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Timothy Nelson5 said:I mean, you really don't get it at all. You haven't even made the slightest effort to try and understand. I guess... maybe there just isn't much there to work with.
Yeah, you’re totally stuck in that bubble, even if Bibimir insists you aren't. I guess. Maybe.
Even though you’re living right there, I guess you still don't quite grasp the most basic principles of Western democratic civilization—you know, the very stuff that serves as the foundation for the American Revolution. Maybe it's just a matter of perspective, I suppose.
And at the heart of defending all those liberties—well, I guess you could say it comes down to this... The whole point of the Second Amendment... I mean, it's really about the right of citizens to hold their own weapons, just to ensure there's some kind of defense against any potential attempt by the government to establish tyranny. Or maybe that's just how it's supposed to work. It’s a heavy concept, I suppose. Keeping that balance between authority and individual liberty... it's complicated.
I guess... it’s actually the first time in history where this is happening. Not just for some elite class or their private militias, but for everyone. Every single citizen finally has the right to bear arms. It’s a massive shift, really. All of us. Not just the people at the top.Regarding what boldraven3 said—I think you’re completely off base there. How can you possibly think it's impossible? Of course it's possible... I mean, just look at Australia for instance. It's a massive territory, ten times the size of any single state in the USA, yet they don't come anywhere close to our levels of crime and homicide. I guess it just goes to show that scale isn't everything, though maybe I'm oversimplifying things.
I guess most of the USA doesn't actually deal with crime any more than you'd see in Western Europe or Australia. It’s probably exaggerated, maybe... I don't know. Just feels like that.
And that’s exactly where you find it—those rural stretches of the country where you mostly run into white Americans who just happen to own mountains of legal firearms. I guess that's just how it is out there.
It’s a grim reality when you actually sit down and look at the numbers, I suppose. About 75% of homicides in the USA take place within urban ghettos and their immediate surroundings. Then there's the demographic breakdown—roughly 53% of all murders are committed by Black Americans, with a significant portion of the remainder being Latinos. Most of this seems to boil down to short-range, illegal firearms used during gang disputes or those messy robberies tied to the drug trade and whatnot. It's just a heavy cycle, really.
So, look, I was just sitting here thinking about those crime statistics we keep seeing, and I can't help but feel a bit puzzled by the math. I mean, how does that even work? You look at the numbers and it’s all over the place. For instance, Russia supposedly has a homicide rate twice as high as the USA. Then you jump over to Brazil, where it’s five times higher, or Mexico, which is six times the rate. And if you really start digging into the chaos, Venezuela is fifteen times higher, and Honduras is eighteen times higher. It’s… well, it’s a lot to wrap your head around, I guess. Just feels like a massive, messy puzzle.It isn’t really about whether it’s possible—because, honestly, anyone can do it—but more about the mindset behind it. I mean, seeing how Kyle carries himself, especially considering his age... it just feels off. It reminds me of those regions in Africa where you see child soldiers and various warlords running the show, and yet we see this exact same thing happening right here in the USA. Nowhere else in the world does it look quite like this. Doesn't that say something to you? I can't help but wonder if there's something fundamentally broken in the way people think, or maybe just in the entire narrative being pushed across the USA. I guess.
Well, I suppose there isn't much else to say, really. Just... wow. Or, I guess, oh my god. It’s one of those moments where you just have to sit there and process it all, though processing feels like a bit of an overstatement at this point. Everything just feels so incredibly heavy lately. Maybe that's just how it is now. I don't know.
You’re telling me I don't have a clue what I'm talking about. I guess... maybe you're right, in some sense. It's easy to feel that way sometimes, isn't it? Everything feels so fragmented lately. I suppose I just offer my perspective, however flawed it might be.
You haven't the slightest clue, I suppose.Look, I don't think the geography of it all really matters here... at least not in the way you're suggesting. Having a rifle tucked away somewhere safe isn't necessarily a bad thing, I suppose—it might even be the smart move in this climate. But that’s a completely different issue from what we consider "normal" in the USA, which some people (quite wrongly, if you ask me) somehow equate with freedom. That isn't freedom... not by a long shot. It's just plain old paranoia, violence, and living in a state of constant threat... well, at least mentally speaking.
Let’s just recap the facts here—it seems like a lot of people miss this point. A massive majority of Americans carrying legal firearms aren't out there committing crimes; I mean, they don't even account for 10% of homicides. Most of those instances are actually just legitimate self-defense cases. The vast majority of violent crime is driven by criminals using illegal weapons... I guess that's just how the math works out.
When you look at rifles like the AR-15 that Kyle used, plus all the stuff those totalitarian types and various fascists are trying to ban... it honestly barely accounts for like 1.5% of homicides. I mean, a huge chunk of those cases are actually just self-defense situations, much like what happened with Kyle.
As the legally and fairly elected 46th President of the United States, Joseph Robinette Biden, stated, the state possesses the atomic bomb.
As the highly respected and insightful cosmicgull52 has written here multiple times, this is the single most foolish thesis regarding the Second Amendment as it is currently implemented. With today's legally available firearms, citizens cannot defend themselves from tyranny. To make this argument valid, Stingers, Javelins, and grenades would need to be available at Walmart.
The only true purpose of a semi-automatic rifle, besides hunting, is mass murder. And, naturally, idiotic posing on social media and at fascist truth rallies. Any other form of self-defense in real-life circumstances can be handled with a handgun.