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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 9, 2019 at 12:04 pm
(August 9, 2019 at 11:39 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: (August 9, 2019 at 11:22 am)onlinebiker Wrote: That's your opinion.
What we call self defense in the US - they call vigilantism in the UK. I like not going to jail for protecting myself. Why do you feel so scared in the US? Being scared seems to be your countries defining feature and motivation.
Persecution complex is very strong here, I think. You see it with the religious, you see it with some progressive "SJWs" as they're called, and you see it with gun owners.
This obsession with defending one's self is largely irrational, and at this point it's fairly antiquated idea. Mostly because the amount of places in the US that you are legitimately unsafe without a firearm is... low. The amount of places in the US that you are legitimately unsafe without an assault rifle is... zero. And yet...
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 9, 2019 at 12:12 pm
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(August 9, 2019 at 11:02 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Right. You and your 38 at Tiananmen Square would have stopped PLA tanks and mechanized infantry.
There was that guy armed with two big pairs of bags, two shopping bags and the ones holding his balls.
But I guess if he pulled of a gun, the footage would be completely different.
Ah the TankMan.
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 9, 2019 at 12:46 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2019 at 12:53 pm by onlinebiker.)
(August 9, 2019 at 11:39 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: (August 9, 2019 at 11:22 am)onlinebiker Wrote: That's your opinion.
What we call self defense in the US - they call vigilantism in the UK. I like not going to jail for protecting myself. Why do you feel so scared in the US? Being scared seems to be your countries defining feature and motivation.
When did you quit beating your wife?
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Nobody said gun owners are scared - except the anti- gun people.
(August 9, 2019 at 12:12 pm)LastPoet Wrote: (August 9, 2019 at 11:02 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Right. You and your 38 at Tiananmen Square would have stopped PLA tanks and mechanized infantry.
There was that guy armed with two big pairs of bags, two shopping bags and the ones holding his balls.
But I guess if he pulled of a gun, the footage would be completely different.
Ah the TankMan.
Yes - an extreme display of will and very impressive...
But the rest of the story?
....
It's been reported he was executed. In all probability he was. So that didn't work out so well for him.
But safe bet - the guy driving the tank is just fine....
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 14, 2019 at 11:22 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2019 at 11:25 pm by Nay_Sayer.)
I feel I approached this whole thing wrong.
I am now very pro-gun, Teachers should have guns, janitors, lunch ladies, and the principle.
I'm all aboard bulletproof backpacks.
In an entirely unrelated matter, I'm opening up a child-sized casket warehouse and will be needing people who are good with clerical work.
"For the only way to eternal glory is a life lived in service of our Lord, FSM; Verily it is FSM who is the perfect being the name higher than all names, king of all kings and will bestow upon us all, one day, The great reclaiming" -The Prophet Boiardi-
Conservative trigger warning.
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 14, 2019 at 11:38 pm
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Quote:When did you quit beating your wife?
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Nobody said gun owners are scared - except the anti- gun people.
You don't need to say it you demonstrate it
Quote:Yes - an extreme display of will and very impressive...
But the rest of the story?
....
It's been reported he was executed. In all probability he was. So that didn't work out so well for him.
But safe bet - the guy driving the tank is just fine....
Depends on how you look at it .And guns would not have made a lick of difference . And again considering how the communist came to power ....
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 14, 2019 at 11:39 pm
(August 14, 2019 at 11:22 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: I feel I approached this whole thing wrong.
I am now very pro-gun, Teachers should have guns, janitors, lunch ladies, and the principle.
I'm all aboard bulletproof backpacks.
In an entirely unrelated matter, I'm opening up a child-sized casket warehouse and will be needing people who are good with clerical work.
It’s called “You kill ‘em, We chill ‘em”
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 15, 2019 at 1:01 am
(August 14, 2019 at 11:39 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (August 14, 2019 at 11:22 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: I feel I approached this whole thing wrong.
I am now very pro-gun, Teachers should have guns, janitors, lunch ladies, and the principle.
I'm all aboard bulletproof backpacks.
In an entirely unrelated matter, I'm opening up a child-sized casket warehouse and will be needing people who are good with clerical work.
It’s called “You kill ‘em, We chill ‘em”
If you bury one child we'll give you 50% off the next
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 15, 2019 at 9:22 am
(August 15, 2019 at 1:01 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: (August 14, 2019 at 11:39 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: It’s called “You kill ‘em, We chill ‘em”
If you bury one child we'll give you 50% off the next Who gets the other 50%?
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 15, 2019 at 9:40 am
All these idiot open carry and concealed carry morons wont accept that even trained police get injured, and that was proven once again in Philly where 5 police officers were injured in a shootout with a suspected drug dealer. If trained officers can get injured, how the fuck do these Rambo wannabe's think they can play hero in public without constant training? There is a huge difference between taking 1 safety class, and the required stress training shooting under stress, which is constant week after week month after month for police.
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RE: El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)
August 15, 2019 at 9:48 am
(August 15, 2019 at 9:40 am)Brian37 Wrote: All these idiot open carry and concealed carry morons wont accept that even trained police get injured, and that was proven once again in Philly where 5 police officers were injured in a shootout with a suspected drug dealer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVQ8byG2mY8
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