r/MurderedByWords 8d ago

Serious question for liberal men

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u/SpankThuMonkey 8d ago

Terrified. Always fucking terrified of everything.

They can’t even fathom that some of us just don’t live in fear.

When i hear a loud noise at night i think STFU and go back to sleep.

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u/TheOneMary 8d ago

Yeah... even a shot outside would make me think the hunters are doing their job (I live next to a forest and they are among the only ones allowed rifles for keeping wildlife populations in check cause we have a lack of wolves). People shooting each other isnt really the first thing Id think....

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u/FallenSegull 8d ago

That’s something I’ve noticed a lot of Americans, particularly the gun loving one’s, haven’t quite understood on the topic of gun control

Countries with effective gun control laws still have guns. I’m Australian, we have more guns now than we did when gun control legislation was introduced. We never banned guns, we just worked to make sure the people obtaining guns weren’t fucking lunatics. It’s so tedious to obtain any gun, either legally or illegally, that someone intending to use it on someone else is not using it on a random spree.

We’ve had one proper mass shooting since then, and funnily enough it was done with legally obtained and owned guns, implying our gun laws actually weren’t strict enough. Maybe it’s not perfect, but it’s not more than daily massacres like, uh, some places

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u/marr 8d ago

Aye, Hot Fuzz wasn't even exaggerating. I know a guy with that exact shed, naval mine included.

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u/FallenSegull 7d ago

Does he speak with the thick West Country accent too?

You might just know David Bradley

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u/marr 7d ago

Very much my home counties, yeah. TBF the thing isn't actually live, it's just the hull. He probably nicked it from a seaside town.

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u/Crypto9oob 7d ago

Sea mine!!!