really the fact of the matter is a gun is the worst defensive weapon. the gun has zero defensive capacity. the gun is utterly minmaxed to offend.
you can block a sword with another sword. you cannot block a bullet with another bullet. that is not a real thing. the only way to ‘protect yourself’ using a gun from another person with a gun is to kill them faster.
which means if the other guy isn’t gentlemanly enough to challenge you to a formal duel, or else to miss the first several times he tries to murder you, it doesn’t matter how many guns you have. you’re dead. you can’t use them.
a much more effective defense strategy against random spree
shooters would be to wear body armor, including a visored helmet, at all times, but that doesn’t
sound nearly as fun as having a death wand in your pocket.and if you did that people
might think you were crazy.seriously, this.
i keep saying a gun is just a power tool. it’s not the fucking One Ring. it’s a device for throwing a little pellet very fast, that’s all it is.
and when you think about it like a tool, it’s obvious there are a lot of things it’s absolutely terrible at. defense is definitely one of these. certainly there are situations where throwing a little pellet very fast at someone will stop them attacking you. but that’s not most of the situations. and even in the cases where it could theoretically work you have to do it exactly right, and be lucky, and of course the attacker gets killed. which is terrible in many ways, for you, them, your community, and so forth.
consider other dangerous power tools. a chainsaw, say. a chainsaw is very good at cutting down trees. it is, arguably, the best tool for this. it could also theoretically stop a charging moose, if one came at you while you were cutting down trees. but you could miss the moose, or the process of hitting the moose could kick the chainsaw back at your head and kill you, or you could just feel awful and have nightmares about fountains of moose meat. the chainsaw is not a moose hunting implement. it is for trees.
the firearm is not a defensive implement. it is for offense.
the firearm is not a defensive implement. it is for offense
I hear plenty of people wanting to give teachers guns, but not one have I heard who wants to give them body armor.
It’s just almost like the entire argument isn’t actually about protecting people
Even that horrible story about the armed guard(s?) lingering outside during the most recent school shooting. Because they knew a gun would not keep them alive, and we hadn’t provided any of the actual defensive equipment (or gun policies) that might.
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