Current Events > why do ADULTS think firearms are TOYS?

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guns are not toys or even tools, not sure why you need to own one
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Why do children think the police are some sort of magical group that can show up in a second notice?
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I'm pretty sure they fall under the tools section
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Every video game has guns in it, and video games are toys so guns must be toys too. It all checks out
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Feline_Heart posted...

Every video game has guns in it, and video games are toys so guns must be toys too. It all checks out

Every video game has cars in it, and video games are toys so cars must be toys too.

I personally do not know ANY adult that considers firearms "toys".

Hyyr posted...

Feline_Heart posted...

Every video game has guns in it, and video games are toys so guns must be toys too. It all checks out

Every video game has cars in it, and video games are toys so cars must be toys too.

I personally do not know ANY adult that considers firearms "toys".

Every kid has played with RC cars at least once, so youre right about them being toys. Im glad were on the same page
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My father-in-law owns several guns. He keeps them all locked up in a safe that only he knows the password to. That's not exactly typical toy behavior.
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Dyinglegacy posted...

My father-in-law owns several guns. He keeps them all locked up in a safe that only he knows the password to. That's not exactly typical toy behavior.

Maybe theyre limited edition and he doesnt want anyone to steal them
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Feline_Heart posted...

Dyinglegacy posted...

My father-in-law owns several guns. He keeps them all locked up in a safe that only he knows the password to. That's not exactly typical toy behavior.

Maybe theyre limited edition and he doesnt want anyone to steal them

This. Are they holographic?
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scoops up some ice cream with his 9mm
A gun is whatever the guy holding it says it is.
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OpShaft posted...

Feline_Heart posted...

Dyinglegacy posted...

My father-in-law owns several guns. He keeps them all locked up in a safe that only he knows the password to. That's not exactly typical toy behavior.

Maybe theyre limited edition and he doesnt want anyone to steal them

This. Are they holographic?

No lol. He just knows they aren't toys and should be treated as such.
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Dyinglegacy posted...

My father-in-law owns several guns. He keeps them all locked up in a safe that only he knows the password to. That's not exactly typical toy behavior.

Growing up I had friends whose families did this, and friends where guns were just lying around the kitchen or whatever. I think its a much better idea to keep things locked up, not just because someone in the family could go nuts, but obviously if you're robbed they aren't taking a gun safe.
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The Top Crusader posted...

Dyinglegacy posted...

My father-in-law owns several guns. He keeps them all locked up in a safe that only he knows the password to. That's not exactly typical toy behavior.

Growing up I had friends whose families did this, and friends where guns were just lying around the kitchen or whatever. I think its a much better idea to keep things locked up, not just because someone in the family could go nuts, but obviously if you're robbed they aren't taking a gun safe.

In middle school we watched this awful Dragnet knockoff where they solve crimes usimg math, and in one episode a guy stole a whole house.

He used a helicopter lol.
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Not everyone does obviously, but there definitely is a subset of gun owners who buy all kinds of unnecessary attachments and shit so they can dress up their guns like barbie dolls
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I kinda understand that people who live in sparsely populated areas need guns for their safety, since it could take a significant amount of time for the police to arrive on the scene. What I don't get is that anyone needs several guns. What could you possibly need that many guns for? Just in case a random mob of several dozen people decide to march upon your house with torches and pitchforks?
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Unfortunately, we aren't at the point where we can snap our fingers and a Police Officer just appears out of nowhere.
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This topic is stupid and clearly the topic creator does not understand that most gun owners are responsible.
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

This topic is stupid and clearly the topic creator does not understand that most gun owners are responsible.

Yeah most -

It only takes that 1 idiot with a gun to create chaos

1 too many

In fact these days its more than the one idiot
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garlic powder posted...

Unfortunately, we aren't at the point where we can snap our fingers and a Police Officer just appears out of nowhere.

also that same police officer would gladly trade their life for yours. all of them arent the same. which police officer do you get when your life is in danger?
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ClunkerSlim posted...

DevsBro posted...

In middle school we watched this awful Dragnet knockoff where they solve crimes usimg math,

Square One!

This was called Mathnet. I dunno if there was more than one show with a similar concept.
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SaccharineSmile posted...

It only takes that 1 idiot with a gun to create chaos

1 too many

You would prefer that it took 0 idiots with guns to create chaos?
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ClunkerSlim posted...

why do ADULTS think firearms are TOYS?

Its a mystery?

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DevsBro posted...

SaccharineSmile posted...

It only takes that 1 idiot with a gun to create chaos

1 too many

You would prefer that it took 0 idiots with guns to create chaos?

Id prefer adults to be responsible and actually have a mindset of a gun being a deadly weapon (or even a mindset of not actually needing a gun whatsoever) instead of thinking is a cowboy toy to show off with
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they're pretty fun to play with tho

SaccharineSmile posted...

Id prefer adults to be responsible

I, too, live in a fictional reality

Darklit_Minuet posted...

SaccharineSmile posted...

Id prefer adults to be responsible

I, too, live in a fictional reality

Yeah, dunno if its the lack of education, self education, or lack of parents educated their kids about guns are not toys
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I'm sorry. You lack the required neurological performance to comprehend the answer to your inquiry. Shutting down.
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Aressar posted...

I kinda understand that people who live in sparsely populated areas need guns for their safety, since it could take a significant amount of time for the police to arrive on the scene. What I don't get is that anyone needs several guns. What could you possibly need that many guns for? Just in case a random mob of several dozen people decide to march upon your house with torches and pitchforks?

And the overly powerful ones or whatever. But I guess if you can own one why not own dozens? >_>

But yeah I totally get having one for home defense or maybe conceal carry if you have to be a bad area or something, but that stuff is expensive, I dunno why some of my friends want to own a small arsenal. Ignoring any safety issues its just awfully expensive.
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Don't want a gun don't buy one then.

Little_BonTron posted...

Don't want a gun don't buy one then.

Brilliant takeaway, Einstein

Little_BonTron posted...

Don't want a gun don't buy one then.

Yeah thats the mindset people should educated themselves, why need a gun in the first place?
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SaccharineSmile posted...

Little_BonTron posted...

Don't want a gun don't buy one then.

Yeah thats the mindset people should educated themselves, why need a gun in the first place?

Not everything has to be about NEEDS. WANTS are just as valid and unlike needs, they do not require justification, only ability to acquire.

/topic
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My girlfriend's family keeps loaded guns out in the open like on living rooms side tables and shit. Whenever I go over there for dinners I get freaked the fuck out tbh.
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Hey it is their money and they are free to spend it as they choose if they are doing it legally.

There are a lot if things you don't need like all 3 current generation consoles or that collection of anime figures. But if they can afford wants then it's their money to spend.

Aressar posted...

What I don't get is that anyone needs several guns. What could you possibly need that many guns for?

Like tools there isnt an end all be all. small handguns are better to conceal in summer, mid size are easier to wear and unholster in winter. if you want to go hiking or camping and are worried about the wildlife a larger handgun like a .44 might be more ideal especially if you wont want to worry about the weight of a long gun.

for a home invasion situation that tends to come down to the individual. if their home has a lot of corners a full length shotgun might not be the best choice, maybe a handgun would make better sense and then you get into the caliber wars of what can overly penetrate and what cant, what is going to disorientate you more in and indoor setting and what isnt as much (a .45 for instance is naturally subsonic where as a shotgun is going to blow your ear drums out).

if someone is a farmer you arnt going to use a .45-70 to take down ground hogs nor are you going to use a .22 to kill a wild boar. it gets even more extreme if you are a hunter. you arnt going to use a rifle to shoot pheasants and chances are high you arnt going to use a shotgun beyond 50yards to kill a deer. then you also have the environment to account for. are you in heavy brush and wooded areas? then youre going to need a gun that fires a heavier bullet to punch through the brush. are you on the plains? then youll need a flatter shooting rounds like a 30-06 or 6.5creed.

and thats isnt even getting intot he whole 2nd amendment movement of which thats another hornets nest. point being its not crazy to think an individual might own half a dozen or more firearms.

Aressar posted...

I kinda understand that people who live in sparsely populated areas need guns for their safety, since it could take a significant amount of time for the police to arrive on the scene. What I don't get is that anyone needs several guns. What could you possibly need that many guns for? Just in case a random mob of several dozen people decide to march upon your house with torches and pitchforks?

Because there isn't one gun that is right for all situations. I could easily justify owning a rifle (for hunting/varmint control), a shotgun (for birds/home-defense), and a sidearm (for concealed carry).

But of course, I live in a remote area where owning firearms for hunting purposes is feasible. It's important to follow state and local laws when it comes to ownership.
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SaccharineSmile posted...

RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

This topic is stupid and clearly the topic creator does not understand that most gun owners are responsible.

Yeah most -

It only takes that 1 idiot with a gun to create chaos

1 too many

In fact these days its more than the one idiot

I think the bigger idiot is the leftist or person of a minority group going on about gun control when the country is on the verge of a civil war, and the right is gonna come for him and his family not with pitchforks and torches, but with assault rifles, and he will not take a single one of them with him before dying.

A_A_Battery posted...

I think the bigger idiot is the leftist or person of a minority group going on about gun control when the country is on the verge of a civil war, and the right is gonna come for him and his family not with pitchforks and torches, but with assault rifles, and he will not take a single one of them with him before dying.

while i doubt it will get that bad, it is still fucked how so many on the left have such pussified defeatist attitudes towards any push back. so many people when asked what you would do during a war breaking out or some SHTF situation they almost always basically say they will roll over and die and that there is no point in going on if things got that bad. then you have them willing to disarm the population while also citing every cop, soldier and right leaning individual (whos tasked with largely protecting them) is a scumbag racist willing to kill you and all minorities or be complacent in others killing you. how there is literally hitler 2.0 in the whitehouse with concentration camps at the lower border, but they should still disarm themselves. the whole thing is insane.

Dark_Spiret posted...

A_A_Battery posted...

I think the bigger idiot is the leftist or person of a minority group going on about gun control when the country is on the verge of a civil war, and the right is gonna come for him and his family not with pitchforks and torches, but with assault rifles, and he will not take a single one of them with him before dying.

while i doubt it will get that bad, it is still fucked how so many on the left have such pussified defeatist attitudes towards any push back. so many people when asked what you would do during a war breaking out or some SHTF situation they almost always basically say they will roll over and die and that there is no point in going on if things got that bad. then you have them willing to disarm the population while also citing every cop, soldier and right leaning individual (whos tasked with largely protecting them) is a scumbag racist willing to kill you and all minorities or be complacent in others killing you. how there is literally hitler 2.0 in the whitehouse with concentration camps at the lower border, but they should still disarm themselves. the whole thing is insane.

It's definitely not that bad now, but these past few years have seen polarization that could very well mark the beginning of the road to the situation you describe.

You're right TC, next time there's a bobcat eating my chickens, i'll just ask it nicely to stop. That should work, who needs a rifle?
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MabusIncarnate posted...

You're right TC, next time there's a bobcat eating my chickens, i'll just ask it nicely to stop. That should work, who needs a rifle?

Install a fence or a chicken pen

Im sure countries around the world that dont have guns readily available do this
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SaccharineSmile posted...

MabusIncarnate posted...

You're right TC, next time there's a bobcat eating my chickens, i'll just ask it nicely to stop. That should work, who needs a rifle?

Install a fence or a chicken pen

Im sure countries around the world that dont have guns readily available do this

This is a fenced in chicken pen, with a closing wood door. Bobcats dig, will pry fencing away, will break away at older wood. Ask any livestock farmer if they are 100% predator free and not a single one will tell you yes. They find a way eventually.
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When Alex462 submits a dumb post and marks me for pointing it out

Lol

Paragon21XX posted...

SaccharineSmile posted...

Little_BonTron posted...

Don't want a gun don't buy one then.

Yeah thats the mindset people should educated themselves, why need a gun in the first place?

Not everything has to be about NEEDS. WANTS are just as valid and unlike needs, they do not require justification, only ability to acquire.

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What kind of person WANTS a gun?

I played with toys guns when I was a kid, but I never had a thought as an adult that hey I should get a real gun for my household in the middle of suburbia
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Also to add to that, if a predator, like bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, which all live on this mountain, see a food source, they will stay around your property constantly, increasing danger to yourself, pets, your neighbors, etc. Not sure how thrilled you would be running into a 100+ lb aggressive cat between you and your car in the middle of the night.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

SaccharineSmile posted...

MabusIncarnate posted...

You're right TC, next time there's a bobcat eating my chickens, i'll just ask it nicely to stop. That should work, who needs a rifle?

Install a fence or a chicken pen

Im sure countries around the world that dont have guns readily available do this

This is a fenced in chicken pen, with a closing wood door. Bobcats dig, will pry fencing away, will break away at older wood. Ask any livestock farmer if they are 100% predator free and not a single one will tell you yes. They find a way eventually.

So the only solution is to own a gun?

I wonder how the rest of the world deals with these types of problems that dont have guns readily available
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