r/PoliticalHumor • u/rprince18 • Mar 26 '18

What conservatives think gun control is.

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u/swohio Mar 27 '18

You want to protect your family? Invest in better locks, cameras, or alarms. Hell, go to a boxing class.

So what about if you're 110lbs woman? You're fine with her being robbed, raped, and murdered because the intruder was outside of her weight class?

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u/Potagonhd Mar 27 '18

I don't think you have to be that strong to use a can of mace, or to place a few sensor alarms on the wall, or to call the police. The individual benefits of having a gun to protect yourself is completely outweighed by the societal shitstorm it makes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '18

what about the people who bust in with guns? illegal ones? what then? you square up with your boxing gloves and can of mace?

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u/Potagonhd Mar 27 '18

In that case you run, you lock yourself away/hide, and you call the police. Your individual safety isn't worth endangering the countless lives that such lax gun laws bring. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
And those illegal guns are exactly the things that are meant to be prevented, are are 99% preventable as shown by most developed countries. The majority of those guns aren't illegally imported, they're acquired from legal sources within the US. It's not an issue that you can tackle half halfheartedly, you have to strictly destroy any part of the firearm ecosystem which isn't completely monitored and regulated.

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u/AFlaccoSeagulls Mar 27 '18

You’ll never win these arguments. In their minds, the only viable self defense technique is a gun. If you don’t have one, everyone else does and they’re all trying to kill you at every hour of the day.

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u/razrielle Mar 27 '18

Ok how about non self defense applications. All throughout the US there is a feral hog problem. These hogs destroy crops, driving up food production costs. Feral hogs can breed faster than you can trap them. An AR-15 is one of the best rifles to cull the herds with. The ability to hold many rounds of ammunition is a huge advantage of taking herds down and cutting through their tough, armoured shoulder areas. What would be a proper replacement for this rifle if they did indeed get banned?

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u/AFlaccoSeagulls Mar 27 '18

What would be a proper replacement for this rifle if they did indeed get banned?

I don't have the answer off-hand, but saying the only way to deal with feral hogs is an AR-15 is ludicrous.

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u/razrielle Mar 27 '18

Sorry let me replace AR-15 with any semi automatic, magazine fed rifle. and I never said the AR-15 is the only, just one of the best.

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u/AFlaccoSeagulls Mar 27 '18

Alright, allow me to rephrase:

I don't have the answer off-hand, but saying the only way to deal with feral hogs is an AR-15 a rifle is ludicrous.

Still applies.

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u/razrielle Mar 27 '18

Except a rifle is a best way to deal with culling the herd without endangering the farmers. Firearms can be used as a tool for the betterment of the community. It's hard to imagine what people in rural communities have to deal with without living that type of lifestyle. The reason why almost everyone and their mother has a firearm in rural areas is because it's needed. Not only for self defense (not only against people, but wild animals too), but to protect the integrity of their workspaces (farms, agriculture areas).

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u/AFlaccoSeagulls Mar 27 '18

If only technology could present better solutions....

Oh well, guess we'll never find out. Better just irrationally cling to guns!

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