You can’t expect those on the opposite political spectrum to do stuff for you

In a house? With cops raiding it? If you grabbed a gun to defend yourself odds are you would be killed. If it comes to that particular scenario, gun or not, your odds weren’t that great to begin with

Gun rights are for everyone. Unironically everyone capable of responsibly owning a gun should. But you won’t get magically good with one if you never train.

If you have a friend who already has guns ask to join them on the range to learn the basics. If not find a class to learn safe gun handling, then go to the range to practice and build skill. Guns are a serious and powerful tool, but like most serious and powerful tools when you use them safely you have a ton of fun too!

From there if you really want to be as effective as you can learning how to move and communicate well is the next step. And that can be practiced via video games, airsoft, hiking etc.

Sure and they can just as easily shoot you no matter what and say it was a phone, you were reaching for something etc

I think it would be interesting as hell if they had to cite where the data was from on request. See if it’s legitimate sources or just what a reddit user said five years ago

deus ex intensifies

https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-falsely-accuses-sunil-tripathi-of-boston-bombing-2013-7?op=1

If he didn’t want to be labeled a Nazi maaaaybe he shouldn’t have made a Nazi salute twice during a speech in front of a crowd full of press and broadcast live on national tv.

Stupid games, stupid prizes. He gets everything that’s coming to him.

I think there’s going to be incredible pushback, and I hope it’s far more than some angry tweets. So far Trump seems to make big moves like this only to reverse or walk back what he said later.

So he could easily just make the suggestion but not take actual action for some time. Or use it as leverage to make other deals (change emmisions rules or the national parks get logged)

He would be wise not to mess with Teddy’s parks

Same. Some are broken down and functioning parts are sold off. Guns bought in buyback programs get melted down.

It sucks to say but yeah. For all the talk about saving democracy they forgot about the winning elections part.

maybe they just really need the help?

I shoot as a hobby and I’ve dabbled with archery

Bows take strength to use and are also harder to be consistent with. The way you nock the arrow on the string, keeping constant pull while aiming and inconsistencies in the arrows all play a part. Rifles aren’t nearly as bad as long as you have good fundementals.

Ballistics are a big deal with ranged weapons. Arrows don’t go very far or very fast so you really need to know how the arrow will arc and account for that as you aim. The farther the shot the more wind, drop etc will have to be factored into your aim. Elevation matters too if you’re on a hill or in a tree stand or something.

I’m going to make up a number but let’s say 50 yards would be a tough shot for a bow to hit something consistently. For a rifle that is no problem and most rifle bullets’ paths won’t start to arc or get blown by wind significantly until it has travelled several hundred yards.

I find that long range shooting with a bolt action “feels” roughly the same as shooting archery. You really need to focus and make sure you’re doing everything right for good results. But that also makes it that much more satisfying when you do well!

And you couldn’t beat them

The only people I’ve encountered that unironically cared about IQ were the most insufferable assholes

nothing, maybe some trade shit? It would make the leader in question look worse for stooping to his level

oh behave!

One article I read put it this way- The appeal of James Bond is that he has enough skill to handle himself in any situation. Competence is his superpower

It doesn’t matter if he is playing high stakes poker or being in a gunfight. Skiiing or ordering a drink. Using high tech gadgets or driving a classic sports car. Going to a formal party or swimming at night in SCUBA gear to get there. He can do it all and look cool doing it

The movies are still way too over the top for me but from that lens I can understand the character

Not sure I follow

I guess that’s what the alts are for