Here's a thread we think everyone should read. To piggy back off of this, do not buy a gun with out owning other steps to de-escalate and/or deter a would be attacker. It is not enough to just own these things you must also know how to use them, when to use them and what effect https://twitter.com/codenamemiku/status/1342329531466612736

they will have. The toxic mentality of "shoot first ask questions later" is exactly what officers of the state use to justify the shootings of oppressed peoples. As the community we should hold ourselves to standards higher than that.

We'll do a thread on Non-Lethal tools and De-escalation methods that work in the field at a later point but for now read the attached thread and follow the author.