• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Any person who needs a weapon in order to feel safe in their own home / country, is living in a shithole.

  • heavy@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    It’s weird to sit back and look at this picture and imagine you were part of a world War or one of the other global conflicts. These weapons are tools of destruction and I’m sure many people, soldiers and otherwise didn’t want to kill other people if they could avoid it. Bearing these arms meant you had to commit to doing something dreadful, that’ll affect you for the rest of your life.

    Then these people hold these weapons with smiles on their faces like they’d be excited about ending lives. Oblivious to the notion that many people sacrificed and killed so they can pose and smile in a peaceful house, free from the possibility of harm.

    Again it’s just weird.

  • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

    I never understood people who think they are badasses because they have a gun. Like yeah you went to the gun store and paid someone for a gun, good job?

  • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    My wife went to USA on an exchange program and the amount of people that turned one thing into 100% of their personality that she thought she was on a different planet.

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    6 months ago

    Image Transcription: Social Media


    Hampton Institute

    Wealthy (and especially those who get into politics) in the US are the most insecure demographic in the world as deep down they know their cushioned bubble is a direct result of so much misery for others and they live with constant fear of reckoning.

    [A screenshot of a twitter post is shown, transcribed below]

    Thomas Massie, @RepThomasMassie

    Merry Christmas! 🎄 ps. Santa, bring ammo.🎁

    [*A photo of 7 people holding guns is shown. The background shows a Christmas tree. Three people are sitting on a couch in front of the Christmas tree, and four people are standing behind the couch in front of the Christmas tree.

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    6 months ago

    Is that an M60 machine gun?

    Edit: It is. I went looking and ones manufactured before 1986 are legal to own in the US. The average cost for one is around $25K USD.

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      No, no ever did. To them it’s just a toy. When I have to carry a gun(when I am outfitting) I will find myself in town every so often and people will sometimes ask to see it. Every time it is a no. Guns are a tool when I don’t have a job for it, it stays in the holster.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 months ago

        some people are really strict about them, which is a good thing, me personally im a little more lax about those kinds of things because im a nerd.

        You wouldn’t catch me ANYWHERE telling ANYBODY i have a gun, unless it would be the obvious outcome. Half the point of personal carry is nobody knowing that you are carrying.

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          I don’t disagree with you on the being quiet about having one you, but it is pretty hard to hide a 6.5" Ruger Blackhawk. I just feel lucky that I have a holster that I can carry it comfortably in. I have something small if I want to have one on me, but coming off of bear country I carry the big one.

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    6 months ago

    Truly a photograph documenting the worst case of child molesting by a member of Congress. I don’t care if his wife and he are worthless enough to be gun nuts, but forcing such idiology on his kids is a form of violent rape. If ever I needed to produce just one piece of evidence that most human beings are evil monsters - this would be it.