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Lot of US leftists and liberals hate guns, as a reaction to the right’s obsession with them.

It is a stupid and dangerous reaction, because they give up their means of self-defense against far right militias and a fascist government.

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StarMerchant938@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You’re spot on. I’m actively advocating all my friends go out and purchase a firearm while they can. Not for some far fetched rebellion against tyranny, but simply to protect themselves from getting hate-crimed by the scum who suddenly feel they’ve been given permission to do so by this regime.

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- zzx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Exactly. I’m fully capable of both owning a gun and advocating for gun control at the same time… People act like you’re a traitor to the cause.
  
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o0evillusion0o@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
😂 right! Like the fascist government that is now taking hold of the US. Not fascist enough to defend themselves yet?

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_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
No, lots of liberal hate guns. Lots of leftists are either anarchist or communist, both of which support arming the populace. Many socialists support gun ownership as well.

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Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t hate guns, I hate the “gun rights” movements and there fetishization of a skewed interpretation of the second amendment where any individual has the unalieanable right to own a gun.

Even if a violent revolution were to happen, which odds are 99 to 1 it wont happen in the US in our lifetimes, then people like op hoarding guns aren’t going to help. A well regulated militia might but that requires social organization and discipline, which most people in the gun rights movement don’t have the time or willingness for.

They aren’t serious about using guns to defend liberty, they just like the aesthetic of it and make it part of there personality. So much so that they get offended by dumb and probably made up stories like this but not the countless other similar stories where there were no red flag laws and the gf gets killed.

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lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Then they post about how the gun owners aren’t doing anything to stop the fascist government. Yea, you’ve been alienating them for decades. They’re not on your side.

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- Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They’re saying that ironically because the gun fetishists always excused their behavior with fighting tyranny. Then matched in goose-step to vote for a tyrant
  
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