Guns

[ghila@sh.itjust.works]

opens closet

finds box with "Retirement Policy" written on it

yep, still there...

[maxpow3r11@lemmy.world]

That's really what it comes down to.

These people want an "excuse" to murder someone.

[fermion@feddit.nl]

The "Go ahead and make my day" crowd.

[someamateur@sh.itjust.works]

If you like guns as a technology Open Source Defense is a good newsletter imo. They don't delve into politics thankfully but look at how laws are implemented, improving safety at scale etc

[someamateur@sh.itjust.works]

Yes those people do

And then there's a ton of people that have guns, train when they can and hope they never have to use their skills outside of the range or competitions. We never ever hear about them because they are normal people

[socsa@piefed.social]

The reality is that most of the imagined scenarios which cause a person to want a gun for self defense are rooted in some form of these same delusions. They really are just not as useful in as many situations as people think they are, and these people almost never take far simpler measures to deal with their real threat profile.

[helixdab2@lemm.ee]

After not being able to find a job with a 401(k), and knowing that the incoming administration is gonna gut social security... Yup.

[brbposting@sh.itjust.works]

Ew what a horrible, gross thing to say

Heard it a buncha times without ever really hearing it

[devfuuu@lemmy.world]

Untill then there's lots of schools.

[mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works]

What they don't realize is that Keanu Reeves does a ton of training, and even occasionally does competitions

[chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz]

Murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady - Wikipedia

(en.m.wikipedia.org)

TLDR: man lures teens into his home by leaving his house wide open so he could shoot and kill them.

The absolute sicko made audio recordings where he floated about killing them.

[mosiacmango@lemm.ee]

Also, it's a movie, not real life. John wick would have died hundreds of times in those movies if even some of those events were real.

[jballs@sh.itjust.works]

The black man that volunteered for that must have a death wish. He had to have gone into that thinking there was a very good chance the police would shoot him on sight.

[supramario@lemmy.world]

See if you can find yourself a group with operation blazing sword. Whatever you do LGS usually have just FUDDs who want to talk how turnip daddy is going to make everything like it was back in the 50s again...most of the sane ass people who are into owning and shooting are online now (there are still a shit ton of magats but just avoid those places). It also helps if you can find a group that has a private range, it'll make it a lot easier to setup times to go enjoy shooting.

[tankovayadiviziya@lemmy.world]

Ammosexual

[underpantsweevil@lemmy.world]

I think the kids filming the experiment were as shocked by the results as anyone watching the video. Very possibly a camera being at the scene of the criminal misuse of police power arrest saved the black guy's life.

[anticorp@lemmy.world]

That's the sort of person who shouldn't own a firearm. That should actually be added as a question for the background check form.

[anticorp@lemmy.world]

Man, I would be pretty upset if I dedicated a bunch of my time to compete, and then a guy who got paid millions of dollars to train with some of the best experts in the field showed up as a competitor. That would be like entering an amateur competition and there's a fucking Navy Seal in line next to you.

[anticorp@lemmy.world]

They don't usually outright say it, but some make it clear in other ways.

Like showing up at the range in full combat gear. Dude, simma downa!

[anticorp@lemmy.world]

A couple years ago I joined a private shooting club. They have a range with targets from 10-300 yards. It was so cool to shoot there, and all the other members were total marksmanship nerds. Seeing all the great equipment, and ridiculous scopes was always fun, and the other members were nice to talk to. There were no soldier LARPers there. We operated as our own range masters, and everyone took safety very seriously. It was a refreshing change from the public range. Unfortunately I moved a couple hours away from that range, so it didn't make sense to continue paying the membership anymore. Now I just go to the mountains to shoot, because some of the people at public ranges make me quite uncomfortable.