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Giving a whole new meaning to "battleground state"

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Imagine dying for the Democratic Party (or Republican Party).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

At least the Republicans are considerate to ensure their deaths are hilarious (thoughts to that one chucklefuck who propped up a Trump flag on a Florida pier during a hurricane just a while ago, don't think he died tho).

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ashley gave us the funniest meme from Jan 6th

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

I prefer the botw stamina wheels or the alltrails entries

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Imagine dying.

I shall live forever in Valhalla for doing my part in the gender war.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago

That could have been my body armor and grenade launcher!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I was thinking yesterday how Trump's still got goons ready to activate and do violence if he loses.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yea some nutjobs will do some shit probably, but it will be pretty isolated. Most Americans still arent at the "im ready to die" point. Even the ones who talk a big game.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, RevLeft summed it up like that. These suburban fascists like to cosplay rebels, but deep down they know they're in a cozy spot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

And a lot of the Jan 6 chuds really, really thought they'd get away with it. They had two very strongly held beliefs:

  • If we're holding Thin Blue Line flags and screaming the word constitution, the state wouldn't touch us!
  • If we really, truly believe, in our heart of hearts, that we're covered by a legal exception to do crimes, the state can't touch us!

The test for many legal exceptions is whether a "reasonable person" would believe such-and-such. But conservatives really think that if they strongly profess a belief, that's just as good. It's why they started calling all their opponents pedophiles. The actual concept doesn't even cross their mind, to them it's just a word that means "can be murdered"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

MAGAts are like soccer hooligans: they'll riot if their team loses... or if their team wins.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah buckle up folks shits gonna get wild

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy shit, a frothingfash near my neck of the woods.

And I stg that wasn't me! I know not to do an adventure-time against such a low value target...

Not when I know this was supposed to be happening today: Trump was slated to speak at 2 p.m. in Mullett Arena on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Mullett, lol.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I know this is America, but where the fuck you get a grenade launcher?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Press B on your keyboard and it opens up a buy menu

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

A grenade launcher is an NFA item, if you pay enough money, file enough paperwork and wait long enough you can legally own one (unless the state has laws against it, which some do). I think from memory if you want to fire explosive ammunition (rather than flares or buckshot) those also need NFA paperwork and time.

I remember on r/guns some people would show off their "4-stamp" guns meaning it had a silencer, short barrel, select fire switch and grenade launcher, all 4 things aside from their costs, requiring a 250 dollar tax stamp each and months of waiting. Basically showing off how rich they were because of the tens of thousands of dollars involved.

Or you buy one on the black market that was stolen from a military base in the USA or Mexico I guess.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

It's how you know dems are full of shit when it comes to gun control. Wealthy WASPs can still get stuff like AK-47s, RPGs, Uzis, etc. as long as they have no criminal or mental health record and they have the money. Poor people, especially if they're PoC, will have trouble getting something as simple as a revolver and will be locked up if they get one illegally. That's if cops don't use it as an excuse to shoot them first.

Literal military weapons for the wealthy white people, felony charges for everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Man fuck all that fancy shit I just want a nice break action thing that goes foomp

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In Poland you need to be official, go to Ukraine and exchange gifts with local Azovites. There is good chance you will recieve military ordnance in return. Then the grenade launcher exploded possibly as prank.

At least chief of Polish police did that (yes explosion too).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

You can 3d print them now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Surplus? Local PD armory?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

Lmao amerikkka is funny this season

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Now that's American

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Imagine having a grenade launcher, deciding to go mass shoot usian party office and not take the grenade launcher, smh

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Imagine buying a grenade launcher, and not taking it with you when you decide to shoot up a political office. If you decide to have an adventure, you better plan on not coming back, so go all out.

Edit: obligatory "in minecraft"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Joe Biden refuses to disclose the location of the Battle Box, causing democracy to spill out onto america's streets, yet hexbear tankies still endorse him disgost

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

We did have an original battleground state, i.e. Kansas.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

in minecraft

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

This guy was a rich aerospace engineer, yet got so radicalized by the TV, he threw away his cushy imperial core life over trump-moist vs kamala-coconut-tree