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Eric73's avatar

That Massie photo is a perfect reminder of what's wrong with American gun culture.

And it's why I've come to the conclusion that the Second Amendment needs to go.

Not because I think no Americans should own guns. There are perfectly valid reasons to have them, for sufficiently low-powered weaponry. But because I'm tired of the sanctimonious entitlement that we get from gun owners.

The way they grandstand about people being "deprived of their Second Amendment rights", like they expect us all to start tearing up like we're watching the end of "Beaches" because they have to endure a f*cking waiting period.

The way they obnoxiously try to paint the rest of us as tyrants because we question how self-defense requires a gun that turns human flesh into ground chuck, while they posture like an apocalyptic cult for their own audiences.

The way they gleefully taunt those of us tired of mass slaughter after mass slaughter by posing like wannabe freedom fighters with their machine guns and those shit-eating grins, as if we're making all this happen on purpose just to spite them.

Ten years ago today, 6-year olds in Connecticut were murdered in their first grade classrooms. And still these people act like they're the real victims.

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Maggie's avatar

I wish the "responsible gun ownership" cohort would call out these asinine photoshoots. I grew up hearing that that the biggest rules of gun handling are: treat every gun like it is loaded, keep the finger off the trigger unless you are shooting, never aim the gun at anything you wouldn't want to destroy, be mindful of anything behind the target.

7 people tightly grouped, muzzles pointed every which direction, half have fingers right near the trigger, inside a house, and his wife seems like she's pointing the gun at the guy in the plaid shirt. Where are the "responsible gun owners" pointing out how utterly idiotic this is. I wouldn't let any of these people play with a bb gun.

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