Why, that’s easy. They were voted into their roles of representation. Not by me, of course. I’m in a different district.
Why, that’s easy. They were voted into their roles of representation. Not by me, of course. I’m in a different district.
Wow! Where the hell did you pop up from?! Finally, as anti-firearm as I am, a statement I can reasonably get behind! 👏 👏 👏 Thank you.
I see. You’d prefer a different kind of idiot, an idiot that would make gun ownership look good.
you undermine every attempt to actually maintain the right to defense via firearms.
From the linked article…
a machine gun capable of firing 400-800 rounds per minute, a level of firepower that quite simply overwhelms law enforcement.
…just in case your family is being attacked by, say, King Edward I of England or the FBI. We are talking about an assault weapon, not a Winchester 1897, perfectly adequate for your maintaining the right to defense via firearms. That is, if you must.
See, I know guns aren’t fetish items. You know they’re not a fetish item. Everybody knows guns aren’t fetish items. Every gun owner claims that they know…while slowly and methodically polishing up and down that long, metal barrel with mineral oil, lost in private thought…proudly displayed in oak credenzas or hung along the wall like so many stuffed bass or marlins. Maybe even modestly stored in a softcase just under the bed. I’d bet Anthony McRae knew, too.
And this charming fellow in Indiana just yesterday knew that guns aren’t fetish items.
Also just yesterday in Arkansas, this gun enthusiast and his “right to defense” knew that guns aren’t fetish items.
And this firearms advocate celebrating Juneteenth over in Round Rock, Texas. They knew.
And this rifle aficionado in Cincinnati, Ohio.
And this most certainly responsible firearm owner in Lathrup Village, MI, just hours after Michael William Nash’s demonstration of his 2nd Amendment rights in Rochester Hills.
This is no longer a question of the right to defend, or own firearms, or a “well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State”. Rationalize and polemicize all you want. This is a sickness. Recognizing and admitting the problem is always the first step in resolving.
We are in agreement on one thing: instead of actively trying to resolve this tragic problem, Rep. Brian BeGole et al are merely clowns.
r2 FunFact™: know how many total shootings in 2023 (and 2022) there were just across the Detroit River over in Windsor, Ontario? 11, with zero fatalities in 2023.
I hate to be “that guy”—I prefer being “this guy”—but why is this posted here?
What We Want Now
!detroit@midwest.social ☆ !michigan@midwest.social ☆ !music@midwest.social
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I don’t know. Maybe ask the cleverly named @DessertStorms@kbin.social?
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Excellent observations.
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How can you vote against something that has already been getting enacted for the last few presidential terms.
Please explain. What exactly has been enacted? A rightwing authoritarian state?
This shift started with Bill Clinton, it’s just until recently it got a name.
What? Again, please explain. What “shift” started with Clinton? What is this name of which you speak?
And what have Democrats offered to counter this with? Nothing.
It’s true. The Dems haven’t promised to essentially burn the Constitution with a spoiled rich-kid alleged con man to treat the country as his personal playground.
They have just as much to benefit from P2025 as Republicans.
Ok, I’ll bite. Such as…?
But Republicans are honest in their intent.
Especially in these recent times, I’d say Republicans can’t even spell “honest” in a game of hangman with five of the six letters exposed. And, really, since when has dictatorship ever been part of the GOP plan until 2016?
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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace
~Gautama Buddha