We need to stop NRA (nonsensical rifle addiction)

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VGPolyglot said:

Ka-pi96 said:

So instead of making guns as close to impossible to obtain as it possibly could be, as well as discouraging hate crimes altogether, a better solution would just be to encourage an arms race?

A lot of governments are biased against minorities like transsexuals, at the local, state or federal level. So, when those who have the weapons are biased against them, they need a way to defend themselves on their own.

So you want to arm the population against their own government? How could that ever go wrong. Might as well sell tanks and fighter jets to people because it's unfair for the government to be the only ones to possess those. Do you hear yourself talk? An arms race has never helped anyone.

And what are those persecuted minorities gonna do with their guns against their oppressors? Shoot government officials that pass homophobic laws? Shoot cops that pull them over? Shoot that guy at the bar that called them fucking queers?

Guns, i.e. tools for mass killing, do not belong in the hands of civilians, period. Especially untrained people who couldn't even properly use a gun as a defensive tool even if their life depended on it, i.e. 99.9% of gun owners in the US.