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Marthe48

(23,253 posts)
44. I'm not worried about crime per se
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 03:09 PM
Feb 2024

I live in a low crime town, (high in drug trafficking, because there is a n/s Interstate with easy access). I don't worry about getting my pursed snatched, or getting mugged, home invasion.

I do go out, mainly for groceries, a few other errands, but hesitate to go to crowd venues, figuring the odds of getting shot by a rwnj anarchist killer who wants to set a record for the most fatalities and brag about it online. Or more darkly, my own conspiracy theory that the rw wants all members of their unpaid, untrained army to have the guns and ammo they need to try to subvert the will of the people by answering the call from any rw fascist mouthpiece with access to a national megaphone. Better to have a few gang members, a few mentally ill people, a few minors get hold of guns and kill innocent people trying to share an experience, than to deny a single one of their fascist soldiers arms.
Try as I might, no other reason for perverting The Constitution of the United States of America makes sense. If 2A is to be interpreted as liberally as can be, then the body and every other amendment deserves the same kind of interpretation. But no. Our right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness has been ignored; and by the actions of the rw fascists on the (formerly) s.c., that entire phrase has been made meaningless. The 14th Amendment clarified individual rights for all Americans (to put it in a vague nutshell) and yet, women are denied the right to control their own bodies. So the current murderous interpretation of 2A has to be intended for an entire shadow army to have weapons, and if there is collateral damage, it is a small price to pay when the end (loss of Democracy in the U.S.) justifies the means to an entire class of people who see a bottom line and absolutely nothing else.

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2nd amendment terrorists sanatanadharma Feb 2024 #1
If there is no political motive it is not terrorism. NT Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #2
What is the definition of terrorism? UpInArms Feb 2024 #4
Domestic terrorism usonian Feb 2024 #3
Radicalized by stochastic terrorists. Hugin Feb 2024 #5
Who radicalized them? TheProle Feb 2024 #7
Or, alternative explanation: They had beef Kid Charlemagne Feb 2024 #6
"But this is going to be gun violence that Free Republic is very eager to condemn." TheProle Feb 2024 #8
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"I can't find the post" -- precisely my point TheProle Feb 2024 #24
not buying that UpInArms Feb 2024 #9
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doesn't matter what you wear UpInArms Feb 2024 #15
What leads you to believe Zeitghost Feb 2024 #11
anyone bringing a weapon of mass destruction UpInArms Feb 2024 #14
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yes UpInArms Feb 2024 #19
Words have meanings Zeitghost Feb 2024 #20
when a society decides that anyone can take a weapon of mass destruction UpInArms Feb 2024 #21
What leads you to believe Zeitghost Feb 2024 #22
you are entitled to your opinion UpInArms Feb 2024 #26
It's not my opinion Zeitghost Feb 2024 #27
from your post UpInArms Feb 2024 #31
It's also ignoring much of my post Zeitghost Feb 2024 #36
Where and when have I claimed there would be no consequences? UpInArms Feb 2024 #37
Post 21 Zeitghost Feb 2024 #40
Thank you .... UpInArms Feb 2024 #43
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welcome to DU, Kid Charlemagne UpInArms Feb 2024 #32
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DU is my home UpInArms Feb 2024 #34
No consequence? onenote Feb 2024 #47
So you want a different definition of "terrorist." Igel Feb 2024 #42
I don't think gang members got the memo AkFemDem Feb 2024 #13
the memo is don't kill random strangers in public places UpInArms Feb 2024 #16
No, it makes you a murderer AkFemDem Feb 2024 #28
True, you are correct, Terrorists. republianmushroom Feb 2024 #12
see the post below yours UpInArms Feb 2024 #35
"Stop calling them "shooters." They're "killers, murderers!" " Sogo Feb 2024 #23
GMTA UpInArms Feb 2024 #25
I avoid going out Marthe48 Feb 2024 #30
But- Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. sarisataka Feb 2024 #38
I'm not worried about crime per se Marthe48 Feb 2024 #44
And what exactly do you think the odds are in a nation of 331,000,000? EX500rider Feb 2024 #48
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Mixed messages. limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #45
I am so sorry, Marte48 UpInArms Feb 2024 #39
Don't be sorry, please Marthe48 Feb 2024 #46
I am sorry for a Marthe SoFlaBro Feb 2024 #41
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