Since Trump’s election, gun groups catering to progressives and people of color report a surge in interest as they look to defend themselves in a country that, to them, feels increasingly unstable.

  • Doomsider
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    3 months ago

    Load of bullshit from an American Exceptionalism expert.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve been all over the world, people carry guns. People shoot in the air to celebrate, people keep guns on their mantles, people keep guns to defend against predators, people carry guns because there are vast, vast areas of Earth that are not patrolled by police. Are these bad people?

      It’s pretty bigoted to look down on these people for the circumstances and regions they live, but yeah go ahead and lecture someone for being an American.

      edit: i can clearly see by your moderation history that I shan’t be investing a shred of mental energy your way. Go ahead and troll into the void, I won’t see it.

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        3 months ago

        Please take your gun apologia somewhere else.

        The number one killer of children in America.

        The answer is yes, you are a bad person for promoting this nonsense.

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          3 months ago

          number 5 killer of children, counting accidental discharges as well as gun violence.

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            3 months ago

            Firearms injuries are number one good sir.

            Ages 1–17: Firearms have been the leading cause of death for children and teens since 2020. In 2023, there were approximately 3,500 firearm-related deaths among children, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.

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              3 months ago

              False. That data was an outlier from covid. It’s car deaths again…on top of that drowning kills more kids than guns…but you don’t care about the deaths, you only care about how they died.

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              3 months ago

              if you don’t count infants, then it is more accurate to be number one

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                3 months ago

                I suppose if you don’t count fatalities, no one died.

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                  3 months ago

                  i gave you the benefit of the doubt here, seems you were more interested in the narrative