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haele

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12. I always thought that means an armed society is an isolated society.

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #1)

Mon May 16, 2022, 08:39 AM

May 2022

Who will want to work with or help anyone else they don't know personally if they assume everyone is carrying. You can't trust anyone you don't know isn't a fool that will kill you either by accident or fit of pique just walking by you.
It will be a fearful, distrusting society that can't progress, much less thrive as people collapse themselves into smaller and smaller communities of trust.

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Let's Get It Over With, Give 'Em What They Want, Make It MANDATORY To Carry A Firearm At All Times [View all] SoCalDavidS May 2022 OP

That is in line with the gun fetishists saying: An armed society is a polite society." Thomas Hurt May 2022 #1

"remember, always use the smaller, outer fork first for the salad or the host may shoot you" unblock May 2022 #2

your comment brought to mind honor culture and dueling... Thomas Hurt May 2022 #10

Innocent People Already Are Suffering On A Regular Basis SoCalDavidS May 2022 #5

I always thought that means an armed society is an isolated society. haele May 2022 #12

Well, that kind of assumes the gun fetishists have thought through what this utopia would be like. Thomas Hurt May 2022 #14

What could go wrong ? CentralMass May 2022 #3

It makes me shudder... NotTodayPutin May 2022 #4

It's not FREEDOM to harbor fears where you have to carry weapons. The environment controls you. TheBlackAdder May 2022 #6

I won't settle for anything less than hydrogen bombs. hunter May 2022 #7

"if I had a rocket launcher" onethatcares May 2022 #8

Side benefit for the GOP.... rgbecker May 2022 #9

I already have one. Kaleva May 2022 #11

Not sure that reductio ad absurdum is the best answer to this logical dilemma... Wounded Bear May 2022 #13