• jabeez@lemmy.today
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    18 hours ago

    You could argue any and all gun laws are a “barrier” to arming oneself, but no, none of them are in any way whatsoever insurmountable, and amount to “barriers” you can simply step over. You claiming the PNW is unarmed and people there can’t buy guns?

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      17 hours ago

      i am claiming what i said. the poster you commented to was being obviously hyperbolic. i don’t know what the gun laws are around pnw. but around here they vary wildly depending on where i go. the point of them was never to be insurmountable, but to be difficult enough to arm the correct people and to dissuade ownership for another.

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        12 hours ago

        Citation needed? Your imagination does not dictate reality… where did you hear this? Seriously

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        16 hours ago

        Spend a moment to reflect on the fact that you’re confidently incorrect in response to someone who lives here and has spent a considerable amount of time in all corners of the region.

        Aside from NYC and DC, the “strictest gun laws in the country” are still some of the loosest gun laws in the world. Even at an FFL dealer it’s basically an instant background check and a three-day waiting period. Not to mention all the gun shows, unless you think someplace like Eugene, OR is a secret MAGA bastion—in-between all the Occupy, BLM, and pro-Palestinian protests, I mean.

        In Seattle my coworkers were some of the most heavily-armed coworkers I’ve ever had in any part of the country. They all had small armories. My old boss cast his own bullets from lead ingots. My neighbor in Oregon could probably supply the entire neighborhood if needed, although of course I’d be set. My leftist friend I just had lunch with the other day was just telling me about his collection of handguns and rifles. I guess the neighbor who runs a daycare nearby probably doesn’t have any, though. And no, I don’t live in the boonies.

        But by all means, feel free to underestimate us.