Post AbOr6YCPTnaf1pfYMS by stamberry@mastodon.nl
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(DIR) Post #AbOptYV4wtZiFAdnsW by stux@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T15:04:42Z
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"An AR-15 is as effective in school-shootings as they are when an 80 year old woman is defending her home"Imagine an 80 year old "defending her home" with an AR-15 :nkoFacepalm2: It causes more damage then it prevents!I'm no weapon expert nor do I wanna become one but the name "assault rifle" says enough if you ask meSuch weapons of destruction belong on a war battlefield and not in the home of an 80 year old or in the hands of kinds in schools..When will they wake up..
(DIR) Post #AbOqbydp7Ows3nufrM by mloxton@med-mastodon.com
2023-11-02T15:12:38Z
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@stux The name doesn't really tell you anything and is not an industry term or have much meaning other than political posturing. The solution is not going to come through a handy collective noun.
(DIR) Post #AbOqcoF9GO6m6KlhcO by JizzelEtBass@kolektiva.social
2023-11-02T15:12:43Z
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@stux Show me the 80-year old women handling the kick back from firing NATO 556 rounds!
(DIR) Post #AbOqdVk9WzSV0wbZPk by mjf_pro@hachyderm.io
2023-11-02T15:12:48Z
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@stux Y’know, tactile nukes are an even more effective way to defend your home against a horde of invading Huns. Are we allowed to use those now too?
(DIR) Post #AbOqdfIA1v0ed1aMAi by Sh4d0w_H34rt@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T15:12:51Z
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@stux years ago we had a number of home invasions in the area an elderly family friend was interviewed by the local news. He said his 357 was ready if they tried him. The problem is he was legally def from serving in multiple wars his wife often had issue communicating with him.
(DIR) Post #AbOqf8JjbFL4wG1Ol6 by martijn@hachyderm.io
2023-11-02T15:13:13Z
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@stux It's a lost cause IMO. USPOL is something I grow to resent more and more.
(DIR) Post #AbOqgqjxvBIx0J6qMS by stux@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T15:13:45Z
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@JizzelEtBass 3 flips instead :blobcatgiggle:
(DIR) Post #AbOqkdohudjM548RsW by the1goit@ravenation.club
2023-11-02T15:14:20Z
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@stux it was originally designed to replace the m14 in the Vietnam war, why do Americans think it's needed to protect their home.
(DIR) Post #AbOqlg3T4pZ7JNX8ls by stux@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T15:14:33Z
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@mjf_pro :blobcatgiggle: just destroy everythingIf i can't have it, no one cansomething like that
(DIR) Post #AbOqzIsi242lUhzyoi by stux@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T15:17:04Z
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@mloxton Ofc, they could have named it "love gun" or "bunny pew" or whatever but it's about what it's purpose isand in this case the "name" fits it's goal pretty good and should say somethingThe solution apparently is much harder for the US, for the rest of the world it's kinda simple
(DIR) Post #AbOr6YCPTnaf1pfYMS by stamberry@mastodon.nl
2023-11-02T15:18:30Z
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@stux I don't who said that, but cited statement is complete nonsense. Guns, in any form, are very bad in defending your home. Doesn't even matter how old is the owner. Guns are really well designed to kill, not to defend.
(DIR) Post #AbOrT5IP6jSS2yDZ9k by mloxton@med-mastodon.com
2023-11-02T15:22:31Z
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@stux The name is an issue because any laws need to specify. It may seem like you can just ban private ownership of "assault rifles" , and you can use imaginative names like "love gun" or "bunny pew", but if the name is not meaningful and specific, then the law would be meaninglessOther countries have adopted various methods - such as defining a groups with bunch of defining properties, or specific makes and models. Or they make guns licensable, and all firearms purchases must be approved/2
(DIR) Post #AbOrssDkLKpX1ZKvOS by oddhack@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T15:27:10Z
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@stux oddly, we do not hear about people needing to defend their homes with AR-15s on a several times/day basis as we do with mass shootings. For the fascists, the lesson is clearly that schoolkids should be carrying AR-15s in class.
(DIR) Post #AbOvwaEjY6QqDrp4aW by dr_jo_mue@troet.cafe
2023-11-02T16:12:38Z
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@stux https://youtu.be/CYXJYQZ3FX0?si=6u7wrgEwIFqoi9uO
(DIR) Post #AbOxxEwuNfbsOlvTMG by mjf_pro@hachyderm.io
2023-11-02T16:35:01Z
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@stux Runaway narcissism any way you look at it.
(DIR) Post #AbOzhMA7zhzQ2qfB4a by bester@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T16:54:41Z
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@stux At the core of it, too many gun owners in this country simply love their guns. That emotional connection people have with them makes it very difficult to change their minds. This fact, along with decades of lobbying by the NRA which has fueled bad faith interpretations of the second amendment, make any kind of common sense reform nearly impossible. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting-guns/675790/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ2mceGk9z6bQHsUvDQ09-GM
(DIR) Post #AbP0SjB4F4r52GgtnM by RealGene@mastodon.online
2023-11-02T17:03:09Z
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@stux Cue pedants: "It's an assault *style* weapon"…
(DIR) Post #AbP0xQRVwnjxuM1P8K by ThirteenthWorrier@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T17:08:52Z
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@stuxNever gonna happen my man.On a collective consciousness level there is no group America hates more than Americans.Accidentally un-aliving some of our neighbors is a feature.
(DIR) Post #AbP4jp9FhDO2IEFWr2 by CA7746@masto.ai
2023-11-02T17:51:15Z
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@stux [Not a parody] The JR-15: "A gun specifically designed to be wielded by babies, specifically an assault rifle style semi-automatic long gun. […] real bullets."[…]They could market it for people with low upper body strength. Can't handle a gun that weighs more than 2 lbs? […] unable to lift a carton of milk anymore? […] for you great, great grandma! […] but they're making clear […] it's still definitely for preschool."Maddow - Marketing guns to little kids (8:47)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRojUekUYZg
(DIR) Post #AbPBLUdwyqaFQYxBT6 by cameronbosch@fosstodon.org
2023-11-02T19:05:10Z
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@stux It's meant for active military members, not for average citizens. It's meant to kill people en masse, because that's what they're designed for.There is ZERO reason for civilians to own ANY semi-automatic or automatic rifle. In fact, there are many reasons for civilians to NOT own these. Those reasons being the dead victims of these weapons...
(DIR) Post #AbPCBZZftMmLmMmrbM by Paul100@mk.phreedom.club
2023-11-02T19:09:11.887Z
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@cameronbosch@fosstodon.org @stux@mstdn.social I think the criminals agree with you.Including dictators and leaders of mafia clans.The victim must not have a weapon.
(DIR) Post #AbPCBaSyZl0yXsf1nc by cameronbosch@fosstodon.org
2023-11-02T19:12:08Z
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@stux @Paul100 First of all, I don't fully understand what you're saying. If what you're saying is if I think nobody should have guns, that's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring solely to AR-15 and AK-47 type guns. There's no reason for non-active service people to have them because stuff like what just happened in Maine happens WAY too often.At least with a standard gun, once one of these people would need to reload, they could be stopped. Not so with an AR.
(DIR) Post #AbPCBbLDK6OrG62LL6 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T19:14:36Z
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@cameronbosch @Paul100 Besides, flooding the streets with (semi) automatic weapons is never a good ideaAnd as far as i know, the US keeps screaming they are a democracy without a dictator so why is there a need for such weapons?If there are no weapons sold on every street corner it would also be much more difficult for criminals and so called maffia bosses or whateverIf it's normal ofc they are carrying but prob even heavier
(DIR) Post #AbPVypXnCicUcv6lbk by justafrog@mstdn.social
2023-11-02T22:56:29Z
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@stux There is something very badly wrong with a society which expects an old lady to have a gun at hand to deal with attackers.Why the fuck is attacking old women in their home normal enough that you'd be preparing for it?
(DIR) Post #AbPZ8oRuQgpDzOo8v2 by RYK@c.im
2023-11-02T23:31:51Z
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@stux ahh the Politics in US is bought by the gun lobbyist- and now billionaires. money/lives that’s America