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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 1d

that is one of the biggest overhead consoles of all time holy shit

Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 2d

seeing someone tweaking off the Ratatoullie drug making recipes you've never even thought of

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 2d

Guns belong in the hands of civilians because the government should not have a monopoly on violence. The right to armed defense belongs to everyone.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah that worked so well when we banned alcohol in the 1920s and definitely didn't create a booming secondary market. Totally didn't encourage people to make their own alcohol and distribute it. All alcohol just ceased to exist and was never a problem again.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 4d

An armed population is harder to oppress. This is the worst time possible to try and push laws that restrict the rights of your citizens.

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 8d

We won’t let the conversation around gun violence go away.

I’m committed to passing legislation that meets the expectations of Minnesotans.

Our offer to Republicans addresses mental health, school safety, support for law enforcement, and most importantly, common sense gun laws.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 4d

An armed population is harder to oppress.

Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 4d

It's a beautiful day. Get out and train.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 5d

1994 AWB shitting itself looking at this thing

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 8d

you gave me psychic damage typing that

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 8d

legendary soundbyte

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 8d

5 leading gun violence trackers use 5 different definitions of mass shooting, leading to inconsistent reports. This allows for media to use whatever source fits the agenda they want to push.
The same goes for "assault weapon", there is no universal definition so people can cook the books.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 8d

Whoever thinks it's cool that we just renamed the DoD to the Department of Whore should have their firstborn drafted to the front lines of whatever war we start.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 8d

Agreed. A capable gun, enough ammunition to feed it, the training to use it properly, and medical equipment and knowledge to patch holes are all going to be very important. People don't think enough about their consumables and usually don't plan ahead long term.

MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve learned something over the past 8 months:

Buy ammo. A LOT. It’s even more important to have than the gun apparently.

Wanted to share!

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

From what I can find the gun homicide rate stayed low until around 2014 when it started to rise again. Violent crime as a whole kept declining after the AWB expired in 2004.

bjs.ojp.gov/document/tpf...

www.statista.com/statistics/1...

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

How many would-be mass shooters decided to go home cause they couldn't buy a rifle with a flash hider? How many went "Dang, I can't legally buy a gun with a bayonet mount to kill people with"?

A study ordered by the DoJ about the AWB came back with inconclusive results.
www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/ni...

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

regular people have no reason to make their cars quieter and nobody uses them on the roads because i've never been on a road and have no clue what i'm talking about

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

Regular people use suppressors to make it less loud for themselves and others. Suppressors aren't needed for shooting but they're nice to have, especially at indoor ranges.

It's dumb to sue a company because some dumbass misused their product. Guns aren't the only industry with such protections.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

You gonna finish your sentence?

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

The 1994 AWB prohibited rifles that had both a pistol grip and a bayonet lug. It banned pistols with a heat shroud that weighed too much. It banned shotguns with adjustable stocks and pistol grips.

The law's terms were arbitrary and based on what sounded scary to lawmakers.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

"Block Silencer Dergulation" is stupid cause suppressors are hearing protection. They don't make guns silent like Hollywood.

"Repeal Gun Industry Immunity" is an attempt to let people sue gunmakers for the misuse of their products.

"Smart Guns" are unreliable, there's a reason they aren't popular.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 9d

Gun safety risks, gun storage and safe gun training is already taught to new gun owners at every range I've ever visited.

"Prohibit Assault Weapons" is stupid as a suggestion because there is no one definition for an assault weapon and the term usually means "scary black gun with plastic."

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 10d

That culture evolved into what we have now over the course of 250 years and there is no way to take it back remove the gun from American culture. You won't remove 400 million guns from Americans. What you can do is encourage safet usage and teach people to be responsible with their guns.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, it's an American culture issue. Humans in other countries didn't start off with more guns than citizens, and usually didn't have a culture that holds self-reliance in high esteem. Guns used to be a way to settle a frontier and provide for yourself, and that filtered into American culture.

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Nem @nemrtvi.bsky.social · 11d

I can't tell if you're using a 13 year old comedy skit as support for your argument or if you're joking. I'm gonna assume you're joking in which case good job, you got me fooled

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