A video taken by a high school student shows Indiana state Rep. Jim Lucas flash a holstered gun to students who were visiting the statehouse to talk to lawmakers about gun control
That’s why i never understood the angle of guns and big trucks are things deemed manly. I live on a super steep place, when i see dudes on bicycles, just huffing up there like a machine, i always think: what a bloke. When i see some ridiculous truck in my small town i just see a clown. Same with guns, it’s okay you’re scared of the worldbor think you’rs some sort of redneck aveenger.
Cyclists are some of the most badass athletes on the planet. Go watch them race the Tour De France or the Giro De Italia and those dudes are blasting 120 miles every day in any weather for a month.
Some hillbilly wouldn’t make it past the first half of the first day.
I think many of the guys out there carrying in a big truck are simply cosplaying what they think a “real man” is. They want to be cowboys in their shiny F150 trucks with Carhartts and a pistol, but actually work a desk job and have no need for any of it.
I don’t understand why you think only rednecks have firearms. The world has changed, a large majority of firearm owners are not rednecks. Trump helped that.
Sure, but I’ve met very few lefties who advertise it. Owning a gun isn’t really a part of most people’s personality if they aren’t crazy people.
I like responsible gun ownership. You should be required to show competence with your firearm, both in usage an maintenance and storage, to own it though. You should have to go through a course (funded by taxes to ensure poorer people aren’t left out) before your purchase, and probably prove you have a safe place to store it and knowledge on how and why to store it.
(Firearms are the most stolen item, and the idiots with unsecured firearms or in safes locked with “1776” have caused part of the illegal gun crises.)
Seems reasonable to me - I got my state’s id card for ownership of a firearm, and just haven’t felt compelled to take the 16 hour class for a carry permit.
TBH, I have some concerns about the intersection of fed law and legal marijuana states that I’d rather not risk being the test case for.
You bring up a very valid point about funding of the course and equity. On further reflection, anyone who wants to learn ought to have access, whether they want to own/carry, or not.
The more educated and responsible citizens, the fewer sanctimonious fools who think “good guys with guns” stand a chance of stopping a motivated shooter with an assault rifle.
Real men don’t need props.
That’s why i never understood the angle of guns and big trucks are things deemed manly. I live on a super steep place, when i see dudes on bicycles, just huffing up there like a machine, i always think: what a bloke. When i see some ridiculous truck in my small town i just see a clown. Same with guns, it’s okay you’re scared of the worldbor think you’rs some sort of redneck aveenger.
Cyclists are some of the most badass athletes on the planet. Go watch them race the Tour De France or the Giro De Italia and those dudes are blasting 120 miles every day in any weather for a month.
Some hillbilly wouldn’t make it past the first half of the first day.
Lol @redneck avenger. Gonna use that one!
I think many of the guys out there carrying in a big truck are simply cosplaying what they think a “real man” is. They want to be cowboys in their shiny F150 trucks with Carhartts and a pistol, but actually work a desk job and have no need for any of it.
I don’t understand why you think only rednecks have firearms. The world has changed, a large majority of firearm owners are not rednecks. Trump helped that.
Sure, but I’ve met very few lefties who advertise it. Owning a gun isn’t really a part of most people’s personality if they aren’t crazy people.
I like responsible gun ownership. You should be required to show competence with your firearm, both in usage an maintenance and storage, to own it though. You should have to go through a course (funded by taxes to ensure poorer people aren’t left out) before your purchase, and probably prove you have a safe place to store it and knowledge on how and why to store it.
(Firearms are the most stolen item, and the idiots with unsecured firearms or in safes locked with “1776” have caused part of the illegal gun crises.)
Seems reasonable to me - I got my state’s id card for ownership of a firearm, and just haven’t felt compelled to take the 16 hour class for a carry permit.
TBH, I have some concerns about the intersection of fed law and legal marijuana states that I’d rather not risk being the test case for.
You bring up a very valid point about funding of the course and equity. On further reflection, anyone who wants to learn ought to have access, whether they want to own/carry, or not.
The more educated and responsible citizens, the fewer sanctimonious fools who think “good guys with guns” stand a chance of stopping a motivated shooter with an assault rifle.