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What is the obsession with having to use a gun? I am as lefty loony as you can get and I believe in a right to bear arms, but carrying a gun with you 24/7 just waiting for the chance to use it is odd. It shows murderous intent
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Anonymous 1w

“But self defense” that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about gun owners who have wet dreams about taking a life

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Anonymous 1w

Yeah. The reason a student killed his parents on my alma mater’s campus was because his dad needlessly brought his weapon from an entirely different state to pick up their son who had been admitted to the hospital for being a danger to himself and others during a psychological crisis. The son found the unsecured weapon in the family car when they were moving his things out of the dorm. He brought it inside and killed his parents. The helicopters overhead still haunt me.

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Anonymous 1w

Lmfao you're probably the type to ask why the cops don't just shoot em in the leg. The situations where you would actually need a gun to defend yourself don't typically happen in the comfort of your own home and don't happen in a time frame where you can just go grab a gun from a safe or whatever you're implying. Average self defense situation involving a gun is 3 feet away, lasts 3 seconds, and has 3 shots fired.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

I’m guessing you didn’t attempt to read the comment I left. I’m not talking about carrying a gun for self defense, I’m talking about the gun owners who go out of their way to look for reasons to use their gun and want to end up in a self defense situation so they can kill someone, not to protect themselves or others.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

When people say “gun culture” that’s what they’re talking about. It’s one thing to carry for self defense and know that you don’t necessarily have to use a gun as much as show you have one. It’s an entirely different thing to obsessively carry a gun looking for reasons to shoot somebody

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Yeah I get what you mean, the way some people talk about vs being like this is for if I unfortunately have to use it

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Whatever hoss I think my EDC 20mm vulcan is perfectly reasonable

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

.45 was God’s EDC, keeps the number of bullets low enough you can’t force a closed casket but has enough stopping power to justify it

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

.45 is for fudds and wannabes

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Played out old man

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

and you know what I was most scared of? Not the kid who did it being on the loose for a few hours… it was how many local people strapped themselves up with their weapons and suggested that they would personally shoot and kill the student if they found him… THAT was my biggest fear, just further unnecessary gun violence and death.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Personally I use a Kentucky rifle for home defense. As the founding fathers intended

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6d

Heh... try a 4 bore

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