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This is why I carry

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1,370 views 88 upvotes Made by AvgJoe 2 years ago in politics
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11 ups, 2y,
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Liberal ideology... | LIBERALS BE LIKE... "IT'S BETTER TO PLAY VICTIM" | image tagged in victim,politics | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
4 ups, 2y
common sense | CAN'T GO TO COURT AND SUE PEOPLE OR ARGUE ABOUT HOW OFFENDED AND FEELING HURT YOU ARE IF YOU ARE DEAD. | image tagged in common sense | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
9 ups, 2y
FBI statistics

Self-defense with firearms

*38% of the victims defending themselves with a firearm attacked
the offender, and the others threatened the offender with the
weapon.

*A fifth of the victims defending themselves with a firearm
suffered an injury, compared to almost half of those who defended
themselves with weapons other than a firearm or who had no weapon.
Care should be used in interpreting these data because many aspects
of crimes--including victim and offender characteristics, crime
circumstances, and offender intent--contribute to the victims'
injury outcomes.

About three-fourths of the victims who used firearms for
self-defense did so during a crime of violence, 1987-92

I have had three incidents myself. Two in Big Box parking lots and one in my home.

On all three occasions all I had to do was let them know that I was not a victim.
9 ups, 2y
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61615236

A US woman has fatally shot a man who opened fire on a crowd of people with a semi-automatic rifle in Charleston, West Virginia.

Dennis Butler, a 37-year-old with an extensive criminal history, was killed after he targeted a group of around 40 people attending a birthday party.

Mr Hazelett told a news conference that the woman who fired back did not have any law enforcement background. She has not been identified.

"She's just a member of the community who was carrying her weapon lawfully," he said. "And instead of running from the threat she engaged with the threat and saved several lives."
4 ups, 2y,
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3 ups, 2y
4 ups, 2y,
1 reply
3 ups, 2y
2 ups, 2y
4 ups, 2y,
1 reply
3 ups, 2y
Why yes! Yes! We will!
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0 ups, 2y,
1 reply
3 ups, 2y,
1 reply
When you are mugged, whip it out, he/she will die laughing.
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0 ups, 2y,
1 reply
3 ups, 2y
I never will understand leftists fetish with other men's private parts.
0 ups, 2y
Except he followed Jonas Savimbi...
1 up, 2y
:P
2 ups, 2y,
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Yes every 5 year old should have a gun, every teacher should have a gun, every Muslim should have a gun, every black man should carry a gun in America. USA! USA! Land of the free!
3 ups, 2y
Yep. Glad to see you coming around.
12 ups, 2y,
2 replies
You are way off the mark. Go out in the forest during hunting season. Driving down the dirt roads everyone smiles and waves at every stranger they pass. No camp sight is locked up and NOTHING is stolen. No theft, assault, rape, etc.

Why? Because everyone is carrying!
6 ups, 2y
STRAIGHT FACTS MY GUY
5 ups, 2y,
1 reply
2 ups, 2y
Of course the cyps [sic] and bloods will all turn in they gats when Big Joe comes to collect they weapons.
11 ups, 2y,
1 reply
The statistics show communities with concealed carry have less crime. Read John Lott’s books. It’s all there.
6 ups, 2y,
3 replies
https://www.foxnews.com/us/west-virginia-woman-shoots-kills-man-fired-party
9 ups, 2y
7 ups, 2y,
1 reply
I saw that! That’s how it should go down every time.
8 ups, 2y,
1 reply
That was supposed to be a reply to the thesis guy.
Not you. You are squared away.
7 ups, 2y
Gotcha
6 ups, 2y,
1 reply
Like literally every school shooting ends with a good guy with a gun, killing the bad guy with the gun, or intimidates him enough to kill himself. DUH.
3 ups, 2y,
1 reply
Lies
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3 ups, 2y,
1 reply
Ok. We are, though.
2 ups, 2y,
1 reply
No, we aren't. It's just not on the news 24/7 because it's not as politicized. Mass killings happen virtually everywhere.
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5 ups, 2y,
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School shootings are an American phenomenon. Great Britain does not have armed SWAT teams guarding school entrances, and yet the last time they had a school shooting was 1996. Australia hasn't had a school shooting since 1996 and all of six since 1991 - there's no armed guards or teachers in their schools; they did it by changing their gun laws, plain and simple.

You want to fix school shootings after they happen, after children have already been killed. Yet somehow, by some magic, every other country has figured out how to have no school shootings to fix in the first place.
2 ups, 2y,
2 replies
Mexico has had 17 school shootings since 2004. Norway had a very well established publicized mass shooting at a youth camp. A simple google search proves you wrong.
2 ups, 2y
Mexico probably has all kinds of cartel related shootings but 17 school shootings per year since 2004 is only about 1 per year.

We had 27 this year.
0 ups, 2y,
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17 since 2004 (Mexico) vs more than 214 (United States) in under half of 2022. Doesn't really prove anyone wrong when you factor that into the equation, now does it?
2 ups, 2y
When they declare it doesn’t happen anywhere else, it proves them wrong.
2 ups, 2y
214+ is the total mass shootings in America...... not necessarily school shootings.

Compared to Mexico school shootings, we are definitely not even in the same ballpark, but you're kind of comparing 2 different statistics. School shootings this year in America is 27 according to NPR.
3 ups, 2y,
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Other countries have different cultures, populations, etc. The above is how every school shooting has ended. So if we stop the guy in the same manner before he gets inside the school, he won't kill children. At least I offer a solution (which is a damn good and effective one).

Here is an example. Ben Shapiro used to go and send his kids to a Jewish school. Long story short, it is very guarded (especially against bombs) and has multiple exists but only one entry. No one gets by those guards, and multiple guards within every doorway of that school. You know why? Because the shooters hate Jews, but not enough to commit suicide.
3 ups, 2y,
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You simply ignored my point. The simple truth is, you can't try policy adoption from another completely different country, with a population 1/66 the size of the US.
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3 ups, 2y,
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They don't have 1/66 the school shootings, they have NO school shootings AT ALL.
1 up, 2y,
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AGAIN, THE REASON WHY THEY DON'T IS BECAUSE OF THOUSANDS OF FACTORS, NAMELY THE CULTURE, AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
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3 ups, 2y,
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YEAH, THEY HAVE A CULTURE OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS NOT STARTING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
1 up, 2y,
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...pointless
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2 ups, 2y
Ok. But their culture is one that doesn't start school shootings in the first place.
2 ups, 2y
They have more terror attacks in general. How about Israel?
2 ups, 2y
Wrong, classic disinformation
4 ups, 2y,
1 reply
0 ups, 2y
Just log on to the Chicago or New York surveillance camera system
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