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pantslesswithwolves posted:
Why don't they have loaded mags in their weapons? Driving into base today, I noticed SF had loaded mags. Whats so different here, other than that they have intel showing people are getting ready to attack them?
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Jan 17, 2021 19:21
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Stultus Maximus posted:It just occurred to me - where do 20,000 mobilized troops in DC sleep? Last I heard, they're filling up the local hotels, more or less like usual. The Rotunda thing was basically an oversized break room, rather than where they're spending the night.
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Jan 17, 2021 19:26
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facialimpediment posted:Last I heard, they're filling up the local hotels, more or less like usual. The Rotunda thing was basically an oversized break room, rather than where they're spending the night. I guess with the pandemic, there would be rooms available.
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Jan 17, 2021 19:26
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My guess is that live ammo is in the chest rigs and that they're ready to lock and load in a moment if need be. There are also cops at these checkpoints too so it's not like there isn't someone ready to instantly draw or fire if need be. I don't think anything big is going to happen between now and the Inauguration, but I think that warnings that the right wing is gearing up for an insurgency are well founded, and that poo poo will be very weird for weeks and months to come.
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Jan 17, 2021 19:27
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Godholio posted:This is the other half of why I'm on there. I understand that most people DON'T want that, though. I signed up for friends & family, I stay for that and dunking on loving idiots. facebook comment batman maniac being too long for a username is the real negative here
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Jan 17, 2021 19:32
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Personally I wish Biden and Harris had opted to swear in at home, surrounded by their families, in a gesture of solidarity for the millions of Americans who are stuck at home because of COVID. Yea that would be good, and require self awareness of politicians who haven't been either rich, in positions of power, or both over the last decade. On the other hand, doing business as usual could be a good thing as well. A signal to right wingers who aren't full on Q-ANON Chuds and to the rest of the world "hey fuckos I'm the lawful president of these united states regardless of what these chuds say, see I got to do the ceremony and everything"
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Jan 17, 2021 19:35
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Godholio posted:
Fair enough, it’s hard to replace those aspects. Just was putting that out there as another option. It’s one that a lot don’t think about. It’s usually thought of as all or nothing.
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Jan 17, 2021 19:45
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Also true, if that's what you want to use; that's actually mostly how I talk to HDI these days. But I also like being able to see my nieces grow up in the pictures their mom and grandparents post. And follow along with a buddy's evolving car collection. I get that it's not for everyone, but the self-fellating "Well IIIII don't use it anymore" posts get old.
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https://twitter.com/lucasaulbach/status/1350877160563683335?s=21 lol what piece of ancient milsurp does the guy on the right have?
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Jan 17, 2021 19:56
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I think a Mosin Nagant?
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Jan 17, 2021 20:08
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A grenade launcher? Is that even remotely legal?
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Jan 17, 2021 20:10
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I'm the Mandalorian hat and tasteful Mandalorian patch on the vest.
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Jan 17, 2021 20:10
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:A grenade launcher? Is that even remotely legal? depends where you live. in this context, probably not.
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Jan 17, 2021 20:17
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:A grenade launcher? Is that even remotely legal? Depends on the state and it might also be a 37mm device, which actually isn’t anything under federal law. They technically flare devices. If it’s 40mm it’s a destructive device and has to be NFA registered. Any rounds that are AP (vs chalk or flares) also have to be registered (those are pretty rare in private hands because there are explosive storage regulations). Now if somebody started making AP rounds for the 37 mm format, I could it see being reclassified, as a destructive device. [quote="“Godholio”" post="“511722692”"] I think a Mosin Nagant? [/quote] I was thinking that. Honestly that makes it even more hilarious on multiple levels.
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Jan 17, 2021 20:18
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Depends on the state and it might also be a 37mm device, which actually isn’t anything under federal law. They technically flare devices. If it’s 40mm it’s a destructive device and has to be NFA registered. Any rounds that are AP (vs chalk or flares) also have to be registered (those are pretty rare in private hands because there are explosive storage regulations). I think anything that is 37mm is technically considered a “signaling device,” despite everyone I know that has had one was either a hardcore liberators or freeper. A quick Google show it’s pretty easy to create homemade AP canisters. I’m probably on another list now...
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Jan 17, 2021 20:30
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Oxygenpoisoning posted:I think anything that is 37mm is technically considered a “signaling device,” despite everyone I know that has had one was either a hardcore liberators or freeper. A quick Google show it’s pretty easy to create homemade AP canisters. I’m probably on another list now... Perhaps it’s the ammo that would be classified as a DD in that scenario. Honestly I’m surprised we haven’t seen more rednecks with stumpy hands in the last month or so. I mean some dude on Arfcom once got a form 1 approved for a new hand grenade (that or a land mine iirc).
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Jan 17, 2021 20:33
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Oxygenpoisoning posted:I think anything that is 37mm is technically considered a “signaling device,” despite everyone I know that has had one was either a hardcore liberators or freeper. A quick Google show it’s pretty easy to create homemade AP canisters. I’m probably on another list now... Having played around with M203s and MK19s a fair bit, there is no amount of money that could convince me to gently caress around with homemade AP rounds for a 37mm launcher.
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Jan 17, 2021 20:34
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Hekk posted:Having played around with M203s and MK19s a fair bit, there is no amount of money that could convince me to gently caress around with homemade AP rounds for a 37mm launcher. I was doing med support for a SF unit that was training on these. One round popped out and landed in the guy's lap. Even though they were using flashbangs or whatever, it was still a tense moment. But hey, they let me fire them, too, so that was cool.
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Jan 17, 2021 20:39
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A combination of lolmosin and he's real fuckin short
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Jan 17, 2021 20:43
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https://twitter.com/lauralitvan/status/1350892811013545988?s=21
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Jan 17, 2021 20:49
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https://twitter.com/LucasAulbach/status/1350882563963957252?s=19
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Jan 17, 2021 21:01
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This can't end poorly at all
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Jan 17, 2021 21:02
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Hekk posted:Having played around with M203s and MK19s a fair bit, there is no amount of money that could convince me to gently caress around with homemade AP rounds for a 37mm launcher. I 100% agree, but I’m not sure Y’all Qaeda would. Given how people ostensibly trained on the weapon system use them, I can’t imagine what some Parler insurrectionist wouldn’t kill themselves or some fellow traitors by accident.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:03
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pantslesswithwolves posted:My guess is that live ammo is in the chest rigs and that they're ready to lock and load in a moment if need be. There are also cops at these checkpoints too so it's not like there isn't someone ready to instantly draw or fire if need be. The checkpoint I ran into on Friday didn't have cops, just troops - same condition. Empty guns - presuming mags on person, but I wasn't about to ask that at the checkpoint.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:07
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Oh what wonderful timing. https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1350898361289752576?s=21
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Jan 17, 2021 21:15
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GoGoGadget posted:Why don't they have loaded mags in their weapons? Driving into base today, I noticed SF had loaded mags. Whats so different here, other than that they have intel showing people are getting ready to attack them? If you have 20000 soldiers in condition 3 then you're probably going to get at least one negligent discharge a day.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:17
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Anarcho-Bidenism posted:This can't end poorly at all I didn't want to suggest that it might happen because I know people would have said it was insane people keep forgetting the hellworld we live in has gone completely off the rails
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Jan 17, 2021 21:19
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Best Friends posted:If you have 20000 soldiers in condition 3 then you're probably going to get at least one negligent discharge a day. Someone’s being optimistic.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:26
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MazelTovCocktail posted:https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1350834214179115009?s=21 which challenge coin tho?
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Jan 17, 2021 21:30
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Anarcho-Bidenism posted:This can't end poorly at all It's already going poorly. Fascist paramilitaries cannot be allowed to feel invulnerable.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:31
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Olympus Has Fallen is not a good movie but the takeover scene is decent action. I had thought a slow military response was necessary for the plot but now the idea of the army being too sluggish to intervene holds up.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:43
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Stultus Maximus posted:It's already going poorly. Fascist paramilitaries cannot be allowed to feel invulnerable. What do you think would have happened if this got “nipped in the bud” way back when the Bundy’s were acting up? Like, insurrection act “fly a pair of Apaches over to rock[et] those babies to sleep” type of message. Would it have brought things to a head sooner or cooled the jets of those far right militia types? It’s hosed up for me to even consider at this point, but I also didn’t expect to witness a half assed insurrection either. So now I’m wondering: would sending a message years ago have prevented the bullshit of today?
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Jan 17, 2021 21:44
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TheWeedNumber posted:What do you think would have happened if this got “nipped in the bud” way back when the Bundy’s were acting up? Like, insurrection act “fly a pair of Apaches over to rock[et] those babies to sleep” type of message. Would it have brought things to a head sooner or cooled the jets of those far right militia types? It’s hosed up for me to even consider at this point, but I also didn’t expect to witness a half assed insurrection either. So now I’m wondering: would sending a message years ago have prevented the bullshit of today? You know what they say: an ounce of prevention is worth a 500 lb guided munition.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:47
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TheWeedNumber posted:What do you think would have happened if this got “nipped in the bud” way back when the Bundy’s were acting up? Like, insurrection act “fly a pair of Apaches over to rock[et] those babies to sleep” type of message. Would it have brought things to a head sooner or cooled the jets of those far right militia types? It’s hosed up for me to even consider at this point, but I also didn’t expect to witness a half assed insurrection either. So now I’m wondering: would sending a message years ago have prevented the bullshit of today? I don't really know much about this stuff, but did Ruby Ridge/Waco/Crack down after OKC/Olympic Bombings have any known knock on effects for the right wing militia types? I assume it's been long enough since all of those things that someone wrote a thing about that.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:48
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It's worked wonders in all those other countries the US bombed 
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Jan 17, 2021 21:49
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Defenestrategy posted:I don't really know much about this stuff, but did Ruby Ridge/Waco/Crack down after OKC/Olympic Bombings have any known knock on effects for the right ring militia types? I assume it's been long enough since all of those things that someone wrote a thing about that. I think (just pulling things from my rear end) that the hardcore full time crazies in the woods were hardened by those, but your casual weekend warrior that showed up at the Capitol is deterred. Just my opinion.
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Jan 17, 2021 21:50
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Wait, so this is Aunt Tifa, then?
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Jan 17, 2021 21:51
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TheWeedNumber posted:What do you think would have happened if this got “nipped in the bud” way back when the Bundy’s were acting up? Like, insurrection act “fly a pair of Apaches over to rock[et] those babies to sleep” type of message. Would it have brought things to a head sooner or cooled the jets of those far right militia types? It’s hosed up for me to even consider at this point, but I also didn’t expect to witness a half assed insurrection either. So now I’m wondering: would sending a message years ago have prevented the bullshit of today? The thing you would need to nip in the bud, somehow, is the entire grifter ecology where these guys have sank their roots. Between how profitable it has been for many people and how beneficial it has been for the Republican Party I cannot see that being amenable to like, a single shocking intervention of any kind a la "Arrest the Bundys."
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Jan 17, 2021 21:54
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TheWeedNumber posted:which challenge coin tho? quote:Linda Magovern, 63, of Stratford, Connecticut, was arrested near Union Station after she said she was an officer and “a part of the presidential cabinet,” and presented a military police challenge coin, a D.C. police report says. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news...police/2405118/ There's a lot of unpack there.
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Jan 17, 2021 22:36
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Depends on the state and it might also be a 37mm device, which actually isn’t anything under federal law. They technically flare devices. If it’s 40mm it’s a destructive device and has to be NFA registered. Any rounds that are AP (vs chalk or flares) also have to be registered (those are pretty rare in private hands because there are explosive storage regulations). do you know what AP rounds are?
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PookBear posted:do you know what AP rounds are? Arnold Palmers, yeah.
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