• @UnderpantsWeevil
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      What if we just had universal health care, rather than a massive suveillancr state

    • GladiusB
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      364 months ago

      Nah. I’m ok with the gun database. We have one for cars. Firearms should be there too.

      • @JamesTBagg
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        94 months ago

        CA has one. And they’ve already leaked the data to hackers, I think twice now. So if some tech savvy thieves wanted to target specific houses, now they have a list.

        • TunaCowboy
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          64 months ago

          They didn’t leak it to hackers, they straight up published it on their website.

          Address, dl number, phone number, etc.

          Plenty of victims of sexual assault, domestic abuse, etc. legally acting to protect themselves were doxxed, not only to their abuser but anyone visiting the CA DOJ website.

        • @[email protected]
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          Why would you target houses where there is a chance that the people living there may kill you?

          • @JamesTBagg
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            54 months ago

            Most burglaries are going to happen when the occupants aren’t home. You won’t see any gun stickers or 2nd amendment stickers on any of my vehicles or windows, no need to let anyone know what I own. Not that it matters, because the CA DoJ has a list with my name, address and all my registered firearms on it that they just put out into the world.

      • @[email protected]
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        -114 months ago

        No thanks. My state already has a list and I’m pretty sure the feds do too, but let’s not make it any easier on them in the event that we find ourselves in the “armed resistance” phase of fascism.

        • @xkforce
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          134 months ago

          Just once Id like to meet a gun advocate that didn’t day dream about hypothetical scenarios where they get to use them.

          • @[email protected]
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            44 months ago

            It’s not just “the state” writ large that concerns me. If you’ve been paying any attention the last few years, you may have noticed a rising trend in right wing violence. Fascist paramilitary groups have become increasingly emboldened and are rarely held to any account by the state. Left wing paramilitary groups have historically had a different experience altogether. Are you one of those people who are genuinely concerned that this might be “the last election”? If so, why would you want to risk giving this kind of data to a Trump administration?

          • @Baphomet_The_Blasphemer
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            34 months ago

            Howdy! I only daydream of scenarios where I no longer need to own them to feel safe from the rising fascism.

          • @somethingsnappy
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            04 months ago

            We use them all the time to hunt for food. However, the weirdos that think they can rise up against the state are something else.

            • @[email protected]
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              34 months ago

              What if it isn’t the state so much as fascist militias that worry me the most? Is it ok to want weapons to defend myself and my friends from them?

              • @somethingsnappy
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                14 months ago

                Sure. Just make sure it’s as tightly regulated as say, cars.

                • @[email protected]
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                  Imagine a future, maybe January of 2025 and we start seeing laws classifying trans (or gay) people as mentally ill. Gun confiscations affecting only “undesirables”. People that actually really need those weapons for self defense. People that are harassed by ever emboldened fascist gangs. People the police treat dismissively at best.

                  I don’t love guns, or even have them for their own sake, or because of some dusty parchment written by hypocrites. I would love to live in a world where nobody has guns, but holy shit do we not live in such a world right now. I would urge you to reconsider your political priorities before you go harming (only) the people you probably want to help.

                  • @somethingsnappy
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                    24 months ago

                    As a progressive in favor of responsible gun ownership, I stand by my point. Guns are fine. Regulation is good. The gangs you are worried about aren’t going to be able to look up your registration. I’m from one of the most gun tootinest states.

        • @[email protected]
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          why do people still think they’re going to do a goddamn thing against the us military with their tacticool ar15?

          • @[email protected]
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            64 months ago

            What did the French think they were going to do against the German military? Frankly I’d rather die in “The Resistance” than just be like “ok yeah cool, fascism!”

            • Flying Squid
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              -74 months ago

              So why didn’t you die in the resistance between 2016 and 2020?

              • @[email protected]
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                64 months ago

                Did we have a different 2016-2020? Where were the camps, tanks, and aforementioned resistance fighters? OH Myanmar? I don’t live there.

                • Flying Squid
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                  -94 months ago

                  I see, you’re only joining in the resistance after the genocide begins.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    After the resistance begins*? Yeah lol. Your suggestion that I be a lone wolf with a rifle v the US gov isn’t “a resistance” and is instead just a mass shooting, and you know it. Quit pretending you’re that dumb.

        • @BradleyUffner
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          I got news for you. The fascists already have the guns, and the 2nd amendment is just making it worse.