▲ 169 ▼ Dog shoots woman with shotgun at Nebraska convenience store (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 months ago by Fmstrat@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Meat_Of_Nan@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 3rdXthecharm@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I just went digging to find quotes from that episode for my husband. Thank you for this lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago (6 children) Fucking seriously. Guns have safeties for a reason. People in this thread are saying guns are the problem. It's fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) The safety is not selling guns to anyone. That way you are sure there are no untrained idiots with guns. Also no other idiots with guns. Turns out a lot less damage is done to society if people can't buy guns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yeah ... but looking at my current government, I really don't want the government to be the only ones who have guns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) You guys use this argument constantly, but keep accepting a more and more absurd status quo. Will there ever be an "enough is enough" moment? It's looking unlikely from across the pond permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago Noone of them is going to use a gun against the government ... permalink fedilink source parent [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago It’s fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. As is often the case. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* Human beings probably shouldn't have weapons in the first place. Most murders are from people who fail to control their emotions and murder someone because of those emotions. Not many are planned murders. I think the UK police still doesn't wear guns. Somehow they manage to do their job anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago you got it half right, why was the gun loaded? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 child) It’s fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. That Venn diagram is just one circle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) You think there's no such thing as a smart person who has a gun? You think there's no such thing as an idiot who doesn't have a gun? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago My observations of gun owners is one thing in common: paranoid and scared. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago It can be more than one thing. Both of those can be true permalink fedilink source parent [–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) That's a big assumption. Maybe it was a crossbolt safety stored in accessible way. Still dumb, definitely unsafe, bit maybe not quite the unsafety we imagine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Meat_Of_Nan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] treesapx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago What in the fresh dumbassery is this comment? If your dog is shooting your shotgun then you have ROYALLY fucked up. Not kinda fucked up. Not "I dunno guys the situation might be different than we understand." If your dog shoots me, you have thrown away all avenues of diplomacy. The time for words has ended. WAR. You just declared war. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pirate2377@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Makes for a better headline 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 3rdXthecharm@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I just went digging to find quotes from that episode for my husband. Thank you for this lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 3rdXthecharm@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I just went digging to find quotes from that episode for my husband. Thank you for this lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 10 points 2 months ago (6 children) Fucking seriously. Guns have safeties for a reason. People in this thread are saying guns are the problem. It's fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) The safety is not selling guns to anyone. That way you are sure there are no untrained idiots with guns. Also no other idiots with guns. Turns out a lot less damage is done to society if people can't buy guns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yeah ... but looking at my current government, I really don't want the government to be the only ones who have guns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) You guys use this argument constantly, but keep accepting a more and more absurd status quo. Will there ever be an "enough is enough" moment? It's looking unlikely from across the pond permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago Noone of them is going to use a gun against the government ... permalink fedilink source parent [–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago It’s fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. As is often the case. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* Human beings probably shouldn't have weapons in the first place. Most murders are from people who fail to control their emotions and murder someone because of those emotions. Not many are planned murders. I think the UK police still doesn't wear guns. Somehow they manage to do their job anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago you got it half right, why was the gun loaded? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 child) It’s fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. That Venn diagram is just one circle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) You think there's no such thing as a smart person who has a gun? You think there's no such thing as an idiot who doesn't have a gun? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago My observations of gun owners is one thing in common: paranoid and scared. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago It can be more than one thing. Both of those can be true permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) The safety is not selling guns to anyone. That way you are sure there are no untrained idiots with guns. Also no other idiots with guns. Turns out a lot less damage is done to society if people can't buy guns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yeah ... but looking at my current government, I really don't want the government to be the only ones who have guns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) You guys use this argument constantly, but keep accepting a more and more absurd status quo. Will there ever be an "enough is enough" moment? It's looking unlikely from across the pond permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago Noone of them is going to use a gun against the government ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yeah ... but looking at my current government, I really don't want the government to be the only ones who have guns. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) You guys use this argument constantly, but keep accepting a more and more absurd status quo. Will there ever be an "enough is enough" moment? It's looking unlikely from across the pond permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago Noone of them is going to use a gun against the government ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaxRhetorical@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) You guys use this argument constantly, but keep accepting a more and more absurd status quo. Will there ever be an "enough is enough" moment? It's looking unlikely from across the pond permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago Noone of them is going to use a gun against the government ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago Noone of them is going to use a gun against the government ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago It’s fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. As is often the case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* Human beings probably shouldn't have weapons in the first place. Most murders are from people who fail to control their emotions and murder someone because of those emotions. Not many are planned murders. I think the UK police still doesn't wear guns. Somehow they manage to do their job anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago you got it half right, why was the gun loaded? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 child) It’s fucking idiots with guns who are the problem. That Venn diagram is just one circle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) You think there's no such thing as a smart person who has a gun? You think there's no such thing as an idiot who doesn't have a gun? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago My observations of gun owners is one thing in common: paranoid and scared. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) You think there's no such thing as a smart person who has a gun? You think there's no such thing as an idiot who doesn't have a gun? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago My observations of gun owners is one thing in common: paranoid and scared. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago My observations of gun owners is one thing in common: paranoid and scared. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago It can be more than one thing. Both of those can be true permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) That's a big assumption. Maybe it was a crossbolt safety stored in accessible way. Still dumb, definitely unsafe, bit maybe not quite the unsafety we imagine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Meat_Of_Nan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] treesapx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago What in the fresh dumbassery is this comment? If your dog is shooting your shotgun then you have ROYALLY fucked up. Not kinda fucked up. Not "I dunno guys the situation might be different than we understand." If your dog shoots me, you have thrown away all avenues of diplomacy. The time for words has ended. WAR. You just declared war. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Meat_Of_Nan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] treesapx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago What in the fresh dumbassery is this comment? If your dog is shooting your shotgun then you have ROYALLY fucked up. Not kinda fucked up. Not "I dunno guys the situation might be different than we understand." If your dog shoots me, you have thrown away all avenues of diplomacy. The time for words has ended. WAR. You just declared war. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pirate2377@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Makes for a better headline 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent