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bookybookbook t1_je2u4l0 wrote

Why would that matter?

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snotick t1_je2uypm wrote

Trying to understand if people are just afraid of an object or the person with the object.

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bookybookbook t1_je367tg wrote

I think people are upset that our society has reached such a point that these deadly weapons are fetishized by large numbers of people and that those people then feel so self righteous about their identity that they feel the need to make others uncomfortable with no sense of concern for the literal fear they are provoking in people who are otherwise just trying to go about their day.

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snotick t1_je36p85 wrote

So both the object and the person? Which is why I asked about a cop getting coffee.

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