And I don’t mean things you previously had no strong opinion about.
What is a belief you used to hold that you no longer do, and what/who made you change your mind about it?
And I don’t mean things you previously had no strong opinion about.
What is a belief you used to hold that you no longer do, and what/who made you change your mind about it?
Weapons as a human right.
I was on the fence about it before. But then I was homeless, got attacked by a stranger and beaten pretty badly, was saved by some other strangers because the guy showed no signs of stopping.
After that I went to buy some pepper spray to carry with me, and was notified it required a license. Being a homeless man I couldn’t get licenses for things.
I realized that it’s a problem if weapons are treated like something you need to earn privilege to own, because the underprivileged then won’t have them.
That’s why I realized it’s important we treat weapons as a human right, not as a privilege to be earned if you’re nice.
I was homeless (thanks to 2008). My mom got attacked by a nutcase over fresh water. A metal pipe that was lying about seemed to work just fine.
See, having weapons as a human right just creates escalation. Nobody died that day. People got hurt, sure, but nobody died. Now imagine the same situation, my mom getting attacked over fresh water, but everyone involved was armed with weapons.
Yeah, that would’ve been a bloodbath.
Pepper spray, sure.
But not other weapons. If you need those to feel safe walking around, you live in a shithole.
Well, when I couldn’t get pepper spray I got a knife instead. And let be tell you, a knife is a whole different ballgame in terms of self defense. It requires a whole psychological setup to be effective, because it only works as a deterrent.
I like your post. I agree in every way, I have never thought of weapons as being a basic human right. And I’m especially against weapons of death (guns and AR rifles, etc) being considered someone’s basic right.
The truth is, people do not buy these things to defend themselves. Oh they tell themselves that’s what their doing, but then they turn around and use them to kill schoolkids or shoot at people on freeways because someone at McDonald’s got their order wrong (this has happened several times here in Utah).
The truth is, humans are temperamental creatures prone to seeing other people not as human beings, but as problems. They can turn something quite otherwise harmless inanimate objects like baseball bats or crowbars or almost anything into a weapon, and they often do.
So a people who use anything at reach to hurt others should never be given access to weapons designed to kill. That is just a total recipe for constant disaster, which is what is happening every day in our country.