• PatFusty@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Not trying to minimize the bump stock thing but I would wager that having 23 different guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo is why so many people got shot that night. This guy had it all planned out including bipods, red dots, cameras etc. this guy even went as far as to nailing his door shut so in any case someone got to his hotel before he was done, he would have extra time.

    Yeah the bump stocks made a difference but I don’t think it was by that much.

    https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-shooting/list-guns-and-evidence-from-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock

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      8 months ago

      For those of us who don’t wank ourselves to sleep every night to pictures of guns and have no idea what the fuck a bump stock is -

      Essentially, bump stocks assist rapid fire by “bumping” the trigger against one’s finger (as opposed to one’s finger pulling on the trigger), thus allowing the firearm’s recoil, plus constant forward pressure by the non-shooting arm, to actuate the trigger

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        8 months ago

        For those of us who don’t wank ourselves to sleep every night to pictures of guns and have no idea what the fuck a bump stock is

        Interesting observation, I’d have thought anyone old enough at the time to follow news of the deadliest mass shooting in history would have known, especially since bump stocks became the largest discussion point of gun violence debate at the time, before Glock switches.

        Since you don’t watch news about gun violence wank yourself to sleep watching gun videos every night, here’s what that is:

        A Glock switch or Glock auto-sear (sometimes called a button or a giggle switch) is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the slide of a Glock handgun, converting the semi-automatic pistol into a machine pistol capable of fully automatic fire.

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          8 months ago

          largest discussion point

          Ha ha you seem to misunderstand that most other countrys’ entire discussion of the matter was “Fucksake the backwards yanks are at it again, must be a day with a ‘Y’ in it” 🙄

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              8 months ago

              Have you tried…not shooting people?

              If two people get shot in London or Paris, it’s massive news, and laws get changed.

              If ten people get shot in the US, we kinda just shake our heads, and yous do fuck all

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                No argument on that point, we’re pretty docile through years of bread and circus, and complacency conditioning propaganda¹. George Floyd protests could have been the outrage and protesting in Paris over a cheese manufactured getting wrongly fined by the government, but here it took mandatory lockdowns with everyone out of work and ruin-of-civilization pandemic fears.

                I get it. Wish I could personally change it, but the most I can do is vote, and call and email my representatives. If everyone did that every issue, we’d have a different country. Unfortunately see point ¹

                I own a gun, a revolver, it was my uncle’s service weapon. I’ve taken it to the range a few times but besides that it sits locked in the safe unloaded and safety on, and I don’t carry it around. I can’t see myself ever needing to actually use it, but it’s nice to know it’s there in case there were ever truly a threat to my family. In places like the UK, I assume people have home defense weapons in the form of knives, billy clubs, pepper spray, etc. I’ve seen the damage it can do at the range, and it’s scary. I’m scared of it. I don’t ever want to become not scared of it.

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                  8 months ago

                  In places like the UK, I assume people have home defense weapons in the form of knives, billy clubs, pepper spray, etc

                  Jesus fucking Christ 😂

                  NORMAL PEOPLE DON’T HAVE HOME DEFENCE WEAPONS YOU FUCKING BARBARIAN 😅

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                    8 months ago

                    No?

                    You’ve never known someone that has had their house broken into?

                    Do you live in privileged suburbs or is the UK just a magical place with no home invasions?

                    Or is it just a matter of not caring if someone does?