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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The jailcells gonna be crowded with all the reservations these criminals are laying out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's been 4 years. How's that working out so far?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Rather blandly

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The Republicans get away with so much despicable action and each time the Dems get pants by the audacity of the attempt. That's how we are here now.

The conservatives will try absolutely anything, up to and including armed insurrection. Now with AR15s, and probably with bumpstocks fitted.

Don't think that it could never happen. The MAGA element love being underestimated.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

So, I work in a gun store(part time), if you think bump stocks are unethical, look up(or don’t) a binary trigger. Those, as far as I know, have never been banned, and are far more effective when it comes to trying to attempt to increase fire rate.

To be honest, a lot of gun legislation is really ineffective. The amount of loopholes etc, are kinda insane. If we’re going to talk about gun legislation, it needs to be a helluva lot more than a part ban on “assault style” firearms, until then, it’s just pandering for votes imo.

(Please don’t assume I am a crazy arsenal wielding person. I actually don’t own any firearms at this moment despite my part time occupation.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (14 children)

I actually looked up the legalisation one time. Congress described a machine gun and gave all the definitions that were forbidden to alter it to make it automatic fire. It was pretty comprehensive, particularly given that it was written in the 80s. However this supreme court said that the magic words 'bump stock' wasn't in the legalisation. Words that didn't even exist until 2003, or thereabouts. The court ignored the legislative text completely.

And I don't believe that you are a gun nut at all. You seem perfectly reasonable and make a good point.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I just wish if they try something again that we annihilate them all from above like those drone videos. Bump stocks my ass, just turn them into dust. Nothing of value will be lost.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just be aware that our military is here to protect the constitution.

Meal team 6 ain't about that life. Not even their Dale Gribbliest. It's going to be a horrible mistake. Fool me once...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I guess my point is not that they'll necessarily be successful, it's more that a great many good people won't go home to their families that night.

They weren't successful last time and the Republican Congress welcomed the traitor-in-chief back to DC last week as a hero.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Are they good people if they're taking part in an armed insurrection? What do they think will happen going against the government like that? The government will drop soap bubbles on them? I mean come on how low IQ are they now? I've heard we have gay bombs maybe we have straight bombs we can drop on them because they like the orange man a little too much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I think they'd be more afraid of the gay bombs

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I'm not calling the insurrectionists good people, I'm calling the defenders of the constitution who might catch an AR 15 round good people.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

If that's what it takes to remind these inbreds they lost for another hundred years then so be it.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Stone looks like the bad guy from Star Trek: Generations on a prosperity gospel infomercial trying to sell you on a scam.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It looks like he's wearing a rubber mask. It's unsettling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's Botox+surgery+concealer, right?

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

Stodger Rone

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