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My American friends. Do you own a gun?
#26863874 - 08/05/20 06:49 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I am assuming that everyone in shroomery takes mushrooms (and other interesting stuff) every now and then. In other words, you should be chilled, if not enlightened. So do you actually believed that owning a gun helps to improve your personal safety? Or you just liked that you can shoot a few tin cans whenever you feel like it?
If you own a gun for reasons other than the three options offered, please elaborate why you feel that there is a need to own a gun.
If you don't own a gun and feel like sharing, tell us why not.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some] 1
#26863896 - 08/05/20 07:10 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I actually started shooting while I was a kid living in Germany. We would go to the local hunting and gun club and shoot skeet, trap and organize hunts. My dad was a certified ballistics nut, an officer in the artillery. He had a couple guns he built in "Guns & Ammo" magazine and my first rifle was a thing he built out of a Ruger 6mm receiver. I haven't carried much of that into adulthood. Trap is too difficult to find and shooting in general is expensive and noisy.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some] 2
#26863898 - 08/05/20 07:12 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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3some said: In other words, you should be chilled, if not enlightened.
LOL. I used to think this once too.
In reality, humans is humans IME, regardless of what 'enlightening' practices they indulge in.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
#26863900 - 08/05/20 07:15 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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What does being "enlightened" have to do with anything? Or psychedelics for that matter? People are just people and enlightenment isn't a descriptor for a particular type of person. Enlightenment is knowledge. Knowledge isn't rule, it's not principle. Those are the conclusions we come to when knowledge is gained and a conclusion is just individual biases. Assuming one owns a gun for one reason or another does not imply a lack of "chill." If that were the case we'd all just see MMA practitioners as a bunch of psychos two steps away from gangbanging and jail. Meanwhile many fighters have way more chill than a large portion of the wokest, hettiest patchouli warriors you can muster.
I don't own a gun but I am armed. Lots of coys and bears around. I would like a gun. If the food supply truly went to shit I'd rest easy knowing I could pop a deer from my deck like once a month.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some] 1
#26863909 - 08/05/20 07:19 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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for the moment, nah - in the future, maybe. I'm left handed, super clumsy, a bit forgetful..always seemed like I was never quite ready to safely and responsibly carry a gun on me(nor do I feel I really need to, though I have mulled the idea of concealed carry in the past) so I just didn't. I'm sort of kind of a responsible adult at this point so I'm getting closer to the point where I'd consider it, but I'm not there yet.
I'm not into hunting or shooting, personally, so there just has been no real reason for me to have one. Also I'm a medical marijuana user and technically not allowed to because it's still federally illegal to use weed, so yeah - gonna take full legalization or gun law reform for me to legally be able to get my permit.
I could picture eventually getting something purely for home protection, maybe. I do sometimes wish my parents would just because they're in the boonies - it's super safe where they live, and because of that some of the people who are loud about owning guns for 'intruders' makes me lol - but the fact of the matter is that it would take the cops ages to get to them in the event of an issue or emergency. They've got a very old one with a bayonet attachment and all that no longer works. But it does look cool.
For the record, I am chilled. I have also been a crime victim multiple times. Not once do I think in any of those situations would pulling a gun out have helped or applied, tbh - but the idea of added protection against someone trying to break into my home and hurt me is appealing. Enlightenment has nothing to do with not wanting to become another statistic. Again.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: pirate-blues]
#26863930 - 08/05/20 07:41 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Enlightenment is a religious concept.. if I could explain how I feel about enlightenment using further religious concepts, I imagine people would assume the Christian Messiah Jesus to be enlightened. I mean it comes with the territory. But there's a lot of evidence that points to the idea that the Christ is the anti-Christ. Literally like a choice. Enlightenment is just knowledge, particularly spiritual knowledge. If it were inherently a good thing there wouldn't be so much shade being thrown toward a secret society with it in their name i.e. the Illuminati.
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People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
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There is no need to go apeshit. I'm asking opinion on guns. Not questioning your manhood. Chill.
I'm just saying that psychedelic experience are often associated with clarity of mind. Meaning you can see through all the hype, debate, bravado, etc and see your personal need for a gun for what it truly is.
Having lots of guns on the street makes the police jumpy, that's a fact. I'm not saying take guns away from private citizens. I'm just thinking that the self protection part has became a mantra that most people just parrot and stopped thinking about the real motivation or even the utility value for wanting a gun. I don't see private citizens in America today breaking into gunfights like in the wildwest. But the sheriff seems to still live in that era.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: PreparationH] 2
#26863981 - 08/05/20 08:14 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
An army of people with rifles won't last an hour against a few dozen goverment troops equipped with LRAD's, drones, armored mini-tanks wiyh automatic weapons, flashbangs/tear gases, mass pepper spray delivery systems, etc.

If it were easier to get one in my area, I'd probably keep one at my place in the mountains, I camp in some sketchy places and some extra peace of mind wouldn't hurt. Never really felt the need for one in the suburbs though.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: PreparationH]
#26863987 - 08/05/20 08:16 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
Mate, I'm talking about larry. Just in case you think I'm taking a piss at you. Cheers.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: PreparationH]
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
Everyone in every country that doesn't own a gun trusts the government?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: feevers]
#26863992 - 08/05/20 08:23 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
An army of people with rifles won't last an hour against a few dozen goverment troops equipped with LRAD's, drones, flashbangs/tear gases, mass pepper spray delivery systems, etc.

If it were easier to get one in my area, I'd probably keep one at my place in the mountains, I camp in some sketchy places and some extra peace of mind wouldn't hurt. Never really felt the need for one in the suburbs though.
Police having armored vehicles and mounted guns are just plain excessive. Unless you have an active armed insurgency, why the fuck do you need to spend millions maintaining a fleet of monsters like this?
This is all legacy from our colonial past. Big guns to quell rebellion and subdue the opressed.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#26864000 - 08/05/20 08:26 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
Everyone in every country that doesn't own a gun trusts the government?
Governments can carry my trash, maintain roads and keep other idiots from fucking with me. Beyond that, they are not welcome even to suck my dick.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some] 2
#26864002 - 08/05/20 08:28 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Equating not owning a gun with trusting the government is something that only someone born and raised in America could think, IMO.
-------------------- Let it be seen that you are nothing. And in knowing that you are nothing... there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to gain. What can happen to you? Something can happen to the body, but it will either heal or it won't. What's the big deal? Let life knock you to bits. Let life take you apart. Let life destroy you. It will only destroy what you are not. --Jac O'keeffe
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
#26864008 - 08/05/20 08:31 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
An army of people with rifles won't last an hour against a few dozen goverment troops equipped with LRAD's, drones, flashbangs/tear gases, mass pepper spray delivery systems, etc.

If it were easier to get one in my area, I'd probably keep one at my place in the mountains, I camp in some sketchy places and some extra peace of mind wouldn't hurt. Never really felt the need for one in the suburbs though.
Police having armored vehicles and mounted guns are just plain excessive. Unless you have an active armed insurgency, why the fuck do you need to spend millions maintaining a fleet of monsters like this?
This is all legacy from our colonial past. Big guns to quell rebellion and subdue the opressed.
A family friend used to be a police dispatcher in central maine, smallish town of 20k or so. For whatever reason their police department had huge budget surpluses every year. In order to not have their budget cut for the next year, they had to spend the extra money. They now have a fleet of assault vehicles and armored trucks that look like tanks, civilian monitoring systems, multiple LRADs and weapons that could probably be used to successfully invade a small country.
The only use all this gear gets is when the cops get drunk and take selfies playing dress-up in their war costumes with the trucks and gear, as well as maybe the occasional no-knock warrant over a few bags of dope.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: feevers]
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
An army of people with rifles won't last an hour against a few dozen goverment troops equipped with LRAD's, drones, armored mini-tanks wiyh automatic weapons, flashbangs/tear gases, mass pepper spray delivery systems, etc.

If it were easier to get one in my area, I'd probably keep one at my place in the mountains, I camp in some sketchy places and some extra peace of mind wouldn't hurt. Never really felt the need for one in the suburbs though.
Tell us more about how the USA won the wars in the middle east now hehe
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#26864019 - 08/05/20 08:35 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said: Equating not owning a gun with trusting the government is something that only someone born and raised in America could think, IMO.
That, larry, is insight. A good example of an enlightened person. No need to bring Jesus and a bag full of philosophy in.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: PreparationH] 1
#26864024 - 08/05/20 08:38 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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PreparationH said: Tell us more about how the USA won the wars in the middle east now hehe
Since 1945, the United States has very rarely achieved meaningful victory. The United States has fought five major wars — Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan — and only the Gulf War in 1991 can really be classified as a clear success.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: PreparationH]
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PreparationH said: People with firearms can stop government troops in their tracks. Of course I own weapons. Not owning a firearm, in my opinion, says that you trust your government which is... scary...
An army of people with rifles won't last an hour against a few dozen goverment troops equipped with LRAD's, drones, armored mini-tanks wiyh automatic weapons, flashbangs/tear gases, mass pepper spray delivery systems, etc.

If it were easier to get one in my area, I'd probably keep one at my place in the mountains, I camp in some sketchy places and some extra peace of mind wouldn't hurt. Never really felt the need for one in the suburbs though.
Tell us more about how the USA won the wars in the middle east now hehe
Obviously nobody is winning there. So yeah, having guns doesn't stop government troop in their tracks too.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some] 1
#26864032 - 08/05/20 08:42 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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You may see it as enlightened because you agree with it. But psychedelics don't direct everyone to some shared concept of enlightenment.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: psi]
#26864053 - 08/05/20 08:52 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I feel pretty enlightened. My mind is open to more concepts and I have empathy towards my fellow man. I own plenty guns tho and dont want to ever have to use them but if I do they're within reaching distance. Also when you have enemies you should probably keep one near and I value my life enough to protect it.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: psi]
#26864055 - 08/05/20 08:54 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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psi said: You may see it as enlightened because you agree with it. But psychedelics don't direct everyone to some shared concept of enlightenment.
Firstly, I do agree with his statement "Equating not owning a gun with trusting the government is something that only someone born and raised in America could think...", you got me there. But the reason I said he is enlightened is because I think what he said is accurate, hard to dispute and most importantly, beautifully reflect reality.
Secondly, I'm just messing with larry.
Chill.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: Ovoidhunter]
#26864073 - 08/05/20 09:00 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ovoidhunter said: I feel pretty enlightened. My mind is open to more concepts and I have empathy towards my fellow man. I own plenty guns tho and dont want to ever have to use them but if I do they're within reaching distance. Also when you have enemies you should probably keep one near and I value my life enough to protect it.
Nothing is wrong with owning a gun. I support gun ownership. It's the whole "protect my family" and "keeping the government in check" argument that I find problematic.
You must be living dangerously to have enemies that would want to kill you literally. Respect.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: PreparationH] 1
#26864078 - 08/05/20 09:03 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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PreparationH said: Tell us more about how the USA won the wars in the middle east now hehe
“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous." -1984
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#26864080 - 08/05/20 09:04 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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3some said: Chill.
Oh I am hella chill right now.
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#26864093 - 08/05/20 09:11 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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3some said: There is no need to go apeshit. I'm asking opinion on guns. Not questioning your manhood. Chill.
I'm just saying that psychedelic experience are often associated with clarity of mind. Meaning you can see through all the hype, debate, bravado, etc and see your personal need for a gun for what it truly is.
Having lots of guns on the street makes the police jumpy, that's a fact. I'm not saying take guns away from private citizens. I'm just thinking that the self protection part has became a mantra that most people just parrot and stopped thinking about the real motivation or even the utility value for wanting a gun. I don't see private citizens in America today breaking into gunfights like in the wildwest. But the sheriff seems to still live in that era.
Apeshit? Are you so offended that you can't see when someone is simply disagreeing with you? That's pretty sad son. Perhaps take a breather before you post. All you're saying is you think that just because you got high that everyone is just like you. That's just not the case. Having feelings one way or another doesn't make you right about things. I can feel bad about stepping on bugs but that doesn't make me dumb enough to imply I should just sit down and die because I can't prevent the impact my existence has. Law of the jungle, son. Life feeds on life no matter how beautiful and that means it needs protecting. That's clarity.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
#26864095 - 08/05/20 09:12 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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3some said: Police having armored vehicles and mounted guns are just plain excessive. Unless you have an active armed insurgency, why the fuck do you need to spend millions maintaining a fleet of monsters like this?
This is all legacy from our colonial past. Big guns to quell rebellion and subdue the opressed.
Chill.
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#26864097 - 08/05/20 09:13 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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psi said: You may see it as enlightened because you agree with it. But psychedelics don't direct everyone to some shared concept of enlightenment.
There’s a higher percentage of fascist bootlickers around here than anywhere else I’ve seen
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#26864107 - 08/05/20 09:17 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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There are neo-Nazis who take psychedelics and remain neo-Nazis. Not very enlightened from where I'm standing, but they are very different people than I am and I'm sure the drugs take them to different places. It's the "set" portion of set and setting.
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3some said: There is no need to go apeshit. I'm asking opinion on guns. Not questioning your manhood. Chill.
I'm just saying that psychedelic experience are often associated with clarity of mind. Meaning you can see through all the hype, debate, bravado, etc and see your personal need for a gun for what it truly is.
Having lots of guns on the street makes the police jumpy, that's a fact. I'm not saying take guns away from private citizens. I'm just thinking that the self protection part has became a mantra that most people just parrot and stopped thinking about the real motivation or even the utility value for wanting a gun. I don't see private citizens in America today breaking into gunfights like in the wildwest. But the sheriff seems to still live in that era.
Apeshit? Are you so offended that you can't see when someone is simply disagreeing with you? That's pretty sad son. Perhaps take a breather before you post. All you're saying is you think that just because you got high that everyone is just like you. That's just not the case. Having feelings one way or another doesn't make you right about things. I can feel bad about stepping on bugs but that doesn't make me dumb enough to imply I should just sit down and die because I can't prevent the impact my existence has. Law of the jungle, son. Life feeds on life no matter how beautiful and that means it needs protecting. That's clarity.
You win. Because I'm lost in your philosophy.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: psi]
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psi said: There are neo-Nazis who take psychedelics and remain neo-Nazis. Not very enlightened from where I'm standing, but they are very different people than I am and I'm sure the drugs take them to different places. It's the "set" portion of set and setting.
I'm pretty cure the aztecs used to get loaded on mushroom honey and make human sacrifices
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: psi]
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psi said: There are neo-Nazis who take psychedelics and remain neo-Nazis. Not very enlightened from where I'm standing, but they are very different people than I am and I'm sure the drugs take them to different places. It's the "set" portion of set and setting.
That's a very scary thought. From crazy to batshit crazy. Wait. I can smell one around here(not you psi).
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: feevers]
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I'm pretty cure the aztecs used to get loaded on mushroom honey and make human sacrifices
True that. Lucky the crazy ones think we are hippies and our mushrooms as dangerous drugs. Can you imagine growing a patch at a terrorist training camp high up in Pakistan or Afghanistan? Or the Rose Garden in White House?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
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Before heading into the mountains, strangers often ask whether they should be concerned about their safety.
"Only if you are related to somebody," said Jane Bagby, assistant director of the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky.
Contrary to popular films such as 1972's "Deliverance," which portrayed Appalachian people randomly attacking outsiders, the majority of mountain killings occur among friends, neighbors and kin.
When William Lynwood Montell began to study the history of homicide in south-central Kentucky, he found that the people he interviewed did not use the word "murder."
They thought "murder," a legal term for premeditated homicide, was far too harsh and implied a viciousness not usually present in the conflicts, said Mr. Montell, a retired professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University.
Instead, they preferred the word "killing."
"Killing" covered a variety of types of homicide, including premeditated ones that the community considered justified under the right circumstances, Mr. Montell said.
Many people in the mountains use that word today. When a dangerous character comes to a violent end, state police say, some respond philosophically, "Well, some people just needs killing.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
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3some said: There is no need to go apeshit. I'm asking opinion on guns. Not questioning your manhood. Chill.
I'm just saying that psychedelic experience are often associated with clarity of mind. Meaning you can see through all the hype, debate, bravado, etc and see your personal need for a gun for what it truly is.
Having lots of guns on the street makes the police jumpy, that's a fact. I'm not saying take guns away from private citizens. I'm just thinking that the self protection part has became a mantra that most people just parrot and stopped thinking about the real motivation or even the utility value for wanting a gun. I don't see private citizens in America today breaking into gunfights like in the wildwest. But the sheriff seems to still live in that era.
Apeshit? Are you so offended that you can't see when someone is simply disagreeing with you? That's pretty sad son. Perhaps take a breather before you post. All you're saying is you think that just because you got high that everyone is just like you. That's just not the case. Having feelings one way or another doesn't make you right about things. I can feel bad about stepping on bugs but that doesn't make me dumb enough to imply I should just sit down and die because I can't prevent the impact my existence has. Law of the jungle, son. Life feeds on life no matter how beautiful and that means it needs protecting. That's clarity.
You win. Because I'm lost in your philosophy.
There's nothing confusing about it. Even if life has no inherent meaning I can still value myself and recognize that bad things happen. Go walk around in the bush with nothing with you and then go do it with a big ass knife and tell me how little self defense matters. Feeling safe is important it's one of the first things your parents should ever help you experience and you probably love them for it. Even the purest person's blood can pump with rage. Love is complicated.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
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Hell yeah i own guns, theyre fun as fuck hehe. Main motivation is to blast targets in the desert but i wouldnt take out protection as a secondary motivating factor. I think the risk of a night break in at our house is minimal at worst, but still, id rather be prepared than unprepared and that goes for most things in life. I also have 10k emergency savings that ill probably never touch but its good to know its there should I ever need it 
I like people having freedom to do what theyre gonna do in life. Be it drugs, owning weapons, whatever - Just dont hurt other people. Id make the argument that far fewer people are hurt by guns than they are by drugs as a whole, including those who are unintentional victims. The argument that we should take any of the stuff away doesnt make a whole lot of sense, id rather just genetically weed out the psychopaths who cant handle their shit, so the rest of the sane world can enjoy their toys
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Ahhhh, but then where does the weeding out end? Who decides what is and isn't sane?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
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yeah i thought about that and actually came back to edit heh. i would rather like it to be something like scientists have found the insane 'i want to kill people' gene and can turn it off like a lightswitch at birth CRISPR style.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: ManianFH]
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it would be cool to have a test akin to the trisomy 21 for things like that, but look how often that's used that we know of. There's a TV show with people that have DS. Then we have doomsday preppers.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
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3some said: There is no need to go apeshit. I'm asking opinion on guns. Not questioning your manhood. Chill.
I'm just saying that psychedelic experience are often associated with clarity of mind. Meaning you can see through all the hype, debate, bravado, etc and see your personal need for a gun for what it truly is.
Having lots of guns on the street makes the police jumpy, that's a fact. I'm not saying take guns away from private citizens. I'm just thinking that the self protection part has became a mantra that most people just parrot and stopped thinking about the real motivation or even the utility value for wanting a gun. I don't see private citizens in America today breaking into gunfights like in the wildwest. But the sheriff seems to still live in that era.
Apeshit? Are you so offended that you can't see when someone is simply disagreeing with you? That's pretty sad son. Perhaps take a breather before you post. All you're saying is you think that just because you got high that everyone is just like you. That's just not the case. Having feelings one way or another doesn't make you right about things. I can feel bad about stepping on bugs but that doesn't make me dumb enough to imply I should just sit down and die because I can't prevent the impact my existence has. Law of the jungle, son. Life feeds on life no matter how beautiful and that means it needs protecting. That's clarity.
You win. Because I'm lost in your philosophy.
There's nothing confusing about it. Even if life has no inherent meaning I can still value myself and recognize that bad things happen. Go walk around in the bush with nothing with you and then go do it with a big ass knife and tell me how little self defense matters. Feeling safe is important it's one of the first things your parents should ever help you experience and you probably love them for it. Even the purest person's blood can pump with rage. Love is complicated.
My father said to me bare knuckles won't kill. It's not accurate but the gist is, he taught me that having a weapon on your hand in a rage is likely to end with a lifetime of regrets. If you can't feel safe without a gun, knock yourself out.
I feel that most people call guns a tool for self defense but take it as a license to be a dick. If you ran into a thug brandishing a gun, you would run away if you don't have a gun. Correct? Doesn't having a gun in your hand makes it more likely that one of the guns will pop? I know there are nut cases hellbent to murder innocent people. But compared to the likelihood of things getting out of hand in a fit of rage, don't you think "self protection" is on the same coin as "I'll fuck him up before he has a chance to fuck me"?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
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I know what message you're trying to convey here, but even a slight knock on the head can kill. Even bumping ones head on a cabinet door. The head is highly vascular and prone to blood vessels bursting. There could be clots etc...unknown to the person and when the bump or knock to the head happens, BAM! Dead! So yeah, bare knuckles CAN and DO kill.
I have a gun now, but it was inherited by my husband from his dad. It's a 38 special kept by the bed, and a couple of rifles we keep at our cabin. I have shot the 38 twice in 3 years. The rifles haven't been fired by me yet. I grew up in Texas, so I know what gun freaks are like pretty much. In Texas anyway,lol.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
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I have a gun now, but it was inherited by my husband from his dad. It's a 38 special kept by the bed, and a couple of rifles we keep at our cabin. I have shot the 38 twice in 3 years. The rifles haven't been fired by me yet. I grew up in Texas, so I know what gun freaks are like pretty much. In Texas anyway,lol.
They are bigger dicks in Texas? Should wear bullet vest to do a milk run.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
#26864409 - 08/05/20 11:44 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Texas is a different world my friend. That's one of the reasons I'm in CO.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
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Too much responsibility for the protection it would ostensibly offer.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some]
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Theres no option for "No i dont own a gun" 
I dont own a gun.
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How about a big stick? You gotta at least have a big stick.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: psi]
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I have a small collection of knifes
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
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You're probably good then.
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3some said: I am assuming that everyone in shroomery takes mushrooms (and other interesting stuff) every now and then. In other words, you should be chilled, if not enlightened.
the aztecs ate mushrooms, too. But they also sacrificed neighboring tribes by the thousands to the sun god.
Were they enlightened?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: lowbrow]
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Seeing how America has enough firearms to arm every man, women, and child, I'm gonna say most, if not all, of us have firearms or know someone who does.
If not, I guarantee we at least have a big whoopass stick like psi.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: Shiithead]
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Guns are as American as Apple Pie, NASCAR and McDonalds.
I just realized I do own a gun, a BB gun air rifle. Does that count?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
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LogicaL Chaos said: Guns are as American as Apple Pie, NASCAR and McDonalds.
I just realized I do own a gun, a BB gun air rifle. Does that count?
Co2 or pump?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: feevers]
#26864844 - 08/05/20 03:33 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Multi-Pump.
I was thinking of getting a CO2 for the convenience and near-silence of it.
Do you own any Air guns?
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I hate NASCAR.
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LogicaL Chaos said: Multi-Pump.
I was thinking of getting a CO2 for the convenience and near-silence of it.
Do you own any Air guns?
I had a pump rifle and a co2 handgun just for shooting targets and bottles. Definitely liked the co2 one better, much easier and quicker.
Shot a target that I taped to a tree once, the BB bounced directly back and hit me right in the sunglasses, could've been awful if I wasn't wearing them. Almost had a Christmas Story moment
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3some said: I am assuming that everyone in shroomery takes mushrooms (and other interesting stuff) every now and then. In other words, you should be chilled, if not enlightened. So do you actually believed that owning a gun helps to improve your personal safety? Or you just liked that you can shoot a few tin cans whenever you feel like it?
If you own a gun for reasons other than the three options offered, please elaborate why you feel that there is a need to own a gun.
If you don't own a gun and feel like sharing, tell us why not.
Where is the option for "all of the above"? People own guns for more than just one single reason/use.
I was given/gifted my first rifle when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I mostly just use it for recreation/target shooting, but I can also use it for hunting small game and for protection/defense if needed.
I've actually been looking into getting a new gun sometime in the near future .
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: feevers]
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Ha, thats crazy! Close call!
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: Herbologist]
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Yeah I don't get the appeal, nothing ever happens unless they crash.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
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butter knives don't count
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Yeah I don't get the appeal, nothing ever happens unless they crash.
There's an art to it you would never understand you narrow minded a-holes

j/k I don't like nascar either
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I have one single friend into NASCAR, I went to his families house during a race and they got rowdy and partied it was actually cool, I barely watched that shit though but they seemed to use it as a reason to drink and we had a good time so eh...
I just recently spent time with him again during a race and he bet on 3 drivers and won over $250 that night so he gambles on it too which I can moreso understand that angle but the race was 50 laps in circles, I still don't get it...
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: PreparationH]
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Same. He would go every year when Nascar came through DFW and he'd go out there and just get puke drunk in the searing Texas summer heat from like 8 am until the end of the race (and after the race too I'm sure).
He'd always get defensive about his Nascar love and say to us "y'all just don't get it, you think it's cars going in circles but it's way deeper than that". Yeah I'm sure it is but sue me man it's just not up my alley to pick some random guy out to root for who's driving a car in a race against a bunch of other dudes and watching it for four hours or whatever. But to each their own.
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Same. He would go every year when Nascar came through DFW and he'd go out there and just get puke drunk in the searing Texas summer heat from like 8 am until the end of the race (and after the race too I'm sure).
He'd always get defensive about his Nascar love and say to us "y'all just don't get it, you think it's cars going in circles but it's way deeper than that". Yeah I'm sure it is but sue me man it's just not up my alley to pick some random guy out to root for who's driving a car in a race against a bunch of other dudes and watching it for four hours or whatever. But to each their own.
If you ever go to one of the races, it's basically a festival with a race in the middle. I've only been to one, but it was pretty fun.
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Same. He would go every year when Nascar came through DFW and he'd go out there and just get puke drunk in the searing Texas summer heat from like 8 am until the end of the race (and after the race too I'm sure).
He'd always get defensive about his Nascar love and say to us "y'all just don't get it, you think it's cars going in circles but it's way deeper than that". Yeah I'm sure it is but sue me man it's just not up my alley to pick some random guy out to root for who's driving a car in a race against a bunch of other dudes and watching it for four hours or whatever. But to each their own.
If you ever go to one of the races, it's basically a festival with a race in the middle. I've only been to one, but it was pretty fun.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: blewmeanie]
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This is what I imagine a Juggalo gathering being like. Can't see the appeal of the music but it seems like the people know how to have a good time.
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O I would fuckin go to a juggalo festival that shit seems hilarious. Would def stay sober enough to not get raped in a port-a-potty though
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Re: My American friends. Do you own a gun? [Re: 3some] 2
#26865069 - 08/05/20 05:12 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm so enlightened that I'm planning on buying a bunch of guns. Maybe one day you'll reach enlightenment and understand.
That's just a joke, the real answer is more complex and has already been gone over by multiple people in this thread. For myself personally, I don't own any guns yet, but I'm planning on buying some.
Yeah, sure, my belief system and psychedelics have absolutely made me want to stay away from guns, but all the crazy extremists and white supremacists and civil war advocates and nation states assassinating people in other countries have outweighed that over time. And to be honest I really love guns, and the only thing that held me back before was just my personal belief system, but that gets outweighed by all the crazy shit going on in the world right now. I'd like to be able to sit here and advocate for not owning firearms, but look at the fucking world right now, I just can't take myself seriously doing that. Plus I really do love guns, and they're a lot of fun.
So I'm planning on getting a S&W 629, a mossberg 88, and a winchester 1886. The winchester is still a bit up in the air as to which model I want, so that one might change. Honestly I'd love a bolt action, but they're just not as fast in an emergency as lever action, so I'm torn.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: psi]
#26865080 - 08/05/20 05:14 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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blewmeanie said: f you ever go to one of the races, it's basically a festival with a race in the middle. I've only been to one, but it was pretty fun.
This is what I imagine a Juggalo gathering being like. Can't see the appeal of the music but it seems like the people know how to have a good time.
If you ever go to a motorcross race, a lot of the time it's the same kind of thing.
We used to go to this big one called steel city when I was younger. We'd camp out all weekend partying, and barely even watch the races. It was like half carnival, half spring break in Daytona.
The last time I went someone set up a giant like 100 foot long tarp on a hill for a beer and soap fueled slip and slide. People were flying down and crashing, taking out the crowd like human bowling pins. The cops showed up to shut it down and pepper sprayed everyone.
Everything went south from there throughout the night. People were fighting everywhere, and there was this crowd fucking with people that kept getting bigger and bigger. Eventually they started trying to flip over random cars. It was nuts.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: blewmeanie]
#26865102 - 08/05/20 05:23 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Everyone went south? Weren't they ALL from there anyway?
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26865109 - 08/05/20 05:26 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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tyrannicalrex said: Everyone went south? Weren't they ALL from there anyway?
It's in Pennsylvania.
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Re: My American friends. Do you own an air gun? [Re: blewmeanie]
#26865113 - 08/05/20 05:26 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Even more LOL!
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