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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 68 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I don't get it. Please explain. All I see is just four panels of a woman standing there. What's the joke?

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 30 points 4 days ago (3 children)

She sees the sign
She considers the training
She comes to her senses and realizes what a bad idea owning a gun would be
She feels bad for having considered it

It's one of those common human reaction things, Oh yeah, I have done that.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Why would it be bad? The right wing wants trans people dead, we need to defend ourselves

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I don't want people carrying guns on the street. But I want even less to be the only one without a gun in the street.

Luckily, I live in a country with proper gun control.

[–] oplkill@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
  1. She can't have it, because guns banned for transgenders
[–] maximumbird@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Pretty sure that transgender folks are still people and therefore are governed and given rights (including the second amendment) by the constitution.

Fucking nuts how the constitution applies to everyone in the U.S. huh?

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Which rock you been living under? The current administration is itching to ban trans people from owning guns.

https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-ban-trans-gun-owners-trump-e05b489ad64b80af31e376d6d3ef7dfd

[–] maximumbird@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Completely aware. I thought someone was agreeing with it, so I felt the need to defend.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

for now lol, republicans are trying to get transgenderism to be legally a terrorist organization or mental illness

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The joke is that they will be banned. Once the government declares transexuals as mentally ill, no guns. Watch. Money says the next Form 4473 asks the question.

[–] maximumbird@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

My apologies, I got defensive

Thought you were defending the idea.

Thanks for being nice cause it would have been easy to be rude to me back

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Honestly it's so contextual I don't think a single person seeing this would read it the exact same way same way in terms of determining motivation and meaning.

Does OP think guns can't be self defense tools? Are they implying they want to use it offensively instead? What does the original author intend?

Is it just about a trans person challenging their previously held beliefs?

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah no idea

Must be something I'm to Australian for

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I'm American and haven't the foggiest. She realizes something in the third panel, but I'm not sure what that is.

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 9 points 4 days ago

does it have something to do with the initialism of the poster being "DHT"? the person is wear a trans flag and from the little I know DHT is used in transitioning ftm.