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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago

That's a weird way to spell good guy with a gun.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago (3 children)

He could still be shot from behind. To be safe he should have bulletproof glass on all sides. Also above and below, to account for drones and communist molemen. And make sure it's airtight, in case someone throws toxic gas at him.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

And make it opaque so he can't be attacked with lasers.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The cultural marxists could still use bombs though. Best to switch out that bulletproof glass on all sides with concrete on all sides. Maybe a fence around it all too just to keep the terrorist leftists out. Maybe something like this?

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

Oh, what's this??? Another fuck around and find out. It doesn't take a "very stable genius" to figure out if all you do is spew hate and lies that at some point the monster you created is going to eat you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Lol he thinks he's still relevant 😂

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

fuck folgers, they're in the bag for the GOP already. 97% of their donations go to the right.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Impossible to be unsafe around so many good guys with guns. Maybe the glass helps him see them better to know how safe he is.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You mean their solution to violence isn't more guns? Shocked. I can't hold in my surprise.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Get him a car with a buble around it. We can call it the turdmobile.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Would that stop a .223 or .30-06?

I feel like whatever they are putting him behind won't actually stop an assassination attempt unless it was like that level X shit they put in the motorcade limo that's really more of a tank than a limo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

How about tossing a grenade inside the glass cage? It would actually protect the bystanders, and improve the grenades' efficiency on the inside.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There are rollable protective glass shields, as an example. In a few minutes I was able to find some rated up to UL 8, which is able to stop 7.62x51, and very easily to stop the lesser 5.56mm. I'm not seriously looking to buy these, so I'm sure I've looked into it much less than the USSS.

UL 8 isn't rated for .30-06, but will block at least a great majority of possible firearms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Remember, when "rated" it's usually rated at that strength for a certain number of rounds. Not continuous fire. For instance, a vest rated for 5.56 can usually take 1-3 at most before it loses effectiveness.

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

Yeah, nobody's getting more than a couple shots off anyways

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

Depends on whether it's one person or 10.

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

Large groups tend to get caught

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is he going to ride around in a PopeMobile now too?

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As would any red blooded conservative who believes that more guns means more safety.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Idk why he doesn't simply arm himself. All it takes to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, right? I thought Trump was supposed to be the God-Emperor of Mankind, is he not a good guy?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

"They always look for guns, trump thought. Perhaps I should expose my gross protuberance to shock them. Or get a gun, he thought, a really big gun, with tears in its eyes”

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