That's why weaponizing ideas is such an insidious practice. Give a man a gun he carries around in his mind and you have a never sleeping army.

Now imagine if someone came in there with a gun. That would change things. In which direction, I couldn't say.

The Rwanda genocide wasn’t carried out with guns as the primary weapon. It was machetes and fire.

It was volumes of people, primarily. An oppressed underclass poisoned with fascist ideology who overwhelmed they're wealthier tribal neighbors not unlike how the French ended up butchering their aristocracy at the end of the 18th century.

Had the Tutsis been more heavily armed, they might have given as well as they took.

Yes, but also that doesn't really mean anything in relation to what's being talked about. Americans have more exposure to firearms on average I'm sure the folks of Svalbard would have a similar thing going on, same with basically any country with mandatory enlistment. Whoopty fucken doo folks can be controlled with words this observation was first made in writing in the fucking early bronze age when mammoths were still extent.

It absolutely does, cogs in the meat grinder.

That said, It brings everyone down to that level.

With guns, the mightiest general can still be killed by a lucky private. In most fantasy worlds, that would be near impossible for a basic untrained person to be a threat to a skilled warrior or mage.

And you are right, in the US there are an insane amount of gun deaths from murder, suicides, and accidents. Too many of us treat them like toys or emotional support Glocks, use them to be their masculinity.

Do you think they can get anyone into the chambers without guns?

I'm afraid I have to ban you. Your original comment is hateful and toxic towards a particular group of people, millions of whom are innocent. My users deserve better than to be threatened and insulted by the likes of you.

You'll be left with this:

• many Americans campaign for gun control, meaning we want fewer guns available
• citizens of countries other than the USA think guns are powerful
• wishing nuking or genocide on anyone is evil

there's so much wrong with your statement that I don't have time today to scrutinize it all. I wish you the best of luck in your personal growth journey. Goodbye.

Stinky of Redlemmy