Progressive Politics

Right, there is no valid argument that is based on reality, not Hollywood fantasy, for restricting suppressors or taxing suppressors, a literal safety device. It's like restricting and taxing airbags on a car.

Plot twist: He doesn't own any guns. He just likes silencers.

Dude works in a gun store, guns are obviously his hobby. I collect old, shitty shotguns. Love the gunsmithing and woodworking challenges.

If I had the means, almost every one I own would have a suppressor. The deafening noise is the worst part of shooting, by a long shot (heh).

I need 27 suppressors for my 27 guns. Ever thought of that? Didn't think so.

Downvoters, don't hate the guy because he is right. And now is sadly the time. Any actually patriotic American should be deciding whether they will be capable of defending liberty from their countrymen that would rather take it from them. Capable of raising a firearm against another human that disregards other humans right to exist. And if they decide that they do have the grit, now is likely their last chance to easily and legally procure a firearm and learn how to use it. There are literally masked authorities kidnapping people in broad daylight, history says a domestic conflict is coming soon.

While I don’t fully disagree with your points, it should be noted that the “where are the 2a people?” comments are all targeted at the conservatives who get in a huge fuss whenever a school shooting starts gun ban talks but who have been largely silent every single time their own party does absurd, objective, obviously tyrannical things. People were out in the street during covid, fully armed, complaining that they weren’t allowed to go to Denny’s anymore but sit back and continue support the second coming of the Nazi party.

There’s a lot more to it than whatever you’ve got going on and I would hope, especially given a couple of your first few good points, that you’d understand that.

Also the short barreled gun thing has to do with concealment, obviously. While I have no doubt that the reasons have good racist undertones, because the US is just that kinda place, you can’t seriously be saying that the lack of range of a sawed-off shotgun makes it fundamentally and universally less dangerous. A pistol is “less effective” than a sniper rifle but I can get plenty close to you with one before you even realize there’s about to be a big fuckin’ problem.

You talk a big game about other people having their heads up their asses but you may need to check the location of your own when you next get the chance.

I made one with a pvc, filled with layers of drywall repair mesh held together with pipe clamps. It's nice to being able to .22 plink at night. Not registering it even if there's no tax. Currently working on an even more naughty gun project. Didn't file taxes this year either.

I just don't care anymore now that they're sending citizens and non-citizens alike to federal concentration camps to await horrible fates. There's nothing to lose anymore.

More importantly, this isn't a burning issue unless your an ammosexual who needs to scream about guns every 30 minutes or the shell-casings that make up your grey-matter start to bulge with pressure, or someone who thinks suppressors are like magic death sticks that make guns even scarier. This is a moderately successful attempt at creating more distraction and contentious social discourse.

Just scroll down, there are already hundreds of gun-obsessed lefties and libs even on Lemmy screaming back and forth about this like it's going to change the world and lead to more/less murders.

Meanwhile... the bandits continue to haul money out of our treasury, the laws that protect us are getting repealed, and the tools we needed to build a better democracy are being destroyed, all while the worldwide economy leaves the US behind.

If you go far enough left, you get your guns back.