Jonathan Joss, ‘King of the Hill’ actor, dies in a shooting at 59

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    5 天前

    Joss used his last moments to push his partner out of harm’s way. If he’d reached for his gun instead, maybe the bullets hit differently. But it wouldn’t have stopped what happened.

    If you feel safer then arm yourself. But there aren’t that many situations where having a gun stops you being hurt. More commonly it escalates to violence faster, or just lets you hurt someone back.

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        Sure, I’m strongly in favor of hurting nazis, that’s a perfectly reasonable goal of gun ownership. But that’s very different from thinking that a gun increases your personal safety or prevents violence being done to you.