• Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    So you’d like the state to be the only ones allowed to own lethal weapons? I’m sure that will work out great for everyone who’s not a member of the ruling party

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      7 hours ago

      In this corner, we have The Ruling Party, armed with a Predator drone carrying laser-guided Hellfire missiles targeted from three miles away using IR imaging! And in the opposite corner, we have Jim Jimmy-Bob Roberts, with his daddy’s AR-15, loaded for bear with, yes, three full magazines!

      I tell you Sam, I’ve got a good feeling about Jimmy’s chances tonight, he’s definitely got pluck. But before we start the fight, a word from our sponsors…

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        3 hours ago

        Do Vietnam vs the US next. Or the Taliban. Or any other time a guerilla force defeated a military with superior firepower.

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      12 hours ago

      No. But, if we are going to allow guns in our society, I want everyone who has one to have passed a thorough class and passed a comprehensive test on gun safety and usage. Further, I want anyone who later demonstrates failure to exercise the lessons taught in those classes to be charged with criminal negligence and lose their right to own a gun.

      This asshole had to take a test to get a license to drive, but the most he likely had to do to get a deadly weapon is swear that he’s not currently using drugs, and show that he hasn’t been convicted nor currently being charged with certain violent crimes.