• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    If you don’t have a gun, it’s time to get one and learn how to use it.

    …also how to carry safely. Don’t be that guy.

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      18 hours ago

      Including when to use it. It is a last resort. If you pull a gun on any law enforcement officer, even if fully justified, you will be going to jail at best, and killed on the spot at worst.

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        10 hours ago

        This is the part I have a hard time with. I want to defend myself and my family, but pulling a weapon on authorities means you’re gonna die. These ICE/militarized PDs aren’t going to pause a second if they get any excuse to put you down. They might not even bother with the paperwork at this point.

        Unless we’re in a “take as many of them with you when you go” situation. But that’s a different conversation than the “organize and call your lawyer” advice I’m seeing in this thread.

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          7 hours ago

          So like, it pretty much always makes more sense to flee than to fight.

          Guns should be seen as a last resort, not a first.

        • Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world
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          9 hours ago

          believe it or not, you’re just as capable of killing them as they are you. train and have confidence. confidence and discipline.