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I'm very sure he was very amicable and reasonable about it. He's on 4chan, after all.

FYI, women are just as capable of being terrible people as men are

Lot of US leftists and liberals hate guns, as a reaction to the right’s obsession with them.

It is a stupid and dangerous reaction, because they give up their means of self-defense against far right militias and a fascist government.

I think we just don't like guns.

It's very amusing to read such things from outside the American hellscape. Well, "amusing."

Let's say eventually there comes a government overreach that a popular armed uprising puts down. Every day until that day, children die. Accidental death from firearms is one of the leading causes of death of children in your country. (Do you feel that pricking sensation in your neck and face or are you immune to shame?) If the rebellion doesn't come soon enough (or at all) then you are underwater in terms of dead children. So, how long is that runway? How long do you get to keep killing children until you have to admit, fuck, this is costing us more than it's worth?

HAVE YOU EVEN DONE THE MATH, or are you just working from feelings?

I don't avoid guns due to a fear of crime. I avoid guns due to a fear of negligence.

Every single day, someone in my family does something negligent, but ultimately harmless. Oops. Now there's an extra dirty dish. Oops. Broke a coaster. Oops. Dirty towel. Oops. Got sprayed with water.

Putting a gun in that situation would be pretty dangerous.

I suppose some households could keep guns responsibly. Mine could not, despite my personal practices.

I mean if someone makes death threats to someone else they should absolutely have their guns taken away.

The problem is that the system is open to abuse. Anyone who wants to get back at someone can make up allegations and have their guns taken away with no due process.

But on the other hand if you make this process too difficult you can allow someone who is actually dangerous to keep their guns.

You either overestimate how much guns cost or underestimate how much lawyers cost.

No. Thats 4chan, a place of lies and deception.

It's not most Americans. It's about a third (which is still huge) and less than half of the population living in a gun owning household.

Then there's a spectrum of how "important" guns are culturally. There are in my experience 3 categories of gun owners.

1. People who own a gun or two. They may take it to the range or hunt, but mostly it's tucked securely away and they don't think about it or use it.

2)Then there are collectors and enthusiasts. They enjoy firearms as a hobby. They have multiple. They watch firearms videos on social media. They go to gun shows and might join a club related to the hobby.

3)Then there are the paranoid psychopaths for whom gun ownership and the insistence that they could have to defend themselves at any time is constantly at the forefront of their mind. They wish they had a reason to shoot someone and may end up shooting someone anyway.

I mean you can buy a gun for 200 USD at Walmart. Lawyers cost 200 USD per hour.

Anon hired a decent lawyer who argued that the seizure was frivolous and antagonistic. The court agreed, but by the time his guns were released, they had all converted to Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Linux.

Right? I'm sure the BF is a very well adjusted person that just happens to post on 4chan