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[–] [email protected] 5 points 28 minutes ago

I can tell they mean it negatively, but they make it sound like a great time to join the protest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 32 minutes ago (1 children)

Ugh. I still hate guns. Guns kill people and the US obsession with them will never make sense to me.

But at this point it's probably good that it's not only the supporters if the lunatic fascist oligarchy that are armed. It hurts to admit, but I'd rather see a Nazi shot dead than a decent human being. Heck, if I were in the US I might learn how to shoot a gun at this point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 minutes ago

Marx said workers should be armed. That sentiment didn't come out of nowhere; shit like this is the reason why.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

People: please do not carry an AK. Just get an AR. ARs have interchangeable parts, ammunition is cheap, and aside from Bear Creek Arsenal, they're going to just work. AKs require significant hand fitting and there's no single standard, ammunition prices have risen sharply since the cheap milsurp ammo flow got cut off, and at the cheaper end they tend to be dangerous to the user. Yes, I know that AKs have a reputation got working in adverse conditions, but that reputation dates to the Vietnam war, when the AR was a new platform; modern ARs are far, far more reliable and accurate than an AK.

You can still get an AK for fun, but don't don't treat it like your serious gun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

I have a buddy who did gun repairs, he fucking hates AR-15s. If you want a gun that ticks all the boxes, get a 12 gauge shotgun. It's a cheap, widely available platform that has cheap and widely available ammo, it just fucking works, it's easy to care for, easy to use, pretty standard maintenance, and will kill what you need it to. They're lethal much further out than video games imply, because otherwise they'd completely wreck the balance of the game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

I understand some people might look away from the AR-15 because it's the gun everyone has which takes away from the cool factor, or maybe you just dislike its connotation due to high use among right-wing folk, but this person speaks the truth.

AR-15s are common because they work. Customizations and spare parts are cheap, effective, and widely available. So are good magazines, which are typically a shockingly difficult part to design well and the place where many otherwise decent guns fail. .223 Remington has one of most varied supplies of ammunition on the market, beaten only by things like 12 gauge.

Don't buy weird shit until you own one of these (or at least a pump-action 12 gauge ffs).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 47 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 28 minutes ago

That too.

I think that I originally paid about $550 for my S&W M&P 15 Sport 2 (although not many parts are original anymore); you can get a perfectly serviceable Palmetto State Armory AR-15 for $450. An AK is likely going to start at around $700.

As someone much more clever than I said, the real transgender AK is the AR that's chambered in7.62x39mm.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 25 minutes ago

This is such a weird take. AKs also 'just work', most people will never have to hand-fit anything on an AK, and ammo prices for AK are at parity with ammo prices for AR. The cheapest end of anything can be dangerous to the user, so again that's another non-point. The majority of people aren't going to see a major functional difference between the two, it comes down to personal preference.

The gun you're actually describing is the AR-10

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'd be armed if my wife wasn't so leery about firearms. She and my father-in-law are part of a ethnic minority that is specifically targeted by white supremacists and my state has active Nazi and Third Position groups. Given the way shit's going, I want to be prepared for anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 minutes ago

The only things that ever slowed the Nazis down was Russian winters and getting shot, and we're all out of Russian winters.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I remember when conservatives turned against guns because the Black Panthers armed themselves against racists

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

That's when American gun control began in earnest. Like many things, the authoritarian approach is rooted in racism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

This bitch loved it when armed people showed up at a library.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

FUCK YES!! Arm the fuck up. The rights not correct about much but a good guy with a gun can indeed stop a bad guy with a gun

[–] [email protected] 1 points 32 minutes ago

Incredibly based

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 hours ago

Hey, an actual good person with a gun!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Guns are not exclusive to Nazis 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Here I was, just minding my own business enjoying my Second Amendment rights, and you people have to freak out on me!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 hour ago

Im completely against guns but still i have to admit that the trans ak47 is cool

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 hours ago

GOOD. UNIRONICALLY.

this is what we need. Parity. Like guns or not, you need them at this point or you're just going to be under the boot without ever having the tools you needed to fight back.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 hours ago

Awesome! Protect yourselves you beautiful queer people.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Honestly it’s good for the MAGA crowd to see that normal people in America are armed too. They see themselves as wolves among sheep, while the masses are armed only with their useless empathy and critical thinking skills.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Ive legit met a couple who were surprised I like blades and that I collect them. My three favorite ones are my 1942 Machete made for the US Army, my modern Ka-bar I bought at the Army surplus warehouse in Idaho Falls, and an M3 knife replica I bought from a local dealer.

Now imagine how theyd react if I had a gun, though if shit goes down ill just jack it from one of their still warm corpses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 minutes ago* (last edited 7 minutes ago)

While you were partying, I was studying the blade.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

while the masses are armed only with their useless empathy and critical thinking skills.

I miss the gold award here, you deserve one.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 hours ago

May that firearm smash many a fascist. They only action they can get from this piece involves a "rat-a-ta-ta-tat".

[–] [email protected] 49 points 14 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 44 points 14 hours ago

Armed minorities are harder to oppress. Stay strapped people. We're not even a month into this shit yet

[–] [email protected] 174 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

FYI:

Libs of TikTok is a handle for various far-right[a] and anti-LGBT[b] social-media accounts operated by Chaya Raichik (/ˈxɑːjə ˈraɪtʃɪk/ KHAH-yə RY-chik),[10] a former real estate agent.[11][12][13] Raichik uses the accounts to repost content created by left-wing and LGBT people on TikTok, and on other social-media platforms, often with hostile, mocking, or derogatory commentary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libs_of_TikTok

[–] [email protected] 96 points 17 hours ago

she’s one of the few people i would classify as literally evil

[–] [email protected] 48 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

“Chaya Raichik” isn’t a good aryan name. It sounds foreign. I say this cause who she is as a person and who she associates with seems to support fascist and ethno-nationalist ideals.

I hope she gets everything she voted for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

She likely has some exit plan to Israel.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

Good, every progressive should be armed. Its like the literal reason we have the second amendment in the first place.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago

Look at the smile on that person's face. The world needs more of that person.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 14 hours ago

PLEASE make [email protected] more popular

[–] [email protected] 26 points 15 hours ago

Under no pretext shall arms be surrendered from the workers!

[–] [email protected] 81 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

And a Defend Equality sticker on the stock! Super based. This person has an open invitation to all my backyard cookouts next summer.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 15 hours ago

Marginalized groups should bring more weapons to protests, then maybe we could get some god damn gun regulations like back when the NRA was against the black panthers brandishing them in public.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

Any recommendations for a decent plate carrier?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 16 hours ago

Now, as an average libsoftiktok follower, where do I call in the bomb threat? The gun owners house for owning the transgender gun? The gun manufacturer for making a transgender gun? The NRA for not making transgender guns illegal? The state capitol for allowing the transgender gun on their grounds? Or nowhere because there's evidence of the thing actually happening?

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