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Desensitization to guns (lemmy.world)
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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The number of engineering/design choices that go into guns is fascinating. A P90 and an AK-47 have so many different design choices that it's incredible they do basically the same thing.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah I love the engineering and history, but wouldn't want to live with them in close proximity

[–] homik@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

And the manufacturing. Forgotten Weapons is a brilliant channel not just because of the sheer quality and variety and humour but because Ian will actually explain and show the functioning and ideas behind the crazy mechanisms that have been made over time.