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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 75 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It's so weird how people in power play the most dangerous games in countries where the population is not disarmed

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 54 points 11 months ago (5 children)

for all the guns americans have, theyre clearly too cowardly to use them for anything outside of school shootings

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Exactly. Just shows you what a bunch of pussies they really are. I’d kick so much ass in an elementary or middle school. i wouldn’t even need a gun.

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does your mom know you're talking to strangers online?

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

I dunno. Ask her when you’re done with her.

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You don't get to watch our local news reports. Plenty of people get smoked every single day by gunfire. Fuck someone's wife , cut them off in traffic , call them a snitch ,bump into them in a bar, throw snow from your driveway onto theirs 💥💥💥. It could be anything that gets a bunch of new holes added to your meat suit

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Sure but they all whine they need them for incase government be bad. Now we have a situation and they are all quiet. The only reason Americans need guns is to make the small minded can't see their own penis men fell powerful. I have never once in my life thought I sure would feel safer with a gun. Ok maybe but not in the city.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Is that supposed to prove Americans are not a bunch of cowards? Because it does the opposite.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

lol..i live near Cleveland dude. trust me, i know.

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My bad thought you were French or something /s

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

No worries! I did almost become Spanish for a year. But, had to put that aside for now.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you just ignoring all the instances where this statement isn't true or do those not count because two guys you don't like are still alive?

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] krashmo@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming you're saying this because no one has killed Trump or Musk yet. That's sort of nonsensical considering the former has had at least two attempts on his life in the last year. Important people get shot at on a fairly regular basis in America.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The first one wasn't a real attempt. It was for the photo OP

[–] Sgarcnl@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

There was the one guy who tried to snipe the orange man at a rally, so there was that.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 30 points 11 months ago

Greed make you do dumb shit.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

and where we lack affordable access to mental health care!

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Does it matter though? The people with the most firearms are the most indoctrinated. And besides that, Americans have always talked about needing the right to bear arms to dispose of a tyrannical government, but it seems like people aren’t even putting in the effort to vote or protest, let alone taking out the fascists. So what exactly is the point of all the guns? Besides the purpose of supplying all the criminals in both Mexico and Canada with illegal weapons

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A bunch of civilian rifles stand no chance against drones 30k feet in the air dropping guided missiles or the ai controlled murder dog robots they’ve been showcasing the past couple years.

Plus, what is the disgruntled American town going to do when an abrams rolls down Main Street? They’re just as prepared as afghani villagers when that situation comes to pass.