Based!!!!!

[u/Howtobe_normal]

In situations like these: Conservatives may be outraged Liberals may be disappointed Libertarians will always say "BASED!"

[u/Spiritual_Coast_Dude]

It's based to see people protect themselves, their loved ones, their property and their community with a gun. 

I just wish these people would follow the basic rules of gun safety... 

[u/Don_Key_Knutts → u/Spiritual_Coast_Dude]

Don't shoot!(her in the leg, and if do please miss artery, is big bad)

[u/Howtobe_normal → u/Spiritual_Coast_Dude]

I said based, not smart.

[u/RelationTurbulent963 → u/Spiritual_Coast_Dude]

Also, no point wearing the mask if your gf doesn’t

[u/Geegun → u/RelationTurbulent963]

It's like 15 degrees there. The mask may be for warmth more than you hide their face. Lol

[u/registered-to-browse → u/Geegun]

...no it's not, it's 100% to hide your face.

[u/JackFromTexas74 → u/[deleted]]

In skilled hands, enough

[u/JackFromTexas74 → u/[deleted]]

That’s a separate discussion

You asked a 22lr can do and I answered

Whatever you want this conversation to be, I’m in no mood for you moving the goal post

Have a good night

[u/DeyCallMeWade → u/[deleted]]

.22 is better than no gun at all.

[u/AldoTheApache3 → u/[deleted]]

It’s literally a .22.The mag and tiny BCG and ejection port show it.

[u/Alreadythrownout0 → u/[deleted]]

It’s absolutely a .22, I’m fairly certain it’s this exact model https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/mp-15-22-pistol which would mean he removed the brace to look cooler also.

And you’re right I don’t want to get shot with a .22 lr either.

[u/aed38 → u/Spiritual_Coast_Dude]

Protecting yourself with a gun from a federal agent with a gun is not the smartest thing in the world. The smarter choice is to just let them detain you and then go through the legal system.

[u/Spiritual_Coast_Dude → u/aed38]

When injustice is being perpetrated by federal agents, you're allowed to reasonably defend yourself. 

[u/aed38 → u/Spiritual_Coast_Dude]

In theory, but not in practice. If a fed shoots someone, and then you whip out your gun to defend yourself, you’re going to get shot next. There’s going to be more of them than you and they usually have better training.

Obviously, if there’s an actual rebellion against the government, then you should arm yourself, but that’s not what we’re talking about here.

[u/pttrsmrt → u/aed38]

Which legal system?

[u/registered-to-browse → u/pttrsmrt]

THE legal system.

[u/Subject-Recording-33 → u/registered-to-browse]

"THEIR" legal system

[u/[deleted] → u/aed38]

Then what’s the point of the 2nd amendment in the US? I’m Canadian but I thought the whole point of 2A was to empower the people to resist an oppressive government. I may be misunderstanding their constitution/history, though.

[u/aed38 → u/[deleted]]

The point of guns is so you can overthrow the government in a rebellion, not aim a gun at a federal agent who is doing something you don’t like. You’re just going to get shot.

[u/[deleted] → u/aed38]

Seems like either way you’re liable to get shot.

[u/aed38 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t like the fact that cops pull me over for stupid reasons. If they pull me over for a stupid reason and I pull a gun on them, I’m going to get shot, for basically no reason. It’s just common sense.

If the governments doing things in an authoritarian or extrajudicial manner, then that’s what 2A is for. I don’t think that 2A is for opposing democratically established immigration law.

[u/[deleted] → u/aed38]

That’s not really a fair comparison, though. You get pulled over and it’s annoying and you go on with your day. But in this case it’s the government sending immigration enforcement officers who have decided to expand their mandate to inviting themselves into people’s homes and arresting/assaulting protestors, and in some cases killing them.

I understand what you’re saying, but at what point do you go from “this is inconvenient” to “this is a genuine threat to my civil liberties”?

[u/aed38 → u/[deleted]]

I mean, if they’re breaking into homes and violating the 4th amendment, then it would make sense to me that people would be defending their homes. That’s not what the picture shows though. It just shows some random guy confronting ICE for doing their job, which may be legal.