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boldraven3 said:In the true spirit of Thanksgiving, let's just give thanks to whoever ensured the world is populated by such sophisticated minds—people who feel the need to lecture us on every little thing... 👍
I’m going to go enjoy my Thanksgiving soundtrack until the football starts. 🙂
"Hey punk ass gangsters what you lookin at?
You think you can front with me? You better watch your back
I have a lot of guns and I can shoot them good
I'm a menace from society, a boy on the hood"
🤣🤣🤣
boldraven3 said:🙏🙏🙏
"MC Vagina is back in the building
Back in 2009 when I laid this track down
Still got no love for the cops
But still showing love for the curves
Haters, watch your backs because...
Guns don't kill people
Nah, uh-uh
I'm the one doing the killing
With guns"
.............
Good grief, this is going to be the soundtrack to my Thanksgiving dinner...😁
Kate Gonzalez11 said:I don't know if you are truly the equivalent of an AR-15 owner, but I am 120% certain that if someone decides to kill a person, they can do it just as "effectively" with an AR-15 or almost anything else—hence the argument that people kill, not weapons (where validity matters more than originality). As for whether you can defend yourself against any type of attack just as well with a knife as you could with an AR-15, I think discussing that is beside the point.
Furthermore, your suggestion that owning an AR-15 makes someone a murderer, or close to it, is just further proof that you aren't qualified to have a sober discussion about firearms without letting bias take over.
I don't feel the need to enlighten you; I suspect even a supernova would struggle to pierce through that level of darkness.
Timothy Nelson5 said:I mean, you really don't get it at all. You haven't even made the slightest effort to try and understand. I guess... maybe there just isn't much there to work with.
Yeah, you’re totally stuck in that bubble, even if Bibimir insists you aren't. I guess. Maybe.
Even though you’re living right there, I guess you still don't quite grasp the most basic principles of Western democratic civilization—you know, the very stuff that serves as the foundation for the American Revolution. Maybe it's just a matter of perspective, I suppose.
And at the heart of defending all those liberties—well, I guess you could say it comes down to this... The whole point of the Second Amendment... I mean, it's really about the right of citizens to hold their own weapons, just to ensure there's some kind of defense against any potential attempt by the government to establish tyranny. Or maybe that's just how it's supposed to work. It’s a heavy concept, I suppose. Keeping that balance between authority and individual liberty... it's complicated.
I guess... it’s actually the first time in history where this is happening. Not just for some elite class or their private militias, but for everyone. Every single citizen finally has the right to bear arms. It’s a massive shift, really. All of us. Not just the people at the top.Regarding what boldraven3 said—I think you’re completely off base there. How can you possibly think it's impossible? Of course it's possible... I mean, just look at Australia for instance. It's a massive territory, ten times the size of any single state in the USA, yet they don't come anywhere close to our levels of crime and homicide. I guess it just goes to show that scale isn't everything, though maybe I'm oversimplifying things.
I guess most of the USA doesn't actually deal with crime any more than you'd see in Western Europe or Australia. It’s probably exaggerated, maybe... I don't know. Just feels like that.
And that’s exactly where you find it—those rural stretches of the country where you mostly run into white Americans who just happen to own mountains of legal firearms. I guess that's just how it is out there.
It’s a grim reality when you actually sit down and look at the numbers, I suppose. About 75% of homicides in the USA take place within urban ghettos and their immediate surroundings. Then there's the demographic breakdown—roughly 53% of all murders are committed by Black Americans, with a significant portion of the remainder being Latinos. Most of this seems to boil down to short-range, illegal firearms used during gang disputes or those messy robberies tied to the drug trade and whatnot. It's just a heavy cycle, really.
So, look, I was just sitting here thinking about those crime statistics we keep seeing, and I can't help but feel a bit puzzled by the math. I mean, how does that even work? You look at the numbers and it’s all over the place. For instance, Russia supposedly has a homicide rate twice as high as the USA. Then you jump over to Brazil, where it’s five times higher, or Mexico, which is six times the rate. And if you really start digging into the chaos, Venezuela is fifteen times higher, and Honduras is eighteen times higher. It’s… well, it’s a lot to wrap your head around, I guess. Just feels like a massive, messy puzzle.It isn’t really about whether it’s possible—because, honestly, anyone can do it—but more about the mindset behind it. I mean, seeing how Kyle carries himself, especially considering his age... it just feels off. It reminds me of those regions in Africa where you see child soldiers and various warlords running the show, and yet we see this exact same thing happening right here in the USA. Nowhere else in the world does it look quite like this. Doesn't that say something to you? I can't help but wonder if there's something fundamentally broken in the way people think, or maybe just in the entire narrative being pushed across the USA. I guess.
Well, I suppose there isn't much else to say, really. Just... wow. Or, I guess, oh my god. It’s one of those moments where you just have to sit there and process it all, though processing feels like a bit of an overstatement at this point. Everything just feels so incredibly heavy lately. Maybe that's just how it is now. I don't know.
You’re telling me I don't have a clue what I'm talking about. I guess... maybe you're right, in some sense. It's easy to feel that way sometimes, isn't it? Everything feels so fragmented lately. I suppose I just offer my perspective, however flawed it might be.
You haven't the slightest clue, I suppose.Look, I don't think the geography of it all really matters here... at least not in the way you're suggesting. Having a rifle tucked away somewhere safe isn't necessarily a bad thing, I suppose—it might even be the smart move in this climate. But that’s a completely different issue from what we consider "normal" in the USA, which some people (quite wrongly, if you ask me) somehow equate with freedom. That isn't freedom... not by a long shot. It's just plain old paranoia, violence, and living in a state of constant threat... well, at least mentally speaking.
Let’s just recap the facts here—it seems like a lot of people miss this point. A massive majority of Americans carrying legal firearms aren't out there committing crimes; I mean, they don't even account for 10% of homicides. Most of those instances are actually just legitimate self-defense cases. The vast majority of violent crime is driven by criminals using illegal weapons... I guess that's just how the math works out.
When you look at rifles like the AR-15 that Kyle used, plus all the stuff those totalitarian types and various fascists are trying to ban... it honestly barely accounts for like 1.5% of homicides. I mean, a huge chunk of those cases are actually just self-defense situations, much like what happened with Kyle.
Jeremy Johnson18 said:Don't you see that the moderators are practicing Blackface?
If you are on Reddit, there should be an icon right next to them. 🤷
Karen Myers4 said:I would have six wins if my husband weren't such a die-hard Green Bay fan.
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boldraven3 said:Listen, they truly believe they are their own greatest experts. 🤣
Linda King said:Everyone has always been a supporter of Jacko and Meg. I have never met anyone who considered them their "main" band. 😁
Anyway, are you following these religious processions moving through the cities? In an unorganized Miami, they were shouting ZDS, while in New York City, I read they were walking in circles praying Hail Mary. 🤦
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Irrelevant stream of consciousness removed. I got carried away when I saw someone from the Institute own the chat.