• capital@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    That was in response to being robbed.

    I think the phrase you’re looking for is “defending yourself”.

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      2 hours ago

      I don’t live in a 3rd world country, so I guess I just don’t understand the concept of needing to arm myself before leaving my house because I’m likely to need a deadly weapon while I go about my business.

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        22 minutes ago

        I don’t live in a 3rd world country

        lol the US has the highest death rate from gun violence - it’s literally the #1 killer of children.

        which is not to assert that adding more firearms will help the situation, but it’s got fuckall to do with living in a first world country or third world country.

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          11 minutes ago

          In these kinds of discussions you can assume the third world country jab was a reference to the US.

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        2 hours ago

        What country do you live in? I’m curious which one has no theft or violent crime.

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          Not OP check out my username for an idea of where I live. Besides a bit of gang on gang action in our capital, violent crimes are extremely rare. It’s maybe once a year that police have to shoot at a person, and even then police officers will assess the situation and if possible not go for center mass.

          Note how I left out theft. That’s because you can’t directly use violence to protect property.

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            Note how I left out theft. That’s because you can’t directly use violence to protect property.

            I remember hearing this when I lived in the UK for a few years and I was blown away. What are you expected to do if being robbed? Let it happen?