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  1. Cloud Kicker Cloud Kicker

    Someone just linked me this vid when we were talking about guns and gunsafety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCKFzGAfQ0 . Lets not focus on the gunsafety at all, I find it very entertaining that there are at least 5 things in here that are "extremely american". The first one is within the first 10 seconds of the vid, linking "family fun" to "shooting a gun".

    Monday, 20-Jun-16 14:29:55 UTC from web
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      ovrclockd ovrclockd

      @critialcloudkicker You would be hard-pressed to find any factual evidence that this actually happened in real life and isn't propaganda coming from CNN. you will never be able to get ahold of the full video or see the man's body because it most likely never happened... but to entertain the thought, let's say it did. There are many other items around the house that the kid live which will kill that the kid still gets to handle that are dangerous if not used properly, like a knife or cleaning chemicals, this is no different. I have been on ranges with kids that were being taught to fire automatic weapons and I have never seen a problem come out of any of them. If this actually did happen than as much I hate to say it, it is the instructors fault for not putting his arm atop the Uzi even though he knew fully that the shorter barrel gives that harder recoil impulse, especially to a new shooter who is not trained. Also, I have fired hundreds of rounds th…

      Monday, 20-Jun-16 15:24:09 UTC from gs.smuglo.li
      1. Cloud Kicker Cloud Kicker

        @ovrclockd Well, if you want to talk about that... Yeah, I know pretty much every big American news organization is trying to work 'their' narrative into their output. Perhaps that is why my un-american brain goes over a news article/item like that very differently. I hope everyone can see that in the first couple of seconds as they open with "family fun, decided to use a gun". I guess those who can not see who/what is trying to manipulate whom by pushing a narrative is how the real problems emerge.

        Also whether or not you want firearms in the hands of children, you have to make sure that firearms are respected for the proper reason. Reason being that in the right hands they are tools to take someones life, or your own in the wrong hands. I do not think that any political viewpoint ( except maybe anarchism ) would see it as a bad thing to make sure the proper respect is enforced... It probably the "how do we do that ?" answers that make people antsy

        Monday, 20-Jun-16 18:05:04 UTC from web