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In reply to the discussion: This is not Freedom. [View all]

Chakaconcarne

(2,387 posts)
60. So being disabled and unable to walk across the room without losing your breath....
Wed Nov 23, 2022, 05:51 PM
Nov 2022

Can one assume you do not have the same public interactions/exposures/fears as those who do and feel the need for some kind of protection? Do you take inner city public transport to work every day? Have you been a victim of violence, rape, trauma?

I'm going to feel entirely different walking around Beverly hills at night than I would, say, St Louis or Detroit and certainly won't rack on anyone if they do and feel the need to carry...if they are trained and do so responsibly.

This is not Freedom. [View all] Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 OP
KNR niyad Nov 2022 #1
A Big Kick Diamond_Dog Nov 2022 #2
Too many Americans have really strange and distorted ideas on what "freedom" is ck4829 Nov 2022 #3
Freedumb peppertree Nov 2022 #20
We have DUers who have guns or are thinking of getting one Kaleva Nov 2022 #4
This DUer decided 50 years ago not to carry. Ever. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #6
Bravo! GenXer47 Nov 2022 #32
I can relate. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #61
In my opinion that is never a good argument in favor of anything EX500rider Nov 2022 #69
I have been screaming about this since Columbine Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #5
In retrospect I was essentially spamming the board about it and understand the tombstone. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #13
For MAGA brutality and freedom are synonyms. Beakybird Nov 2022 #7
Quite literally DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #25
it wasn't even this bad GenXer47 Nov 2022 #33
You can be sure DENVERPOPS Nov 2022 #47
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2022 #8
Highly recommend Wild blueberry Nov 2022 #9
You just hit 5,000 posts KS Toronado Nov 2022 #10
Thank you! Wild blueberry Nov 2022 #11
The rest of the world sees us as the only country on earth that values guns more than 70sEraVet Nov 2022 #12
+1000 Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #14
this is a free army at the beck and call of the rw Marthe48 Nov 2022 #15
Yup. A free Army just waiting to be called up for wnylib Nov 2022 #41
Every time there is a mass shooting. Archae Nov 2022 #16
You wouldn't like the answer. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #17
And the Press is one operated by hand. MicaelS Nov 2022 #22
Anf you won't see one because there isn't one radicalleft Nov 2022 #18
The morons at the NRA have successfully indoctrinated a lot of people into believing that. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #23
Social pressure. Like smoking or drunk driving. hunter Nov 2022 #27
I threw my brother out of my house GenXer47 Nov 2022 #36
I spent 3 hours in a car in the middle of nowhere wnylib Nov 2022 #42
Good start The Bopper Nov 2022 #65
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Martin Eden Nov 2022 #19
+1000 Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #21
No kidding. calimary Nov 2022 #24
The "right to bear arms" was predicated on the necessity Martin Eden Nov 2022 #34
Yep. Well aware of that. calimary Nov 2022 #40
Ten years ago even after Columbine this opinion was not that popular. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #26
It is tyranny dlk Nov 2022 #28
BINGO! calimary Nov 2022 #43
Tyranny disguised as freedom... dlk Nov 2022 #59
Nailed it republianmushroom Nov 2022 #29
K&R Bayard Nov 2022 #30
The Second Amendment is the noose that will end up hanging the USA Mr. Ected Nov 2022 #31
Sad but maybe true. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #35
I have never advocated taking away guns..... jackcrow2001 Nov 2022 #37
Wondering if you ever thought about not needing to carry if others were not able to carry. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #38
Oh, and it's always a treat to see the new posters here at DU that have such an opinion. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #39
Should women not carry to protect themselves from larger males? Kaleva Nov 2022 #45
And bears, lions and rabid dogs as well! Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #48
You avoided answering my question Kaleva Nov 2022 #49
LOL, I'm a 71 year old male disabled and can't walk across the room without losing my breath Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #50
So , you think women should be prohibited from having guns? Kaleva Nov 2022 #51
You seem to have missed a lot in the discussions above attributing things to sexual assignment. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #53
You don't want to be called out for misogyny Kaleva Nov 2022 #55
Okay... Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #56
So being disabled and unable to walk across the room without losing your breath.... Chakaconcarne Nov 2022 #60
Guessing a lot has to do with the neighborhoods one enjoys frequenting. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #62
"What in the world is it with you about gangs of large males running around needing to be put down?" EX500rider Nov 2022 #70
I would love to never carry a firearm again in my life jackcrow2001 Nov 2022 #57
Virtual hugs to you. Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #58
I can identify soldierant Nov 2022 #64
I want to invoke my 2nd amendment rights, Oldtimeralso Nov 2022 #44
Never had a gun---never will. panader0 Nov 2022 #46
At least 607 mass shootings so far this year. moondust Nov 2022 #52
+1000 Tom Yossarian Joad Nov 2022 #54
Recommend x 100000000 onecaliberal Nov 2022 #63
Absolutely agree--this ain't freedom, it's insanity. Timeflyer Nov 2022 #66
I will trade my Second amendment rights any day to protect randr Nov 2022 #67
Stop Right Wing punditry posing as news sellitman Nov 2022 #68
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