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Being Madison, it could go either way. The Capitol is very lefty, but there's hillbilly farmland 20 minutes outside town.

Is it meant to bait counter protestors or is it in anticipation of armed counter protestors to show up to the first one already?

At the end of the day it doesnt matter that much. If there is someone starting to shoot at the crowd, being in a crowd is bad. Being completely defenseless in a crowd is worse.

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

I hate nukes but the lesson of the 21st century has definitely been "get nukes and never give them up"

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

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.

Edit: I asked him for his specific beef with ARs, this was his response.

1. They're a bitch to clean. There's lots of places that need to be cleaned that can't be reached easily, tons of little pockets and grooves you can't get into; requires a dental pick, star shaped cleaning patches, and a shit load of cotton swabs to get through.

2. If it's locked up, you can't knock on the charging handle or emergency kick the charging handle to clear it. You will not be able to field strip this rifle if it's jammed out of battery.

3. Aluminum gas blocks are apparently very popular, and they will corrode to failure at the gas tube port.

4. The extractor pin will often shatter in place, which causes intermittent failure while not looking wrong unless you know what you're looking for.

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).

Plus ARs are cheaper.

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

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

you should have a discussion about it, see if her views have changed since the election.
Shits scary outside right now, wishing you the best of health ❤️

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.

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

I miss the gold award here, you deserve one.