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I wondered if yall would be able to answer this better, I should have known the trolls would overrun my post. I’m worried about losing access to purchase if I wanted to as a trans person, but I’m also not sure if I’m super safe to own one.
So “armed minorities are harder to oppress” is great and I absolutely support it, but many of us cannot safely own guns. What should we do instead? Self defense knowledge and pepper spray only go so far against someone who DOES have a gun.
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Anonymous 5d

im so glad that #1 already has me blocked because i cant even see what they’re saying and ik its fucked up

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Anonymous 4d

Bear spray is the only vaguely comparable alternative Everything else besides a gun advertised as a “self defense tool” is legit just a scam and theories that they are made to make women easier victims of crimes are popular for a reason

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4d

Honestly the best alternative is have a couple friends with guns if u really are at risk

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4d

isnt bear spray illegal to use on a person?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4d

It’s mostly dependent on state self defense laws But it’s basically the same law that I would expect for any actual self defense situation

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4d

It’s mostly just a problem of unless u are willing to use a gun it’s really hard to argue self defense in court

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4d

I’ve got a good electric punch on me.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4d

Unless it is able to fully stop someone no matter what from moving at all at over 5 yards it’s not useful for self defense

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4d

Yeah, that’s not entirely true and guns aren’t really much better for that for many either.

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