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danzig138 @danzig138.bsky.social

For the record: I love guns. I think they're fun to shoot, valuable tools, and some of them are just plain sexy and I'm a firm believer in both the right to bear arms in general and to defend one's self, friends, family, and property with proportional force. But about 15 years ago, I decided . . .

aug 28, 2025, 2:41 pm • 0 0

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danzig138 @danzig138.bsky.social

Fundamentally, Americans probably shouldn't be trusted with firearms overall. I'm willing to make some exceptions for people who hunt to eat and have to defend against coyotes or werewolves or whatever the fuck, but in general, we shouldn't be allowed to own guns at this point in our development. ..

aug 28, 2025, 2:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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danzig138 @danzig138.bsky.social

And I also am one of the few who recognizes that 2A never mentions firearms - all firearms are arms but not all arms are firearms - and that 200 ish years of legal precedent says Congress can absolutely regulate *which* arms are available to the public. So I say we take the guns and then . . .

aug 28, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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danzig138 @danzig138.bsky.social

everyone learns how to fight with sword and board or axe or halberd or whatever.

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