• Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I have no doubt they are empowering each other in a sick feedback loop.

    I had a friend that was always into guns but was normal about it. Then he started hanging out with this other gun guy. Within a couple years they were both psycho gun nuts. He started sleeping with a loaded the gun under his pillow. Even though he had a five year old son. To quote “He isn’t strong enough to cycle the slide so it’s ok …”

    I noped out of the friendship after that.

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      3 hours ago

      One my old friends became a cop. He would leave his service Glock in it’s holster on his belt, hanging from his computer chair. While his then 7 year old daughter and 9 year old son ran wild, with no supervision.

      “They know not to touch it.”

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        2 hours ago

        Did he forget that kids will go out of their way to touch it. I remember when I was a little shit, I did a lot of things I wasnt supposed to do. I only got caught for the worst ones.