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[–] 89 points 2 years ago* (1 child)
  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Reminds me of this fear propaganda:

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago

    Child Soldier to uphold our neo-nazi government: Wholesome chungus!

    Child Soldier fighting for his life against neo-nazi zionists: Bad wrong sad

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The median age in Gaza is is 17.7 for boys and 18.4 for girls, this is standard Hamas age because this is standard Gaza age. But they don't want to hear that whoever gave the child a gun is also a child

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I'm afraid to ask, but I've seen this statistic a few times. What was happening 19 years ago? Why was everyone fucking? Or is it that only children survived something?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    I wonder about this myself and would love an informed answer.

    My guess, is that because of constant "lawn mowing" older Gazans were killed off at a disproportionate rate, massive poverty tends to increase birth rates, family planning supplies or medications were hard to come by, constant "lawn mowing" convinced people to have more children in the hopes that some of them survive, and pollution or other environmental factors causing premature deaths.

    That's just a guess though, and I hope someone with more knowledge chimes in.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    median is a cummulative statistic. it doesn't mean there are more 19 year olds -- it means half of all people are below the age of 19. my understanding is that it's so low because the likelihood of surviving to older ages are poor.

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    She gets more racist the darker their skin is. Can only imagine what her opinions on child soldiers in Africa are.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What an awful gun to hand a kid, bet she can barely aim it due to it's weight

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    A 16 or 20 gauge semi-auto shotgun with plastic furniture is actually a great starter gun for a kid. I know many folks that teach their kids to hunt water-fowl for food with a 20 gauge semi-auto shotgun. If money is no object, you can get them as light as 5lbs (~2.26 KG) but most would be in the 6-7 lbs (2.5-3KG) range.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    not a gun guy but i've played enough shooters to know that's a pump shotty and not a rifle (right?)

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Mildly disappointed that the gun bros who get triggered when someone calls a mag a clip aren't jumping up and down in the comments of that first pic like a pack of rabid baboons.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Just pointing out that pump action rifles do exist, but they're not very common because pump actions are for firing quickly instead of accurately. Pumping the action takes a lot away from aim instead of something like a bolt action.

    Rifled shotguns also exist, but I don't think that kid is holding one.

    Also I believe this photograph was taken by her father and he should be skinned alive for putting his daughter into a combat zone like this.

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  • [+] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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    i dont know anything about guns - i've literally never even touched one - and even i can tell the gun in the top pic is a shotgun

    Death to America

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