Your argument is that you want to disarm and disarmor people and leave them defenseless to criminals and bad actors because it might have the effect of disarming and disarmoring criminals and bad actors.

It's the exact same thing. "The only reason anybody but the government needs body armor is if they want to commit a crime," "The only reason anybody but the government needs a gun is if they want to commit a crime."

It's the same thing as when people can't imagine guns being used for anything other than crime and violence and project that onto everyone else.

How does wearing body armor enable school shooters? Body armor isn't a weapon. It can't be used offensively, it is by definition defensive. It blocks attacks towards you.
"There's 1 mass shooting a day now but the chances of armor saving your life are astronomical" makes no sense either.

Body armor is safety equipment, and it's worn by people who expect to be shot at. Like diplomats and ambassadors, journalists, cops, and other high value targets.
You wanting to restrict body armor shows you value others' lives under people who you think have a "functional need" for armor.

way to walk it back lol

The vast majority of home invaders don't want to hurt you, they just want to break in and steal your valuables and give you a hug and sit down with you on the couch with a beer.

"Use BJJ to scale use of force and deescalate a situation" and "use tactical flashlights" are both amazing ways to put yourself in more danger than you were already in. Fucking incredible.

That sounds more like an issue with your mentality than an issue with your choice of carry weapon.

They're loud and performative and on occasion whenever the planets align they're useful.

Can't really argue with that but no matter how many gung-ho confiscation agents there are and how many Waco situations they get into, there will always be more armed civilians who don't like the idea of having their stuff confiscated.

We get to choose between pro oligarchy capitalists that also want to create a white Christian ethnostate or pro oligarchy capitalists that want companies to use rainbow logos for one month a year.

I gotcha

Our?

Assault rifles are by definition configured for automatic fire and are very expensive to own and require a lot of government paperwork to legally buy or make.

If you want to ban assault weapons, the govt tried that in 1994 and wrote a paper about how it had inconclusive results.

The gales of november have come early and you can't escape them