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@ArmedJ0y

Jun 21

It really is a microcosm of America and it's problems lol.

Boomers sell off lake in their town to a private company for line go up.

Years later a budget shortfall means they can't rent beach access to the lake in the middle of their own town. Because it's private they need to have lifeguards because someone can sue the owner of the fuckin LAKE if they get hurt.

To scare people off from swimming they spend 20k dollars dumping rocks all over the beach and putting up no trespassing signs. And then police time patrolling so no one swims lol.

It's a bowl of spaghetti laws that optimizes human misery.

Like the land sale stuff. Say you wanna own the side of a mountain but you're really chill about it and let anyone use it.

Little Timmy slips off a boulder and breaks his leg. His parents fucking sue you because it's on your land lol.

So you gotta put up no trespassing signs and enforce it.

You saw this problem in Michigan with the snowmobile trails that cut through farmland.

For decades no one cared.

Until people would go off track or a tree would fall and they'd get their shit wrecked and sue the property owner for it like it's their fault.

So tons of the trails are closed now.

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@ArmedJ0y

Mar 6

This would actually make sense but the system to enable it runs counter to all current popular perspectives on firearms.

The Right cannot bring this about because it requires a level of institution they fundamentally are uncomfortable with.

The main issues plaguing the majority of RW gun culture is that firearms, whether they admit it or not, are primarily a class, status and cultural system.

They get antsy when the "wrong" people start possessing arms for the "wrong" reasons.

A mass civilan armament campaign would run counter to this heavily.

You cannot flex your guns if everyone has them. You cannot place yourself in a privileged class because you have the time and money to train if it was accessible to everyone. You cannot virtue signal your politics if it becomes apolitical.

All this layered ontop of the general failings and results of "tough on crime" goals.

Why I put "Gun Politics" in it's own, separate political catagory.

Now don't think for a second that I'm swinging just one way, it's the Left's turn.

The fundamental problem with leftist gun culture is that, at it's core, it is reactionary by nature.

Not in the leftist definition of that word, but literal. It is a reaction to RW gun culture. This results in tons of horrible expressions such as:

Red Fudds
Embarrassed "i don't take this gross thing too seriously" libshit
Tender-queer "okay I'll buy guns but only till things calm down" etc.
Etc.

Part of this coming from embarrassment and feeling the need to sell the idea to the rest of a gun hostile left, but also because of a basic reality that is uncomfortable to the Left as a whole:

Gun ownership is at its foundation an Individualistic concept.
You can throw on community defense, radical polycules, mutual aid and any other Lefty concept ontop of it.

In the same way "the core unit of the army is the rifleman" when push comes to shove there is unavoidable personal responsibility inherent in self defense.

One that cannot be collectivized, off loaded, shared or distributed.

This is not a square that cannot be circled. There are choice few people on the left that get this, but the broader wing is allergic to it.

TLDR: Why I say a true expression of "gun politics" is a separate political expression entirely.

It is linear:

You cannot want an "armed polite society" if you are uncomfortable with anyone gaining access to firearms.

You cannot bring this about unless you make them finically, politically, legally, and culturally available to all people.

You cannot defend yourself properly if you do not enjoy them or take them seriously.

And finally you cannot protect others if you are not equipped to defend yourself.

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@ArmedJ0y

Nov 12, 2024

I see we're flirting with the stupid idea of deploying the US military into Mexico to fight cartels again.

Reminder that uh... Mexico told us to fuck off regarding this lol. They're not going to give permission. So uh, if you're just cool with illegal military raids in a sovereign country at least be honest about what we're signing up for.

The relationship with Mexico has already rapidly deteriorated under Biden to the point of directly countering US policy in a few places.

An entire political wedge issue in their elections is regarding the degree they are tolerant of the US meddling in their country.

And recently they're (ironically) dealing with a flood of US remote worker migrants that is causing a political crisis.

Shit is tense rn.

Like dawg they passed legislation effectively bribing former Mexican citizens and their children to get them to immigrate back to Mexico. lol

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@ArmedJ0y

Jun 29, 2024

https://twitter.com/tacticoolgf/status/1806782274714890703

Yeah this is a good of place as any to weigh in on my actual deeper opinions on this decision past just guns, seeming there is actual nuance and depth here which allows me to focus in on the actual points while raising some of my issues with how the "left" is viewing this:

https://twitter.com/tacticoolgf/status/1806782274714890703

Firstly, an overarching theme of the differences highlighted between a court and an agency gets way more murky than the current discourse proscribes and varies wildly depending on the Agency and even the political term.

The current argumentive thrust is that "courts and juries are easier to bribe and woo than agencies who are staffed with experts"

Again, this is very case by case basis lol. I do not wanna focus on guns because I feel that element of this is a cut and dry case of being bullshit... however a better example doesn't exist of how "Agencies being staffed with experts who know what they're talking about" can be bullshit.

5 minutes of watching Dettelbach speak debunks this.

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@ArmedJ0y

Apr 30, 2024

Setting the anarchy hat to the side because this is more a gun thing I focus on.

Why does this keep happening? Why does the high speed, low drag, bear cat and Gucci gear swat teams keep getting fucked up the moment they face serious resistance that they allegedly are specifically tasked (and funded heavily) to deal with?

Well, look at this other case.

First factor: Complacency and training.

In fact most SWAT raids aren't hostage situations or hitting some arms dealer. As shown above that one was going after a teenager wanted for theft lol.

This leads to a lax perspective where they just roll up and everything goes right.

Despite the tons of gear and edgy looks these dudes aren't trained to handle fuck all. Most their armed encounters are not North Hollywood it's some drugged out dude or gang banger who's never gone to the range once.

So when they do hit a Uvalde situation or a guy that knows how to zero a rifle they are caught with their hands on their dicks.

But lack of training alone doesn't get them in these situations.

Previous instances such as North Hollywood had older cops out gunned, out geared, and never prepared for situations like that and still coming out better.

So what is it?

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@ArmedJ0y

Dec 30, 2023

https://twitter.com/ArmedJ0y/status/1741000931725193217

How not to get carjacked 🧵:

Tip 1: This is the hardest one for many of yall cause I know you're a tailgating, ass rider in a hurry but you need SPACING

When you're driving, leave car lengths. When you're at a red light, leave a gap so you can drive out if needed

Don't do this

https://twitter.com/ArmedJ0y/status/1741000931725193217

Tip 2:

Hit the fucker.

You're in a giant metal bomb that can get up and go fast. You see a gun pointed at you slam that accerator. Get out clean if you can, get out dirty if you must.

Someone willing to shoot at you while fleeing will likely also shoot you in your seat.

Tip 3: Don't idle in your car when you get somewhere and don't have your head in your phone.

Tons of carjackings are people getting got because they pulled up and sat in their running car watching YouTube.

Stop, look around, get out or pay attention.

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