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TreasonousBastard

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32. Nope. Around 50 years ago the Army gave me a gun and taught me how...

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:01 AM

Jul 2020

to kill with it. Curiously, they knew enough to not let me walk around with it and it was securely locked up in the arms room when we weren't using it. Hand grenades, all sorts of ammo, mortar rounds... Lots of stuff in that ammo room.

It's almost like they knew something.

I never had to shoot anyone. Not even an "enemy", but I saw a lot of people who did. Very few of them wore it well. It wasn't like other wars, and the ones who saw action often never really understood what had happened to them. But something happened to them, and there was a big black hole inside.

Some of them loved it, but they were a small minority. These assholes running around in fatigues with a small fortune in paramilitary gear hanging off of them are play acting don't have the foggiest idea what it's like to be in a real shootin' war. Where other people shoot back.

It's just so sick that they have guns that work.

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So, anybody deciding its time to arm themselves? [View all] Ferryboat Jul 2020 OP

No. LizBeth Jul 2020 #1

fuck no Skittles Jul 2020 #2

Lucky you Ferryboat Jul 2020 #8

Gunfuckers love to talk like that. Iggo Jul 2020 #10

yeah Skittles Jul 2020 #14

you're Skittles Jul 2020 #12

Still has not caught on. cwydro Jul 2020 #90

Did ya kill 'em? Ohio Joe Jul 2020 #15

Nothing it was a causal conversation about cool places to visit Ferryboat Jul 2020 #29

A casual conversation about murder? Ohio Joe Jul 2020 #35

The point the local was making Ferryboat Jul 2020 #39

Wow, really? Tipperary Jul 2020 #86

Tell that to the Parkland kids. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #41

No. n/t sheshe2 Jul 2020 #3

No. I'm not going to shoot anyone. dawg day Jul 2020 #4

You are absolutely right Ferryboat Jul 2020 #44

Me either. NO Zoonart Jul 2020 #5

No... Ohio Joe Jul 2020 #6

nope. never shot, touched, or wanted a gun. never will either NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #7

Same Awsi Dooger Jul 2020 #56

No. But I live in an area where the Republicans would actually protect me. Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #9

It used to be the norm that people would like you 'in spite' of your politics. Steelrolled Jul 2020 #34

Already gunned up. underpants Jul 2020 #11

No. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #13

You raise a very good point Ferryboat Jul 2020 #25

To someone "rethinking" their position on gun control, they need to think a whole lot harder. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #55

You raise some good points Ferryboat Jul 2020 #67

My dogs smell a stranger at any distance. Tipperary Jul 2020 #87

The reality of guns hasn't changed; "re-thinking" won't make it any safer. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #100

Triple fuck NO canetoad Jul 2020 #16

Its more like a walk in the woods. Ferryboat Jul 2020 #47

That's all cool canetoad Jul 2020 #58

Its called "hunting " Ferryboat Jul 2020 #69

Those walks in the woods are why we couldn't walk our dog on my in-law's own property... Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2020 #79

I am. I'm a black man in Las Vegas, which is the purple part... brush Jul 2020 #17

hmmmm handmade34 Jul 2020 #18

No. Newest Reality Jul 2020 #19

No. If I have to kill someone... mwooldri Jul 2020 #20

No, no NO!!!!! BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #21

while I don't plan to do that, notinkansas Jul 2020 #22

That was the reason for my post. Ferryboat Jul 2020 #31

Don't let it disturb you too much. Half of that ammo has already been discharged JustBidenOurTime Jul 2020 #46

Already armed Ritabert Jul 2020 #23

No, I'd be a menace, & not in a good way. But an old friend of mine, a woman, got a hand gun... Hekate Jul 2020 #24

My wife is uneasy. Ferryboat Jul 2020 #50

Hell, no. DavidDvorkin Jul 2020 #26

Actually, I did when the tea baggers started up in 2010 Happy Hoosier Jul 2020 #27

No. I've lived alone for most of my adult life. I have never owned a firearm. Arkansas Granny Jul 2020 #28

Nope. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #30

Nope. Around 50 years ago the Army gave me a gun and taught me how... TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #32

No, but I live in western Europe. DFW Jul 2020 #33

I've been around a long time, and not once have thought "What this situation needs is a gun". Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #36

If you're buying out of fear or paranoia, you're buying for the wrong reason. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #37

I have a friend into guns Steelrolled Jul 2020 #38

No need to rethink my stance sarisataka Jul 2020 #40

No fucking way. I will not give a fucking cent to the NRA. madinmaryland Jul 2020 #42

I am armed with wasp and hornet killer alittlelark Jul 2020 #43

Well, that is a consideration! Hekate Jul 2020 #72

Liberals are armed, we just don't publicly masturbate with weapons. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2020 #45

No, but I hope some friends are ecstatic Jul 2020 #48

I'm a hunter. Kill some of my own food rather than outsourcing the job. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #49

You raised some very good points Ferryboat Jul 2020 #57

I have a large bore potato gun- does that count? RainCaster Jul 2020 #51

"These people are getting ready." Mariana Jul 2020 #52

Nope. kcr Jul 2020 #53

No. rownesheck Jul 2020 #54

How many of them buy guns just to get asspats from their gun humping buddies? Mariana Jul 2020 #63

They aren't going to do anything? They already have. BGBD Jul 2020 #64

No. ooky Jul 2020 #59

Why ? So people could shoot their wife, kids, siblings, friends etc ? Because that is what happens JI7 Jul 2020 #60

Knock yourself out. Buy all you like Wednesdays Jul 2020 #61

Where did you get the idea I'm advocating for a anti government uprising? Ferryboat Jul 2020 #70

No. johnp3907 Jul 2020 #62

Post removed Post removed Jul 2020 #65

Nice personal attack. cwydro Jul 2020 #89

Gun fetishes are disgusting. hunter Jul 2020 #66

Does owning something make someone a fetishist? Happy Hoosier Jul 2020 #94

I think it will come cilla4progress Jul 2020 #68

Handguns? Tipperary Jul 2020 #71

No way! demosincebirth Jul 2020 #73

I might if I didn't have kids. With two eleven year old boys, no way. Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #74

No. I'll do what I have done for the past 61 years... LuckyCharms Jul 2020 #75

Lol lindysalsagal Jul 2020 #88

Best reply yet! Ferryboat Jul 2020 #104

A well executed haka sarisataka Jul 2020 #105

No, I am totally against guns. totodeinhere Jul 2020 #76

No. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #77

No. phylny Jul 2020 #78

I'm already fully armed Raine Jul 2020 #80

A question- why do you keep them? sarisataka Jul 2020 #101

No need to rethink. Good way to pass some free time. jmg257 Jul 2020 #81

There's a reason why Trump feels very comfortable about claiming dictatorship... DSandra Jul 2020 #82

No. I owned a handgun years ago when I was a cop and after I left the force it sat on Vinca Jul 2020 #83

"When Trump gives the order, we're going after every unarmed libtard!" Aristus Jul 2020 #84

If you're relying on law enforcement to keep the peace bluecollar2 Jul 2020 #85

I've been driving around the mountain west for the last week Buckeyeblue Jul 2020 #91

Yes Johnny2X2X Jul 2020 #92

I'm afraid to go to Wal-Mart without packin'. panader0 Jul 2020 #93

I agree mvd Jul 2020 #96

Uh, no... Music Man Jul 2020 #95

No. Those who own guns are more likely to be shot themselves mnhtnbb Jul 2020 #97

I'm so sorry for your loss. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #103

came to that conclusion a few years ago Amishman Jul 2020 #98

Hell no lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #99

Nope, a gun in my household would be more dangerous to the residents. haele Jul 2020 #102

If we're destined to become some "Boy And His Dog" dystopia... Dave Starsky Jul 2020 #106

After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Jul 2020 #107