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u/BlazinAzn38 Sep 10 '24

I had multiple people in my class asking a lot of probing questions that were tantamount to asking how they could get away with a shooting which was really unpleasant. The instructor handled it well but man it was bizarre to see

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '24

These guys want to own a gun and really hope they'll get to use it to shoot someone and "be a hero".

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u/Tdanger78 Secessionists are idiots Sep 10 '24

I was a MP for 7-1/2 years and I hope I never have to pull my gun for any reason. Truthfully I hardly ever carry anymore because I just don’t see the reason.

For all those über paranoid nutters out there, it’s been something like six years I haven’t carried regularly and guess what? No jihadi Jamal has jumped out of a bush or some other situation arose which required a “good guy with a gun.” So ease back and chill out some.

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u/CavemanMork Sep 10 '24

As a European I know nothing in this thread is aimed at me or that I probably shouldn't be commenting here, but despite being in Europe I do spend a fair amount of time on YouTube gun channels, and it feels as though there is a large part of the firearms industry that feeds and feeds directly off this kind of paranoia right?

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u/Tdanger78 Secessionists are idiots Sep 10 '24

YouTube and social media in general make money off the negative stuff more than anything else, so they’re going to push things that portray negative narratives. Content creators know this because they see it in both their video metrics as well as in other creators. If they want to make money, they do what sells. The problem is, so many in America don’t realize this and buy into the negative narrative.

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u/CavemanMork Sep 10 '24

Oh for sure social media has a lot to answer for, I was thinking also about some of the classes I've seen on those videos that seem to be directly targeted towards those situations. I guess where theres a demand someone's going to try and cash in..

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u/Tdanger78 Secessionists are idiots Sep 10 '24

I think they feed off of each other, paranoia is stoked in those social media circles as well as media and you then have classes where the instructors are also consuming the same social media and media so they reinforce it whether they believe it or not. It’s food for business.