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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

Im completely against guns but still i have to admit that the trans ak47 is cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Here I was, just minding my own business enjoying my Second Amendment rights, and you people have to freak out on me!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

FUCK YES!! Arm the fuck up. The rights not correct about much but a good guy with a gun can indeed stop a bad guy with a gun

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Guns are not exclusive to Nazis 😉

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, an actual good person with a gun!

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Awesome! Protect yourselves you beautiful queer people.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago

GOOD. UNIRONICALLY.

this is what we need. Parity. Like guns or not, you need them at this point or you're just going to be under the boot without ever having the tools you needed to fight back.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Look at the smile on that person's face. The world needs more of that person.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Any recommendations for a decent plate carrier?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

This machine…

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 weeks ago

Armed minorities are harder to oppress. Stay strapped people. We're not even a month into this shit yet

[–] [email protected] 151 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly it’s good for the MAGA crowd to see that normal people in America are armed too. They see themselves as wolves among sheep, while the masses are armed only with their useless empathy and critical thinking skills.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Ive legit met a couple who were surprised I like blades and that I collect them. My three favorite ones are my 1942 Machete made for the US Army, my modern Ka-bar I bought at the Army surplus warehouse in Idaho Falls, and an M3 knife replica I bought from a local dealer.

Now imagine how theyd react if I had a gun, though if shit goes down ill just jack it from one of their still warm corpses.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

while the masses are armed only with their useless empathy and critical thinking skills.

I miss the gold award here, you deserve one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I wish I could updoot you twice!

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

Under no pretext shall arms be surrendered from the workers!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago

Marginalized groups should bring more weapons to protests, then maybe we could get some god damn gun regulations like back when the NRA was against the black panthers brandishing them in public.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Good, every progressive should be armed. Its like the literal reason we have the second amendment in the first place.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a very modern interpretation of the second amendment popularized by conservatives. What it means 'literally' is hotly debated but only relatively recently did conservative pundents push this definition away from the arguably more 'literal' concept of organized state militias. If you think an arms race between liberal activists and right wing racist hillbillies (ie. Most of America) is going to end with the armed liberals winning, you need to check out the gun cabinets and gun sheds of the conservative homes in my town. Every time I see a ridiculous call to arms post like this on Lemmy I put some money aside to donate to one of my favorite gun control charities.

https://www.everytown.org/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Just because people don't put them in a literal showcase and make it their entire personality doesn't mean they don't own as many they just don't want to get robbed as badly.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Got my CCW after trump won in 2016, didn't end up needing it

Got plates after this one, I'm not going to be a protest without it and a rifle.

It sounds like an escalation, but a show of force prevents a lot of violence, and it works especially well on the people we're protesting. Like, that's not a dig. Due to brain differences it's harder to win over the right by appealing to empathy or facts and logic.

Everyone that works on is already mostly on our side.

What works on conservatives is fear of immediate consequences. You think a trumpet would drive into protesters when a dozen would actually open fire and make them legit "fear for their lives"?

Hell, they overrun the Capitol because cops just had Glocks and riot gear...

These days a protest ain't safe unless people are posted up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I always believed in the 2A, though up to now i never owned one, don’t hunt game, and owning a gun is an extra responsibility i didn’t feel the need to take on. Though this has changed recently as i am a proud yet reluctant owner of an SFAR. I also got my gas mask with NATO cartridges.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Shooting can absolutely be fun - not just a tool to fight oppression. "Can I shoot something smaller and further away?" is a question you can keep asking yourself!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I come from hillbillies, so technically I owned a rifle and a shotgun before I was ever born.

But I never went thru the hassle of getting a CCW and small pistol to carry.

But shits fucking crazy these days. Like I've lived in some rough areas, and had plenty of people show me their gun as intimidation since I was a punk teenager. But I was never seriously worried about getting shot, people had something to lose and I was never doing something that was worth it.

Nowadays people with a good job and family are just firing off over incredibly minor shit.

Everyone is just willing to throw it all away over nothing.

I really think we're gonna find out COVID caused similar issues to lead poisoning even among minor cases with no symptoms. People just have no chill, and everyone and their mother is strapped here now.

I also got my gas mask with NATO cartridges

You really don't need it. Tear gas in an open environment is not bad, you move 10 feet away for a few minutes.

People will tell you tennis rackets is the move, but that could lead to serious charges if used to hit one back at cops.

What you need is buckets. They fire a can, you cap it. If you do have to retreat, someone will likely (completely on accident and without any malice) knock it over releasing the tear gas and slowing the cops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I was in the military, and i had one. Seemed like a thing to get, and it couldn’t hurt. You are right about the buckets, i have seen those work well in protests. The police had to resort to shooting protestors in the face with the grenades instead, blew someones eye out of their skull.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago

Now, as an average libsoftiktok follower, where do I call in the bomb threat? The gun owners house for owning the transgender gun? The gun manufacturer for making a transgender gun? The NRA for not making transgender guns illegal? The state capitol for allowing the transgender gun on their grounds? Or nowhere because there's evidence of the thing actually happening?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It’s impossible to tell because of low resolution image, but the “AK-47” or Type 1/2/3 AK hasn't been made in 70 years, and are very rare nowadays. Due to popular media, what most people think of when they hear AK-47 is the AKM, a cheaper and mass produced variant of the 7.62 AK, which this could be, but its more likely this is not a Russian-made rifle (only ~10-15% of AKs are Russian-made).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

AK-47's also look like black colored pencils.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This sounds like the Linux vs GNU/Linux meme.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Courtesy of DeepSeek R1:14B

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as the AK-47 is, in fact, Kalashnikov's Automatic Rifle, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Kalashnikov plus 7.62×39mm. The AK-47 is not a firearm unto itself, but rather another essential component of a fully functioning infantry weapon system made effective by its rugged design, intermediate cartridge, and gas-operated action, comprising a complete platform as defined by modern military doctrine.

Many firearm enthusiasts use a modified version of the Kalashnikov rifle every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the rifle originally designated as the AK-47 has evolved into the AKM and other derivatives, and many of its users are not aware that what they are handling is basically the original AK design, refined by Mikhail Kalashnikov’s engineering.

There really is an AK-47, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they rely on. The AK-47 is the foundation: the mechanism in the rifle that cycles rounds and provides reliability in extreme conditions. The receiver, barrel, and bolt carrier group are essential parts of a firearm, but useless by themselves; they can only function in the context of a complete rifle assembly. The AK-47 is normally used in combination with its 7.62×39mm ammunition and stamped steel receiver: the whole system is essentially Kalashnikov’s rifle with these elements added, or Kalashnikov/7.62. All the so-called AK variants are really just derivatives of Kalashnikov’s original masterpiece!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I just got "Aykshually'd" by an AI.

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