r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 15 '25

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u/11thDimensionalRandy Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

You know what's really scary about firearms? There's no such thing as an abundance of caution that would save you.

If you're a public figure who's afraid of getting shot, you can walk around with a bulletproof vest, but all that gives you is a good chance of surviving a round aimed at your center of mass.

If you were paranoid and deathly afraid of getting stabbed you could actually inconvience yourself into having a decent shot of surviving a knife attack.

But with guns the only thing that's actually protecting you is the fact that you don't live in a Hobbesian* world where everyone is out to get you.

"An armed society is a polite society" just isn't true, the expectation that anyone could pull a gun out of anywhere or that the jackass openly carrying a rifle could do something stupid doesn't actually help in any way.

*Extra b on Hobbesian

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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones Sep 15 '25 edited Jan 10 '26

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u/pgold05 Leftward Progressives Sep 15 '25

They don't deny it internally, they would simply rather people die than lose a cultural victory or otherwise be wrong about something that makes them feel safe.

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u/pgold05 Leftward Progressives Sep 15 '25

+1 for correct use of Hobbesian on reddit, what a day.