Comments by "Daily Wire Third Stringer" (@DailyWireThirdStringer) on "Biden delivers prime-time address on guns" video.

  1. "Bare arms" lol
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  2. I agree with most of this. The United States most definitely has a gun problem. For every 100 people living here, there are 120 firearms -- for context, in the next closest country, Yemen (which is currently embroiled in civil war), that ratio is 53 firearms for every 100 citizens. However, I do not agree with holding gun manufacturers liable. If I use my car to intentionally run over a pedestrian on the sidewalk, could said pedestrian (or his/her family) sue Ford and win? Of course not. One might respond that guns are designed for killing, whereas cars are not -- but the reason guns are sold is for personal protection or hunting, not homicide. That said, I would hold a firearms dealer liable if their negligence in conducting a thorough background resulted in a mentally unstable person obtaining a firearm and using it for harm. But in no way is the manufacturer to blame for the improper use of its product.
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  3. Congrats, you just won today's Delusional Award!
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  4. Personally, I cannot take anyone seriously who believes the government could become "tyrannical" at any moment and that they need the means to defend themselves so as to (as Jefferson wrote) overthrow the government and establish a new one that fears the people, not dominates them (I'm totally on board with that, I lean towards anarchism) --- but who ALSO says that our military should be the most powerful in the world and that the bloated budget of $770 BILLION should be maintained or even increased year after year. Using history as our guide (the American Revolution, for example), who do they think the politicians or a dictator will use as his/her/their shield to remain in power? The MILITARY, of course. Did we already forget that it was the British army who defended their colonies in the Seven Years' War, and then when the colonies rebelled, that same military was used against them? You want the people who would potentially be defending a brutal dictator (the Commander-in-Chief) to have MORE sophisticated weapons and means of subjugation? Are you INSANE? Here at least the libertarians have an argument --- the gun-toting neoconservatives have no idea what they want in such a scenario. Hope the hearts of the people with the most firepower (our servicemen and women) are turned in our favor, I guess --- and there, I'm afraid to say, history is not on your side.
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  5. That's entirely false. Every other developed country has strict gun laws, and the USA is off-the-charts in terms of the gun homicide metric (not even counting suicides). Coincidence? Hardly. The idea that it's always "Democrat cities" that have the highest rates of gun crime is also a misconception. 9 out of the top 10 states with the highest rates of gun violence per capita are the Republican-led states of Alaska, Mississippi, Wyoming, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Montana. (Source: World Population Review)
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