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_BIueMonk posted...

Now why would foreign individuals donate to an American association whos main belief is more guns?

well, there are a LOT of other gun owners around the world. I personally know a few Australians who donate to the NRA.

not that it would surprise me if they are involved in some shady shit.

depending on where you live you tend to have anywhere from .01-.0001% chance of getting shot in this country. id be worried about a hell of a lot of other things hurting you than a gun.

national reciprocity when?

depends. are there balls?

as young as they can comprehend. i learned when i was 6.

its not going to be full auto, but you can own a variety of AK's. i own an Arsenal my self.

the whole thing with blaming the AR15 specifically and trying to ban it is the most idiotic thing any one can do to try to get a point across and only shows the shear ignorance of the situation and item. this might fly with a country with very little gun culture and ownership (and authoritarian laws), but it wont in one with 100+ million firearm owners, probably 10%+ who specifically own an AR.

so you ban the AR, great now what do you do about about all those other semi-automatics out there that can easily replace it or even still have the manufacturers tweak the design and label it something else?

at least be consistent with your agenda. but of course the agenda isnt he AR. no, most could give a shit about that, the agenda goes further than that, but the only way to get to that far is tiny piece at a time.

DuranOfForcena posted...

ITP: "hey guys, these gun deaths don't count as gun deaths"

their gun deaths really dont matter (not that their deaths overall dont matter). a ton of countries have done studies on this and they all show that the access of a firearm or not doesnt matter much as far as someone wanting to suicide. they tend to use some other method, usually one thats nearly as deadly and caries just as high of a success rate.

Sonic Cannon posted...

IDK if gun laws are the best way to stop it, but by international standards, it's not true to say "this is a rare occurrence"

imo a big factor in other countries are that they are generally much smaller in population so its easier to assess issues and take care of them before they really manifest (a little bit of authoritarian control helps im sure). with that you have better social programs in place that tends to help others more often. thats something the US has always struggled with. We have a 2nd world population in terms of scale and are trying to give people first world help. things dont work out well and because of our political system where new people can be in office literally every 2-4 years it makes it more difficult to set up policies when they can be done away with in the next election.

tho overall i think it comes down to more programs in place to help people. i do think we could do better in some gun control areas though, especially when it comes to accidents and liability.

oh boy, do i have to choose?

but it will make people feel better!

and what would that do? if someones going on a rampage they are going to do it with 1-2.

guns are tools. theres a lot of different ones for the job. its not uncommon for hunters to have several just to do their job.

yes. growing up in a very poor family really showed me how to pinch a penny and plan for the future.

you can not withstand an insurgency in this country. its not possible. army and police stations are intermixed with civilian populations. there is no front line and fallback points. it would be an endless stream of supply lines being cut off and propaganda disrupted (take down the power grid and youll push more people to your cause). drones and tanks wont do much with most of the populations being in large cities where collateral damage is a massive factor and people very easily able to run and hide in the hills and forests and make do with a vast amount of natural choke points. the US is one of the most diverse and defensible land masses in the entire world.

with that the US has been at war every day to some capacity since our foundation which has amassed a large veteran population. people willing to train and who know how to fight. with that our gun culture has gotten to silly levels. i know people, normal civies who have shot more rounds in their weapons and have camped and done more out doors actives than probably most of any single soldier in the service right now. on top of that because of our gun and military culture and massive capitalistic society normal civilians actually have easy access to a lot of military grade equipment barring heavy weapons even to the point of having newer versions of certain items that the military tends to buy older versions of in bulk to save money. and with no official registry you woudlnt know who has what making everyone a potential threat.

of course the whole thing is one big hypothetical especially when most of the actual military wouldnt stand for that kind of leadership and would most likely start a coup. and this isnt even adding outside forces. the day any of this happens is the day the US dies.

rookie numbers.

more like they give you a LOT of guns and only like 3-4hours worth of gameplay where you could actually use them. that was the real travesty of that game.

so stupid.

whole problem with the scapegoat aspect is that it wont work. gun grabbers will NEVER stop at that. it just makes them more ravenous for more now that they know they can make some headway.

UnfairRepresent posted...

I don't get how people aren't turning on Trump for this.

most of the people on the gun side seems like theyre fed up, not only with trump but most republicans who are in office now. signing the spending bill isnt doing him any favors either.

Tactical_Spork posted...

So they went from being fish in a barrel to prisoners

quite a few schools already do this and have been doing it for decades. something like 85-90% of schools in the country already try to contain you during school hours. some still have dress codes and mandatory uniforms.

good job?

AK's tend to hold up better under heavy use over time with less maintenance. thats about it. maybe if you foresee yourself in a doomsday scenario with little extra parts available youd take the AK over the AR. personally i like to have one just so you have another option if ammo availability for your other weapons gets harder to come by (such as when people panic buy). AK ammo tends to be cheap and in my experience has a lower failure rate than the cheap steel cased .223's. get a cheap wasr or npap, 1000 rounds and shove it in a corner in your safe.

lilORANG posted...

until the SRO walks into a classroom, sees a student with a gun standing over a dead body and starts shooting

personally speaking id take the risk of getting shot if it meant potentially saving a lot of lives. chances are high you know that risk as well if you carry a gun and have gone through the training. you can also drop the gun once the threat is done away with. still might be a crap shoot considering the state of police in the US, but it does have better odds.

i stay the fuck away from social media.

good gameplay, meh everything else. unfortunately that everything else was half of the game.

very interesting and unique game tho not without its issues. personally i had more fun with 2, but 1 is definitely more of an memorable experience. and yeah it holds up real well.

very much so in michigan.

yes. very triggered.

stay in michigan, but get the hell out of lansing. move north if you can.

Questionmarktarius posted...

What's the number for Alaska, specifically?

according to the cdc 113 out of 177 gun deaths in 2016 were suicides.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Wait, really?

alaska is beautiful, but also really really boring and depressing to live in unless you want to make your own fun. it also has some of the worst drug and alcohol abuse in the country. sexual assaults are also really high. 2/3rds of gun deaths in the US are suicides.

Questionmarktarius posted...

What the hell is going on in Alaska?

suicides.

PotHeadDog posted...

I mean it has worked in other first world countries. There is literally no good argument against at least having SOME level of sensible gun control. I just wish gun enthusiasts would come out and admit they love guns and don't want to see them banned. No other bullshit attached. It'd be better than having to hear all of these ridiculous arguments from the pro-gun crowd about why civilians need to own assault weapons, high capacity magazines, etc.

that argument is so pointlessly exhaustive. the US is not like other first world countrys and thinking it will work for the US is ridiculous. sensible gun control already exists and has existed for decades.

no, gun "control" isnt the answer. never was.

gbpxl posted...

Yeah funny, same group of people who criticize them is the same that want to take away the right to abortions as well.

i dont see abortion on the bill of rights.

its quite something to see so many actively trying to take away their own rights.

how about fuck off.

yeah, probably.

i mean, it is a nice lookin AR.

the NRA is a cesspool of an organization and i say this as an extremely pro-2A person.

they use fear tactics to boost gun sales and memberships while making back end deals that piss all over the second amendment and go against most of what their members want. i dont know if gun control advocates realize it but the NRA has had a hand in some of the biggest gun control bills in this countrys history. they put on a show and make everyone on all sides dance to their tune.

that all said, when it comes to gun control its NEVER EVER enough. more bills and regulations are always to fallow when the previous ones dont work to certain peoples satisfaction. the slippery slope argument sounds cliche but its a very real thing. thats why gun people dont budge on the subject. we've actually had a LOT of gun control over the years and yet they still want more.

about the same. $16-17 per box.

Crazyman93 posted...

tremain07 posted...

There's a shitload of problems with this such as the kids stealing the gun or guns.

Someone doesn't know how concealed carry works.

retention holsters are also a thing.

i live in flint and i have clean water. feels pretty good.

2014

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

can people still own mounted machine guns in America? like a turret you can have on your truck or something

assuming your state allows firearms in your car, you dont alter your car and make it unsafe and you go through the paper work and price to have a machine gun...yes, you can. you can have your own technical.

oh well thats nice. how about doing that 30 fucking years ago. oh whats that? you just filed the paper work and arnt really going to go to court and are only using this to virtue signal to your base? well, ok.

fuck i hate the NRA. they need to die and make way for some organization with some balls.

id personally go to other methods before going to a gun, but theres nothing wrong with extra pew pew insurance.

fuck it. make it 25. booze, voting, military service, guns, all of it. people are too goddamn stupid for anything.

moose_knuckle posted...

You mean it's not more scary the higher the number it is? Surely a glock 17 is much more scary than those scary black ar15s. It's two whole numbers higher!!!11

best to watch out for the glock 43 then. now thats REAL power.

real (wo)men use CZ.