• alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM
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    1 year ago

    Holy fuck this is disgusting and just the other day someone was trying to tell me that people don’t need to be armed because of the color of their skin, gender, or sexuality.

    in fairness, i am kind of skeptical that being armed will really help you against the literal, actual cops, particularly if you’re a minority in this kind of situation. maybe it’d act as a preemptive deterrent—but if it doesn’t they’d then have pretext to murder you, and they’d probably get away with it.

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      1 year ago

      Oh, for sure, with the cops pretty much anyone would be unlucky to have a firearm, especially in this instance, but if the hate is so severe that the police will do shit like this then what’s stopping regular people out on the streets?

      Edit: Don’t forget that there are already dangerous weapons, many in the hands of people like this. I’m not saying more guns is the answer but it is not as if certain population groups do not have cause for fear.

      If our streets weren’t already loaded with guns I’d recommend the next best legal alternative if there were also reasonable concerns for safety.