Yep… well 2nd amendment folks are hypocrites apparently. Shocker.
A republican shoots up a school and nobody sees any issue with Republican ideology, but the second a trans person does we’ve gotta take away the guns, right?
Lefties and trans folk, arm up. If you haven’t bought your piece yet, start the application process. Once you have it, it becomes almost impossible for them to take it away by force.
I think you mean the only way they’ll take it is by force, and they will if they choose to do so. You aren’t going to stop a SWAT team (or worse.)
Dems be like: “I allow it”
Remember: “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.” -Karl Marx
Armed Minorities are harder to oppress.
Dems are okay with this?
Fun twist… NRA is like “hell nah!”
Originally the NRA was super against people actually carrying firearms around.
Originally, Republicans were against gun control.
Trans people are statistically underrepresented among mass shooters. If we are targeting high risk demographics we should start with white men.
Time to buy lots of guns and ammo everyone
Where is the NRA? First trans then unpardoned felons, the homeless, the unemployed poor people. The list goes on. Once in place, adding another group will not be questioned.
The NRA already said they cannot support this and stand against the sweeping ban of firearms.
Per their tweet:
The Second Amendment isn’t up for debate.
The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law abiding Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms.
NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process.
rare NRA W, imo.
I think this kills it. NRA is one of the sacred cows of the Republican party, they don’t dare defy them.
They do this and the motives for violence only increase. How long until the next high profile assassination?
Trans folks, get your guns while you can. They might be the difference between freedom or going to RFK’s “wellness” farms. As an autistic who will someday be targeted, I intend to stand on the line of battle with you.
RFK’s “wellness” farms
the brain worm was Substance D all along…
Having a gun will not protect you from the military, which is now our enemy.
There is only the option to run and I encourage trans people to begin executing those plans I know you’ve been making to get to higher ground. Pool your resources, go together, support each other.
To not fight is compliance in advance, which is a great source of power and comfort for fascism.
Further, it isn’t likely for the whole of the American military to be aligned with the Trump Regime. Odds are that we will have a civil war - and one side will have minorities serving, many of whom are competent people who have been exiled by the Trump Regime from all sectors of government: Military, intelligence, bureaucratic, and more. Already, the west coast Blue States are forming their own vaccine coalition to replace the loss of Federal services. That is the sign of an upcoming secession, as the Blue States form mutual services that are not dependent on the support of the Trump Regime.
Aside from all of that, America historically had difficulty against guerillas, whom tend to have small arms and communities. Freedom fighters within America’s borders are likely to be even more successful than their foreign peers, simply because ICE would run the risk of turning entire cities or states against the government. Foreign guerillas couldn’t quickly influence the politics of America much, because they aren’t American nor close to home.
This is going to result in either the left arming themselves in a way that will give them political power comparable to the right.
Or the courts will set a legal precedent for gun control regulations.
While I’m disgusted by the fact that it’s a targeted act of persecution, this could be the Trump DOJ setting up a long-term win for the left.
Gun control would not be a win for anyone, especially not on the left.
Liberals love gun control
Leftists do not
Ahah, the US right finally found someone that they don’t want armed to the teeth.
I’m sure they have a whole list, this just happens to be their favored first domino
What part if “shall not be infringed” do these fuckers not understand?
Ah see you’re making a common mistake when reading the law. Republican’s shall not be infringed, Democrats shall be infringed. It’s a common mistake to assume the Republicans will respect others rights, they don’t. They want all the rights for themselves and laws to apply to everyone else.
An in-group whom the law protects but does not bind, and an out-group whom the law binds but does not protect.
Shall be absolutely fine with right wing prejudice.
The general concept of social contracts, and law explicitly, apparently.
good luck with appeasing that extremely important anti 2A anti trans demographic. some say it’s the biggest voting block in the world
Hahaha…omg. USA. You’re always good for a laugh. A sad laugh, as there’s always comedy in tragedy and vice versa. But a laugh.
If I’d be lqbtq I’d probably already packing bags for a nice emigration into universal healthcare instead of fascicm and stupidity. Most anywhere else sounds like a nice destination!
welp, that tears it. time to buy my first gun, while I still can. I’m not a big fan of guns but fuck if I’m going to let myself and my community be disarmed by the fascists. I’m not going quietly if they send us to the camps.
If you do and have not used one before please get training in the proper operation of it. Even if its from a book. Practice until you are comfortable with it. Otherwise you may end up shooting yourself or someone you care about by accident. You should know how it works and how to break down and clean it yourself.
oh absolutely. I’ll take a full gun safety class and practice target shooting at the range.
I hate to break it to you, but that’s exactly what they want.
They want more people to buy guns, because that’s more power for those in the industry.
The money from these sales will go towards getting republicans elected.
Only buy used guns.
Building one yourself can be another great option. I’m slowly building my first AR this way. There are many parts manufacturers out there who are friendly to the left, or at least politically neutral, more every day.
The build process will get you VERY familiar with how your firearm and each part of it functions, there is a build for every budget and (at least with the AR platform) you can customize it to your heart’s content.
Plus it’s just a lot of fun to see it come together, it teaches self-sufficiency and you end up with a basic kit of tools that can come in handy in the future. IMO it is very worth the time and effort as opposed to just buying something already built off the shelf.
Yeah, after all those mass shootings done by transgenders, I understand.
Wait, how many of the long list of mass shootings were done by transgenders? What is the muder rate in percentage by transgenders compared to sisgenders?
what is sisgender?
Grammer nazi alert! Weewoo weewoo! It’s “cisgender”
You got me. I accept all consequences.
“Transgenders” is not a word. Please use “transgender people” or something similar.
This is why you don’t get invited to parties.
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It may be outdated, yet still a word. But I’ll do better in the future. I didn’t mean it as offensive, I used the same form for sisgender plural.
And here I was thinking you were doing a satire.
While it’s not a slur, that usage is often employed as a weird denigrating “gotcha” and/or dog whistle.
I don’t believe that was your intention, but it’s definitely something to be aware of.
it’s cis not sis btw
How would this stop them? Couldn’t they just use the
same gun show/online loopholes(the many way ways to acquire a gun in America)everyone else does?EDIT: changed the phrasing to more accurately reflect the reality to satisfy people’s dependence on nitpicking details at the cost of understanding the actual point.
I didn’t want to spark a semantic debate, I am genuinely curious how people perceive firearm sales and acquisition in the US.
In my experience of having purchased and sold a few guns over the years, it’s not quite as straightforward as most would believe. The laws vary by state, but in my cases all private sales (even at gun shows) are subject to background checks facilitated by an FFL holder (think gun store or pawn shop) and any applicable waiting periods.
That’s not to say back-alley deals don’t still occur and that unregulated states do a great job of tracking ownership, but the risk that private firearm sales and straw purchases pose are largely mitigated by the fact that most people don’t want to have their name linked to a firearm that was sold to some unsavory individual.
Probably. I think this is more about providing an excuse for jailing any trans who choose to own a firearm, rather than stopping them
Serious question: do you believe that you can purchase a firearm from a commercial dealer online or at a gun show without regulation? Because in most cases, that simply isn’t true.
True, just get someone to gift it to you.
I’ll admit I’m not educated on the subject but it was my understanding that there is a loophole for gun shows.
In a country where there are more guns than people, I don’t believe the barriers to entry for gun ownership for someone who really wants one are substantial. So fundamentally, yes, I do believe this.
The loophole is for private sales. A person can sell their personal firearms to another person without going through a licensed dealer, which means no background check. A gun dealer at a gun show needs to do a background check, but if someone just wants to sell some of their guns at the show, they can just take the cash no questions asked. It applies to GunBroker too, which is like ebay for guns.
I’ve never been to a gun show, but I went to a guitar show as a teenager, looking to buy a bass, and I ended up chatting up some dude carrying his Rickenbacker 4001 around in a case, looking to sell.
We went out to the parking lot and made a private sale. All cash, no tax, no receipt.
I hope you’re well past the statute of limitations on that one. The Feds don’t take too kindly to undocumented sales, especially with a machine of that magnitude.
Yeah but even with gun broker it depends on the state your buying in. Most cases they will ship the gun to your local FFL, where you then still have to go through all the paperwork to get the gun released.
Don’t private sale happen at gun shows? And don’t you find it a little silly that you are criticizing the detail of HOW this is done while missing the bigger picture of how easy it is to get a gun in America.
Here are me to edit that post to suit you pedantry.
Commercial dealer? No. Some dude in the parking lot named Colton? Absolutely.
