The Mexican marines are the only force there to combat cartel in Mexico since cartel has access to all kinds of firearms and explosives. Mind you this is in a neighborhood where people live. Mexican citizens wish they had the 2nd amendment in Mexico but they don't

https://www.youtube.com/embed/wIQK5tx2OWM

[gorydetails]

You losers thought a guy in a buffalo hat could overthrow the government, I wouldn’t be so sure an armed populace couldn’t take over the government.

If you choose to live your life in fear of something that has a minuscule chance of happening, that tells a lot of your mental state.

[exitseven]

I never owned firearms until after Biden became President. There has been a steep increase in crime and i know that the cops won't get there in time if I encountered a burglar in my home. I have a handgun and a pump shotgun. I am angry that it has come to this but I was afraid that soon the 2nd Amendment will be repealed.

[Snakeyes7]

I fear not being allowed to have guns because incidents like this will happen far more often not only with criminals but with the government as well.

If you have no means of defending yourself, people who want to hurt you will do everything they can to make sure they will have the upper hand.

[jshm2]

The real tragedy is that free mental health care would solve the problem overnight. But Americans would rather pay shitloads for crappy mental health businesses, and get free guns instead.

[Jdodkfndosn]

Youd never even know it, but if hypothetically you were standing next to me, and some guy started shooting, you'll unintendedly have benefited from the fact that I'll put him down in an effort to protect myself.

[BoopBoopBeep]

I don't know anybody actually afraid of that.

[Sabretooth]

Sadly, freedom is one sided almost all sides because one is simply too stupid and too selfish.

[taurusman]

America without guns I would fear. I would switch to my KBar if guns went away.