• selfdefense420@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    the fate of this country is ultimately in the hands of the people, not the dems or republicans. we can bitch about who’s not doing the right thing or we can do it ourselves.

    arm yourself. stop waiting on someone else to fix it.

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        22 hours ago

        If my choice is being taken away to the camps, or going out in a blaze of glory fighting for my freedom….

        Guess which one I’ll pick?

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          19 hours ago

          but if you’re willing to go “out in a blaze of glory”, why wouldn’t you just shoot them before they get to your door?

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            17 hours ago

            Cuz I don’t have a ring camera and I’m not watchin’ my door all day lol.

            I wouldn’t know they were there until they were THERE iykwim 😅

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              17 hours ago

              I wouldn’t know they were there until they were THERE

              maybe it’s in your best interest to find a local community network and start figuring that out.

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            22 hours ago

            When they’re at your door with masks, guns, tasers, and hand-cuffs, I don’t think there are any other options.

            If you’re aware of one please enlighten me. Don’t say call a lawyer or present a birth certificate. People have done both and been deported anyways.

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              19 hours ago

              When they’re at your door with masks, guns, tasers, and hand-cuffs, I don’t think there are any other options.

              there aren’t. don’t let them get to your door

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      1 day ago

      Can’t arm myself… my state requires I pay a tax… do a background check that takes about a day… then do the same background check but it takes a few days to a few weeks… then I have to wait 30 business days which is like 3 months… oh and I need live fire training where I have to fire a minimum of 50 rounds which each round is taxed and I am given a pass/fail status by an old fudd who thinks I should never handle a firearm because I’m a registered Democrat… eventually I get my firearm if my licensed dealer hasn’t fucked up the paperwork or isnt on another holiday… BUT I am severely limited in my choices as nearly every good personal defense firearm is banned either by name or because it has a useful feature like threaded barrels to mount a suppressor which will help with my hearing loss as I age… I probably won’t get what I want either because the standard mag comes with a capacity of 11 or more rounds…

      But yes! Lets arm ourselves!

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        22 hours ago

        None of what you wrote indicates that you can’t arm yourself - you’ve just outlined reasons why you can’t be assed to do it and it sure sounds hyperbolized to me. For example, your excuse of an old fudd thinking you shouldn’t be armed just for being a registered Democrat… why the hell would you just disclose that information when it’s not relevant to what you’d be doing at all. Go in, take your shots, get your paperwork, and leave. You don’t need to get into your personal politics.

        You make it sound like going through a vetting process is such an inconvenience. The only real hindrance you’ve outlined is costs. The comment reads like pure defeatist.

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          1 day ago

          It IS defeatist talk. Some people prefer to remain cattle than to fight, and will find any excuse to be so.

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        21 hours ago

        my state requires I pay a tax…

        You mean like everything else?

        do a background check that takes about a day… then do the same background check but it takes a few days to a few weeks… then I have to wait 30 business days which is like 3 months…

        Did that, didn’t stop me. And one month is three months, got it. That’s just time though.

        oh and I need live fire training where I have to fire a minimum of 50 rounds which each round is taxed and I am given a pass/fail status by an old fudd who thinks I should never handle a firearm because I’m a registered Democrat…

        Simple solution - don’t tell old fuddies who have power over you that you’re a Democrat.

        I am severely limited in my choices as nearly every good personal defense firearm is banned either by name or because it has a useful feature like threaded barrels to mount a suppressor which will help with my hearing loss as I age… I probably won’t get what I want either because the standard mag comes with a capacity of 11 or more rounds…

        I understand that making a decision on personal defense firearms is a difficult choice. Just because your options are limited, though, doesn’t mean you can’t find a piece that works for you. And WEAR FUCKING HEARING PROTECTION WHEN YOU SHOOT. Y’know, like everyone else does. If you’re in a life-or-death situation, sure, you’re going to suffer from having to shoot an unsilenced gun, but better a ringing in your ears than starving to death in a foreign prison.

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        23 hours ago

        Even for a 12ga pump? Most people don’t need a handgun. Scattergun will do most everything you need, from putting food on the table to handling two or four legged varmints.

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        22 hours ago

        Yeah, you have to do all that, but a kid can just get their parent’s automatic weapon and go shoot around in the school. Your shitty police who are “trained” to prevent this just stand around “making plans” on how to stop this one kid. Once enough students dies, they go home and go to work the next day to go and shoot people’s pet dogs. What a beautiful “free” country you live in with a funny clown president. First world country my foot LOL