Me too man! Killed my first deer at 7 years old, dove hunting every summer. I got guns for Christmas!
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This has been my stance all along. And that’s why I told my friend the other night,”Don’t worry about the doors being locked.” All these people, millions of them, going to bed every night terrified that there’s somebody always lurking outside, just waiting for you to go to bed so they can break into your house and rape and kill you. That’s no way to live. The likelihood of that actually happening is negligible. And if it does happen, the odds of you getting to your gun to fend off a would-be intruder before the intruder gets to you are probably less than negligible.
Unless you’re sleeping with your gun. You wanna live like that, sleeping with your loaded gun, have fun. I’m not gonna live like that. I really truly believe that the more you worry about shit, the more you have to worry about. That’s why, when my plants start looking weird, I’m always like,”Nahhhhh, they’ll be alright…” And they always turn out alright haha. I dunno what I did to make them bounce back, but they always bounce back.
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No no no, I agree with you! I was replying to Holyangel who I think misinterpreted the number of assaults per 100k population from the data. The UK still has higher number of assaults, but it’s not that surprising. Fights rarely kill people. Guns usually do, as you said! 
Same same. I was like A Christmas Story! Except I never shot my eye out.
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Or, uh, maybe we could just not kill each other? I mean, that’s some bullshit right-wing rationale right there, dude. “People are gonna kill each other either way, so why ban assault rifles? And yeah, the NRA funded my campaign, but that has nothing to do with what I’m saying!” Gimme a fucking break.
You can’t kill thirty people in twenty seconds with a knife. Nobody runs in fear and takes cover when somebody’s wielding a knife. You have to be right up close and personal to kill somebody with a knife. And as you’re killing someone with a knife, it isn’t hard for a few people to grab their arms and disarm them. I mean, seriously… What a joke. Do you really think any of the latest mass shootings (or any mass shooting) could’ve happened if the assailant used a knife instead of a gun? Of course not.
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@nube that wasnt aimed at anyone. Your a cool dude and I’ve got nothing but respect for you. We’re good bro 
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I guess I’m guilty of going off topic. I suspect I’ll get a visit from @GrapeApe, @Blowingupjake, and @GMan over it so I’ll apologize to my MOD brothers in advance. This event shook me to my soul and I don’t have anyone else to talk to. That’s all I have to say about that. 
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Bro I think you’ll be OK. Everyone was effected in one way or another by the tragedy. We all have a voice. Use it if you need to
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I keep a real katana under my bed, and knives hidden all over the house 
This is YOUR thread tho? I don’t think anyone would be moderating in here unless you want to, unless readers flag posts.
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@nube thanks for the number correction! Still, 5x is a lot. I wonder how many of those 5x assaults would be murders if they had guns tho 
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It’s all good, dude. I’m happy to be here to help you process your emotions. I mean, we had a mass shooting the week before (at a fucking CHURCH)(not sure which is worse, a place of worship or a school), barely fifty miles away from where we live. You get numb to it, but then you don’t get numb to it at all. It’s difficult to decide how to react, how much you wanna feel THIS TIME.
Bottom line: there really is no counter-argument for banning assault rifles. The evidence (every other country has banned them and none of them have mass shootings) is overwhelming. To quote Shawshank Redemption, you’re being,”Intentionally obtuse,” if you try to make an argument otherwise.
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Haha! Totally! Oleskool can talk about whatever he wants to talk about
Why, though? You’re fine, dude. Nothing to worry about. I mean, I live in LA and we don’t always lock our doors. It really isn’t that dangerous out there.
And I really only say that because I don’t want any of my people (of which you are one) to be living in fear. There are solutions to these issues, but sleeping with a knife and going to bed scared every night isn’t one of them…
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Never know my dude. I live in a good upper middle class neighborhood with mostly seniors around and we had a break-in maybe 2 years after we moved in. Couple teenagers broke a window and got in and stole some things and made it out. Thankfully we were gone at the time but still. I put up cameras all around the property after that and yeah.
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Hahaha!!! So therefore, shoot them? Or stab them to death? Come on, dude. That is absolutely not a convincing argument for why assault rifles should be readily available. You got some cameras (we have those, too); if that’s not enough, get a couple big dogs running around your backyard, barking insanely at the littlest sound (got those, too; it gets annoying sometimes haha). I mean, I dunno about you, but I’m not sure I could live with myself if I shot someone to death. Or stabbed someone to death. Nor do I think that that’s something I even need to worry about. I could absolutely live with myself, though, if I beat the shit outta somebody. Done that a bunch back in the day and not even to burglars, but I mean, seriously…
Now we really are getting off-topic, but still… You know what the fuck I’m saying. Don’t live in fear. And do something about politicians in service to special-interest groups like the NRA.
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Down to 3 cats, all the neighbors have dogs, that’s likely why they chose my house and not theirs.
I don’t own a single firearm, never have, and I have no plans ever to, but if someone breaks into my house and threatens my family you best believe I have zero problems taking an arm or leg while we wait for the EMT’s and PD to show up. I don’t live in fear at all. Just prepared as best I can be.
Sorry for the super off-topic now @oleskool830 
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RIP the furry, soft-looking white one, getting hairs on all the nugs…
Yeah, I dunno. It’s just, like, we should be pissed about this shit, we should “do something about it.” And if your “solution”is,”We need more mental health care!” why do you keep voting against universal healthcare? And not YOU, holyangel, I don’t think you’re a member of Congress haha, I’m just saying… It’s this circular “logic” where it’s like,”Yeah, that’d be great if we did something, but if we did something, that’d open up a whole new set of problems and if we did something about those problems, it’d open up a whole ‘nother set of problems, sooooo… We’re just gonna not do anything at all. Except make sure our wealthy donors get wealthier.”
Pretty annoying. It’s why I’ve quit paying attention. We’re all fucked.
Thus endeth my rant haha…
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There we go! Soothing.
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I love that MEME and still don’t know why … 
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Because it’s awesome! And bizarre. And fucking hilarious haha. I kinda wanna get an LED screen or a monitor or whatever and hang it on a wall and have that meme playing on a loop somewhere in our house. I dunno… Maybe in the bathroom. I dunno if I’d wanna see it all the time, so one of the bathrooms seems appropriate. But every time oleskool posts it, it always makes me happy haha…
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