▲ 552 ▼ Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) Aren't most of squatters are relatevely poor people, who cannot easily buy a gun unless they are a part of a gang? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago Most, sure. But all it takes is one that's not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) This is a country where there are more legal guns than there are people. You don’t think ANYONE ina bad economic situation is traveling with the gun they owned before they lost their housing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago* (1 child) Assuming that this law even exist in such country, your statement does sound logical. Still, I cannot understand why then no one is trying armed revolution against the current government if everyone knows about current USA president? I mean, in other countries people do such protests without guns in many cases and achieve success. Like in Ukraine, for example. P. S. Yeah, I kinda changed the topic. Sorry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Because huge chunks of the country continue to love him. He might be leading us into economic collapse, but at least he’s being shitty to brown and queer people, which is obviously the most important thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago Most, sure. But all it takes is one that's not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) This is a country where there are more legal guns than there are people. You don’t think ANYONE ina bad economic situation is traveling with the gun they owned before they lost their housing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago* (1 child) Assuming that this law even exist in such country, your statement does sound logical. Still, I cannot understand why then no one is trying armed revolution against the current government if everyone knows about current USA president? I mean, in other countries people do such protests without guns in many cases and achieve success. Like in Ukraine, for example. P. S. Yeah, I kinda changed the topic. Sorry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Because huge chunks of the country continue to love him. He might be leading us into economic collapse, but at least he’s being shitty to brown and queer people, which is obviously the most important thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago* (1 child) Assuming that this law even exist in such country, your statement does sound logical. Still, I cannot understand why then no one is trying armed revolution against the current government if everyone knows about current USA president? I mean, in other countries people do such protests without guns in many cases and achieve success. Like in Ukraine, for example. P. S. Yeah, I kinda changed the topic. Sorry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Because huge chunks of the country continue to love him. He might be leading us into economic collapse, but at least he’s being shitty to brown and queer people, which is obviously the most important thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Because huge chunks of the country continue to love him. He might be leading us into economic collapse, but at least he’s being shitty to brown and queer people, which is obviously the most important thing. permalink fedilink source parent