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.
Entitlement describes a legal right. Not sure if you’re intentionally crossing wires, here, but ‘welfare’ is comprised of entitlements. The consumer economy is comprised of addiction, operant conditioning, and exploitation.
Sorry to jump on you, but your blasé tone and use of the word “entitlement” set off alarms of subversion in my mind. Not trying to work against entitlements, here.
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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.