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gipskrampf posted:There are definitely Swiss gun nuts, here for example the Swiss NRA-analogue: Also, the rifle is to be transported unloaded and with the bolt removed. God save your rear end if the (military) police see you walking around with the bolt in. Switzerland may have low gun violence overall, but the rate of suicide by firearm is the highest in europe, with almost half of those being by service rifle or pistol. Many cases of domestic murder are also facilitated by the presence of a weapon at home. This were the major argument used by the initiative aiming to keep military rifles in arsenals when their owners were out of active service.  And our good friends at the UDC/SVP were their usual classy selves :  I am ashamed to admit that when that initiative was voted on, I was in the middle of my military service, and was all gung ho about keeping my gun, so I voted no. Now, my rifle hangs out in the attic, waiting for the one day a year I have obligatory target practice  .
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American gun nuts also have a lovely understanding of history. Because guns are so useful for fighting famine, you see. AShamefulDisplay fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Nov 12, 2013 |
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^^^ That's pretty awful. Hitler killed a lot more than 30 million people, there were like 20,000,000 in the USSR alone. Also, there's a difference between deaths caused by industrialization in a country where the life expectancy was like 25 years, and actively murdering people. Not to defend Mao, who was an incompetent megalomaniac.Noosphere posted:
No, Brute! Why are you doing posters for the SVP   edit: vvv the facial expression and angle is Hughes-y, I thought. Shading is obviously different. And wow, I had no idea about the vaccine stupidity
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AShamefulDisplay posted:American gun nuts also have a lovely understanding of history. Source for numbers: My rear end. OwlBot 2000 posted:No, Brute! Why are you doing posters for the SVP But that doesn't look like Aidan Hughes' art? Also, even if it is, he's done much, much worse (and equally political): 
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Soviet Commubot posted:By bread they mean this poo poo called Nutraloaf, which has meat, vegetables, dehydrated milk, potato flakes and all kinds of other stuff basically blended and baked in. Apparently it tastes pretty foul and is used as a means of punishment in prisons around the country. AKA expensive dog food. 
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People not to brake for: WaPo's Richard Cohen 
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V-Men posted:People not to brake for: 
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Sorry if I didn't understand it correctly: Is carrying a gun openly really allowed in the US or are those people demonstrating against existing laws? Because I've never heard of any place where it would be legal to transport weapons (in Germany afaik even longer knifes) outside a locked container. edit:  German Leopard Panzers exported to Indonesia. Honj Steak fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Nov 12, 2013 |
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Faber posted:Sorry if I didn't understand it correctly: Is carrying a gun openly really allowed in the US or are those people demonstrating against existing laws? Because I've never heard of any place where it would be legal to transport weapons (in Germany afaik even longer knifes) outside a locked container. Like so many things in the US, it depends on the state. In some states you're allowed to walk around with gun just like this people are.  Honestly, I'm not sure what all of these categories mean. I found it on http://my.opencarry.org/?page_id=103
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Faber posted:Sorry if I didn't understand it correctly: Is carrying a gun openly really allowed in the US or are those people demonstrating against existing laws? Because I've never heard of any place where it would be legal to transport weapons (in Germany afaik even longer knifes) outside a locked container. Varies from state to state. It's perfectly legal in Vermont, for example. http://www.opencarry.org/?page_id=308
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Faber posted:
Hope they can do a better job with their brand new tanks than they did with their brand new stealth boat. 
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Dusseldorf posted:Hope they can do a better job with their brand new tanks than they did with their brand new stealth boat. Deploying a smokescreen is a time-proven stealth tactic. Photos of women taking over a steel mill during WWII:  
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Faber posted:Sorry if I didn't understand it correctly: Is carrying a gun openly really allowed in the US or are those people demonstrating against existing laws? Because I've never heard of any place where it would be legal to transport weapons (in Germany afaik even longer knifes) outside a locked container. In some places, yes. Private establishments can post signs prohibiting weapons, open or concealed.  Gun nuts immediately had their pwecious feewings hurt because the city of Raleigh, NC didn't take down all the no concealed weapons signs immediately after the state's new gun law allowing concealed carry in public parks and schools went into effect last month. http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/28/3321385/signs-banning-concealed-guns-coming.html
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Faber posted:Sorry if I didn't understand it correctly: Is carrying a gun openly really allowed in the US or are those people demonstrating against existing laws? Because I've never heard of any place where it would be legal to transport weapons (in Germany afaik even longer knifes) outside a locked container.  The picture links to a bunch more maps with more info than you could ever want on the subject. In Canada we have (to use their terminology) licensed unloaded open carry of long guns only. That means if you have your license you can theoretically drive or walk around with a shotgun in your arms and a shell in your hand, but it doesn't come up much. There are also a hodgepodge of other rules like how ammunition is prohibited at public assemblies, but at least the vast majority of firearm legislation is at the Federal level. Fifty states with fifty sets of laws is absurd.
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Fandyien posted:Whats the source of this, it's awesome. paradoxplaza subreddit.  Other good reddity thing is colorizedhistory. Pictured: Some australian guy, hosed if I know who.
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AShamefulDisplay posted:American gun nuts also have a lovely understanding of history. Expropriate the food from the people who hoard them, a revolutionary meme. 
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https://archive.org/details/BlackPantherColoringBook On one hand I wouldn't put it past a Libertarian to make something like this. On the other hand; Criminal Libel; The Show that tells the TRUTH!  Mods knew (Joementum plants CIA psyops)
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Plutonis posted:Expropriate the food from the people who hoard them, a revolutionary meme. They did a good job hiding the identity of the people in that photo. 
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So Google has made some changes to try and make YouTube comments less reprehensible. Not sure how well that's working out: 
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Joementum posted:White House elevator after the 1968 election. Hah is he giving Nixon the treatment? 
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Rand alPaul posted:Hah is he giving Nixon the treatment? He's a bit of a close talker.    
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Vivian Darkbloom posted:royal road to science.jpg They're saying libertarians aren't big on personal OR economic freedoms. They do, however, have a y-axis advantage. 
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gipskrampf posted:There are definitely Swiss gun nuts, here for example the Swiss NRA-analogue: From my (ancient) experience living in Switzerland in the 70s, and knowing a few local kids, the service weapons were kept in the closet and the ammo was stored separately with a seal on it that had to be shown as unbroken when mustering out. I went back last summer after 38-years; between Zurich & Schaffhausen we stopped & wandered around on foot, and my son took this photo:  Best we could guess is that this was a hunter out on a day permit. Outside of law enforcement & military, It was the only Swiss I'd ever seen carrying a weapon (our back yard was used as a platoon's camping site during national maneuvers. Those soldiers were armed to the teeth)
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Faber posted:Sorry if I didn't understand it correctly: Is carrying a gun openly really allowed in the US or are those people demonstrating against existing laws? Because I've never heard of any place where it would be legal to transport weapons (in Germany afaik even longer knifes) outside a locked container. Yeah, America is awesome.  Vermont's always been a bad rear end. e: Whoops, linked the wrong tab. Plinkey fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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gipskrampf posted:There are definitely Swiss gun nuts, here for example the Swiss NRA-analogue: I'm curious about your perspective being Swiss. Is it more or less "oh great, my government mandated marksmanship qualification is up, gotta go to the range again in case the Romans come back, like that'll happen"  Noosphere posted:Also, the rifle is to be transported unloaded and with the bolt removed. God save your rear end if the (military) police see you walking around with the bolt in. That's pretty much the major argument in favor of guns for self defense in the US. "If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns" Are organized criminals with guns even a significant thing in Switzerland? I imagine it's more of a "well no, but that's just proof Swiss citizens having guns is keeping them at bay!" Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 10:57 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Faber posted:Sorry if I didn't understand it correctly: Is carrying a gun openly really allowed in the US or are those people demonstrating against existing laws? Because I've never heard of any place where it would be legal to transport weapons (in Germany afaik even longer knifes) outside a locked container. As others have mentioned it's a state by state basis. Some states are open carry as in "My gun is loaded don't loving look me in the eyes you poor excuse for a police officer!" Some allow "concealed carry" which of course means carry on your persons but hidden or in a car. Some like my state, California, pretty much allow the bare minimum of what the 2nd amendment requires. We have pretty much the strictest laws regarding gun control in this state and if you talk to anyone outside California this is a common bone of contention. "California doesn't allow guns what a bunch of faggots who want you to get raped by criminal gangs" This also boils over into what kind of guns you can have. In California you can have a handgun, and a rifle but the rifle can't be semi-auto only. Some states allow varying degrees of power, some states allow everything from light machine guns to Anti Aircraft battery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSp7CipN1pw To confuse you even more the Federal Government has their own laws regarding who can have what, so theoretically someone living in California could own machine guns on private property but they would have to have paperwork out the wazoo. Open carry is pretty much never a given here though, 
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