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You wanna a be a good guy with a gun? How about donating your military style (Original Post) cornball 24 May 2022 OP
Exactly. niyad May 2022 #1
They are on Putin's side doncha know? ProudMNDemocrat May 2022 #2
Good one. But Republicans have no good guys with or without guns. LakeArenal May 2022 #3
better yet, if they want to play soldier so bad lapfog_1 May 2022 #4
+1000 wnylib May 2022 #13
What would the legality of that be? PTWB May 2022 #5
What's the procedure for doing that? I'll show them the link fescuerescue May 2022 #6
NRA is in bed with Putin ThoughtCriminal May 2022 #7
better yet if u want to be rambo, go serve. put ur money where your mouth is . AllaN01Bear May 2022 #8
They don't make Army uniforms in 68 Extra Fat jmowreader May 2022 #17
Who decides who is good or bad? IronLionZion May 2022 #9
Yes. It isn't black and white. Very subjective. Aussie105 May 2022 #10
Yes, we are all capable of both. wnylib May 2022 #14
Yes! StarryNite May 2022 #11
there are basically no automatic weapons in circulation. maxsolomon May 2022 #12
I wonder if there is a way to actually do that. nt prodigitalson May 2022 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author prodigitalson May 2022 #16

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
4. better yet, if they want to play soldier so bad
Sun May 29, 2022, 07:08 PM
May 2022

take their AR15 and their camo and body armor... and go join up with the resistance in Ukraine.

 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
5. What would the legality of that be?
Sun May 29, 2022, 07:13 PM
May 2022

I don’t own any automatic weapons as they’re prohibitively expensive and absurdly unnecessary items for hunting and home defense, not to mention the regulatory hurdles to license them.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)
7. NRA is in bed with Putin
Sun May 29, 2022, 07:52 PM
May 2022

Putin laundered millions to GOP candidates through the NRA.

That's why they're pushing the meme that the $40 billion that is going to Ukraine should be spent on "School Security" instead.

So don't expect a normal reaction.

Aussie105

(5,395 posts)
10. Yes. It isn't black and white. Very subjective.
Sun May 29, 2022, 08:23 PM
May 2022

A Good Guy can turn into a Bad Guy in the blink of an eye.

A Bad Guy can see the light and become a Good Guy - very rare, but I think it must happen once in a while.

I was both yesterday.

A Good Guy for doing the dishes and lighting the fire to keep the wife warm.
A Bad Guy because I swore at the dog for getting in my way while carrying firewood.

(No people or animals were harmed yesterday though. So it won't make the news.)

Yes, a stupid example. But we all have the potential to be either.

wnylib

(21,449 posts)
14. Yes, we are all capable of both.
Sun May 29, 2022, 09:38 PM
May 2022

That's why I love the song, Get Together, by the Youngbloods. Especially these lines:

You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hands.
One key unlocks them both.
It's there at your command.

Another line in the song says:

You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry.

We have choices. Sometimes we make bad choices. Sometimes we make good ones.

But undeniably, making the choice to kill people, when it is not in self defense, is not just bad, but worthy of being called evil.

maxsolomon

(33,337 posts)
12. there are basically no automatic weapons in circulation.
Sun May 29, 2022, 08:59 PM
May 2022

there are some, but it's not a significant number.

the ukrainian military doesn't need SEMI-automatics. or maybe they do, IDK.

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