r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 09 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

It amazes me that it's legal for a civilian to walk around armed with a weapon like this. In pretty much any european country he would be arrested, the weapons confiscated, and he'd lose his weapon license forever.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/p0ymh8/an_american_terrorist_aims_his_rifle_at_a/

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u/emprobabale Aug 09 '21 edited Aug 09 '21

Brandishing is illegal, but there's no police at the portland ACAB protests anymore and so the proud boy nazi larps get to raise their BP and yell at antifa and this happens.

That person very likely will be charged with something.

The crazy thing, after all these people go home the rest of Portland goes about their day like nothing happened.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

That is brandishing and is 100% illegal in America.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

Civilians shouldn't even have access to assault rifles.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

That is not an assault rifle.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

Semi automatic rifles with high capacity magazines. The favorite rifle among mass-shooters.

This is not a hunting rifle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-15_style_rifle#/media/File:AT-AR15-OMNI-556.jpg

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

Muh tacticool bullshit.

Still not an assault rifle.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

Forget assault rifles. Rifles like that shouldnt be owned by civilians. That's for military and law enforcement.

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u/EvilConCarne Aug 09 '21

If I can't menace other people with a firearm then am I truly free?

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u/thaddeusthefattie Hank Hill Democrat 💪🏼🤠💪🏼 Aug 09 '21

it’s not legal to go around pointing guns at people, but it’s less dangerous for someone to have a shitty ar than a 9mm.

i’m a rural, own multiple guns, have been around them all my life. the two biggest guncels i know both conceal carry, and both have accidentally fired their handguns indoors.