Only the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The rest are just fine.

No, I don’t expect parents who are ignorant about guns to teach their kids safety. We shouldn’t have to, but that’s where we’re at.

Sounds like an elective class. My ex-wife’s niece was in an after-school shotgun club. I gather it was more target practice than hunting.

I’m of the opinion that familiarity with actually shooting is more of a deterrent to the school shooter mentality than fetishizing guns. I’m basing that mostly on the idea that these school shooters can’t seem to handle a weapon, given that kills are the goal.

Taught my kids the basics at 9 and 11. They need to understand the lethality of guns, what is safe and not safe, and maybe most importantly, how to recognize someone who is not being safe and get the hell away from them.

Plus, took the mystery out of the whole thing. Now they just don’t care much.

As someone on reddit once pointed at, the AR-15 platform is designed such that the dumbest 18-yo recruit can use it.

Gunshot wounds are surprisingly survivable given swift medical attention. Which astounds my because I know a fair deal about guns, shoot most weeks, and know what various weapons and rounds are capable of.

I’m guessing the shooters are scared shitless and shaking like leaves. I doubt most are as cold blooded and methodical as the Columbine shooters. I’m also guessing the Colorado shooter lost his nerve in a hurry when he saw the consequences of his actions. The vast majority of wounds don’t seem to be anything like the Charlie Kirk fountain. In a way they’re more horrifying because the victim drops like a puppet with their strings cut, not much blood at first, no drama, just dropped straight down. Somehow that scares me more.

That incident being, in my opinion, the beginning of these shootings. Shit like this simply didn’t happen when I was a growing up, 70s through 90s. And civilians had access to the AR platform that whole time.

Funny thing about Virginia Tech, most of his kills were from his .22 pistol, about the last gun we would ever ban. That guy was calmly going for a high score. Again, that seems very atypical. Las Vegas shooter was the same particular brand of batshit insane.

Another shooting that should have been worse was the Aurora movie theater. Dumbass used a tacticool high-capacity mag. No, not the 30-round mag the gun was designed for, it was either a 50 or 100-round. It jammed almost instantly, because of course. LOL, I absolutely support idiot mags like that.

I’m actually for this. No, it shouldn’t be necessary, but it is and that’s that.

Taught my kids guns at 9 and 11. Took them out to our camp and shot a bunch of different .22s. Now instead of guns being these mysterious things “you should never touch”, well, they’ve touched and just aren’t really interested. LOL, that was 100% against my custody agreement, but I was terrified the kids would find someone’s gun one day and have Hollywood perceptions. Their mom didn’t say a word, which was really strange, so I believe she agrees.

One interesting thing I showed then was shooting an empty can with a .22. “See how that made a little hole of both sides? That’s what many people think guns do. But people are juicy, so it looks more like this.” They shit kittens when I shot a can full of water and it absolutely shredded. I think that was impactful. :)

I taught them never to pick up someone’s gun for the same reason even professionals won’t do so. “It’s not because I think you’re dumb kids, but you don’t know anything about that particular gun. What if there’s something wrong with it? How can you tell if it’s loaded? When you’re older, never accept a gun from a person who does not first clear it and show you the empty chamber. Even professionals do this. If they don’t practice this simple etiquette, they are not to be trusted and you need to get away, and stay away from that person.” Later overheard my son telling his big sis, in great detail and with great authority this rule.

Gonna suck when they’re teens. If they’re emotional wrecks like I was, they won’t see a gun in this house.

I’m not in a position to go on the offense, but I got defense covered best I know how.

Just drunk argued with a MAGA fascist at the bar tonight. We were both hammered, so take it as you will. I was armed, and I presume he was as well.

We had a nice talk. No one challenged anyone, certainly no threats. Decent exchange of views, even if we danced around one another, walked the line. No one wanted a fight, and that’s the take away. But I felt better with a 9mm in my belt. (A 9mm I’m well practiced at using.)

So. You can be a victim, or not. “Victim” has always been popular among liberals. “I’m oppressed!” Nice headline, sorry tombstone.

Anyway, that’s what happened.

Though always skeptical, I believe this 96.73%. If the government was going to scratch up some fake shells, they could make that “evidence” hella more inflammatory.

My name is exactly that common. There were 5 of us in my high school.

I know you’re trying to fuck up AI, but you’re just fucking up us humans. If you’re so worried about AI scraping your comments, don’t comment.

He seems an adept shooter. I’d bet he was aiming for center mass like a good little sniper. But one can hardly ask the local range if he can practice from their sloping roof out to 250 yards.

Same country that has many state bans on boycotting Israel. This same country wants the mechahitler from an actual Nazi in charge?

Patriotism is loving your country and wanting to do the best for it. Nationalism is the poison version of that.

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I meant pegged at less than 18. Several are 16. And even at that Europe is usually lower.

He was. Is that the only connection though?

OK. I’ll ask you what I ask homophobes.

Tell me about the time when, as a teen, you choose who and what to be attracted to. Whatever your sexual needs and foibles, when and how did you choose them? What about things that turn you off? That was also a decision!

You sound exactly like a homophobe. “They made that choice!”

Look up “age of consent” laws. Several US states are pegged at 18. If you’re in Europe, almost always lower. And as others have said, most places have Romeo and Juliet laws, check that was well.

Morally? No problem.

Sorry, that’s plain wrong. No one gets a choice as to what attracts or repels them.