ProdigalFrog

Personally I was quite astonished at the sheer extent of the toxic off gassing his testing revealed just from merely playing or handling a record, I'm not terribly comfortable keeping them around now, myself.

That's pretty much the fascist modus operandi.

Just a heads up, the template of this meme is based on a stonetoss comic, an outed far right neonazi and holocaust denier.

Don't look up!

I'm a little bewildered why you're being condescending toward my comments, but responded "That is fair" to @nagaram@startrek.website who made a similar argument to mine.

And when the gun comes out you are many times more likely to be killed.

This is ultimately dependent on the situation. Pulling a gun on a nervous mugger? Absolutely increasing the chances of being killed.

Holing up your bedroom and pointing a shotgun at a door that will be kicked in? High chance of the firearm saving your life if the person on the other side intends deadly harm.

I agree that access to firearms does increase the chances of it being used in anger against others, or against yourself if suicidal, as I mentioned in my previous post. But you're not addressing that the apparatus in the US designed to help people in those rare dangerous situations are deeply flawed, and can in fact be as deadly as the threat you are calling them to help against, depending on your own skin color and disposition of your local police department.

I think in Europe and Japan, where there seems to be less of a chance of those specific problems within the police, the argument against gun ownership is stronger. But personally I think the argument for the populace to disarm before solving the problems of those institutions is not one I can get behind.

I would also say it's not a great idea to disarm if your government is actively turning toward becoming a fascist totalitarian state, which the US currently is.

The need to defend yourself with a firearm is generally very low, even in the US. Most people won't ever need one.

But there are times when if you do need one, you really need one. And at least in the US, the institutions that are supposed to help can often make things worse, especially if you're a minority (U.S. police forces have an incredibly high ratio of white supremacist, racist, and violently abusive pro-fascist members).

In the case of the recent killing of the couple in Arkansas, the killer would've been unlikely to be deescalated, as he seemed to have set out to kill someone at random to begin with.

Help was too far away to offer any assistance when it was most needed, and the end result is two innocent parents dead, and two children who will be traumatized for life. A gun would've drastically increased the odds of the parents surviving.

Ready access to firearms in a society does also bring with it many downsides, such as a higher likelihood of suicide and mass shootings, and the heavy adoption of firearms by right-wing people who then seem prone to developing a culture of violence being glorified or romanticized.

But I think ultimately, if a society has poor options that can't be fully relied upon for an individual in those admittedly uncommon horrific scenarios, then it's unfortunately up to that individual to determine if they wish to have the means to secure their own safety and survival in such an event.

Used Buicks from the 2000's can be had for around 3 grand and are very reliable if they have the 3.8l engine. Insurance is often less then 400 a year.

Are the cars used? Early 2000's Buicks with the 3.8l engine are incredibly cheap even with low miles (a really mint one is 5k, a good daily driver can be had for 2.5 to 3.5k).

They're extremely reliable and relatively safe cars. Not bad on gas, cheap to repair, and extremely cheap insurance, since you don't need collision, only liability.

I've been able to avoid it from happening as long as the DE is using X11, seemingly.

I do think there's a balance to be struck where at some point, a larger swath of people need to use that software even if it's not 100% ready, as then it creates more 'pressure' to actually address those final roadblocks. Wayland did seem to improve at a faster rate since it was introduced by default on some distros.

And at least in the Linux world, we have many options to avoid being on that bleeding edge. I'm pretty happy just sticking with Debian as opposed to getting the new stuff, and while I was annoyed I couldn't use my preferred DE on Fedora, I've learned that Debian is actually pretty slick in its own way, which removed the slight sense of FOMO I once had.

The M&P Shield Plus is very comparable, and has a trigger dingus (it's insane the p365 doesn't with how light the trigger is).

Other option would be the Springfield Hellcat.