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9 months agoThis is wrong and will firmly land you on the wrong side of the law in many places. Pulling a gun is a last resort to defend yourself when de-escalation doesn’t work. You pull the gun when you’ve already determined that you have to fire it. Otherwise you’re just escalating and making the situation more dangerous for yourself and any bystanders. This is also why I don’t carry a gun in the first place even though I might legally be allowed to.
I went third party in 2016 because I was disgusted and at the time I didn’t think my state would ever be anything but red. Since then I’ve learned that I am very much in a swing state and Republicans have made it very clear they are going full fascist. There is at least one conservative think tank spreading the idea that we need a “Red Caesar” which sounds a lot like Mussolini to me. I don’t know if it’s possible to shift the Democratic party further left or not at this point, but I won’t be voting third party again unless there is some massive change in the way we handle elections.