Are you considering purchasing a gun?

Lmao Karl

Doesn't that make you more of an album poster?

i guess i mean that my albums are really too long, but some of the individual tracks are ok, you just have to sift through the garbage a bit to get to it

90s still a top decade imo so you have my full support.

I feel the same way about guns as I do about nukes - I'd rather no one have any but if they must exist I don't only want (cops/the USA) to have 'em. but I don't have any dependents and don't care THAT much if I live or die so I'll probably never buy one.

My point re: lived experience around guns and in a gun friendly culture (which is... very not-rural) - an innate terror response to the idea of being in proximity to a gun is not the norm among Americans and expecting/demanding one isn't going to get you very far in whatever your goal is, likewise to the idea that anyone owning or considering the purchase of a gun has to be prepared to become Charles Bronson.

Gun laws up to private ownership of guns are not in my top 30 political issues either way - ban them, don't, godspeed. I have no intention of owning a gun again, unless I'm given a hermitage in the woods where I'll be required to hunt for meat.

No, but i'm considering purchasing a nug

an innate terror response to the idea of being in proximity to a gun is not the norm among Americans and expecting/demanding one isn't going to get you very far in whatever your goal is, likewise to the idea that anyone owning or considering the purchase of a gun has to be prepared to become Charles Bronson

I think everyone is aware this is the reality. and here we are

man alive just going to shoot people in the legs presumably

american gun culture seems totally normal and fine

leftist gun clubs

It's an education, this thread.

well, for some. others just seem to carry on assuming that whatever culture they grew up in is a norm seemingly without challenge

You think American gun laws are bad but then look at SWITZERLANDDDDDDDDD we should aspire to be more like Switzerland why aren't we all like the Swiss why oh why.

I have wondered a few times what the attitude toward the parkland teens is since a lot of the us left decided the whole gun thing in america was fine actually

American gun laws are inextricably tangled up with white supremacy and patriarchy/masculinity and the whole toxic broth is too much for me to be interested in. But then I know no one is coming for me (probably) so I guess that's easy for me to say.

I expect the Biden admin to close the ‘gun show loophole’* which is a good law (if only partially effective) and was (as of a couple of years ago) supported by a majority of gun owners. Plus you can sell it to gun dealers as free money since they can charge $25 to do a little paperwork and make a phone call.

That’s the kind of thing that can be built on, I’d think.

*barring Manchin and Sinema interference

an innate terror response to the idea of being in proximity to a gun is not the norm among Americans and expecting/demanding one isn't going to get you very far in whatever your goal is

America is a large diverse country. ... A couple months back a young woman with a baby in the car was killed in a drive by shooting. Not sure the baby lived either. She was pregnant, and the fetus also died. No idea why she was shot. Then there are all the people killed by police with guns. ... It is just too easy to kill people with guns. ... So, Karl, where can I order one of those nuclear warhead coffee tables? I think it would go well with my industrial boho interior design aesthetic

oops - killed a block away from my friend's house. He was one of the first people to respond.

leftist gun clubs

50/50 as to whether I'd be in one if I was amurrican

What if you were Albertan.

Man alive, does your webmail work?

I feel the same way about guns as I do about nukes - I'd rather no one have any but if they must exist I don't only want (cops/the USA) to have 'em. but I don't have any dependents and don't care THAT much if I live or die so I'll probably never buy one.

― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Saturday, January 9, 2021 4:05 PM (four hours ago)

lmao hell yeah we are gonna equality our way outta this pickle

xp man alive -- I would take the class(es) and then make up your mind whether you indeed want to be a gun owner. Seriously.

― sarahell, Saturday, January 9, 2021 2:51 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

In seriousness, this is more likely the path I would take, if I start down that road at all. Obivously seeing people storm the capitol in 6MWE and "Camp Auschwitz" tees is a bit shaking, and my post was a reaction to that.

Man alive, does your webmail work?

― Pere Legume (the table is the table), Saturday, January 9, 2021 6:37 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Oh shit, I haven't checked it in like a year, have to see if I remember the pw

answer: yes, it works

pertinent
https://thenib.com/mlk-vs-rfw/

https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/03/11/gun-owners-welcome-a-new-addition-to-the-club-liberals/

20 minutes later: conservative gun owners kick out new addition to club liberals

a sign with weapons spelling out “Love.”

Could have at least gone for Live Laugh Love, maybe with a different kind of gun for each word.

you'll have my love when you pry it from my cold dead hands

If you can't beat 'em, shoot 'em.

lol

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/05/us-gun-ownership-black-americans-surge

I am hopeful that this current surge in gun ownership will defy all prior experience and actually lead to a reduction in gun deaths

surely this etc

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/04/08/npr-as-asian-americans-seek-safety-from-a-rise-in-attacks-some-look-to-guns

has there ever been a thread to share your experiences of having guns pulled on you? i'm always surprised how many ppl have a experience with this

I had a guy flash a chrome semi-auto at me in traffic once, the woman in the car with him proceeded to hit him with her purse (for being a dumbass, presumably).

damn, hope that Biden zinger was worth it

saw a dude in front of me in line at Burger King adjust his sweatpants and he had pistol jammed in the back of his waistband. my main thought was how the hell does he keep it from falling into his pants?

the power of the purse trumps most things xxp

Not pulled on me, but on two different occasions I've been sitting on the CTA train and had a guy walk slowly up and down the train car, pulling up his t-shirt to reveal the handle of a gun in his waistband, clearly trying to make sure everyone saw it.

the second time I did acid it was with a roommate and his buddy and they argued ALL THE TIME. The friend had a handgun he kept taking out and fondling and I was like “I’m out of here”

That sounds terrifying.

I should clarify that by ALL THE TIME I just meant whenever they were together, I dipped out of that situation soon after I started coming up and called some friends who were more than delighted to hang around me while I was tripping lol

I jumped into a fight one time in high school (i was a dumbass) and some dude on the sidelines pulled one and everyone scrambled

I haven't bought a gun FYI. Moving out here has been very good for my blood pressure, as has the change in administration.

Well, I finally have actually fired a gun. I went skeet shooting, and thus I loaded and fired a double barrel shotgun and a semi-auto shotgun a bunch of times. I enjoyed the experience of skeet shooting on a nice fall day. It was sort of like playing a video game except more visceral, outdoors in pleasant surroundings, and with friends. Or a bit like shooting pool -- combo of hand-eye coordination and connecting projected object with other object. The instructor compared it to golf (which I don't do, but w/e).

I feel sort of good that I can check that off my list. Firing a gun is no longer some weird taboo in my life, it's just another thing I have tried. I feel reassured that it wasn't that hard to handle one safely, the rules were pretty simple. Loading and operating was simple, making sure it was empty was simple. I was nervous the entire first station, but by the second I felt comfortable. Another thing that loomed in the back of my mind no longer looms.

I would do it again sometime. I'm not eager to purchase a shotgun though.

It's been three years after the shootout, and I still can't handle being in the same room as a popping champagne cork, much less a gunshot.