Comment by latency-guy2
3 days ago
> It’s not meant to be a means of legal recourse, it’s a last resort.
Guns are a first line defense for millions of people. A lawyer with a briefcase and a judge wearing a gaudy robe+wig is not a defense at all.
Though the imagery of it would be funny of blasting each of those out of a cannon.
Even the government agrees, issuing a firearm to their officers who go out into the field (read: where everyone else is).
> Guns are a first line defense for millions of people
In failed states, sure.
In many countries police officers may not even carry guns all the time.
The gun and violence situation we have here in the US is not normal for first world countries.