• BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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      5 months ago

      It has nothing to do with circumstances, it’s plain statistics. Look up the numbers.

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        5 months ago

        your statistics don’t know who i live with, who lives next door, or how corrupt my government is. and, as samuel clemons said, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.

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          5 months ago

          What is it with Americans that they seem so be so afraid all the time. You see danger everywhere. Life now is safer than it has ever been in the history of humanity.

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            5 months ago

            there are more slaves now than ever in history. there are more prisoners, more prisons, more cartels, more police (but i repeat myself). i won’t tell you how you may keep yourself safe. please return the courtesy.

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              5 months ago

              All of those things are because there are way more humans today than ever in absolute numbers. The percentage of people who die a violent death has never been as low as it is now, and that includes people dying in war.

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                  5 months ago

                  I’m not sure how it’s relevant to this discussion. Are you some kind of vigilante who needs a gun to free slaves?

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                    5 months ago

                    at this point i’m making due advocating that would-be slaves aren’t legally prohibited the tools they need to protect themselves.

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              5 months ago

              So enlighten me.

              How many people do you need to kill in self defence, in an average week?

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                5 months ago

                none so far, and id like to keep it that way, but there is no reason i or anyone else should become a victim for a lack of self defense tools.