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To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.
I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.
I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.
I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.
I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.
Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.
Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.
-SoulRiser
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I've seeing a couple of firearm threads pop up recently in other threads. So I decided to make a thread dedicated to these things that spit metal really fast.
Want to show to show off your custom-made AR or Zastava M-70? Want to get a gun but don't know where to start? Want to start a flame war over gun control or start a flame war over if the 9mm or the .45 ACP is a better cartridge? Come from a foreign country and you want to bitch about how American gun laws "aren't strict enough" or how you wish that you could actually own a firearm in your country? This is the thread for that.
I currently have a 1943 Mosin, a Remington 870, a Ruger .357 mag, a Marlin .30-.30 and I plan on getting a SKS, a AR-10, a Colt 1911, and some Russian or Serbian model of an AKM in the future.
gun control in some states/districts is waaay too fucking strict (like California, Colorado, Illinois (particularly Chicago), Jersey, New York, Connecticut, D.C., etc) and some places wanted to be even more strict (Illinois, Columbus, OH, and others (for wanting to ban gun stores from being within city limits)
schoolsux's countdown until school ends:
177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)
I thought there was a firearms thread somewhere on here...
And I doubt many of us own guns. I personally still have to go to local PD and fill form for firearm license. Unfortunately, based on other people's experiences, it takes my city pd 4-5 months to process because they only have two officers handling the paperwork, and one of them is actually at the desk working on it(the other is the guy that stands at the counter as front desk person).
Plus getting it into house is another story if I ever bought. My mother freaked when I got a sword. Can imagine her reaction if I bought a rifle(even if it was a simple .22, she'd never really understand the difference between it and a tank cannon).
Realistically, I want to get a Ruger .22(obviously the rifle would be the 10/22). I've always been in love with the Ruger Mk2, most likely because of a unique WW2 stealth pistol with similar visual appearance that caught my attention.
As for home protection or whatever, I'd love to get a lever-action shotgun(which there is basically only 1 ever desgined...the Winchester 1887. There are only a few companies that have actually made replica models with the ability to fire modern rounds. The Chiappa 1887 is one of em:
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
05-28-2015 06:02 AM
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(05-28-2015 08:17 AM)craxyguy562 Wrote: My parents would never let me buy a gun.
My mom would never let me have a gun in my house. My dad, on the other hand, has more than a few guns. In fact, the 1st thing my dad bought after he and my mom got divorced was a gun (I forget the exact type), but I know it was Russian and a Nagant.
schoolsux's countdown until school ends:
177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)
(as of november 28, 2016)
also school
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05-28-2015 09:08 AM
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(05-26-2015 11:50 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote: As for home protection or whatever, I'd love to get a lever-action shotgun(which there is basically only 1 ever desgined...the Winchester 1887. There are only a few companies that have actually made replica models with the ability to fire modern rounds. The Chiappa 1887 is one of em:
John Browning gave his lever shotguns the middle finger after he made the trench gun and the Auto 5.
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Hello, traveler.
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
05-28-2015 11:52 AM
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Trying to apply for my carrier's license (covers both open and concealed). I want a SIG Sauer P227 (.45 ACP) gunna carry it around on a shoulder holster under one of those specially made jackets to avoid printing.
Its expensive tho (~$1100) even though I can afford it. I got my eye on it but I'll keep my options open.
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Dear Tumblrites:Despite your wrongly self-diagnosedPTSD, no line ofscientific evidencesuggests people can be triggered over theinternet. Triggering works through thesenses(i.e. smell, taste, touch, vision, hearing.) but it goes throughreal time; if you're not experiencing it in real life as it'sACTUALLY HAPPENINGin yourACTUALlife, youCANNOTbe triggered. The only exception to this is if you have aseizure, but then again, that's triggered byepilepsy(i.e. rapidly-changing flashing lights)NOT PTSD. Remembering a bad incident is NOT the same thing as having aflashback. When you remember, youthink; when youflashback,youfeel.
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Max Stirnir Wrote:"In the time of spirits thoughts grew till they overtopped my head, whose offspring they yet were; they hovered about me and convulsed me like fever-phantasies -- an awful power. The thoughts had become corporeal on their own account, were ghosts, e. g. God, Emperor, Pope, Fatherland, etc. If I destroy their corporeity, then I take them back into mine, and say: "I alone am corporeal." And now I take the world as what it is to me, as mine, as my property; I refer all to myself."The Ego and Its Own, pg. 15
Charles Manson Wrote:“Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself”
HeartofShadows Wrote:"Life is nothing more than a druggie trying to get their quick fix of happiness while dealing with the harsh withdrawal of reality"
Osip Mandelstam Wrote:"I divide all of world literature into authorized and unauthorized works. The former are all trash; the latter--stolen air. I want to spit in the face of every writer who first obtains permission and then writes."The Fourth Prose, 1930.
Lukas Foss Wrote:That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.
I wouldnt say middle finger. When Browning suggested making a shotgun, preferably with pump action (which he considered the best design for a shotgun), the Winchester management told him they wanted a lever-action because Winchester was brand known for its lever action weapons. So Browning didnt bitch or half-ass and made it work. Course a few years later, Winchester was like "eyy the 19th century ended lets do something new" and ditched the lever action obsession and let Browning build his pump action.
Samuel Colt may have ushered evoltuion into firearms with multiple shots in a practical design, but Browning basically designed so advanced that we still use basically most of his designs in modern firearms, especially pistols which are literally copies or improvement based on his design. Colt made the revolver, Browning made the future.
Kalashnikov just gave the proletariat a fighting chance with his cheap, reliable, and effective AK design.
Stoner is questionable since Direct Gas Impingement didnt work too well and still possess some disadvantages, though the SR-25 he made later on in life proved to be a reliable and accurate weapon.
(05-29-2015 04:34 AM)Missile Wrote: Would you guys say that ARFCOM or /k/ would be a better firearm community?
ARF is more informative but /k/ is alot funnier.
Have to go with ARF for practical reasons (no h8 m8)
Any recommendations for a cheaper .45 caliber handgun?
also polandball is cancer
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TRIGGER WARNING: THIS TRIGGER WARNING CONTAINS TRIGGER WARNINGS!
Dear Tumblrites:Despite your wrongly self-diagnosedPTSD, no line ofscientific evidencesuggests people can be triggered over theinternet. Triggering works through thesenses(i.e. smell, taste, touch, vision, hearing.) but it goes throughreal time; if you're not experiencing it in real life as it'sACTUALLY HAPPENINGin yourACTUALlife, youCANNOTbe triggered. The only exception to this is if you have aseizure, but then again, that's triggered byepilepsy(i.e. rapidly-changing flashing lights)NOT PTSD. Remembering a bad incident is NOT the same thing as having aflashback. When you remember, youthink; when youflashback,youfeel.
#HashTagsAreForIdiots
Max Stirnir Wrote:"In the time of spirits thoughts grew till they overtopped my head, whose offspring they yet were; they hovered about me and convulsed me like fever-phantasies -- an awful power. The thoughts had become corporeal on their own account, were ghosts, e. g. God, Emperor, Pope, Fatherland, etc. If I destroy their corporeity, then I take them back into mine, and say: "I alone am corporeal." And now I take the world as what it is to me, as mine, as my property; I refer all to myself."The Ego and Its Own, pg. 15
Charles Manson Wrote:“Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself”
HeartofShadows Wrote:"Life is nothing more than a druggie trying to get their quick fix of happiness while dealing with the harsh withdrawal of reality"
Osip Mandelstam Wrote:"I divide all of world literature into authorized and unauthorized works. The former are all trash; the latter--stolen air. I want to spit in the face of every writer who first obtains permission and then writes."The Fourth Prose, 1930.
Lukas Foss Wrote:That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.
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(05-29-2015 06:32 AM)Chanku Wrote: THIS IS STILL OFFENDING ME! THE TEXT OF THESE STRAIGHT WHITE MALES HAS ALSO
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considering feminism, all these feminists don't realize that nothing says "don't rape me" more than staring down the barrel of a Glock, a 1911, or a .38 special.
(05-29-2015 06:43 AM)Sociopath Wrote: Any recommendations for a cheaper .45 caliber handgun?
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
(05-29-2015 06:32 AM)Chanku Wrote: THIS IS STILL OFFENDING ME! THE TEXT OF THESE STRAIGHT WHITE MALES HAS ALSO
Hidden stuff:
ME!
considering feminism, all these feminists don't realize that nothing says "don't rape me" more than staring down the barrel of a Glock, a 1911, or a .38 special.
(05-29-2015 06:43 AM)Sociopath Wrote: Any recommendations for a cheaper .45 caliber handgun?
All the ones I've seen were at least $800 bucks.
You better not be referring to the tumblr type, because they're not feminists, they're pseudofeminists, or female supremacists you could call them
ACTUAL feminists wants equality. They want privilege and demean others for it. They're hypocrites and morons.
Point is, not feminists.
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TRIGGER WARNING: THIS TRIGGER WARNING CONTAINS TRIGGER WARNINGS!
Dear Tumblrites:Despite your wrongly self-diagnosedPTSD, no line ofscientific evidencesuggests people can be triggered over theinternet. Triggering works through thesenses(i.e. smell, taste, touch, vision, hearing.) but it goes throughreal time; if you're not experiencing it in real life as it'sACTUALLY HAPPENINGin yourACTUALlife, youCANNOTbe triggered. The only exception to this is if you have aseizure, but then again, that's triggered byepilepsy(i.e. rapidly-changing flashing lights)NOT PTSD. Remembering a bad incident is NOT the same thing as having aflashback. When you remember, youthink; when youflashback,youfeel.
#HashTagsAreForIdiots
Max Stirnir Wrote:"In the time of spirits thoughts grew till they overtopped my head, whose offspring they yet were; they hovered about me and convulsed me like fever-phantasies -- an awful power. The thoughts had become corporeal on their own account, were ghosts, e. g. God, Emperor, Pope, Fatherland, etc. If I destroy their corporeity, then I take them back into mine, and say: "I alone am corporeal." And now I take the world as what it is to me, as mine, as my property; I refer all to myself."The Ego and Its Own, pg. 15
Charles Manson Wrote:“Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself”
HeartofShadows Wrote:"Life is nothing more than a druggie trying to get their quick fix of happiness while dealing with the harsh withdrawal of reality"
Osip Mandelstam Wrote:"I divide all of world literature into authorized and unauthorized works. The former are all trash; the latter--stolen air. I want to spit in the face of every writer who first obtains permission and then writes."The Fourth Prose, 1930.
Lukas Foss Wrote:That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.
Just went to the range with my sis. The desk lady said I needed to be 21 to sign her cause she was a minor (16) but the manager knew who I was(along with the entire staff thanks to my frequent visits and decent stream of guests) and let me sign anyway.
Nice place. Wish I had more cash to renew my platinum but Ill probably have to get silver till I make enough money to renew. I didnt go often last few months but its a nice friendly place. Great gun choices, and a well-stocked VIP lounge.