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Florida man points AR-15 in Uber driver's face, forces him to ground for dropping daughter off: deputies
(www.fox35orlando.com)
this post was submitted on 09 May 2024
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Wow I didn't consider this at all. When I consider my own gun ownership and acquiring a pistol or rifle, I've literally never thought, "but what if I start itching to use it." I'm more concerned with "where the fuck would I keep this away from little hands, with ammo locked somewhere else, in a practical way to go grab it all and assemble between hearing an intruder and interfacing with them.. okay, this is dumb. I'm not getting guns"
This is why you wouldn't do what this guy did.
Kyle Rittenhouse is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. He took his AR-15 and drove half an hour to "protect businesses" that he had no stake in. He armed himself and then deliberately embroiled himself in a tense, riotous situation. While he might not have done anything technically illegal, he was clearly spoiling for an opportunity to brandish and use that weapon.
Yeah, and now the GOP acts like that little dipshit is some kind of fucking hero.
When policing started including less-than-lethal alternatives for eliminating/subduing a threat, cops stopped killing as many people.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And while you may not operate that way, gen pop does, even trained “professionals”
Sadly, that modicum of thought you put into it, is 10000 times more thought than most "responsible gun owners" actually muster