• asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    The kid was shot in the back You know, cause he was running away and all.

    It is wild to me that someone hears their doorbell and their instinct is to grab their gun. I cannot imagine losing your child this way. I know school and mass shootings are awful and kill many more children. The difference is the intent; on some level Americans are aware existing means we could be the victim of gun violence. We do not expect idiots to shoot at us with no intent to go on a killing spree and especially not at our children outside of schools.

    I almost don’t blame parents for not wanting to let their kids play outside anymore

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      13 days ago

      It is wild to me that someone hears their doorbell and their instinct is to grab their gun

      Seriously, my first instinct (like any normal person’s) when I hear my doorbell is to pause whatever I’m watching or playing, turn off the speakers, and slowly and silently creep towards the door to peek through the peephole and see if whoever rang without scheduling first has already gone away and I can go back to my normal life.

      What am I going to do with a gun, shoot the bastard and cause even more people to come to my door‽