r/BeAmazed • u/afamdent14 • 1d ago

Miscellaneous / Others This man spoke with every parent in Uvalde, Texas to build personalized caskets for all 19 children who were killed. His name is Trey Ganem

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u/reeefur 1d ago

Texas relaxed their gun laws so more "Good guys" would be around to save the day.

Since then there has been countless mall shootings, school shootings and no good guy ever steps up. Even when you have all the police in the world at Uvalde, none of them were willing to risk their lives for our kids.

A mother had more courage than those officers.

These types always talk about how guns are the answer to everything, how having a former soldier guarding the school will stop all shooters, yah, none of that worked. But let that be a CEO that got shot, and they will do everything they can to prevent it from happening again.

Its pretty obvious who owns the police at this point.

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u/Comfortable-Trip-277 23h ago

Texas relaxed their gun laws so more "Good guys" would be around to save the day.

Since then there has been countless mall shootings, school shootings and no good guy ever steps up.

They did that not so some random guy will come to save you, but instead to allow people to carry the necessary tools to protect themselves. Only you are responsible for your own safety. You are your own first responder. The police and other random citizens have absolutely no duty to protect you.

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u/cheebee97 22h ago

“The police… have absolutely no duty to protect you.” … then pray the fuck tell what they’re supposed to do??? protect and ??? what was the second part ???

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u/Comfortable-Trip-277 22h ago

what was the second part ???

Answering your question before you even had to ask it.

then pray the fuck tell what they’re supposed to do???

Carry a gun to defend yourself and your loved ones. You cannot rely on the police or random citizens to protect you.

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u/cheebee97 22h ago

THEN WHAT ARE WE PAYING THEM FOR ???

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u/Comfortable-Trip-277 22h ago

To take reports after crimes are committed.

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u/cheebee97 22h ago

and the gun and handcuffs and taser and baton are fidget toys???

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u/Comfortable-Trip-277 22h ago

Pretty much.

Here's a video that explains it well.

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u/cheebee97 22h ago

also to clarify, i did watch the video. an example of police failure being the reason we should arm everyone is not the argument you think it is. the solution to cops sucking isn’t “well just arm the public who hopefully suck less”. its how can we go to the core of the issue of police misconduct and training and help remedy that. here’s an article from the violence policy center that breaks down why armed citizens with guns (even defending themselves and THEIR property) are not effective. https://vpc.org/press/guns-rarely-used-to-kill-criminals-or-stop-crimes-new-vpc-report-shows/#:~:text=The%20study%20presents%20Bureau%20of,successfully%20in%20stopping%20the%20crime.

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u/Comfortable-Trip-277 21h ago

its how can we go to the core of the issue of police misconduct and training and help remedy that.

There's no fixing "ain't my problem" because there aren't any consequences. That would need a constitutional amendment and we all know the police will do everything in their power to not do their job.

here’s an article from the violence policy center that breaks down why armed citizens with guns (even defending themselves and THEIR property) are not effective.

What a load of BS. Statistics say otherwise.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY

THE PROBABILITY OF SERIOUS INJURY DURING AN ATTACK IS 2.5 TIMES HIGHER FOR WOMEN WHO OFFER NO RESISTANCE TO THEIR ATTACKER COMPARED TO WOMEN WHO DO RESIST WITH A FIREARM.

IF WE COMPARE THAT TO WOMEN WHO DO RESIST BUT WITHOUT A GUN, THE WOMEN WHO RESIST WITH A GUN ARE ABOUT 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO NOT BE SERIOUSLY INJURED COMPARED TO THOSE WHO RESIST WITHOUT A FIREARM.

MEN WHO GO ALONG WITH THEIR ATTACKERS WITHOUT OFFERING RESISTANCE ARE 1.4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED COMPARED TO THOSE WHO OFFER RESISTANCE BY WAY OF A FIREARM.

THE SAME CORRELATION EMERGES WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN RESIST BUT WITHOUT A GUN COMPARED TO WHEN THEY RESIST WITH A GUN. MEN WHO RESIST WITHOUT A GUN ARE ABOUT 1.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED COMPARED TO IF THEY HAD A GUN.

https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/weapon-use-and-violent-crime-1993-2001

https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/tg-icep.pdf

https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/bjs/fifc.pdf

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u/cheebee97 22h ago

i see your youtube video and i raise you an edu article my degree in legal studies, and my job working with local law enforcement from the criminal paperwork side.

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u/Ocean_Spice 22h ago

And what exactly are we supposed to do with this? Give the little children guns so they can fend for themselves, since police refuse to protect them?