Hans van Zijst

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Professional nerd and grammar nazi, writes in Dutch and English. Can read some German, French and Spanish too. Learning русский.

Location:: Netherlands

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:30:32 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Americans and their #firearms... 🤦

law-abiding Americans have a right to carry a handgun outside their home for self-defense

I thought the Second Amendment was meant to give "a well organized militia" an option to overthrow a rogue government. But apparently individual Americans need to carry lethal weapons "for self-defense"...

So glad I don't live in a dog-eat-dog world where I must apparently be prepared to shoot someone or be shot. I like watching westerns, but I wouldn't want to live in one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/17/minnesota-gun-carry-laws-court-ruling/

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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:24:17 +0200

Dennis Wilson (Pureblood) @diaspora.psyco.fr

dennisleewilson@diaspora.psyco.fr

Ah. You have constructed a straw dummy by re-writing the text of the Second Amendment to suit YOUR view and then proceeding down the path of your own prejudices, while ignoring anything that might actually help you understand why Americans proudly and defiantly keep their guns.

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:25:43 +0200

Dennis Wilson (Pureblood) @diaspora.psyco.fr

dennisleewilson@diaspora.psyco.fr

Ah. You have constructed a straw dummy by re-writing the text of the Second Amendment to suit YOUR view and then proceeding down the path of your own prejudices, while ignoring anything that might actually help you understand why Americans proudly and defiantly keep their guns.

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:50:01 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@Nemethon I think it's mostly the unchecked and unhinged capitalism: everything is about the money.

If you have money, you can get anything. If not, you can die. So glad Europe is much more socialist than that.