• bstix@feddit.dk
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    10 hours ago

    I don’t remember ever actually not knowing basic firearms safety, handling and operation

    Many weekends I recall spending in middle of nowhere West Virginia getting hammered on weird chemicals that had just been invented 4 days prior with fully automatic weapon

    Yes, I am looking at you weirdly.

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      8 hours ago

      Me too, but I’ll be honest if I grew up thinking guns were normal and you could just have one whenever you wanted, I think I’d be up to that shit too

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        6 hours ago

        Yes, it’s probably good fun, but he just made an excellent example of how “gun safety” is often thrown around as an oxymoron by people who don’t actually practice gun safety.

        In my ears it sounds like “I’m a good driver when I’m drunk.”

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          Yeah I certainly do not recommend that anyone recreate or emulate any part of my teens through my late twenties. Lol. I was VERY reckless. Good times tho. But still, reckless AF.