Generally speaking, you’re right.

Were you under the misapprehension that only the right is armed? We on the left just STFU about it.

As far as rifles go, American civilians have always had better weapons. Weird, right?

I loathe the title of this, and it’s not relevant to the lesson. Also heard this guy is a nutty right-winger. Don’t know about that. But the history is on point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dIsy3sZI2Y&t=114s&pp=ygUVd2h5IHlvdSBuZWVkIGFuIGFyLTE10gcJCcoJAYcqIYzv

I’d imagine the Afghani’s would like a word here.

I would suggest you read this comment:

https://old.lemmy.world/comment/19432981

No one thinks we’re taking the military head on. That’s a childish notion of how violence vs. a superior foe works. I might point to to the entire modern history of Afghanistan or US and French involvement in Vietnam.

Stay unarmed of that’s your ethos, always said I respect that take. But for me and my house, we serve John Browning. Or Eugene Stoner. Wife’s a fan of her pink Bursa Thunder. I haven’t got the hang of double/single action pistols, but damn that thing is a dreamy weapon.

You do you, but don’t put fucking words in my mouth.

Jesus fucking Christ, I want to print posters of this comment. Made a thousand related posts, but I bow to you OP. Never said it myself, or seen it said, so well or so completely. How could I have anything to add?!

Anyway, went out to our crappy little camp in the swamp and got some trigger time today. Silly, but I got my .177 pellet rifle dialed in. Only tested a few times, but was stunned to see tiny sabot rounds do more damage to a beer can full of water than regular pellets. Who knew? Weird.

Also found that I’ve got my light on the wrong side of my Little Badger .22, strap blocks it. Rookie mistake, but that’s why we test!

Bummer, but my Colt Government Model malfunctioned for the first time, after probably 500 rounds. Weird, malformed, shell casing really threw it off, took a few minutes to figure it out. LOL, was scared I had somehow managed to break a Colt 1911! That’s what I get for using remannned ammo. 🤷🏻

I am armed every time I’m outside my front door, never acted like this in my life and I’m mad as hell it’s come to this. I have a legal, brown, immigrant wife and I’m a loud-mouthed liberal, in a very red corner of Florida. Might say I got a dog in this fight.

And for the suburban white boys out there, you’ll get it once it’s too late.

100% with ya. Going shooting at my camp shortly.

I’m in Florida and so many sites block or want to verify me that I automatically hit my VPN server.

I’m banned on a load of comms. No idea why and too lazy to look it up. Think I caught some more bans for “fuck Kirk” comments.

He seems an adept shooter. I’d bet he was aiming for center mass like a good little sniper. But one can hardly ask the local range if he can practice from their sloping roof out to 250 yards.

Same country that has many state bans on boycotting Israel. This same country wants the mechahitler from an actual Nazi in charge?

Somehow that book shakes me on each read. Not like I don’t know what to expect and if you described the plot to me it wouldn’t sound scary at all. But it is.

My wife does two days in the office and that sounds ideal to me. Really strange that lemmy generally sees zero benefits to the office.

For example, I went in to met a coworker and fix her laptop. While I was there the devs in front of me were discussing a thing that my team was working on. I didn’t know they needed that thing and they didn’t know we were working on it. I took new information back to my group.

While bullshitting with the tech support manager I learned some things about their policies and procedures. Found out I had made incorrect assumptions and learning about those helped me in my role.

We’re social animals y’all.

The lack of business model is what’s freaking me out.

Around 2003 I was talking to a customer about Google going public and saying he should go all in.

“Meh, they’re a great search engine, but I can’t see how they’ll make any money.”

Still remember that conversation, standing in his attic, wiring his new satellite dish. Wonder if he remembers that conversation at well.

mIcrOPlaSicS!

Yeah, y’all got far worse problems.

Bingo. Keep it short, very short.

I agree with most all of that, but shit jobs for teens were all teens in the day. We started in those shit jobs, and our coworkers were all peers. That’s why so many middle-aged people don’t get the modern paradigm. The modern world no longer reflects our youth, at all.

I worked at Lowe’s for 5-months. But you’re right. Most of the gig workers coming through were older than me. I’m 54. Imagine that.

Signed, GenX.

Why the hell do they not just roll with an AR platform?!

On the road to my camp I have to pull over or back up if a neighbor is passing me. Also, it’s a private road so we have to maintain it ourselves.