• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      The intention is to stop criminals from leaving a crime. Citizens arrests in america are a thing, and some glorify the idea.

      In america, guns are tools like forks and knives. Keep em on your hip, forget they are there type of thing. Other countries would grab a bat or stick, americans grab guns. Its intimidation either way but when you mishandle a stick nothing happens.

      Mishandling a firearm happens to every firearm owner at least once, and mishandling a firearm can result in unintended death and destruction.

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        In the US (including Colorado), citizens arrests are only legal for felonies. Last I checked hopping a fence isn’t a felony so blocking them in and waving a gun is just a multitude of gun crimes and kidnapping charges even if he didn’t shoot one of them.

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        It sounds like the argument you made is to limit the use of firearms to reduce the amount of accidents.