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   Jaden3 (jaden3@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 09:28:57 JST Jaden3

   So I gotta question for y'all on dis chat.
   White folks always questioning why young black ngga carry guns an shit ????
   Why ? I tell yall why is coz we gotta protect ourselves gang ! Cops don give af bout us. Allat stop and frisk shit they don gafk bout our live we got protect ourselves. Feel me?
   That why we carry. Stop playing us on this till yall understand!
   Preciate yall views on this in the comments. Black / white idgaf all yall views valid no i saying ❤️❤️ i repost yall shit if it adds .

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     Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel (maj1@beige.party)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 09:28:56 JST Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel

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     @Jaden3 Hey Jaden 👋😊

     It’s hard for us in the UK to understand the whole gun culture thing in the US.

     Here it’s not usual to own a gun unless you’re rich, a farmer or a criminal.

     Our police are not normally armed with anything more than a taser - it’s a surprise on the rare occasions we see armed officers.

     I regret that y’all have to carry firearms, but if it acts as a deterrent then who am I to judge.

     I would say that it’s 100% easier to shoot someone by mistake with a gun than without though & if there are guns around the house with youngsters then kids will be kids no matter how many times they are told not to touch.

     All that said, you & yours are trapped it seems, the NRA will ensure that guns are always available and racism is rife in the US so you will always be under threat.

     Do what you need to do & be safe my friend!!

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:17:40 JST fu

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     • Morre
     @morre @Jaden3 that statistic doesn't include how many times simply brandishing a firearm is sufficient. Nothing is scarier than the sound of a pump action shotgun.
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     Morre (morre@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:17:41 JST Morre

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     @Jaden3 if I remember the stats right, everybody is more likely to kill accidentally with their own gun than needing it to defend themselves. That informs all my decisions around it.

     Besides statistics, the whole concept that people can just have guns because they want is batshit crazy to me.

     I know no one who has one.

     Then again, Germany is extremely different and I’m a privileged white dude.

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:17:44 JST fu

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     • Morre
     @morre @Jaden3 in the U.S. you are also more likely to be shot by a cop than an firearm accident. So if you are going to outlaw anything make it cops.
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     T. J. Bombadil (c_dan4th@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:17:53 JST T. J. Bombadil

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     @fu Or don’t let the cops have guns like they do in the UK.

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     Jaden3 (jaden3@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:17:58 JST Jaden3

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     @fu @morre hell yeah 👌🏾

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     Morre (morre@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:18:00 JST Morre

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     • fu

     @fu @Jaden3 I’m 110% with you on that.

     We need a working system that provides justice and peace, and we won’t get that with Cops.

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:18:01 JST fu

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     • T. J. Bombadil
     @c_dan4th this should be an absolute minimum.
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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:18:08 JST fu

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     • Just Annie
     @LikeItOrLumpIt @Jaden3 take 'em from the feds first
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     Just Annie (likeitorlumpit@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:18:10 JST Just Annie

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     @Jaden3
     Not going to judge you Jaden.

     We take steps to feel safe too, as we live in this country with so many mass shootings.

     I'd like to see a federal ban on AK-47s and war type guns though.

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:07 JST fu

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     • Aydan
     @cxxvii @Jaden3 In America they need to have a reason, its called "fuck you king George" and it should only be used for "whatever the fuck you want as long as its not helping King George"
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     Aydan (cxxvii@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:08 JST Aydan

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     @Jaden3 In Australia, guns are regulated strongly i think. Basically you need a reason to use a gun, and the gun needs to be only for that usage. This means that if you're not looking hard, the only place you'll see guns is on a farm, around police/military/security, and if you go to a recreational gun place. of course doesn't count the 20-year old rifles under the floorboards :P

     Not suprised about carry in Usa though, if anyone wants an hour long video documentry thing that tells a suprisingly in-depth story of racism in America, see "Birth of A Nation: The First Superhero Film (The Racist Origins of Superhero Films (Is Batman Facist?))"

     cw for discussion of racism, the kkk, and pretty horrific historical events, obv
     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W0icCpGWdDA&pp=ygUcdGhlIGZhY2lzdCBvcmlnaW5zIG9mIGJhdG1hbg%3D%3D

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     notthatkindofdoctor (notthatkindofdoctor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:21 JST notthatkindofdoctor

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     @Jaden3
     White people do it too, in far greater numbers, but they are exempt from scrutiny. If not, there wouldn't be so many concealed carry carve outs. Why do you need to take your gun to the cancer hospital in Texas? I dunno, but it means I have to get training on procedures for when someone accidentally leaves their gun in the bathroom of the hospital because that's what people do.

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:21 JST fu

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     @notthatkindofdoctor @Jaden3 I went to a wedding in Oklahoma and the guy in front of me was packing. I asked him what he was so afraid of, told me he wasn't sure, but her heard some of the in-laws might be Democrats.
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     James Endres Howell (jameshowell@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:24 JST James Endres Howell

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     @Jaden3 The thing that radicalized me against cops, back in my 20s (1990s) working downtown Pittsburgh at night, was watching cops harassing black guys for no reason at all. Every night. Stopping and frisking, hollering and bullying. All rough like they were big tough hard asses, armed to the teeth, with the power of state violence behind them. Hassling teenagers just for hanging out. Daring them to look at them funny so they could shoot them for fun. Night after fucking night. Fuckn assholes

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:37 JST fu

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     • Anudar
     @Anudar @Jaden3 the idea that there is a "knife carrying problem" and the problem is not that you went somewhere and needed to cut something and no one had a knife is just mind boggling.
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     Anudar (anudar@framapiaf.org)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:38 JST Anudar

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     @Jaden3 in France, few people own and carry guns. We may have a rising knife carrying problem, but it's not even sure. Violent crime exists however, most of the time linked to drug trafficking (and to politics historically, during the '70s for example).

     What I mean is that gun-carrying is quite foreign to some other cultures outside of the US. Most european people (including me) would in fact be uncomfortable around any gun-carrying person. I understand your point however. Cultural differences.

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     Jaden3 (jaden3@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:40 JST Jaden3

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     • Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel

     @MAJ1 thanks fo your reply it so different uk and us we have guns that are so easy to buy everyone has one

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 10:44:51 JST fu

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     • Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel

     @Jaden3 @MAJ1 where are you able to find guns that are easy to buy? Every state I've lived its like a several day process, you gotta fill out a bunch of forms and shit.

     That's the main reason I have as many guns as I do, even though I haven't shot any for over a decade. Its just too much hassle to get rid of them.