#Firearms regulations

[redgearguru]

Recent Supreme Court Rulings and Their Impact on Gun Rights

Did you know that over 40,000 lives are lost each year to gun violence in the U.S.? This sad fact has sparked intense debates on gun rights and laws. Recently, the Supreme Court has made key decisions that have changed how we see gun rights in America. These rulings have shaped our understanding of the Second Amendment, sparked discussions on gun laws, and affected our constitutional rights. The…

[sprites4ever]

Here's an Example as to why Donald Trump is fascist

Donald Trump wants Concealed Carry Reciprocity.

What is that?

In the United States, it is not automatically legal to carry a firearm in a concealed manner just because one has a firearms license. One needs to obtain a special additional permission to do so. Like most things in the United States, Concealed Carry is decided on a state-by-state basis, meaning a person's permission for Concealed Carry only applies in the state it in which it was issued.

Concealed Carry Reciprocity is the legal concept that a permission for Concealed Carry, issued in any state, applies in all states. So, if a gun owner was permitted to Concealed Carry in Oklahoma, he can currently only do so in Oklahoma. Doing it in any other state is a crime. Under Concealed Carry Reciprocity, it would not be.

What does Donald Trump intend with this?

Donald Trump knows that his most loyal followers live in deep red states, which also have the highest concentrations of gun owners. Due to the high concentrations and due to Republicans being generally against gun control, it is likelier that more gun owners in red states have Concealed Carry permission. Donald Trump wants to allow people to Concealed Carry in any state if they've received permission in one, because he knows that most people who will take advantage of this will be his most loyal followers.

Donald Trump plans to lay the groundwork for his version of Mussolini's Blackshirts and Hitler's Brownshirts, his own paramilitary force of loyal followers who are ready to attack and murder fellow citizens in open daylight for their political positions that oppose their idol. Concealed Carry Reciprocity makes it easier for them to do this.

This is fascism.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

[troythecatfish]

[plague-and-creatures]

Saying:

"Guns aren't the problem, people are" and "guns don't kill people, people kill people"

"We don't have a gun problem, we have a ____ problem"

Is like saying:

"Chemicals under the sink don't kill toddlers, the toddlers are the problem, they kill themselves by drinking them!"

"We don't have an 'unsecure chemical problem', we have a 'toddlers drinking unsecure chemicals' problem"

Like duh, in order for the toddler to die from chemical poisoning they have to pick it up and drink it themselves. Nobody's saying that the chemicals just float into the toddler's mouth

What we're asking is why are you leaving your chemicals unsecure where the problem can have easy access to them?

If toddlers drinking chemicals is what kills them maybe prevent them from getting ahold of those chemicals in the first place

Put them somewhere where they can't reach or secure them behind lock and key

This doesn't make the chemicals completely inaccessible to everyone, it keeps the toddlers that are incapable of using them responsibility from getting ahold of them

Guns are the chemicals under the sink we don't want toddlers to get ahold of, except instead of killing themselves these "toddlers" with guns will hurt other people with it.

If someone wants to use the chemicals, they are allowed to if they are physically capable of reaching where they are at and are trusted with the key to the storage area

It's common sense to have gun control, just like it's common sense to secure dangerous chemicals

[palin-tropos]

every time I get heated to hell about politics I add more dialogue to my kim & nilsen midnight conversation fic and it surprises me how two-sided it is. as a vent fic you’d think I’d pick a side but there is a constant and legitimate tug of war and at points it’s less of a political argument and more two guys talking about things they couldn’t bring themselves to with anyone else. discursive therapy

[bassiter2]

customer who is also a friend of my boss was wearing a shirt that said 'ATF IS GAY' and I asked him what it meant and I stg he started sweating

[darkwood-hollows]

Hey,

Elected municipal official here. The actual worker oppression is employers forcing employees to be so strict with their time they cannot take a few hours off to go to necessary appointments without serious repercussion. Or that people aren’t paid well enough or provided enough work benefits to take the time they need in their personal lives.

Your local municipal workers are working class too. I’m elected and I make less than 30k a year on salary while working a position that is very much built around hourly work. I work through lunch and, while I have control over my office hours and employees, the only thing I don’t have control of is how much my town budgets (if that budget is successfully voted on by the townspeople) to pay me and my employees. My ability to decide what hours we are open is my ONLY bargaining chip to ensure the people below me get paid an acceptable wage to live on and sometimes I’m not even able to accomplish that. You can bet your ass I’d like myself and my employees, who are paid pathetically minimally to do what we do, to be able to go home for dinner in the daylight. Or have time to go to their second job of the day which most of them have. It’s the one thing I can provide them. (And why can’t we pay people more? Well I’d like to, but that would raise people’s property taxes significantly which they are not keen to do and which also may be unaffordable for some residents. I am the third highest paid employee. At 30k a year…)

There are a lot of ways that these offices can and do make things more accessible and it is something many of the workers that work in government offices have pushed hard for. You can do everything in my office through email exchange. All our records are online. All our meetings have zoom options and detailed minutes and zoom participation is considered being at the meeting. We will come to your house if you are physically unable to deliver documents and provide notary services. We mail all ballots to all active voters for elections. If you need to do something physically in the office and can’t be there during our office hours we will literally come in, unpaid, on the weekends to service you if you make an appointment. I’m not associated with our DMV, but you can do literally everything online for that too.

We are trying very hard to be able to provide for everybody, but we are also so incredibly burned out (we were forced to work and be open during the height of Covid yet were not deemed ‘necessary services’ so got no benefits of such and many of us work beyond our pay and hours). I ALSO struggle to make appointments because my office has to be open for all crucial hours for people. So yeah, I would like to go home at 4:30 after all that actually. It is the one thing I can actually do for myself and my mental health.

Without hyperbole government offices that take half an hour of waiting to get anywhere and close at 4pm are are a form of oppression against the working class

[redgearguru]

What 5 U.S. States Attack Your Second Amendment Rights The Most

Did you know 21% of Americans think their gun rights are under attack? This shows how big the fight over gun laws is in different states. Knowing which states limit gun rights the most is key for anyone wanting to protect their Second Amendment rights. In the U.S., laws about guns vary a lot from state to state. Federal laws set a basic standard, but states add more rules. This can really affect…

[historyofguns]

In the article "Ghost Guns — Myth vs. Reality" by Richard Johnson, published on The Armory Life, the author delves into the contentious topic of homemade firearms, commonly referred to in media as "ghost guns." Johnson argues that the term "ghost guns" has been politicized to incite fear, despite homemade firearms being a long-standing part of American history. He highlights that crafting firearms at home is generally legal under federal law, though some states impose restrictions. The article clarifies that homemade guns are not undetectable nor inherently illegal, and notes the importance of understanding local laws before engaging in such activities. Johnson also emphasizes the complexities involved in manufacturing firearms, whether through traditional methods or newer technologies like 3D printing, stressing that these processes are not as simple as some media portray. The article concludes by challenging the misleading nature of the term "ghost guns" and advocating for better-informed discussions on the subject.

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A retweet by @ turnageb that reads:

"'There is no reason to have a practically functioning gun on a set,' Stahelski says. 'To have a live round on a set is criminal. There's isn't a gun on our set that you could put a round into that it would be able to fire.'"

The quoted tweet is by @ IndieWire and reads:

'We Give a Sh*t': Gun Safety Defines the John Wick Franchise as Much as the Weapons Do bit.ly/3ZCcLCL

Attached is a screencap from a John Wick movie of three suited men sitting at a poker table, two of them aiming guns at one other; The unarmed third man sitting perpendicular to them is John Wick himself.

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Two more tweets by @ turnageb, followed by a reply from another user. The tweets by @ turnageb read as follows:

I had no idea: "The subject is particularly close to [director Chad] Stahelski, who was the stunt double for Brandon Lee, who was killed by a gun discharge on the set of 'The Crow' in 1993."

If going through that didn't drastically affect a person's feelings about these things I don't know what would.

@ Frosty_1u1 replies:

If they can create some of the best action sequences of the last decade and not touch a single real firearm there is no excuse other studios can't do the same.

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Tags by @ squishmelo that read as follows:

#THIS IS VERY COOL ACTUALLY #the guns are made plugged #theres no hole for a bullet to shoot or leave #but the mechanisms spin and make it eject casings and look real #also sometimes the slide jams like real guns #and ig all jams are real and keanu reacting #also everyone trains weeks more on set than normal safety procedures #so SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY #and budget is high enough that all flashes are fake #its v v cool #ty for reading my essay #goobbye

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[krawdad]

I don't know why I didn't figure the modern equivalent of a guillotine is just bullet but I guess that's more convenient all considered