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[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

sorry if this is ableist, im just curious. i dont know about guns. how hard is it to fire an AK with one arm?

edit: lmao i just realized they weren’t saying they were one armed.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

While you can definitely shoulder a rifle and pull the bang switch with one arm, it would be extremely difficult to control the recoil outside of some very specific firing positions

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I remember I saw a video one time of Steven crowder ( right wing YouTube idiot) "infiltrate an antifa cell" and was freaking out because one of them had A KNIFE. meanwhile every other episode he's bragging that he's always packing his emotional support revolver.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 hours ago

Or the daily show going to Texas and showing reactions to white people open carrying vs black people.

Guess which one had police show up for the same type of parade

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 105 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Reminder that gun control was originally kicked off in reaction to the Black Panthers arming themselves, so yeah.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 98 points 14 hours ago (3 children)
[–] edge@hexbear.net 8 points 6 hours ago

One of the hardest going pictures in American history.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 72 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 41 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

create a new trans gun toting group of people; make sure that they got LOTS of publicity; and call them the t-panthers.

[–] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 8 hours ago

Why not the pink panthers, it comes with it's own Theme music

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago

that's WAY better than t-panthers!

[–] DrainedOctagon@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Black Panther my love 😍

The working class and other marginalised people really must learn them and bring back a movement like this. America and the world really needs them.

[–] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 7 points 6 hours ago

America and the world really needs them.

Absolutely. But they'd be openly murdered and their organization systematically infiltrated and dismantled even faster than what happened with the original Black Panthers. Certainly at least if it were in the US and it was a BIPOC-led organization. Or am I being too doomerist?

[–] buh@hexbear.net 75 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This country hates trans people more than it loves guns

[–] axont@hexbear.net 66 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This country only likes guns when they're in the hands of white people who like to scream at black teenagers

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 11 points 9 hours ago

Never forget who created California's gun control laws

[–] crime@hexbear.net 51 points 14 hours ago

These colors don't run flag-trans-pride soviet-huff

[–] GayTuckerCarlson@hexbear.net 43 points 14 hours ago

Inside every 2A right winger is a gun control lib yearning to be free

[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 35 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Amerikkkans only scream gun control when a visible minority/marginalized group practice their right of 2nd amendment.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 25 points 13 hours ago

Imagine if those same minorities/marginalized groups formed their own constitutionally protected state militias. frothingfash

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 39 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

First person I've ever seen rock the red beret, I think you just need rizz and a gun

Actually the plate carrier really helps too, takes it to a bit of a 40K place

*first western communist I've ever seen rock the red beret

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 55 points 14 hours ago

"Am I a joke to you?"

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 36 points 14 hours ago

I believe in you!

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Is that a real AK? That's not easy to get in the US. Like $3000 in fees just to apply for one.

[–] cummynism2cumharder@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Hi armed gunma'am here,

A "real AK" could be a real Russian parts kit that was rebuilt into an AK, a zastava which is around 1200, a Century Arms AK which is around 800, an AK74 which could be around 2-3k. "Real AK" means a lot and also nothing at the same time. Typically this is called a "AK pattern" rifle since the bolt, gas system and furniture are typically the same between them. Just like there are 1000 companies that make AR15 style rifles we would call that a "AR pattern" rifle.

You can go to any gun store that has these available, pay the cost for the gun then a transfer fee of anywhere from 25-75 dollars.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 4 points 9 hours ago

Hard to tell, it doesn't look like an airsoft gun. Showing up to a protest with an airsoft gun would be a very bad idea.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 22 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

They'll just use transmedicalism as a way to regulate only the people they don't want to have guns

[–] someone@hexbear.net 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Mark my words, there will be a bipartisan push to regulate guns in cases of "mental illness", and a completely coincidental piece of legislation will label trans people as "mentally ill".

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 9 points 11 hours ago

This is exactly how they will use transmedicalism to ban trans folks from guns

[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

"Trans people aren't real, but also if you're trans you can't have access to guns"

[–] DinosaurThussy@hexbear.net 23 points 14 hours ago

Gun control for thee, not for me