• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If my door explodes off the hinges, I’m emptying my Colt .45 into the hole. I’d better hear “POLICE!” and see some red and blues first.

    EDIT: Apparently y’all just gonna lay down when the fascists come. I’d rather die with my boots on. That is not a knee-jerk reaction. I’ve thought on it quite a bit. You do you.

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      8 months ago

      Oh please, you wouldn’t have it out of the holster before the already prepared-to-react swat team, with their already raised barrels, would open fire on you.

      As for me, I’ll just reinforce my door and frame with metal and get a home camera system. If a swat team comes knocking, it’ll buy enough time for me to turn on the intercom and ask for both the warrant and affidavit that they are required to have on hand.

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        8 months ago

        Homeboy here probably wouldn’t, but this is Missouri. Cops getting shot/shooting someone who shot at them because they’re dumb as fuck and don’t announce who they are is not an altogether uncommon occurrence here. There’s a reason STL (at least ostensibly) banned no-knocks.

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        It’s on my desk 24/7, locked and loaded. And no, I might not get a single shot off. I understand this. I’m also willing to die if my door explodes without warning.

        I am old enough to give my life. This is a whole 'nother thought process from being young. I will not allow fascists to take over my country.

        You have a better plan? Sounds like you do, and I like it! Thought the same, can’t afford it ATM. How many of us can?

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          8 months ago

          It’s on my desk 24/7, locked and loaded.

          You’re a shitty gun-owner. Also negligent. Store your firearms in a safe.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            That’s not necessary if there’s no one else in the house and you’re at home. Heck, when I was a kid people left rifles in display cases in their front room, with children around, and nothing bad came of it. It’s a different world now, with different requirements, but locking your gun in a safe when you’re home alone is not one of them.

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      8 months ago

      Congratulations! You won the prize of becoming a statistic! You win a news article about your death and an expensive funeral.

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Yep. I would surely die. I get that. But I’m not having my home invaded without fighting back. And the life insurance, cremation, etc., is already planned.

        You plan to lie down when the fascists come knocking? Meekly go on the train? Because we’re there. That’s your choice.

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          8 months ago

          You plan to lie down when the fascists come knocking? Meekly go on the train?

          No, we just choose plans of action that don’t amount to suicide and may actually change things…

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          8 months ago

          Adding your body to the pile isn’t helping or changing anything. There are much smarter choices you could be making instead. I don’t see how how living to see another day is any more “meek” than willingly jumping under the boot and dying fruitlessly because you somehow think it’s the only way to fight back.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Do you just sit at your door with a gun in hand all day? You don’t think you might be, idk… taking a shit at the time? Or cooking dinner? Or showering? Or sleeping? Or any of the million other things people do at home? If you’re showering with your gun then I’m sad for how much fear you’re living your life with.