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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?
The entire rest of the world looks at this picture and goes "Oo look, a bunch of pathetic cowards!"
Rest of the world being everyone except this weird sub-cult. Even most gun owning Americans think this is cringe AF.
I own quite a few guns and only see a bunch of loser clowns in this photo.
If you own a gun and you're not a hunter, farmer, or sportsman, you're a fuckin coward
There ya go
I keep a pistol in my bedside drawer because I live in an area where a crackhead might decide to break into my house with his own gun. I use it exclusively at the range and I keep it tucked away, not on my person, 100% of the time.
Tell me, in your own words, how I'm a coward.
Genuine question: has it happened to you or someone you know?
My neighbor got robbed at gunpoint a few years back, in his apartment.
Thanks for your answer!
gun doesn't do much to help you from a robbery if you buy it after the fact.
Fuck, it might not even help much if you have it during the robbery... I imagine you don't pull sick John Wick moves when you're being robbed. You might not have enough time to go get the gun, and if not that, a lot of other things could go wrong.
But the question still makes sense. People spend lifetimes worrying about things that never happened to them or anybody they know. I wanted to know if he had reason for having a gun.
And he answered!
this is true, but having one is definitely going to be more useful than not. At the very least you have some sense of self defense, at a ranged distance.
My point is, worrying about something prematurely is better than worrying about something after it's too late. You wanna know why the internet explodes once a year because of cloudflare? People not worrying about things until after they implement them.
There's such a thing as being too prudent. Guns are dangerous to own, and can cause accidents. They can cause escalation that is worse than having a watch, a laptop and some jewelry stolen, which is what most small-time robbers will be looking for (in my mind).
I'm nobody to judge your or the parent poster for owning a gun though. I'm not an American, and crackheads don't have guns on this side of Canada. Plus, I also drive sometimes, which is also risky, but the benefits outweigh the risks.
I'm just trying to challenge my own belief that they're more trouble/risk than they're worth, by asking a gun owner for their perspective on the matter.
do you live in a multi story building currently or at any point in your life have/will live in a multi story building?
Those have stairs, those are dangerous.
You can still do all of what you suggested even while having a gun on you and being ready to use it. It's a question of how much you care. And how much the person breaking in cares. It's pretty likely that the person breaking in is just going to leave once they see you, let alone realize you have a weapon. If they have a weapon, you'll be better off with a weapon, regardless of what you do in that scenario.
If you're worried about escalation you can hide, and stay armed in case you need to be. They can cause accidents, that's true of everything. Ask anybody who works with power tools, they'll say the same thing. Ask people that drive motorcycles, they'll say the same thing. Ask people who engage with sports, they'll say similar things depending on the sport.
A lot of what we do is dangerous, a lot of that stuff is also done for recreation. Some of it not so much. There's no getting around it, all you can do is practice good etiquette and keep on top of safety. Like everybody else. I'm sure there are things that you do for leisure or entertainment that could be fairly dangerous in the right scenario. I mean im sitting here looking at a screen, typing on a keyboard, one of which is bad for my eyes, the other of which is bad for my back, and the final one is bad for my hands/wrists. Ideally i shouldn't be doing any of this, and i should be going outside, but that just shifts the danger to other things like power tool accidents.
I mean hell, you probably use your car for things that you don't need to be doing, which is arguably more dangerous than just owning a gun, storing it appropriately, and correctly maintaining it. It's almost ironic, a lot of gun owners take better care of their guns than they do their own cars. Even though those should be looked after better. I can see why you'd be scared/concerned about them. But ultimately, it's nothing more significant than anything else. ANYTHING that can cause bodily harm and injury should be carefully monitored.
Yeah, all those people out there who need them to defend themselves against harassment, abuse, and violence are so cowardly 🙄
What, all those people in Britain? France? Germany? Australia?
Or are you talking about the undeveloped countries?
Yeah, all those non-white countries with their savage ways, unlike you pure milk-white holier-than-thou saviours who think your culture is better than us melanated folk 🙄
I was talking about the US
The country where Hispanics are demographically overtaking whites, proving my point that you're just being a racist, arrogant, self-satisfied prick.
You didn't prove shit. The downvote counter lets me think nobody agrees with you 🤷♂️
Saying the US is a cesspool is not racism. It's an opinion, that you may think is wrong, but still not racism.
Stop sniffing glue.
Username checks out.
You're the one being a bigot here, not me. 🤷
Does throwing around baseless accusations of racism serve you well in life, or is it something you're just experimenting with? I've said exactly one thing to you which was "username checks out".
Does being racist by defending racist ideas benefit you at all in life, or are you the type who needs someone lesser than you to kick down so you can feel better?
Get a life.
What a sad, pathetic little existence you must have. Blocked.
Do you know what the word is for someone that sees racism in every comment, despite the fact that there wasn't any there, but the comment was written by a white person therefore it must be racist?
A racist. That's you, old chap.
Do you know what the word is for someone who tries to turn a situation around to make their accuser look like the bad guy because they know they were caught doing something wrong and don't want to be held accountable for their actions?
A victim. That's you, old chap.
Yes, I am a victim of your racism. You hate me because of the assumptions you've made.
Know what the word for that is? A cunt, old bean
The irony of you telling someone to get a life when you are spending your time throwing around completely unrelated insults online instead of actually participating in a discussion is really just a cherry on top of the bigot sunday that is your life.
The irony of you wasting your time and energy on this Earth throwing a temper tantrum because you don't like the fact that you got shoved off of your moral high ground is the chocolate syrup on the bigoted, holier-than-thou, self-assured bigot sundae -- and it's spelled with an e, not a y -- that is your life.
It's Friday. Go outside. Touch grass.
Get. A. Life.
Hi someone from the rest of the world here. With no context this just looks like a corny family photo and I don't see a reason to be so hateful over it.
Ok but try holding a gun and be amazed at the testosterone fueled rush that fills your god given red blooodded aaaamerican veinzzz OH YEAH!!
:: puts gun down:: :: hands are visibly shaking:: :: sweating profusely ::
Whoa that was a trip . . How am I gonna go back to cocaine after that?
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I burst out of my white T as I mow down a deer with my full automatic hunting rifle, an American eagle shrieks out of nowhere as I rip the deer to pieces and take a raw bite of flesh, I salute the flag and a tear crawls down my cheek. God bless America!
Make sure you hit the deer in the stomach or intestines to purify the meat
I've shot guns quite a few times. It doesn't really make me feel powerful or give me an adrenaline rush. I'm actually fairly calm, which is how you should feel. The goal shouldn't be to feel a rush, but to practice a skill.
I have no issue with sport shooting or practicing at the range to improve at something, but the people who just own guns to say they own them are crazy. I think there should be a requirement to owning a firearm to have some level of competency with it so you don't do harm if you end up using it. You should also be required to store it safely, or at least have a place to store it safely and knowledge on how to do that.
Slightly tangential story.
When I was young, I used to hang out in a downtown "cruising" area. I was one of the people who parked and hung out by their car, other people would slowly drive their cars around. Lots of cool cars to see, some of them driven by guys who thought they were oh so cool badasses. Those guys, we'd yell "HEY!" and then when they turned to look, "NICE TIRES!" The subtext there being that they just went to the tire store and bought tires like anyone else could.
I had to literally flee from those guys more than once, and it was so funny.
Edit: And the car I still remember was some early 70s full size Chevy 4-door beater with a Rochester Quadrajet bolted to the outside of the hood.