Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US?

BlueMacaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m just going take my family and leave the country.

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  • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just curious, where are you going? My wife doesn’t want to move further from her family or we would be in New Zealand already.

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    • GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We’re headed to Europe. Aiming for early next year.

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      • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Best of luck to you.

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• Mac@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not a killer.

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• finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If they can afford a gun they likely have one, but rather than forming sects and training it seems like the moral thing to do, causing the least amount of harm to anybody, is wait for the enemy to attack first, if they do attack.

  Joining a small militant group or ecoterrorism sect not only brings personal risks but also runs the risk of harming innocents, and being manipulated by other interested parties who would like to see destruction on American shores.

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  • BlueMacaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When you say wait for the enemy to attack, how will you defend your community in that eventuality if you haven’t trained to do so?

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    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My “community” is the enemy who might attack me. Our dumb fuck neighbors voted a fascist in, and they’re not any more or less trained than I am.

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      • BlueMacaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Your community in this case doesn’t mean your neighborhood. Your community means the people who you identify with and/or care about. If you truly believe that your neighbors are on the cusp of becoming death squads who are ready to gun down all the [insert your people] in town, it might be a good idea to have your friends know that the plan is to meet up at someone’s place that is more defensible. Or to get to the least mobile person. Or to get in a car with a particular destination in mind. Whatever your plan is, if the enemy is armed, it might be a good idea to also be armed.

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• ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I already have guns, several of them.

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  • BlueMacaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🤝

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• TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The gun store closes before I get home from work. That’s why I’m going tomorrow.

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  • BlueMacaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    PM if you need recommendations

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  • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good stuff! Join the SRA or John Brown Gun Club if in your area if you can.

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• yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You first

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  • BlueMacaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s exactly what I did the last time orange man was in office, so yes, me first. Now you. Let’s hit the range together.

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• BlindFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Aren’t bullets expensive though ;. ;

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  • BlueMacaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Depends on what you consider expensive. For general purpose training, 9mm rounds (pistol) are easily found at about 25c each and 5.56 (rifle) are found at about 40c each.

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