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hunter

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109. It's cosplay, like dressing up as a Klingon and carrying a plastic Bat'leth...

Thu Jul 6, 2023, 09:21 AM

Jul 2023

...except the guns are real and dangerous and those that carry them are fools.

It's odd how they only do it in places where they feel all cuddly safe and protected, faux tough guys who'd piss on a wall in Mr. Roger's Neighborhood to show how manly they are.

I live in a place where such gun cosplay is both unlawful and dangerous. If the police here don't take some cos-playing fool's gun (maybe shooting them in the process) some fourteen year old seeking gangster glory might.

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Why do white men have the highest rates of gun ownership? [View all] Coventina Jul 2023 OP

I'm a gay male gun owner. roamer65 Jul 2023 #1

I'm a gay woman. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #21

You do you. roamer65 Jul 2023 #66

Have you used your guns defensively? maxsolomon Jul 2023 #23

I would if needed. roamer65 Jul 2023 #67

Oh, be careful. In KCMO there is an area overlooking the leftyladyfrommo Jul 2023 #88

Dumb move. roamer65 Jul 2023 #103

As a white trans woman I also carry for this reason vercetti2021 Jul 2023 #78

... roamer65 Jul 2023 #79

Ain't no one need to shame us for protecting ourselves vercetti2021 Jul 2023 #80

You got that right. roamer65 Jul 2023 #81

Exactly vercetti2021 Jul 2023 #83

...or Harry Hart going to church. roamer65 Jul 2023 #84

I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have improved the outcome in any way. hunter Jul 2023 #110

A very sensible attitude. Ursus Rex Jul 2023 #111

I have wanted to say exactly this. In my lived experience, the presence of a gun worsens a bad CTyankee Jul 2023 #122

Some of its just cultural. Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #2

a LOT of it is culture Amishman Jul 2023 #130

Because they desperately want to kill non-White people. Yavin4 Jul 2023 #3

...and LGBTQ+. roamer65 Jul 2023 #4

Yep, using good old Leviticus as justification again MotorCityBeard Jul 2023 #9

And Liberals in general Deep State Witch Jul 2023 #82

Wrong DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #86

Am I now? Yavin4 Jul 2023 #99

For Hunting and target shooting. Chargedformula Jul 2023 #5

Carry a defibrillator, you are much more likely to need one of those. Guess not as "empowering" as Silent Type Jul 2023 #6

Can you tell your fellow 'just being prepared' types to stop taking their fucking assault rifles Aristus Jul 2023 #12

It's cosplay, like dressing up as a Klingon and carrying a plastic Bat'leth... hunter Jul 2023 #109

The question posed was why we own guns. Chargedformula Jul 2023 #25

Like putting on a seat belt before driving Kaleva Jul 2023 #27

Guns aren't as passive as a seat belt, but nice try. Silent Type Jul 2023 #31

They are inert, passive items. They don't act on their own Kaleva Jul 2023 #32

They actually are. Caliman73 Jul 2023 #57

"gun sitting on surface w/o human interaction is just hunk of metal." Yeah, waiting for 4 year old Silent Type Jul 2023 #59

Operative words, "pick up" and "shoot". Caliman73 Jul 2023 #62

That's just not an even analogy. When was anyone killed with their own fire extinguisher? ... marble falls Jul 2023 #29

ya, when did anyone use a fire extinguisher for target practice? DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #87

Testosterone. MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #7

Crude or not, it's the truth. nt GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #45

Interesting sarisataka Jul 2023 #49

It's what I have observed. GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #52

Ew, please don't sarisataka Jul 2023 #53

I don't plan to. GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #51

Thanks to the all-meat-all-the-time diet promoted to US males, they're getting ED Maru Kitteh Jul 2023 #56

OFFS ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #89

small man syndrome? small 's' on purpose! DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #92

Post removed Post removed Jul 2023 #104

Welcome to DU GP6971 Jul 2023 #105

There's not much good data showing a difference. carpetbagger Jul 2023 #107

That's who the guns are marketed too Johonny Jul 2023 #8

Most of them are compensating for their insecurities by trying to control others. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #10

Best and most accurate answer yet. llmart Jul 2023 #85

Oh my gosh, terribly incorrect. DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #90

Oh, so racism isn't really a problem, huh? Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #112

As the reason white people have guns? Correct DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #120

It's a major reason. Fear of dark-skinned people is drummed into Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #123

But there has always been huge ownership of weapons by white people. DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #124

Guess it could be more of the white males "are Republicans" than the non white males. GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #108

Post removed Post removed Jul 2023 #11

Fear. (n/t) Iggo Jul 2023 #13

Maybe it ForgedCrank Jul 2023 #14

Generally, Rural Americans are mostly white and Republican... Chakaconcarne Jul 2023 #15

This is ForgedCrank Jul 2023 #18

Forgedcrank nailed it. Ferryboat Jul 2023 #47

Gun marketeers know what they are doing. Here's and ad for the culture of gun carrying rubes. Silent Type Jul 2023 #19

I recall that little campaign GenThePerservering Jul 2023 #70

Rural is a big part DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #91

Granted, I don't know every white rural American shrike3 Jul 2023 #125

Are the white women sarisataka Jul 2023 #16

Dang, you beat me to it. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2023 #24

Why are white men so angry? milestogo Jul 2023 #17

Why are humans so angry? DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #95

Origins in slave patrols? moondust Jul 2023 #20

I believe the pilgrims all had guns DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #96

Not just the patrols. moondust Jul 2023 #127

Nice links DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #129

"Why are white men so scared that they feel they must own guns?" WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2023 #22

Because they own wayyyyyyyy more guns than any other demographic group. n/t Coventina Jul 2023 #26

How many white women insist that their partner own a gun? Kaleva Jul 2023 #28

They do? ForgedCrank Jul 2023 #75

The women in my wild west family have zero tolerance for fools with guns... hunter Jul 2023 #114

WOW inthewind21 Jul 2023 #116

Are you saying it's zero? Kaleva Jul 2023 #119

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2023 #69

because correlation is being confused for causation. DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #94

Why do white men do the big majority of mass shootings? Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #113

History shows you can't fight fascists unarmed. Kaleva Jul 2023 #30

Problem is, guns aren't used to fight fascists here, unless kids and innocent people are fascists. Silent Type Jul 2023 #34

Do you think we should disarm in the face of rising fascism? Kaleva Jul 2023 #76

Sorry, you were likely a gun "enthusiast" long before MAGA. At least be honest. Silent Type Jul 2023 #77

I'll suppose that History probably shows you can't fight fascists DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #93

LOL inthewind21 Jul 2023 #117

it is worthy of a rotflol DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #121

We can't imagine owning one Torchlight Jul 2023 #33

I am an old white man, and I have never seen a situation where I thought Midnight Writer Jul 2023 #35

That statistic appears to be for LEGAL gun ownership Model35mech Jul 2023 #36

My question remains: Why do white men have such a need for guns? Coventina Jul 2023 #37

Because they have disposable income and an interest I suppose. Model35mech Jul 2023 #38

I keep hearing "Gun was purchased legally" in these recent mass shootings. Coventina Jul 2023 #40

Illegal use is of course illegal even with a gun legally posessed Model35mech Jul 2023 #43

Ah yes, the legal gun owner...up until the moment he decides to kill Coventina Jul 2023 #44

I'm not trying to reassure anyone about anything. Model35mech Jul 2023 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author inthewind21 Jul 2023 #118

"Why are white men so scared that they feel they must own guns?" is a 'Loaded Question' Fallacy Bonx Jul 2023 #39

Why do white men purchase guns at far higher rates than any other demographic? Coventina Jul 2023 #41

No idea. Go research it. Bonx Jul 2023 #42

Scientific American found out: Coventina Jul 2023 #46

"Problem number one is that they are delusional." Caliman73 Jul 2023 #60

That sounds like "look what you made me do!" n/t Coventina Jul 2023 #63

Depending on your perspective. Caliman73 Jul 2023 #65

Sounds empirical enough to me uponit7771 Jul 2023 #71

White men also highest percentage of listeners of AM call in talk radio shows... Initech Jul 2023 #74

loaded, no pun intended? DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #97

Because they have the most shame about their usonian Jul 2023 #50

from 2014 to 2019, in Chicago 79% of UUW arrestw were on blacks, 92% were male Model35mech Jul 2023 #54

I'd start by questioning the survey itself. After all, 1/3 of all Black men have a felony NickB79 Jul 2023 #58

The only data available on illegal gun possession comes thru arrest records Model35mech Jul 2023 #61

Felony, and Urban vs Rural Fla_Democrat Jul 2023 #68

Around here there are a lot of hunters, including my dad and cousins Rob H. Jul 2023 #64

I think too many men are easily triggered GenThePerservering Jul 2023 #72

White men also the highest percentage of listeners of right wing call in shows. Initech Jul 2023 #73

White men also have the highest percentage of the wealth. DontBelieveEastisEas Jul 2023 #98

It's all connected! Initech Jul 2023 #100

nothing more calming than a DU gun thread prodigitalson Jul 2023 #101

Some of these replies show just how fucked the US is when it comes to the hundreds of millions of Celerity Jul 2023 #102

This is so deeply rooted in patriarchy GenThePerservering Jul 2023 #106

Seems low to me. SYFROYH Jul 2023 #115

Racism, bigotry and fear? edisdead Jul 2023 #126

White male owner of guns checking in! flvegan Jul 2023 #128