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Queer person with a Mexican name in a red state.
Fascists. I'm scared of fascists.
That is fair.
Fucking LOL is it fair, o arbiter of whether someone deserves to carry a pistol?
This one person gets your permission, huh? Cool.
That's quite a strawman you've created in your own mind.
Can you point to anywhere at all that I said that someone could have a gun or not? Anywhere?
What I asked was, what are you afraid of? I also pointed out that owning a gun makes you more likely to die by gun violence and that you are far more likely to kill a loved one than ever have a situation where you can use your gun against the violent criminal or corrupt government agent that many fantasize about shooting.
I own guns. I don't care if you own guns. I just wonder if you can admit to yourself that you carry because you're afraid and acknowledge that you will die if you use the gun against the government and that having a gun makes it far more likely that you'll kill yourself or someone you love than ever use it in the violent scenarios you've created in your head.