Independent News
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Australia
https://independentaustralia.net/
Canada
Germany
India
Philippines
Russia
https://meduza.io/en (based in Latvia)
South Africa
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/
https://groundup.org.za/about/
U.S.A.
https://theconversation.com/us
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I'm not saying people should walk around with ar 15s but unless the dude had it shouldered and started aiming it you just go talk to them and discern their intentions. At the very least get close enough to hit your target when you shoot.
It is what it is, being armed at a protest should not be an automatic death sentence especially when it's legal (for better or worse).
I own firearms and I think they're too easy to get and need to be better regulated but I am not in Congress writing laws nor sitting on the Supreme Court making shitty decisions on how to read the 2nd amendment. Regardless of my opinion though I think shooting at someone and missing and hitting another person is pretty fucking egregiously bad.
I'm not a crack shot by any stretch of the imagination but it is ludicrous to me this person shot into a crowd to try to subdue a person that wasn't posing an immediate threat. Who was surrounded by people who were not freaking out which should tell you they're not dangerous
Perhaps it’s different when you grow up around guns but I’m not going approaching someone with an AR-15 to check they’re not a mass shooter. If they’re then surely I’m first to get shot.
Sure, I agree that you shouldn’t be shot if you’re doing nothing wrong, which is why I think the laws over there are wild that it creates places where you genuinely don’t know if you’re going to be murdered or it’s just someone larping around or even worse someone trying to do it just because you can. Regardless if others feel threatened by it.
Ultimately comes down to Americans individualism over society and that’s also something I can’t comprehend. I don’t put my wants and needs above others as I think that’s selfish.