It’s not good, but at this point, the President is pushing Republicans to redrawn districts to explicitly favor Republicans, which is explicitly illegal. He should be impeached for this, along with any Republicans who go along with it. But… With Republican control of all 3 branches of government, he will never be impeached and removed. At this point, fighting fire with fire is the only option left.

So no, it’s not good, it would just be way worse not to do it

My grandma’s 28hr slow roasted goodyears were “fall off the rim” tender.

It’s worked in the past.

No taxation without representation.

If the speaker is preventing my elected official from representing me, then I shouldn’t have to pay a fucking cent until they are seated.

Yeah. We wanted that from the last admin, but they fucked up by being worried about appearing partisan.

Dems : maybe we shouldn’t wreck healthcare anymore than it already is?

Republicans : WE WILL LITERALLY SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT AND STARVE YOU TO DEATH TO PROTECT A CHILD RAPIST AND SAVE BILLIONAIRES A COUPLE MIL ON TAXES!

You : These guys are basically the same, right?

That’s when I juggle knives for you.

Yes, I own a set of purpose-buily juggling knives.

Thought about doing fire this year, but I worked late, it was raining, and I didn’t get a chance to do a few days of practice to make sure I’d be in good form to safely do it

Ah, another empty reply, with no evidence to support your position.

What new risks? You haven’t mentioned any new risks, and you certainly haven’t put forward any evidence that those risks are changing the ratio of gun suicides to all other gun deaths. You just got feelings and vibes that something is happening without any data to back it up. Meanwhile data trends show that the ratio of gun suicides to all other gun deaths is actually went up last year, which is a complete refutation of your point.

If you can’t defend your argument with anything more than “feelings” then there is no point to discuss further, as your only tactic in this conversation is on par with brainless maga trolls.

To put it simply for you… Show metrics supporting your argument that there are new risks which is lowering the ratio of gun suicides to all other gun deaths (which is the exact argument you made), or admit that your position is incorrect.

Can you point to any statistics for this new danger. Specifically, can you point to any metrics which show that a firearm is more likely to be used defensively than it is to be used on yourself or your spouse? I do believe that was exactly what you meant when you said…

That’s nice, but those statistics are from a different time with a different threat profile.

If that is not what you meant, then you need to clarify that statement. I haven’t built a strawman, I pointed out that the current trend for suicidal gun use is increasing, and without any evidence showing a dramatic change in the ratio of self-inflicted firearm deaths to all other firearm deaths, then it is clear that your position is incorrect, and you are moving goalposts in order to avoid admitting that your position is incorrect despite the publicly available data.

Ah, so you think (without any evidence) that the trend suddenly and drastically reversed itself in the last 10 months and no one bothered to report on it?

They didn’t balk when their neighbors were being rounded up by the new gestapo and shipped off to extra-national slave prison camps.

Actually, about 27,000 people in the US committed suicide by gun last year, compared to 16,000 non-suicide gun deaths, and apparently the gun suicide to gun deaths ratio actually went up from 2023.

It defends you from other people who are emboldened to commit crimes against you.

No, it doesn’t defend you. At best, it will give you a chance to shoot back. Statistically speaking, the person you are most likely to use a gun on is yourself, second most likely victim of your gun is your spouse.

Then you have to remember that every force of violence in the US, LEOs, all branches of military, all support trump.

So, what kind of gun can I buy that will let me defend myself from a tyrannical reaper drone?

Or maybe planning to fight your enemy where he is strongest is fucking dumb?

Up until very recently, most of the deaths in wars were caused by disease instead of combat.

Give it a few months and the anti-vax stances paired with colloidal silver and horse-dewormer will leave plenty of guns and ammo for everyone.

In a different timeline, that would be funny.

Too bad the Arbiter wasn’t around to council on that one.

One of those was a helicopter, which in fairness, also does not go on water.

Some people just obediently blow up the illegal broadcasts without reading them.