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Can't arm myself... my state requires I pay a tax... do a background check that takes about a day... then do the same background check but it takes a few days to a few weeks... then I have to wait 30 business days which is like 3 months... oh and I need live fire training where I have to fire a minimum of 50 rounds which each round is taxed and I am given a pass/fail status by an old fudd who thinks I should never handle a firearm because I'm a registered Democrat... eventually I get my firearm if my licensed dealer hasn't fucked up the paperwork or isnt on another holiday... BUT I am severely limited in my choices as nearly every good personal defense firearm is banned either by name or because it has a useful feature like threaded barrels to mount a suppressor which will help with my hearing loss as I age... I probably won't get what I want either because the standard mag comes with a capacity of 11 or more rounds...
But yes! Lets arm ourselves!
sounds like defeatist talk to me. i can't legally own a firearm either but that never stopped me.
It IS defeatist talk. Some people prefer to remain cattle than to fight, and will find any excuse to be so.
None of what you wrote indicates that you can't arm yourself - you've just outlined reasons why you can't be assed to do it and it sure sounds hyperbolized to me. For example, your excuse of an old fudd thinking you shouldn't be armed just for being a registered Democrat... why the hell would you just disclose that information when it's not relevant to what you'd be doing at all. Go in, take your shots, get your paperwork, and leave. You don't need to get into your personal politics.
You make it sound like going through a vetting process is such an inconvenience. The only real hindrance you've outlined is costs. The comment reads like pure defeatist.
Man o man.
2A looks pretty fucking great when we are faced with an actual threat, don't it?
Even for a 12ga pump? Most people don't need a handgun. Scattergun will do most everything you need, from putting food on the table to handling two or four legged varmints.
Boo hoo. It is harder to get a nail salon permit in the US than a gun.
Yeah, you have to do all that, but a kid can just get their parent's automatic weapon and go shoot around in the school. Your shitty police who are "trained" to prevent this just stand around "making plans" on how to stop this one kid. Once enough students dies, they go home and go to work the next day to go and shoot people's pet dogs. What a beautiful "free" country you live in with a funny clown president. First world country my foot LOL
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You mean like everything else?
Did that, didn't stop me. And one month is three months, got it. That's just time though.
Simple solution - don't tell old fuddies who have power over you that you're a Democrat.
I understand that making a decision on personal defense firearms is a difficult choice. Just because your options are limited, though, doesn't mean you can't find a piece that works for you. And WEAR FUCKING HEARING PROTECTION WHEN YOU SHOOT. Y'know, like everyone else does. If you're in a life-or-death situation, sure, you're going to suffer from having to shoot an unsilenced gun, but better a ringing in your ears than starving to death in a foreign prison.