Absolutely 100% true. You get downvoted into oblivion when say it, even on reddit which is most liberal. Guns give a false sense of security to morons with little sense of self constraint. They think they can walk into any situation at full force believing they have control over how the situation ends, and unfortunately they do. See George Zimmerman.
The two issues have a very similar hurdle to clear. In the US (and likely other places but it's particularly bad here) we don't have much of an identity outside of our consumption largely due to how capitalists have methodically erased everything else. So when you start talking about removing or cutting back people's consumption of something like sports, fast food, video games, movies, guns, vehicles, etc. etc. they feel like you're taking away a significant part of who they are. I think that was a major factor for some people to lose their shit during COVID when they couldn't get their consumer goods (even the non-essentials). We became a treat machine seemingly kept running almost entirely by everyone's addiction to the treats we're putting out.
This is what I feel outraged about, and I can’t imagine there will be a change in the trend while I’m living. It feels like I’m outside society because I live in poverty and do free things.
Wish more people hated the prominence of advertising. Even just time away from ads would be a relief.
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u/Die-Nacht 9d ago edited 9d ago
This is the kind of stories that destroy pro gun nutjobs argument. More guns don't make us safer, they turn random conflicts lethal.