StatusNomadicus
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i've changed my mind on a lot of things; i was raised fundamental Christian, opposed to homosexual relationships, not being comfortable with dogs, thinking Stocks were solid investments, not knowing anything about Crypto, believing a 401k and Roth IRA would hook me up with retirement when i'm 65, and when i joined the USA military i thought we were saving little girls from evil men who hate "Democracy"
so, no, i actually change my mind on a lot. just last month i researched dog diets and realized i've been lied to about dry dog food. my dog now eats whole, raw foods, which is convenient when quality beef is like $1 USD per pound here in Argentina instead of 6-10!
and just last week i researched raw garlic. it has so many anti-viral and health properties! i was always told onion and garlic and chocolate and grapes and fake-sugars were bad for dogs. but Garlic is actually good for dogs! my dog now eats a small amount of fresh, mashed garlic daily
i'm happy to adjust to new evidence. i got the 100 vaccines i was supposed to get, and during COVID i almost got the mRNA one until i started seeing the BigPharma inserts....now i don't get vaccines, and i supplement with Vitamins D3/K2. and exercise and get sun, and try to eat whole foods instead of processed crap. and avoid seed oils like Canola, Sunflower, Soybean oil.
i would love to believe the fairy-tale that not having guns around would be safer. but in the end, if a criminal wants to kill you and murder/rape/rob/whatever your family, and the police are 5 minutes away, what are you going to do? there is only one answer, and it's called a defensive pistol. i've been a cop for a bit; no one else here has, that i've seen. my family is very scared of guns. it was unnatural for me to learn firearms safety. but there's a reason a pistol is called the great equalizer; a 75-pound female can deter a 200-pound thug from hurting her. nothing else can...literally nothing. not pepper spray, Tasers, walls, nada
as Thomas Sowell said, "The key fallacy of so-called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law-abiding citizens, while people bent on violence find firearms readily available. If gun control zealots had any respect for facts, they would have discovered this long ago, because there have been too many factual studies over the years to leave any serious doubt about gun control laws being not merely futile but counterproductive. Places and times with the strongest gun control laws have often been places and times with high murder rates. Washington, DC, is a classic example, but just one among many."
if there were ANY statistics to show that removing firearms from peaceful citizens meant more overall safety, then gun-control freaks would be shouting the stats from every rooftop. there are no stats. in fact, the statistics show murderers and criminals and thieves prey on gun-free areas, targeting people who are most likely to be unarmed. ever seen a gun store get robbed? a police substation? it's just common sense. the more confident you make criminals that they can be psychos and have a monopoly on violence, the more they will be encouraged to commit crimes. people just don't go car-jacking or armed-robbing in rural Wyoming or Texas. why do you think that is? @Spend Thrift
i like a good debate. i like facts and evidence. i despise partisan zealot hacks that shill their tribe's sanctity and use Wokeness and victim narratives to try to silence others who are making arguments in good faith. as psychologist Gad Saad says, which could pertain to the Gun Control conversation, "Any human endeavor rooted in the pursuit of truth must rely on fact and not feelings." - guns might be scary for those who have been raised to think that, but that doesn't change the fact that feelings aren't facts, and police will use guns as the last resort.
Saad also said, which applies to the Peronists @Avocado @Che Vos @Flamingo @Wally the following: "Science should be about the pursuit of truth, and not about the defense of one’s preferred political ideology or personal beliefs." - thus, Economics and Gun Control should be based on empirical evidence, not one's favorite tribal leaders.
...if only someone who was anti-gun would offer anything other than the 'guns are scary, i don't like seeing guns, my small family/tribe never liked guns, no one in my circle has ever said guns are good, so i think guns are bad in Argentina' - we could have a discussion. but when they write bullshit, someone needs to call them out. i prefer it's not me, but when i see a thread poisoned with Local Peronists posting stupid crap, i feel the need to correct them on their fallacies
