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[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 105 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's weird to sit back and look at this picture and imagine you were part of a world War or one of the other global conflicts. These weapons are tools of destruction and I'm sure many people, soldiers and otherwise didn't want to kill other people if they could avoid it. Bearing these arms meant you had to commit to doing something dreadful, that'll affect you for the rest of your life.

Then these people hold these weapons with smiles on their faces like they'd be excited about ending lives. Oblivious to the notion that many people sacrificed and killed so they can pose and smile in a peaceful house, free from the possibility of harm.

Again it's just weird.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

In a weird way, I "get" these people.

I live in a country with very strict gun laws, but I know some gun owners and Ive been shooting before and I hate to say it... fuck its fun.

When I was younger I was also a dipshit street racing fuckwit, I had a very highly modified car that I did outrageously stupid dangerous crap at very high speeds and despite being at risk of serious injury, death or imprisonment... fuck it was fun.

But these people taking photos with their guns are like people who took photos standing with their brand new sports cars thinking that they are Dominic Toretto who would talk shit about my car but would never put up paper and race. Having the equipment and doing the dangerous thing are as disparate as knowing the alphabet and writing a critically acclaimed novel.

So they take the photos and they smile because their toys make them happy and give them delusions of who they could be without ever demanding they put themselves at risk.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

So they take the photos and they smile because their toys make them happy and give them delusions of who they could be without ever demanding they put themselves at risk.

That's a great way to put it.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I get that it can be fun.

Still, lots of other things can be fun as well. Going through proofs of math theorems for example. Yet, you don't typically see lots of people doing it.

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[–] z00s@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What's weird to me is that some people can look at this photo and not think it's a sign of a crazy, dystopian society.

That somehow the insane juxtaposition of smiling, happy family Christmas celebration and high powered weapons doesn't seem completely insane to them.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think the worst part is these people in the photos aren't the most insane ones. Sure, the picture is crazy, but they know that it appeals to a certain demographic. They aren't doing it out of a desire for the picture themselves probably, but to make others like them somehow.

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 90 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Those poor guys are cold! Look at how they're forced into wearing those head-warming knitted hats.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 14 points 10 months ago

A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you're cold, they're cold. Let them inside.

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[–] Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 79 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I never understood people who think they are badasses because they have a gun. Like yeah you went to the gun store and paid someone for a gun, good job?

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The entire rest of the world looks at this picture and goes "Oo look, a bunch of pathetic cowards!"

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (27 children)

Rest of the world being everyone except this weird sub-cult. Even most gun owning Americans think this is cringe AF.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

I own quite a few guns and only see a bunch of loser clowns in this photo.

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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ok but try holding a gun and be amazed at the testosterone fueled rush that fills your god given red blooodded aaaamerican veinzzz OH YEAH!!

:: puts gun down:: :: hands are visibly shaking:: :: sweating profusely ::

Whoa that was a trip . . How am I gonna go back to cocaine after that?

This post has been an advertisement for A24s upcoming thriller Love Lies Bleeding. /s

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I burst out of my white T as I mow down a deer with my full automatic hunting rifle, an American eagle shrieks out of nowhere as I rip the deer to pieces and take a raw bite of flesh, I salute the flag and a tear crawls down my cheek. God bless America!

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dude I'm pro 2a and this shit creeps me out. These guys look like they'd have blood orgies during the purge.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I like that you can tell who his in-laws and least favorite children are, because they look like this picture was taken during the Vietnam War during an impromptu clan rally in Vermont.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago

Mental illness in a picture.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I’ve said “guns are tools” before but when you take family pics with them, you lose the ability to say that shit.

[–] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 35 points 10 months ago

This here is a photo of a bunch of tools holding guns.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago

It's bad enough politicizing (the love of) guns. You like them, whatever. But you shouldn't be forced to say you're against any and all restrictions on gun-ownership to win an election in a Red state. Then there's these people, who are straight-up fetishizing them...

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[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 39 points 10 months ago (3 children)

My wife went to USA on an exchange program and the amount of people that turned one thing into 100% of their personality that she thought she was on a different planet.

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 34 points 10 months ago

This dude is a member of Congress. This is what his district wants to vote for.

[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[–] ralakus@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Starting back to front, left to right, looks like they have a G3 with buffer tube adapter and standard cheap adjustable stock, Paratrooper FAL, M16A2, M16A1, M60, Uzi, and Thomson Submachine gun.

The designs are old enough to where they could be legal pre-ban machine guns but those are insanely expensive to own ($10k+ each minimum) but considering they're in congress and have an M60 (even semi-auto only is expensive), they're probably extremely rich.

I support people responsibly owning firearms and they are handling them safely (open chambers, no magazines, safe direction, fingers off triggers), but this still looks very bad for a congressman.

[–] Soulg@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's also just a really really weird Christmas photo regardless of who is taking it.

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I need someone to edit out the guns so it just looks like a bunch of weirdos pointing in different directions.

[–] havokdj@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Fully automatic firearms are actually ready to fire specifically with an open chamber. Closed chamber is considered safe with an open bolt rather than the inverse.

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[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Why do I feel like they all really want us to notice their trigger discipline

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The woman on the bottom right is pointing her gun at her brother/husband/cousin.

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[–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No one learned gun safety anymore huh? That daughter is aiming that gun straight at her mom's head.

Edit: It's not, but this is still stupid.

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dad's got his finger on the literal trigger, FFS. Both Mom and Li'l sis have shitty spatial awareness, but Dad's ignoring trigger etiquette entirely. This whole family is just advertising that their entire compound is a slightly prickly post-apoc supplies cache, and their neighbors'll be the first to take it.

[–] Lupus108@feddit.de 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Dad's got his finger on the literal trigger

Index finger looks straight to me, generally I see not a lot wrong with their positioning and grip on the guns in this picture.

Except for the fact that they are posing for a family picture with them - guns are not toys, they're not accessories , they're not decoration - their only purpose is being tools of destruction, handling them in any other way is improper to me.

So in the picture it looks fine but the whole premise of the picture is the improper handling of guns in the first place, any sort of discussion about the content of the picture should begin there.

Edit: Index finger straight next to the trigger guard is okay-ish I'd say, lots of caveats there, but resting your finger on the leading edge of the trigger guard (like the upper left guy) can lead to serious accidents by mistaking the trigger for the guard. Second guy from the left has better positioning of the finger but the one handed holding of a rifle while the other hand is free gives me the irks.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There's something really unnerving about that picture. Like I get the sense that these people would do horrible things with those guns while thinking they are doing good the whole time. At least at first, but once they start to question it, it will be too late to fix it.

[–] BoxerDevil@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

If their preacher said it was OK to shoot poor people they would be all over it.

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is that an M60 machine gun?

Edit: It is. I went looking and ones manufactured before 1986 are legal to own in the US. The average cost for one is around $25K USD.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

HUNTING LIBERALS!

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago

Any person who needs a weapon in order to feel safe in their own home / country, is living in a shithole.

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

It's how they cope with being fearful, angry, and greedy.

[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is the girl in red holding a Thompson?

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

That's a hilarious photo

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

These people are all worried about registering guns but then turn around and post their arsenals on social media.

An actual preper never shows off their prep.

These fucks are cosplayers.

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah. Looks like Jerry over on the left can really handle that M60. It wouldn't immediately knock him off his feet and burn the ever loving shit out of him.

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