• Sharpiemarker@startrek.website
    9·
    15 hours ago

    Can’t tell if it’s satire or not, so I’m vascilating between hilarious and terrifying. Hilarifying, if you will. Terrarious if you’re adventurous.

  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldEnglish
    391·
    24 hours ago

    Real talk, you can go buy a gun today and you probably should (maybe not and maybe not today). It’s twenty minutes. Then sign up for some how tos, probably at the place you bought it from and take a few classes. Shoot until you get a good feel for it, then plan to shoot every now and then or as often as you want.

    Yes, it’s a terrible industry run my terrible people. No you’re not John Wick, but fascist need speed bumps, and the police don’t care about you at best.

      • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        You have a couple of options:

        First, get the gun, but before that, line up a “firing pin buddy” who can keep parts to make sure your firearms cannot fire. You give the person your firing pins when needed, or they feel they need to.

        Or, don’t get a gun, and git gud at other valuable skills. First aid, mutual aid networking, etc etc. Also, pepper gel is decent enough for self defense. Also, cane fighting skills work well, and a lot of self defense cases exist, for example.

        • IMongoose@lemmy.world
          1·
          26 minutes ago

          If you look at how much they are on the second hand market they become much better deals. But yes, it is a large amount of money.

        • CubbyTustard@reddthat.com
          3·
          1 hour ago

          palmetto state armory selling shotguns for $100, decent pistols with good reviews for $200, complete ar-15’s for $350.

          i fucking hate sending a dime to florida but their deals have armed a lot of trans girls in the pnw!

      • Lumidaub@feddit.org
        51·
        23 hours ago

        That’s what I’d expect to happen. Why does he think it’s significant enough to commemorate on social media?

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
          12·
          16 hours ago

          Why would you expect that? I understand if he was being weird, but just being dressed a certain way shouldn’t impact whether you can buy something.

          I highly doubt he was refused service, he probably just took the picture and left.

          • CubbyTustard@reddthat.com
            1·
            1 hour ago

            as long as it’s not a protected class businesses can refuse service for arbitrary reasons. I don’t think many gun stores would sell to someone dressed like a weird clown because it looks like they may be having a mental health episode. that said i agree with you he probably just took the picture and didn’t even try.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              1 hour ago

              They sure can, I just don’t think they would, unless the person was acting oddly. They probably were though, because I assume that’s their shtick, but just dressing up in cosplay but otherwise acting normally probably wouldn’t bother most people behind the counter.

              • CubbyTustard@reddthat.com
                1·
                39 minutes ago

                i respectfully disagree, I own a fair amount of firearms and I don’t think any of the shops I go in would sell to someone dressed like that. They don’t want the publicity of having sold someone a firearm who was obviously not in their right mind that went and did something awful and i think that well qualifies. They are always very professional and don’t tolerate jokes or funny business around the weapons.

                I’m talking a concealed carry class saturday at a shop and i’ll ask because i’m curious now!