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As European, that shocked me more is the phrase of the Democrat senator: "If I sit down at a restaurant with a gentleman or a woman who has a holster on their
by amadvance 5y ago
As European, that shocked me more is the phrase of the Democrat senator:
"If I sit down at a restaurant with a gentleman or a woman who has a holster on their side and a gun in it, I want to know that person is well-trained in the use of that gun"
Europeans won't sit down at restaurant with people with guns. No matter how trained they are.
- mgarfias 5y agoCuz you’re a bunch of pansies
- implements 5y agoNo, it’s because we try and create a civil society without the expectation of the need to kill each other while going about our daily lives. You have a choice - invest in institutions and the character necessary to make them work, or in an angry and fearful type of libertarianism with excessive violent casualties and prison populations. I think I know which I prefer - particularly given how close the US came to re-electing a President with a distinctly dictatorial frame of mind. Guns didn’t stop that - they facilitated it.
- mgarfias 5y agoNo, you’re pansies that expect others to keep them safe.
- dang 5y agoCan you please not post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments? We ban that sort of account. We're trying for curious conversation here, which is very different. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mgarfias 5y agoIts about as useful as: "Europeans won't sit down at restaurant with people with guns. No matter how trained they are." You know what would be actually useful? Learning about the topic. The parent here isn't doing that, just spewing thoughts that have been fed to him/her by the media.
- dang 5y agoOk, but responding to a bad comment with a worse one is driving the wrong way down a one-way street. If you know more than others, the thing to do is share some of what you know—in a substantive, respectful way—so that not only they but all of us can learn something. If you can't do that or don't want to, that's fine, but please don't react by posting low-quality ventings (e.g. name-calling or putdowns). That only makes the thread even worse. Two wrongs don't make a right, as most people's mothers have indicated. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=share%20know%20learn%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- mgarfias 5y agoYou know, I've been having this argument for close to 30 years. Trying to inform the uninformable hasn't ever worked. So, now I just point and laugh at them. At least afterwards I get. chuckle.
- dang 5y agoOk, but if you break the rules here and ignore our requests to stop, we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to do that, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, we'd appreciate it.
- dang 5y ago"Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- implements 5y agoYep - my bad - sorry dang.
- Pungsnigel 5y agoEuropean here: I've made a complete pivot on the issue. Violent robberies have gone from extremely rare to somewhat common where I live. Not being able to defend myself legally is making me think about moving. I'd feel much more safe if I knew my neighbours, my parents, my friends and my girlfriend had guns.