• BassaForte@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    So if you actually read the link you sent me, you’d see that:

    1. Firearms were used in 40% of the terrorist acts
    2. Governments were most often the target of the terrorist acts

    So again, I’d like to see a source with proof that firearms are being used in acts of terrorism to kill specifically minorities at a rate of every few months.

    And FWIW, I’m not trying to defend or downplay any terrorist acts by anyone, Republican or not and with a firearm or not. I just don’t think it’s an argument to be used against arming yourself.

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      6 months ago

      Firearms were used in 40% of the terrorist acts

      Making them the most commonly used weapon by a significant margin, with arson coming in at only 25%

      So again, I’d like to see a source with proof that firearms are being used in acts of terrorism to kill specifically minorities at a rate of every few months

      Are you sure that’s what you want? Because it looks to me like you’re pretty eager to hold casual speech to rigorous statistical standards (which is textbook sealioning).

      I just don’t think it’s an argument to be used against arming yourself.

      You’d think guns failing to deliver on their promise to save minorities for 50 years would be all the argument you’d need but if you’d prefer to get in an arms race with the far-right, you do you.