• limonfiesta
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    2 days ago

    It wasn’t like she gave him 1 warning and shot him either, he pursued and stalked her, while she retreated and repeated her warnings multiple times.

    There’s no doubt in my mind that if she had no gun, he would have assaulted her, or worse.

    Anyone who doubts that, hasn’t watched the video.

    • [email protected]@feddit.it
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      1 day ago

      I get it, but what if he also had a gun? And what if in the shooting some bystanders got killed? With Guns for everyone you always get worse results on average

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        21 hours ago

        If he had a gun? Then she would be dead without hers.

        The part you’re missing: we don’t live in a perfect world. We live in this world. The one where crazy men will do crazy shit. Arm yourself or not, those crazy men are among us.

      • butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus
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        23 hours ago

        That’s true, but without guns and with American police you get marginalized people like her murdered by white vets with impunity. See, e.g., This Non-violent Stuff’ll Get You Killed. We can’t push for a utopia where marginalized people magically stop being marginalized.