Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo

[zelosravioli]

Rat-hole trailer parks in the rural south for example.

Small arms are primarily for any city infested with gangs, or in other words currently most large American cities.

We collect large arms for the same reason I study war, not to cause one, but to help prevent one, and in such case, to be prepared for one.

Most all people who study self-defense, martial arts, and emergency medicine (non professionally) wont and dont generally expect to have to use their tools or knowledge, but we do plan to be prepared.

You state you support the 2nd, why then conflate 'sportsmen and hunting arms' with 'defense for the opposition of Government' in your post? I know people who own and race 10,000 hp T/F cars, its a sport and a science, that does not mean they plan on using them on the street.

Nevertheless, I dont believe a state employee should be displaying his weapons so publicly, yet I dont know if this was originally just intended to be only among friends or not. I do reserve his right to display them if he wishes and I not need to tie emotional and current events to a completely different subjects - school shootings and self defense from Govt. are different issues.

 

[dzheremi]

I dont know if this was originally just intended to be only among friends or not.

If it was just meant for family and friends, why did he post it on his public Twitter?

I do reserve his right to display them if he wishes and I not need to tie emotional and current events to a completely different subjects - school shootings and self defense from Govt. are different issues.

Since when does a senator have to fear the government -- y'know, the very thing he voluntarily sought and gained employment within? Unless Rep. Massie is planning to reignite the Civil War or something, it would seem that this is a baseless concern. Whereas things like the recent school shooting show that that's an ongoing concern of some actual importance.

Is this how self-proclaimed 2nd amendment defenders prefer to argue -- "Don't focus on what actually happens now; focus instead on what could happen in my fantasies"?

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Yeah, I have a hard time believing an M60 is needed to protect your home.

So I didn't need to ask grandma to lay down covering fire while I put my bins out?

Man, I've been doing this all wrong!

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

interesting, I have never had anyone that felt that they had too many guns on their side of a firefight

I would have thought ammo would be more important. You can generally only shoot one gun at a time. Well, unless you're Neo or Rambo of course.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Guns. The reason for the season.

M-16 Navidad

 

[Occams Barber]

When I first saw the photo I thought it was a joke or perhaps a publicity photo for a new sitcom parodying life in Middle America but - no - it's real.

Do you have any idea of the impression this creates outside of America?

Images like this, on top of the Rittenhouse trial, the Arbery trial, the recent school shooting, and the mass shootings which seem to happen every other day, all go towards confirming the impression of an America which has lost its way.

There's something seriously wrong about superimposing multiple guns on an image of a Christian family Christmas.


OB

 

[zelosravioli]

The reason they were unheard of is because you didn't hear about them:
History of School Shootings in the United States | K12 Academics

And look! Here's a school bombing in 1927 that killed 38 children 6 adults and wounded 58 others! Bath School disaster - Wikipedia

Nuanced as the report is, please tally the total number of children killed in school shootings, versus the number of children killed by oppressive governments.

 

[Goonie]

When I first saw the photo I thought it was a joke or perhaps a publicity photo for a new sitcom parodying life in Middle America but - no - it's real.

Do you have any idea of the impression this creates outside of America?

Images like this, on top of the Rittenhouse trial, the Arbery trial, the recent school shooting, and the mass shootings which seem to happen every other day, all go towards confirming the impression of an America which has lost its way.

There's something seriously wrong about superimposing multiple guns on an image of a Christian family Christmas.


OB

It's really reminiscent of the photos of the Taliban and Isis brandishing assault rifles.

 

[Rachel20]

The whole anti-gun thing really hurts women the most. If it came down to life-or-death fight between a male & female, there's no doubt who would win (PC aside). A gun is the only thing that can equalize the situation for women in terms of self-defense.

 

[durangodawood]

The whole anti-gun thing really hurts women the most. If it came down to life-or-death fight between a male & female, there's no doubt who would win (PC aside). A gun is the only thing that can equalize the situation for women in terms of self-defense.

No. Not the whole anti gun thing.

Many people, like me, just want a lid on the complete free for all where anybody can get hold of a gun any time for any reason. But I still believe in an individual right that would allow for you to conceal carry, for instance.

I do understand how the industry wants you to believe its all or nothing tho.

 

[cow451]

Small arms are primarily for any city infested with gangs, or in other words currently most large American cities.

We collect large arms for the same reason I study war, not to cause one, but to help prevent one, and in such case, to be prepared for one.

Most all people who study self-defense, martial arts, and emergency medicine (non professionally) wont and dont generally expect to have to use their tools or knowledge, but we do plan to be prepared.

You state you support the 2nd, why then conflate 'sportsmen and hunting arms' with 'defense for the opposition of Government' in your post? I know people who own and race 10,000 hp T/F cars, its a sport and a science, that does not mean they plan on using them on the street.

Nevertheless, I dont believe a state employee should be displaying his weapons so publicly, yet I dont know if this was originally just intended to be only among friends or not. I do reserve his right to display them if he wishes and I not need to tie emotional and current events to a completely different subjects - school shootings and self defense from Govt. are different issues.

There is nothing private about anything posted by an elected official. That’s a silly notion.

Hate to break it to you but government ain’t coming for your guns unless you do something pretty stupid. If a narcissistic ruler takes over America and tried to overturn the Constitution, like a certain EX President tried, the military will have a bit more firepower than you and the militia pride boys and girls.

Look around at the crowd claiming they can resist the US Armed Forces. Between the obesity, cardiac risk factors and mental stability…. Well…. just look at the mental giants that took the bait in 1/6.

 

[cow451]

The whole anti-gun thing really hurts women the most. If it came down to life-or-death fight between a male & female, there's no doubt who would win (PC aside). A gun is the only thing that can equalize the situation for women in terms of self-defense.

OK. Got no problem with any citizen properly trained safely carrying a concealed firearm.

 

[Rachel20]

No. Not the whole anti gun thing.

Many people, like me, just want a lid on the complete free for all where anybody can get hold of a gun any time for any reason. But I still believe in an individual right that would allow for you to conceal carry, for instance.

I do understand how the industry wants you to believe its all or nothing tho.

It's a slippery slope at every point. And people like Beto talking about his gun grabs doesn't help.

 

[durangodawood]

It's a slippery slope at every point. And people like Beto talking about his gun grabs doesn't help.

Industry propaganda. Every limit on complete freedom is a slippery slope, yet we enact and manage sensible limits on every single freedom we enjoy.

 

[TLK Valentine]

U.S. congressman posts family Christmas picture with guns, days after school shooting
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A U.S. congressman on Saturday posted a Christmas picture of himself and what appeared to be his family, smiling and posing with an assortment of guns, just days after four teenagers were killed in a shooting at a Michigan high school.

"Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo," U.S. Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky wrote on Twitter.
U.S. congressman posts family Christmas picture with guns, days after school shooting (msn.com)

Words fail me - OB

Kudos to them for showing proper trigger discipline, but still, it looks like the little girl on the couch is pointing hers at Mama's head...

 

[FireDragon76]

When I first saw the photo I thought it was a joke or perhaps a publicity photo for a new sitcom parodying life in Middle America but - no - it's real.

Do you have any idea of the impression this creates outside of America?

Those types of people really don't care. They tend to be isolationist and nativist, anyways.

Images like this, on top of the Rittenhouse trial, the Arbery trial, the recent school shooting, and the mass shootings which seem to happen every other day, all go towards confirming the impression of an America which has lost its way.

There's something seriously wrong about superimposing multiple guns on an image of a Christian family Christmas.

Wrong? It's a feature, not a bug for these people. Their real religion is "white Christian nationalism". And lots of guns is frequently part of the package deal.

 

[zelosravioli]

 

[zelosravioli]

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

The whole anti-gun thing really hurts women the most. If it came down to life-or-death fight between a male & female, there's no doubt who would win (PC aside). A gun is the only thing that can equalize the situation for women in terms of self-defense.

I would have thought that the rabid pro-gun side would be hurting women the most. The more reasonable argument of "I need a small gun and limited ammunition for self defence" is overshadowed by the people who resist any kind of gun control at all, and think that owning an M-60 and 1,000 rounds of ammo is something to aspire to.

It's a slippery slope at every point. And people like Beto talking about his gun grabs doesn't help.

Is it a slippery slope to ban guns from aircraft, for example? Or if someone had an appointment to meet the president? Or do we see these as quite reasonable restrictions?

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

There is no point to this thread, at best it is a weak attempt to condemn gun ownership.

I don't see how this thread is anything about condemning gun ownership. It just seems like a right-wing candidate trying to politicize big guns in a weird way and the wrong time. I know liberals, that have guns. But they trained for them. I hoping to train, to use guns. So, I can shoot guns at the shooting range. I'm not crazy about having guns in my house. I get nervous at night. If I had a gun at home. I would have shot my reflection in the window. Thinking it was a stranger. The list goes on. It's defiantly a big responsibility. I also have an autistic to think about.