• j_z@feddit.nu
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    9 hours ago

    The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good boy with a gun

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    21 hours ago

    Owner shot from behind by their own shotgun due to negligent firearm storage. Dog didn’t shoot shit.

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      Once they get a taste for blood, they never stop.

      Prequel to the critically acclaimed ‘Hobo with a Shotgun’ we present to you: ‘Dog with a Shotgun’.

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    Looking at the news I would guess American houses are buit mostly out of loaded firerarms coddled together by zipties. And oversized fridges.

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      My father, an NRA member sucker that claims gun safety first, leaves a 12g fully loaded (buckshot) with one in the chamber and safety off in a soft bag with the zipper open right under him while he sleeps. He also has Parkinsons.

      You’re giving these people way too much credit by presuming they do any form of critical thinking.

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        Even then it’s dumb, but you can always load it if you think you will need it. It shouldn’t be chambered all the time though. Guns are too dangerous to use like that.

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            Most of the ones who aren’t don’t reveal they are gun owners or think about it so much.

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            I own guns. Not because I’m scared of anything, but because I inherited one, and my mom has a farm and shooting clay pigeons is fun. Plus, I have to kill a chicken snake for her every so often.

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              Seriously, I got a $20 thrower and for a box of ammo and pigeons it’s probably the cheapest way to spend an hour or two.

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            I accidentally got dragged into a conversation at work with a gun owner who seemed to have it mapped out exactly how they thought a home invasion would play out. In their scenario they’d have the drop on the robbers, who’d never be expecting someone to keep a loaded gun by their bed while sleeping…

            There was so much detail in there that it made me wonder if they actually wanted someone to come into their house so they could have an excuse to kill someone.

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              Oh, yeah. They live for this fantasy. We have an Airstream travel trailer, and there are people in that group that are absolutely certain that someone WILL try to break in sooner or later while they’re camping, and they will be Ready For It.

              I assume they are the same group of people that end up shooting an innocent person that had their car break down at 2 am and just wanted help, or knocked on the door to what they thought was a friend’s house.

              It’s really disturbing how certain they are that this will happen. Too much Fox News, I assume.

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      21 hours ago

      This was a scene in Plague Dogs that I thought was super unrealistic, a dog steps on a gun, which discharges into a man, and people blame the dog as if he shot the man on purpose. I thought it couldn’t happen in real life.

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      Not in US. In US gun owners are never responsible for what happens with their guns. It can be the kid’s fault, the dog’s fault or even fault of the gun itself but it’s never the gun owner’s fault.

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    I mean, I like things that go boom as much as the next human. But how hard is it to; 1, not fucking literally sleep with the thing. And 2; leave it unloaded if you are‽

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      I’m always amused by the stories about loaded guns being confiscated at airports in people’s carry on bags. The one place everyone should know that you cannot take a gun. Inevitably, they say, “I forgot it was in there.”

      Stories like these don’t inspire my belief in safe gun owners. I’m sure they’re out there, but so are a lot of idiot gun owners.

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        11 people that didn’t read the article. Says he went into surgery. Not dead. Owner is still a dumbfuck who should have their gun privileges taken away.

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          I really dont understand when people say gun privilige. Like owning a gun is something people should aspire towards.

          Guns should be responsibilities, not privilieges.

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            Responsibilities usually come with privileges. If you fail to fulfil your responsibilities, you lose those privileges. I’m not really sure what you’re getting at here because I don’t think we really disagree.