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Kaleva

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37. What are you doing about it?

Mon Apr 17, 2023, 09:56 AM

Apr 2023

One can tell how much a person cares about an issue or situation by the what they do in response to it.

Just posting an opinion on social media shows that the issue or situation is of little to no importance. It's just something to talk about while killing time .

As this is a discussion board, we are talking about if a deactivated gun can be considered to be a real gun or not as I wait here at a auto shop while the mechanic replaced the forward muffler on my car. Killing time

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Photos of kids as young as 6 playing with real guns at [View all] Elwood P Dowd Apr 2023 OP

I remember as kids we all had cap guns. Those were fun. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #1

Replaced by nerf guns I believe. Kaleva Apr 2023 #3

I guess those could be fun too. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #5

I remember older boys bringing guns to school during hunting season Kaleva Apr 2023 #9

Yep. Absolutely. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #13

Umm... OldBaldy1701E Apr 2023 #14

The one was before I was born. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #15

We did Zeitghost Apr 2023 #46

Dang. That's awful. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #55

We had cap guns, my grandfather was very strict that we should never point them at each other Walleye Apr 2023 #4

I do think there is something to be said about educating the kids on proper use of guns. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #6

Pictures of these kids playing with guns at the NRA, they're pointing them the person taking pic Walleye Apr 2023 #7

Yep. Very poor parenting. Big problem. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #8

First person shooter video games madville Apr 2023 #36

Exactly, but it seems like there's a lot more people that are already sick than we knew Walleye Apr 2023 #43

I think even more importantly is to teach children that VIOLENCE solves NOTHING. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #28

Gun violence sarisataka Apr 2023 #42

Yeah, they think, well somebody called me a sissy and I don't beat him up, that proves I'm sissy Walleye Apr 2023 #44

The article makes clear that the guns are deactivated Kaleva Apr 2023 #2

Somehow that is a piss poor comfort. marble falls Apr 2023 #10

They are the equivalent of cap guns Kaleva Apr 2023 #11

Except they aren't cap guns, and the first rule in gun handling is to treat all weapons as loaded .. marble falls Apr 2023 #16

You are talking about guns that can fire Kaleva Apr 2023 #18

I made pop-guns for my kids. They were indocturnated: guns are tools, not toys ... marble falls Apr 2023 #24

Thank you for your articulate response Kaleva Apr 2023 #26

Sounds rational and reasonable to me. I promise: now I'll shut up! marble falls Apr 2023 #41

Good lord! Shooting a dog for taking a dump? BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #29

Agreed....really messed up. nt GuppyGal Apr 2023 #35

See below. marble falls Apr 2023 #40

One: there was a leash law in Pender, Ne that no dogs were allowed to run free, the third time ... marble falls Apr 2023 #38

If I have dog poop anywhere that it threatens my family (the horror!), I would go pick it up. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #57

Tell that to Alex Baldwin ripcord Apr 2023 #50

It's fucking real. A real gun, held by a real kid, with his real finger on the trigger, pointed at MrsCoffee Apr 2023 #17

If it can't fire, it's a prop gun. Kaleva Apr 2023 #19

Yeah, I'm sure the six year old will get that. MrsCoffee Apr 2023 #20

Which makes it imperative real guns are secured correctly. Kaleva Apr 2023 #21

I don't have time to listen to anyone fucking defend this shit. MrsCoffee Apr 2023 #22

And you won't do anything about this Kaleva Apr 2023 #23

How fucking condescending. MrsCoffee Apr 2023 #33

What are you doing about it? Kaleva Apr 2023 #37

Kind of like on a movie set, prop gun, prop gun, prop gun, real gun, prop gun, prop gun. LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #25

No need to have real guns on a movie set Kaleva Apr 2023 #27

Shit happens, kind go like no need to leave a loaded pistol in a school bathroom. LiberalArkie Apr 2023 #45

not sure if I find that quite as disturbing stopdiggin Apr 2023 #12

There are many explanations above about the 'what is happening' sanatanadharma Apr 2023 #30

Record profits compels the industry moves more product. Torchlight Apr 2023 #31

There should be a law barring Rethugs from raising kids. clementine613 Apr 2023 #32

Child abuse? 2naSalit Apr 2023 #34

What did you learn at the gun show. Johnny? OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2023 #39

Hey, it's OK. The gun is "deactivated". TwilightZone Apr 2023 #54

And yet THAT's not Grooming? Chili Pepper Apr 2023 #47

Spot on @Chili Pepper. iluvtennis Apr 2023 #49

Sickening. iluvtennis Apr 2023 #48

Hollow eyed little creatures. Hope22 Apr 2023 #51

Grooming, Republican style! patphil Apr 2023 #52

Who's grooming our children? sinkingfeeling Apr 2023 #53

This is very disturbing LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #56