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Every chud in my life is obsessed with someone breaking into their house and the situation being resolved with the discharge of a firearm. And these are people living in low crime areas out in the suburbs, with no pedestrians. It's frustrating to talk with these people since their whole worldview is a racist panic over some imagined brown interloper invading their white fortresses.

One of my coworkers tells me he always pulls out his Glock to check the corners when he comes home in the evening. Another has a CCTV system and an AR15 by his bed. I personally don't own a gun anymore because I don't trust myself with one, and chuds will ask me what I'll do if some mentally unwell person high on amphetamines decided to enter my apartment. I guess I'd leave or call an ambulance? It seems so unlikely of a scenario that even if I had a firearm I probably wouldn't use it right, or even register this person as a threat quickly enough to do a John Wick style takedown.

How many home invasions are actually stopped this way? Do chuds all think they're Robocop?

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[–] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (17 children)

One of my coworkers tells me he always pulls out his Glock to check the corners when he comes home in the evening

Propagandizing yourself daily lmao.

The only thing I worry about is if shit ever hits the fan and THEY have weapons while I don't. But I also do not trust myself to own guns.

My house actually was invaded once though....... By a 5 year old autistic child

[–] axont@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (11 children)

My coworker went on to say he has a Glock in the first place because they don't have safeties, so he can "shoot first." I guess disengaging a safety wastes precious milliseconds. (For people who don't know guns, handguns normally have a button on the side that will prevent the trigger from firing, so you can safely keep it in a holster or something. Glocks don't have this button and it's stupid)

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am 100% convinced he will one day shoot someone by accident. That's just a dangerous way to be

[–] axont@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

Statistically he's going to end up shooting himself in an accident

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