But other things might not be exclusively used for killing living beings. In the case of the weapons in that image, primarily humans.

Making "exploring the world" your thing is so cringe. All those insta and tinder profiles with the same travel photos. Fuck off.

Eh, I grew up doing shooting competitions as a kid. My grandfather was a semi-famous trick shooter back when that was a thing, so it was something I grew up doing.

I hunt too, meat prices are insane right now and a few deer go a long way when frozen or otherwise preserved right, I don't mind having to butcher and dress it myself. I'm not gonna stop eating meat in this lifetime, them animals are way way too tasty.

I like guns, but this photo is cringe to me too. I'm a Fudd in the gun community. Revolvers, lever-action repeaters, and shotguns are all I mess with, and I'd be more than comfortable banning all high capacity guns.

Depends on where you live, how you grew up, and your hobbies.

I realize it’s a foreign concept to some who grew up in an urban/metropolitan area and are otherwise surrounded by concrete, buildings and lots of people.

I grew up with 3000 acres of woods behind my house. Didn’t own them but had unrestricted access. I like guns but despise people like the one in this image.

Engineering is my main draw. That and knowing my sister would be dead today without hers.

Kinda like the people with gun manufacturer stickers on their vehicle. Either cosplay or telling people they're an easy $100 for anyone with a brick. Serious gun owners don't advertise it.

Just noticed that, at least they're practicing trigger discipline.

That's a Thompson, not a BAR.

A BAR would be about the same size as the M60. BAR shoots 30.06 (7.62x63), actually longer rounds than the M60 (7.62x51), usually had a bipod, thing's pretty big.

If she was holding a BAR in that same position, the barrel end and bipod would be on or past the hand of redshirt son behind her.

A Thompson on the other hand is a sub machine gun, 9x19, much closer in overall size to what we'd now call a carbine or short barelled rifle, its roughly M4 sized.

Hard to tell the exact variant but its likely either the WW2 era M1928A1 or M1A1, they simplified and reinforced some bits of the design compared to the old 'Chicago Typewriter' version, for mass wartime production.

Don’t spread misinformation.

No one is getting their family photos at Sears anymore.

typical white RIGHT wing ammosexul family portrait.

Only until the revolution though. Then they get taken away again.

I wasn't going to share the story because I felt it too dark. But a coworker years ago told me the first people he would kill in the "shit hits the fan" scenario is his neighbors because they would be the first to ask for help/target him.

The fact that a single nut job is out there thinking this was enough to adjust my stance on owning fire arms.

Well you may want to look up how gun control came to be a talking point, and why Fred Hampton was viewed as such a threat, he was murdered in his bed, next to his pregnant, sleeping wife (hint: youth breakfast and exercise program).

Gun manufacturers are a part of society, and a very rich part.

The entire world demands guns, and the USA provides. More than the top six suppliers combined (including China and Russia).

Every state in the union is part of the arms industry. Even Hawaii.

I do by having a bunch of really cool guns

Guns are a lot cheaper than you'd expect. An ar-15 is like $500 for a simple build. Most handguns are similar. The ones here are only expensive because they're machine guns

How about All Fascists Are B.........no, wait, that's not gonna work either.

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If they were only blowhards it’d be fine.

Identity of what?! I'm so terrified of everything that I need to hold something that can kill people?!

True, and most gun people are too stupid to learn about the NFA world and how expensive legal fully automatic firearms are, so they wouldn't know the flex this picture actually is and would just say "YEAHHHHH, 'MERICA!!" and vote for him again while their family struggles to afford insurance.