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: shrug: you compared it to a sandwich


No, I illustrated that intent usually goes right along with bringing stuff with you. If you feel that that equates a sandwich to a gun then I don't know how to explain things to you for which I apologize.


Jacques, stop. You compared it to a sandwich. You don't get to complain that someone makes a comparison with a seat belt.

I'm European and extremely pro gun control / anti gun in general, probably moreso than you, by the way. You are blinded by your bias and it really shows in your posts.

Edit, to elaborate on why i think you're blinded by it: I am with you, it's utterly idiotic that people bring guns to these things and that this is somehow okay. But you can't judge US protester actions by EU standards, because over there and in that case, bringing a gun "just in case" with no intent to use it absolutely is standard.

The comparison with a seat belt absolutely stands, because it was brought "just in case". And yes, it's stupid that this is how things are over there, but you can't blame a seventeen year old for centuries of political idiocy.


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If you have a guard dog, you have it for deterrence. You don't hope that someone breaks in and gets hurt.

Same thing with guns, really. You have it as a deterrence and hope nobody is so stupid to attack you and force you to use it.




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