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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Politicians and cops have guns, or other people with guns, to shoot back. Schools do not.

It's a class thing.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Therefore the average NRA opinion: If everybody has a gun...

Edit: I'm from Europe and a supporter of strict gun laws. I just saw an analogy in NRA and the Syndrom quote.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

That is the case. But it does not make it any less true. Those with weapons are harder to assassinate than those of us without weapons. Again, it's a class thing and you and I are not a part of that class.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's such a weird "sinister" line

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Super-ness and gun ownership aren’t the same thing, and don’t work the same way.

When everyone is armed, everyone can kill.

When nobody is armed, a subset of people can kill.

The former state of affairs is more fair, and hence less likely to lead to violence.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

When everyone is armed, everyone can kill.

Like if all would be Supes. Therefore equality.

When nobody is armed, a subset of people can kill.

A subset like Mr. Incredible against the masses of normal people. Total inequality.

Regardless my stance on that topic (please see my edit on my first comment for that) I see an analogy between NRA blabla and the Syndrom quote.