a song about empty highways, dying prairie towns, loneliness, & spending your whole fucking life running from yourself.
nowhere is a beautiful place to die
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@Rickelbl@albertamaxing@kim_gaetz I don't really give a fuck what you believe, seeing as you are completely untethered from reality and fact-adverse. Enjoy the time shooting with your kid.
@Rickelbl@albertamaxing@kim_gaetz Good on you. I've taught my kids and grandkids to shoot. I've got my IPSC black badge and CAF marksmanship classification and BSC. I'm not anti-gun by any measure. But civvies don't need assault weapons. Full stop.
@albertamaxing@Rickelbl@kim_gaetz And spare me the imaginary scenario where you're the action-movie hero saving your family. Public safety policy should be based on evidence, not whatever John Wick fantasy you've been rehearsing in your basement.
You wanna shoot assault weapons, man up and join the Army.
@albertamaxing@Rickelbl@kim_gaetz Your argument essentially boils down to, "Criminals break laws, therefore laws are pointless."
By that breathtakingly stupid logic, we might as well abolish laws against murder, robbery and sexual assault too, because criminals clearly aren't following those either.
@albertamaxing@Rickelbl@kim_gaetz You can support legitimate firearm ownership, defend the rights of responsible hunters and sport shooters, demand tougher action against gun trafficking, AND support measures to reduce gun violence. Those positions aren't mutually fucking exclusive
@albertamaxing@Rickelbl@kim_gaetz Some are stolen from lawful owners, some are illegally transferred, and others are smuggled across the border. That's precisely why firearm security, trafficking enforcement and sensible regulations matter.
@PP_bones@Rickelbl@kim_gaetz This doesn't count incidents where fewer than 4 fatalities occured.
You want to shoot assault weapons, man the fuck up and join the Army.
@PP_bones@Rickelbl@kim_gaetz A peer-reviewed study published September 21, 2026, in Scientific Reports found that assault weapons were used in approximately:
- 36% of public mass shootings during the 2010s in the US.
- 60% of public mass shootings during the 2020s through 2025.
@kaleumeleu37968 I bought a home in a nice little ghost town that has its own water treatment building and no sign on the highway declaring we exist down that dirt road.
@david_parker As a veteran, I'd just like to say "fuck you, asshole" it takes a particularly shameless kind of fucking cunt to hijack Remembrance Day, drag our fallen soldiers into your political bullshit, and pretend the dead would endorse your grievances. Go fuck yourself, Dave.