> Guns makes lives better if you are the disadvantaged and is at the receiving end of the abuse by the powerful.

...only if you have the gun, you know. Which the disadvantaged people tend not to. In fact, let's generalize your statement a bit: "Tools of power and coercion make lives better if you are the disadvantaged and is at the receiving end of the abuse by the powerful". No, they don't! They do the opposite for very obvious reasons.

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soon_to_be_sb 11 hours ago | parent [-]

> the disadvantaged people tend not to.

10 powerful men are coming to get your stuff from your home. It is easier to get a gun, than to find other 10 men who can take a hit for you (if you can do that, then you are powerful already).

So it is not that disadvantaged people are drowning in guns, but it is comparatively easier to level the playing field by getting a gun, than doing it by other means. Often impossible.

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Joker_vD 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> 10 powerful men are coming to get your stuff from your home.

Like the US marshal with his team coming to evict you out of your house and seize your assets? They come armed, and they'll shoot you on the spot if you try to wave your own gun around. Or some Brazilian syndicate sending its goons to make an example out of you? I assure you, they too come armed and without a forenotice.

> it is comparatively easier to level the playing field by getting a gun.

Having a gun very marginally improves your chances of not being shot yourself, especially if you're facing an organized group, especially if it has experience in planned and organized violence.

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ricardobeat 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Only if the ten men carry no guns. Hard to see how such a situation would arise if access is equal.

	▲	ragequittah 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		But you don't understand I've seen both Commando and John Wick. In other news the gun in your house is far, far, far more likely to kill you or your loved ones than anyone else. Doubles your odds of being a victim of a homicide. Triples the odds of suicide.