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There's a huge difference between restricting people's right to defend themselves and their right to purchase shitty single use electronics that slowly kill the
by some_random 2y ago
There's a huge difference between restricting people's right to defend themselves and their right to purchase shitty single use electronics that slowly kill them
- antihero 2y agoIf untrained people try to defend themselves with a pocket knife they are more likely to hurt themselves.
- bluGill 2y agoEven a trained person. A pocket knife is better than nothing, but not by much. Meanwhile a knife is a useful tool in a lot of situations.
- some_random 2y agoThat's just not true, knives are quite effective self defense tools that allow otherwise physically weaker individuals to inflict significant harm on attackers without much of any additional risk. I know that in the movies this isn't true, but that's just not a reflection of reality.
- some_random 2y agoThat simply isn't true, and even if it was there's no system by which trained people can be certified to carry any form of self defense tool.
- potato3732842 2y agoTo be fair, cigarettes are worse and pipes worse still, especially 2nd hand so it kind of makes sense that everyone was happy to have vapes proliferate.
- immibis 2y agoYou mean, people's right to attack other people.
- BoingBoomTschak 2y agoAre you trying to control outlaws with laws? Good luck.
- immibis 2y agoIt worked everywhere else. There are less murderers because murder is illegal.
- some_random 2y agoNo I'm very specifically talking about the right to self defense actually.