Mike D@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoI've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.message-squaremessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down152
arrow-up1312arrow-down1message-squareI've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.Mike D@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square213linkfedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·3 months agoGuns have caused a lot of harm. They seem evil until you need one. I was hiking solo in the wilderness once and was carrying one for wildlife and was attacked by a homeless guy. I shoved him away and pulled it out and he ran off.
minus-squareMrFinnbean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·3 months agoI cant but wonder if bear spray would have had the same effect.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·3 months agoIn my particular case nobody got hurt because he feared the gun, and I doubt a spray can would have had the same effect.
Guns have caused a lot of harm. They seem evil until you need one. I was hiking solo in the wilderness once and was carrying one for wildlife and was attacked by a homeless guy. I shoved him away and pulled it out and he ran off.
I cant but wonder if bear spray would have had the same effect.
In my particular case nobody got hurt because he feared the gun, and I doubt a spray can would have had the same effect.