america and guns

[shubla]

Many americans say that americans like to have guns because they can defend from government if it turns against them.
I heard that your government has shut down and thousands of people are now starving, because their salaries are not being paid!
Why dont you take your guns and do something?

Stupid americans!

[AntiBlitz]

because we arent knuckle dragging apes like the retarded inbred finns, so we take other avenues to protest our displeasure first. we didnt start shooting people prior to throwing tea in the harbor, perhaps certain things come first. But please do continue to enlighten us from the beacon of light that is Finland, i truly inspire to be more like you.

[MagicManICT]

If it weren't for British raids, we'd probably not have taken up arms, but you know the king and his tax collectors....

That said, now that the Dems are running the house, there's a bill to help track guns better on the table that has been there for at least a few years now. It won't go any farther, but hey, at least someone is trying.

And it's not so much a love of guns, but more a cult of violence that seems to be an issue. Who gives a crap what people are killing each other with if they're killing each other? As Riddick said, "i'm going to kill you with my tea cup." Maybe we should outlaw tea cups? (Fun fact: you can make a serviceable knife out of anything plastic.)

To bring up another famous movie quote: "Mama always says, 'Stupid is as stupid does.'"

To note: most of us would like to see a lot of government services shut down... just in a manner more conducive to a productive society, not in ways that cause economies to collapse.

[Granger]

To note: most of us would like to see a lot of government services shut down... just in a manner more conducive to a productive society, not in ways that cause economies to collapse.

Can that be parsed as get rid of overboarding military expenses and do stuff that actually benefits the people instead or is this more toward the shortsighted I got mine, fuck you stance that sadly seems to be on the rise in many places?

[jordancoles]

I don't know how you Americans can feel safe walking around public places knowing how many guns are around you at all times. Pair that with the overpriced healthcare and the lack of coverage for mental health issues and I think I would just become a basement dweller because of it all.

[Zentetsuken]

Yeah, it's gotta be a strange feeling knowing that the majority of the population could murder you in a blink of an eye if they so chose at any moment. If anybody was sick or angry enough all they would have to do is reach in to their holster, point and shoot and you literally cease to exist in an instant and your family is left scarred forever.

I mean statistically literally 25% of people or more could have a gun on them at all times in America. If you live in a city you are basically walking through a gauntlet all day long. 1 in 4 of the people around you at ALL times have the power to END you in a fucking second. That's crazy man.

[Trappin]

Being the victim of a car accident is far more likely than getting shot in the face by some lunatic, but I don't sit in the basement at home terrified at the thought of drunk drivers ramming into me or losing control of my car whilst navigating a snowy, winding, mountainous road. The prospect of getting cancer and dying a slow, painful death is actually somewhat more concerning than any of the above stuff - especially if you've watched a friend or family member wither away and die. Breaking into cold sweats and biting your nails to nubs is no way to travel the path of life. People really are frightened, fragile creatures at the core of it.

And it's not so much a love of guns, but more a cult of violence that seems to be an issue.

The current crop of gun lunatics are internet narcissists wanting their fifteen minutes of fame. And the media deliver that fame in spades. It's a very queer thing until one looks at internet culture. The mild form of this presents itself like Shubla's America troll posts. For some reason he just needs attention, even if that attention is negative. It's so damn weird. And then the Euro-nationalists pile on. Their self-aggrandizing, faux humanist preening is so boorishly predictable. It's all so facile and pathetic.

While the EU has been busy devising plans to save the fascist, theocratic Iranian regime from financial bankruptcy, Tehran has been directing terrorist operations on European soil. Earlier this week, European officials accused Iran of orchestrating assassinations and bomb plots against exiled regime critics in the Netherlands, Denmark, and France.

[shubla]

Being the victim of a car accident is far more likely than getting shot in the face by some lunatic

So what?
That is the worst argument ever in support of anything.

[Trappin]

The mild form of this presents itself like Shubla's America troll posts. For some reason he just needs attention, even if that attention is negative. It's so damn weird. And then the Euro-nationalists pile on. Their self-aggrandizing, faux humanist preening is so boorishly predictable. It's all so facile and pathetic.

[jordancoles]

1 in 4 of the people around you at ALL times have the power to END you in a fucking second. That's crazy man.

inb4 'but cars tho'

Edit: Lmao was said in the first line of the very next post