• locuester@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    To protect yourself and others from crazies. Because crazies can and will use anything and everything as a weapon.

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      4 months ago

      And how come the crazies exist nonetheless and do all that kind of stuff somewhat independently of other people being armed?

      Also, these same crazies, in other countries, tend to be unarmed (besides kitchen weapons). Would you prefer to defend against one with a gun or one with a knife?

      If someone in those countries is caught in shady circumstances carrying any sort of substantial blade, that person is in trouble. If someone in a “freedom country” is caught carrying a gun under the same shady circumstances, that person walks free as that’s not illegal by itself.