• Kefla [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      7 days ago

      Seconding first aid. When shit goes down people who know first aid are going to be even more valuable than people who know how to shoot. Both will be necessary but it’s way easier to teach people to shoot guns than to teach people to treat wounds.

    • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      7 days ago

      You should at least learn them, and how they work. If you’re able to take a safety class to understand the basics like how to take a firearm and unload it/disassemble it, do it.

      Beyond that, medics are always always always important. Get an IFAK and take classes.

    • larrikin99 [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      6 days ago

      It’s not an alternative, but anyone who carries a gun logically would be carrying OC spray also. The situations where OC is justified to deploy occur much more frequently than situations where it’s justified to shoot someone, and in situations that overlap, there are still advantages for choosing to use OC.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      6 days ago

      Dont have immediate access. Keep it in storage and give a friend the key if you can’t just like, have a friend keep it for legal or other reasons. I wouldnt keep a forearm in my house either, learning how to use one is still a good idea. But if you gotta ask a friend for your gun theres a pretty decent safety mechanicism there, not full proof of course but irs not like…in your house

      Also, realistically what would you do wirh it? Shoot the ice agents coming for you? That doesnt really help you in the long term, if you arent comfortable with a gun then you don’t really need to bother cause someone who isn’t comfortable isnt gonns be good at scaring cops via open carrying anyway

      • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        6 days ago

        Also, realistically what would you do wirh it? Shoot the ice agents coming for you? That doesnt really help you in the long term, if you arent comfortable with a gun then you don’t really need to bother cause someone who isn’t comfortable isnt gonns be good at scaring cops via open carrying anyway

        training is part of being comfortable with a gun. People who are worried about CW kinda stuff relating to gun ownership aren’t very likely to do the CW kinda stuff at a range trip with the buddies, at an organized match, or on the protest line.

        there’s a lot of 2-story houses in those minneapolis neighborhoods. lots of overwatch angles for somebody with a suppressed rifle to take a shot without being a target for return fire.