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SakanaToDoubutsu t1_j6p26go wrote

Reply to comment by Sovreign_grounds in anti-gun right people, whats your perspective of guns? by bigfeeetz

I don't believe people are truly "anti-gun", what anti-gun people truly believe is that only they should be able to control firearms. This might seem like a contradiction, as anti-gun people don't own firearms, but the reality is that they're wealthy enough to simply outsource their violence rather than carry it out themselves, and their virtue comes from that degree of separation between themselves and the poor or disenfranchised they suppress.

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Sovreign_grounds t1_j6p45m3 wrote

>This might seem like a contradiction, as anti-gun people don't own firearms,

False, people who want gun control own firearms. 71% of Americans want stricter gun control. There is huge overlap there, but owning a firearm doesn't mean that you want to continue seeing children die in school shootings. Many people are willing to give that up, like they have successfully in other countries.

>but the reality is that they're wealthy enough to simply outsource their violence rather than carry it out themselves,

Democrats represent the least wealthy demographics.

>and their virtue comes from that degree of separation between themselves and the poor or disenfranchised they suppress.

The least wealthy communities are the ones most harmed by gun violence.

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