[in front of a protesting crowd, two characters are talking]
[blue, serious] Violence is never the solution
[purple, smug] Agreed, let’s disarm the police

[blue is now shown angrily gesticulating, sweating bullets]
NO,
NOT
LIKE
THIS

https://thebad.website/comic/my_little_state_violence

        • Azrael@reddthat.com
          1·
          3 days ago

          Well there are many reasons that disarming everyone in the U.S. would be virtually impossible and generally not a good idea (though those reasons only apply to the U.S.).

          • Damarus@feddit.org
            1·
            3 days ago

            I can absolutely see many hurdles in the way. However that doesn’t change my belief that people should not own guns, and we should move towards a society without guns. There’s exceptions of course, but those apply to a very small percentage of the population.

            • Azrael@reddthat.com
              1·
              3 days ago

              True. No guns = no gun violence. Simple.

              My issue is that banning guns for civilians creates a false sense of security. Criminals who are going to commit a mass shooting anyway will carry a gun whether it’s illegal or not. But because everyone else is unarmed and believes that applies to everyone, people can no longer defend themselves. Only an idiot would shoot at a crowd of people who are all armed. It’s kind of like a weapon that never needs to be fired situation.

              Yes, i’m aware that there are other countries where civilians don’t have guns, and there is no gun crime. But those countries don’t have the same history with guns that the U.S. does, so it’s a false equivalency