I want more liberals to arm themselves. Legally of course.

[GusFring]

That is all.

[TheBlackAdder]

26. Dems are just as armed as Reps, they just don't advertise it or hoard them.

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It's more of a myth that Republicans are more armed.

You just hear about them blabbing and revealing themselves, giving up the element of surprise.

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[Dial H For Hero]

27. Do you have any data to support that? Everything I've ever seen says just the opposite.

Example:

[TheBlackAdder]

30. A few years ago there were stats, but I got them from JSTOR and I don't have a subscription now.

[Skittles]

2. more guns

[cwydro]

16. Yeah that's the ticket!

[GusFring]

3. And seek proper training. Forgot to add that.

[Ptah]

4. I don't.

[Ptah]

10. I think that is an over-the-top reaction, bordering on lunacy.

[Croney]

5. Why?

[Hoyt]

6. No.

[regnaD kciN]

8. While I've ironically recommended the same in the past...

...let's face facts: even if we cleaned out every gun store in the country tomorrow, we wouldn't have a fraction of the firepower held by the Trumpers and neo-Nazis (but I repeat myself). All we'd be doing was giving them justification for invoking "self-defense" in killing us.

And there's no way, with whatever arsenal, that we could ever hope to take on law enforcement and/or the military...and they're both firmly in the opposing camp as of now.

[NightWatcher]

9. As a gun owning, former daily carrier (for work), I beg you to not do this.

It only escalates situations rapidly past the point of control.

[ansible]

32. I applaud your optimism if you think we're not already past the point of control

[Dial H For Hero]

33. The number of privately owned firearms in this country is approaching half a billion. 100 million

more more are being purchased every decade.

You're quite right, that genie ain't going back into that bottle.

[LisaL]

11. No, thank you.

I am for gun control.

[cwydro]

18. "Packs of southerners?"

Are you for real?

These asshole are homegrown in those states just as much as the south.

[Miigwech]

12. Does a really scary looking air rifle count?

[aeromanKC]

13. Fuck that!! More people are killed with their own guns at home than by intruders.

There will be NO gun in my house!!!!! EVER!!!!

[Chainfire]

21. You may miss the point

You do realize that the Right wingers who arm themselves to the teeth aren't doing it to protect themselves from home invaders?

They are arming themselves to deal with liberals and people of color when the time comes.

[Skittles]

22. so to combat paranoid gun humpers

we need to become paranoid gun humpers?

[aeromanKC]

23. FUCK that!!!

There is not going to be a time that comes!! That is just ignorant fear tactics the right uses. I guess next you will tell me it will rain for 40 days and nights and I better build a big boat?

There will NEVER be a god awful gun in my house!!! They are the scourge of American society.

[frazzled]

15. Don't take the bait, kids

The last thing on earth we need is guns. Start a thread on gun control instead. I’m not biting here.

[JI7]

17. Philando Castile, John Crawford

[Dial H For Hero]

19. I sold 80% of my firearms over the last couple of years, since I have no one to whom to leave them.

My remaining guns are locked up in gun safes any time I'm not home.

[Initech]

20. Things are going to get really ugly.

[Spazito]

24. Of course you do

[Music Man]

25. I'll pass, thank you.

Don't get how our side can claim that the presence of more guns makes things unsafe but then go on flights of fancy about arming up.

Our paranoid gun ownership wouldn't be anymore helpful than the right's paranoid gun ownership.

If any liberal thinks they need guns to protect themselves because of the social strife currently happening, I don't ever want to hear them making fun of right wing militias and second amendment activists preparing for some nebulous civil war.

Silliness, all of it. I'm tired of this country's gun obsession.

[Awsi Dooger]

28. As soon as my IQ falls to 0

Nothing above that level could possibly think this makes any sense at all

[GulfCoast66]

29. As a gun owner and hunter I can't agree.

If I did not hunt and enjoy shooting sports I would own none. They are things I use for putting food on the table and recreation. Other than they they are generally locked up. Certainly when there are children in the house.

Buying a gun out of fear is more likely to get you killed than to defend yourself. Or arrested.

[LuckyCharms]

31. Not this liberal. Nt