I never said anything about closing gun stores, if tobacconists/bottle stores and cannabis dispensaries can be deemed essential services, I see no reason as to why gun stores shouldn’t be.
You’re free to agree to disagree with my ideology regarding concealed carry, but it should be noted it doesn’t mean I’m definitively wrong … Just as you aren’t definitively right. A spectrum of opinions do exist, and just because my opinion differs to that of yours doesn’t mean that it’s invalid.
The truth is, just about every other secular, developed nations in the world doesn’t have civilians walking around with loaded firearms… They’re doing fine (well, people aren’t getting shot), why?
They also have far lower rates of gun violence. I’ve heard the “mental illness” argument, the “but… Gangs” argument etc
Italy has the mafia, why don’t we see sky high rates of firearm homicide there? Whether the uptick in US gun violence per capita is due to gun ownership, criminal activity (sheer presence of black market availability), sociocultural attitudes or mental illness I don’t know… What I do know is that something isn’t right.
In response to people panic buying weapons, will the subsequent increase in gun violence be due to criminal activity, suicides (prolonged isolation), or civilians getting antsy/stressed out (isolation + on edge)… Or legitimate instances of self defence. Only time will tell.
My point isn’t to ban guns or shut down gun stores, it’s to state that no gun control at all is ludicrous. You’re not infringing upon anyone’s rights by enforcing that someone priorly convicted of aggravated assault can’t purchase a firearm.
If one looks at statistics, a gun is far more likely to be stolen than legitimately used in self defence. I’d hypothesise stealing will be more commonplace following mass economic recession. Stolen firearms could fall into the wrong hands. Hence my advocation for gun safes.
You’re at home, you’ve stockpiled a ton of weapons… Cabin fever sets in, doesn’t seem like a good combo…
I’m not the villain here, nor am I millitantly anti-gun. I just don’t see why you need concealed carry when you’re hardly leaving the house. If you’ve got a legitimate chance of getting shot on the way to buy groceries… to me that paints a picture of a country in a very bad state of affairs.
That being said, the mass unemployment and associated lack of federal compensation currently present in the USA may drive up rates of criminal activity. I can only comment from my standpoint, wherein people are being compensated adequately, not having to pay rent if laid off. If the USA is legitimately on the brink of societal collapse… Perhaps it is justified to stock up on weapons as gun ownership is so rampant within the generalised populace to begin with. I don’t live in America anymore, thus I can’t comment here.
Still, I don’t believe panic buying guns is nessecary, and I do believe gun control ought to be implimented, perhaps you can change my mind?
Moved from other thread. This post isn’t designed to be facecious. I’m trying to figure out the rationale behind the mass purchasing of guns currently present within the USA, why you (or anyone) wouldn’t believe in gun control etc. Why are gun stores essential? Why is booze essential? One can order these commodities online if I’m not mistaken, so why does one need to buy these items in-store.