• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    So this reminds me of when I was taking my CCW class and going over hypotheticals and legal ramifications.

    One scenario was you see a kid opening your fridge would you shoot the kid. Now there was a church group there that was also taking the class with us and a few of them raised their hands and one was called.

    His answer was yes.

    My group I was with all looked at each other and went WTF and just shook our heads, raised our hands and went of freaking course not because morally it would be soooo wrong even if it was legally okay.

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      I’m from Texas and can count the number of responsible gun owners with one hand. I understand why we need to be armed; still there are a lot of people that shouldn’t. Your story reminds of that shooting that happened at a church that happen to have the good guy with a gun tm. There was some talk about allowing some people to be armed at the church I was going to with my parents at the time. Some members and the pastor went to some event with a lawyer talking about some stuff around it and I joined out of curiosity. The overall meeting was pretty mehh, but there was a nice tangent about how much you can drink and still have your gun and ammo. Some cop that was in attendance tried to call them stupid, but they pushed back that its okay if you only drink such percent drink per hour or remove the receiver. Not a great look for the cream of the crop.

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          Because in America things like the Tulsa Race Massacre happen a fair bit, and the cops either stand by or join in, so you have to be able to defend you and yours.

          Remember folks, armed minorities are harder to oppress.

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          Because we need to be able to defend ourselves and our communities from fascism and others who want to oppress us. Easier said than done of course.

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            Unfortunately the definition of fascism varies depending on who you’re talking to. There are an astounding number of people in this country who think that allowing abortion or gender affirming care are a form of fascism. And they think it’s alright to use guns to fight what they perceive as fascism.

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                19 hours ago

                So what you wanted to say was not a single one right? And you surely are not going to any time soon, just as any other guy that parroted those talking points over the last couple decades.

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                    12 hours ago

                    I shot 2 ICE agents what are you scared for? That the facists come after you? I thought you’re the big boy that sticks to the guns so he can shoot the baddies?

                    I am so sick of those bastards cowering behind those stupid arguments and act like they’re going to be fucking heroes while being part of ruining the current state of living, because of those fuckwhits kids come home from school with PTSD so they can talk some little bit of action into their boring pathetic lifes so they talk themselves into these bullshit narratives instead of crying themselves to sleep

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      2 days ago

      Not according to the bible. Elisha called bears to maul kids for making fun of his bald head.