Guns

[douchebagmcswag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

"preferably a minority"

[droggelbecher@lemmy.world]

Im someone who likes to shoot a gun at targets at the range. I find it SO creepy and unnerving when it becomes clear that someone would like to shoot at a person. They don't usually outright say it, but some make it clear in other ways.

[okokimup@lemmy.world]

Sounds like my former coworker showing off his new gun on Facebook a few years back, with the post "I can't wait to use this to defend my family."

[brotherl0v3@lemmy.world]

Right? Like in my ideal world, guns would be a hobby for weird nerds in the same way fencing is today. The one or two times I have felt like there's even a small chance I may need to use a gun in self defense were terrifying and stressful.

[teamassimilation@infosec.pub]

"... but if you can't, please make sure they enter unarmed so I can shoot them safely"

[biomyth@lemmy.ml]

Way too true, I know too many people who are genuinely like this my brother included. If people have this kind of mindset they shouldn't be allowed to own guns, it is a tragedy waiting to happen.

[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

There's quite a few hobbies where the other people who meet up to participate as a group as a group are a huge turnoff.

Guns are one of those hobbies for me.

[biomyth@lemmy.ml]

People like to think that because they own a gun, if they ever got to use it they would be John Wick.

[underpantsweevil@lemmy.world]

Can't find it now, but there was an image of a police target floating around that had the outline of a person holding up a cell phone camera.

Dystopian AF.

[underpantsweevil@lemmy.world]

Honestly, I was thinking of this

White Man & Black Man Carry AR-15 Rifles In Open Carry Video Experiment

A recent video posted to YouTube by Willie Upchuck captures the same incident resulting in two distinctively different responses from police. A White gentleman is politely questioned by police, while a Black man is harshly told to get on the ground at gunpoint.

[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