#automatic weapons

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

[Herb Block Foundation]

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Americans want gun control.  :: May 1, 2023

ROBERT B. HUBBELL

MAY 1, 2023

         Americans mourn for the victims of the weekend gun violence in Texas and the Texans forced to live in a society that glorifies guns above public safety. The details of two shootings over the weekend are horrifying. In the first, neighbors asked a man shooting an assault rifle in his front yard at 11:00 PM to stop because he was waking sleeping infants in the neighbors’ home. The man with the assault rifle then executed five of the neighbors in their home—including an eight-year-old boy. The gunman remains at large. Governor Abbott said nothing for 24 hours (other than releasing a photo of his golden retriever). When he finally commented, he tried to diminish the horror of the executions by describing the victims as “illegal immigrants.” See Business Insider, Gov. Abbott Calls Texas Mass Shooting Victims 'Illegal Immigrants'.

         In a second killing, a man on a date was scammed out of $40 by someone pretending to be a parking valet. When the man learned he had been scammed, he shot and killed the scammer, then returned to the restaurant to finish his dinner with his date. He has been arrested.

         When everyone is armed, the temptation to solve every disagreement by resorting to arms is overwhelming. The killings are sickening, and the lawless situation is dispiriting. But . . . there is reason to hope. All Americans are tired of the senseless killings that are the inevitable result of an armed populace. Fox News conducted a poll that confirms that a majority of Americans—including Republicans—now favor enhanced regulations of firearms. See Mom’s Demand Action, New Fox News Polling Confirms Popularity of Gun Safety Laws Among Democrats, Republicans, and Gun Owners.

         Moms Demand Action summarizes the key points of the Fox polls as follows:

87% of Americans support requiring criminal background checks on all gun buyers, including 83% support from gun-owning households.

81% of Americans support improving enforcement of existing gun laws.

81% of Americans support raising the legal age to buy a gun to 21, including 76% of gun-owning households.

80% of Americans support allowing police to take guns from those considered a danger to themselves or others, also known as Red Flag laws, including 76% of gun-owning households.

61% of Americans support banning assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons, including 50% support from gun-owning households.

         But Republican legislatures are not able to restrain themselves. They are captives of the NRA and the minority of Americans who value guns above all else. The Fox poll suggests that Republicans are vulnerable on a core issue going into 2024. They have picked the wrong side on guns and reproductive liberty. And the economy.

         The fact that Republicans seem hell-bent on creating the worst platform possible for 2024 does nothing to reduce the sting and sorrow of the latest mass shootings. But there is a path forward for Democrats as Americans come to understand the dark future that Republicans are plotting.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

#Gun control #Herblock #Herb Block Foundation #gun violence #Robert B. Hubbel Newsletter #Robert B. Hubbell #automatic weapons #weapons of war #Moms Demand Action

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ALL IN A NIGHT'S BLASTING -- BLOWING AWAY UNDERRWORLD MAFIOSI TRASH.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a double spalsh page of the Punisher taking down inner city criminals hard with merciless automatic weapons firepower, from "THE PUNISHER: WAR ZONE" Vol. 1 #1. March, 1992. Marvel Comics.

Story/script by Chuck Dixon

Pencils by John Romita Jr.

Inks by Klaus Janson

Colors by Gregory Wright

Letters by Jim Novak

Resolution from largest to smallest: 2000x1452, 1800x1266, & 1048x800.

"I'm not playing with these guys. They're packing heavy and they're on that rush a holdup gives you. Adrenaline and fear mixed with a few reds and four roses. I take 'em down hard. Maybe a little too hard. But I'm trying to make a point."

-- THE PUNISHER (Frank Castle), "PUNISHER: WAR ZONE" Vol. 1 #1

Sources: https://theunspokendecade.com/2014/04/07/the-front-line-is-everywhere-punisher-war-zone-1, View Comic Online, & Comic Art Fans.

#PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #WAR ZONE Vol. 1 #PUNISHER: WAR ZONE Vol. 1 #WAR ZONE #THE PUNISHER #PUNISHER #90s Marvel #Marvel Universe #Underworld Justice #Marvel Comics #Marvel #John Romita Jr. #JRJR #Chuck Dixon #Automatic Weapons #90s #Vigilante #Anti-hero #1992 #1990s #Guns #Punishment #Double Splash Page #Frank Castle #THE PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #THE PUNISHSER: WAR ZONE Vol. 1 #💀

[pamwmsn]

https://johnnythehorsepart2.tumblr.com

#automatic weapons #french cheeses

[xenonsdoodles]

#fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #bernadetta von varley #this post brought to you by A True Story. Kind Of #the irl context was my friends' own battle of the eagle and lion which was fought with foam weapons and one nerf crossbow #crossbow being limited to the porch with our friend in a wheelchair. which was the only reason it wasn't an automatic game winner #anyway they shot me in the leg and I put the dart in my pocket #and then we were the only two people left and I had to stagger one-legged up the steps while they frantically tried to unjam the crossbow #the tension was REAL #I ended up winning. narrowly. #and then I did exactly this #their team ended up winning in the end but it was hard fought on all sides #anyway. here's this

[starwikia]

suicide cw

look i have been in this area before mentally. it sucks and i wouldn’t wish this on anyone. but, and this is going to sound callous, but i don’t feel any sympathy for james somerton. even if i hope he’s like. not dead. But thats all the amount of goodwill im willing to give him. The more i think about this really, the more angry i am. 

ngl this entire situation is another example of how white people weaponize their mental illness to avoid consequences. Im seeing it in real time.

this man has a continuous habit of using self-harm as a get-out-of-jail-for-free card. in both of his apologies, he has worded his supposed attempts in ways that were clearly meant to guilt people who displayed his plagiarism and overall horrendous history of racism and misogyny. i say supposed because, while i’m not saying those are lies and this would he such a fucked up thing to lie about that i don’t want to think he has, unfortunately, it’s been proven again and again that his word can’t be trusted, as he’s known to lie to try get out of consequences. Hes a proven liar. him lying about this is actually the best case scenario, because no one should go through this entire situation, wouldnt wish this on anyone, but you can only do this so often before people stop sympathizing with you. is this callous? Yeah, but like. I’m actually fucking angry he cant straight up take no as an answer. that this is how he reacts realizing he cant be one of the Cool Kidz™️ on youtube anymore. he acts like he DESERVES a career, like its not a privilege hes lost due to his own actions.

He lied about apologizing and forgiving people, he lied about giving the money to hbomberguy to give to ppl he ripped off (yknow, instead of doing it himself), he lied about the jessie gender situation and rewrote the narrative to make it so he isnt the bad guy, and hes the victim all along actually!

you can’t tell me that supposed last message of his isn’t meant to be a 13 reasons why esq attempt to deflect the blame “look i’m going to kill myself and it’s all YOUR PEOPLES FAULT for not letting me achieve my DREAM of being filmmaker IN PEACE!!! I just wanted Nick’s (the guy who I have thrown under the bus again and again) portfolio up!! Im just being a good friend dont you all FEEL BAD” he refuses to take ANY ACCOUNTABILITY of any of his actions and he IS STILL trying to shove the blame over to other people again.

it’s also pretty ironic people are like “uhhh well hbomber’s fans harassed him!!!” like hbomber outright told people NOT to HARASS JAMES!!! ALSO acting as if james doesn’t have a very real documented history of STRAIGHT UP sending his fans to harass and threaten smaller creators, more notably women, trans, and bipoc creators. especially after he’s stolen typically very personal anecdotes so he could profit from them. so why can he do it but the second people are like “hey this guys an actual piece of shit.” and he can’t handle it suddenly people are trying to white knight his shit? like no he doesn’t get that. he doesn’t get that at all just because he couldn’t handle the consequences of his actions. 

what? were supposed to stay quiet about a man profiting off of other minorities because he wanted to be the spokesman for all gay people? people tried to solve this on a smaller, more private scales for YEARS and he kept doing it. it was clear that the giant public video was the ONLY way to get people to notice. HE WOULDVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH STEALING 87 FUCKING THOUSANDS WORTH OF DOLLARS. HE CANT HANDLE THE FACT HE CANT GET AWAY WITH IT. 

am i supposed to feel bad for the guy who basically threatened a trans woman with the police? i don’t care what anyone says, it’s so fucking obvious that he threatened jessie by implying he was getting the police involved in their conflict. what am i supposed to act like that didn’t happen? are we supposed to pretend like he didn’t glorify nazi’s and outright said that gay people made up a good chunk of the nazis? That he didnt say america joined ww2 bc they were jealous of the NAZIS. WHAT WOULD POSSESS YOU TO FUCKING SAY THAT. but then? He gives women (not even women most of the time, he misgenders nonbinary ppl constantly) shit for writing mlm. are we supposed to act like he doesn’t straight-up sees himself superior and better than people of color and steals their works to put himself on a pedestal? Are we supposed to act like he didnt spit on our elders by saying “only the boring gays survived aids” like man! Fuck you! He BLANTANTLY MAKES UP HISTORY TO PUT HIMSELF ON A PEDESTAL!! HE ACTIVELY TRIED TO REWRITE LGBT HISTORY TO SUIT HIS FUCKED UP NARRATIVES!

yes this sucks ! no one deserves this but no one should be making him a martyr. Thats what he fucking WANTS! He wants to be immortalized as a victim!! (again, supposedly, it was reported hes alive but its not confirmed).

The shit he got isnt near the amount of fucking callous behavior hes done again and again. Again, to drill this point, EVEN IF HE DIDNT CALL THE POLICE HE THREATENED A TRANS WOMAN INTO THINKING HE DID!!! The fact he tried to use a head injury to justify years of the outright ghoulish shit fucking astounds me. Why the fuck did anyone in his life thought it was a good idea to let him TRY to come back. in the end, he had options. he didn’t need to try to make a comeback. HE DIDNT NEED TO FUCKING LIE OR IGNORE THE SHIT HE WAS CALLED OUT ON the reality is, he wanted to come back thinking he could shove it under the rug, was told that no dude, you’re not allowed to be a youtuber anymore. you’re done. you need to move on and went full nuclear. it’s not on anyone’s hands but his own. HES BEEN DOING THIS TO HIMSELF!! But nah man we cant call his shit out bc hell may or may not kill himself. Fuck the other minorities who have the same issues but worse and sometimes BECAUSE of him. This is going to SUCKKKK so bad when other ppl, specifically white gays, are going to weaponize this shit to get away with their stuff.

#warning: do not read this post if you want me to be nice to james somerton. i am extremely mean in this post. #before anyone accuses me of shit i legit never contacted him myself or anyone involved. i am someone who witnessed this behavior repeatedly #again. i hope hes alive and well. the fact is him lying about this WOULD BE THE IDEAL SITUATION. BC NO ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH THAT. but. #he HAS to forever be the victim in his eyes. attempting doesnt automatically mean youre free of sin. #its just terrible to see that regardless whether or not he did do it #its very clear his attempts to run away from his consequences are working on some people #we need to acknowledge that if your shitty ex friend can weaponize a threat to kill themselves #so can this internet person after being called out for horrendous shit #like what was the alterative? what were people supposed to fucking do? be nice about it? #yeah as if poc and trans women arent historically given shit for being 'too mean' about wanting justice. #this isnt just the plagiarism this is the fact a white dude has been parading himself as THE speaker for the gays(tm) but has been using hi #gayness to shield himself from his misogyny racism transphobia and antisemitism #its very clear regardless this means that ppl r going to side with him and then give him benefit of doubt #if you cant handle the heat stay out of the fucking kitchen dude. this is the consequences of your fucking actions. #hes a disgusting person who cant handle being told no so hes going to drag everyone down with him #like. idk this entire situation is frustrating to me. #its also frustrating ppl trying to be moral abt it like 'see! i knew this was bad all along!' no you didnt. shut it. #for the record im like mainly talking abt twit watching those spineless uwu cutesy ppl basically saying hes done noting wrong #oh and also alt righters who are clearly weaponinizing this where u know they wouldnt give a shit if a right ytber did this. #james somerton #idk might delete this later its just. ugh...

[spacelazarwolf]

“hey stop making jokes abt mass shootings in america”

“well u insult our accents which is classist so we’re both in the wrong”

#like yeah classism bad we know this #but joking abt dozens of children being slaughtered by an automatic weapon in school is perhaps just a bit worse than saying #‘it’s chewsday innit’ don’t u think

[cuwalli]

I dreamt I was playing a Dunegon Meshi Binding of Isaac clone where all of the passive pickups were foods

Ngl I would play the hell out of a clone/crossover like that

#dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #binding of isaac #boi #pretty sure all of the shots were tiny weapons except for Marcille #and Marcille automatically started the game with bombs lol #also instead of Guppy there was some kind of Izutsumi transformation

[macden]

what the most hated sunny polls have taught me is that blackface is not a big enough issue for some of you

#they could make an episode that’s otherwise emmy worthy but if there’s blackface I’m simply not watching it after the first time i see it? #like that’s a deal breaker for me? i thought we were all kind of on the same page that those episodes are garbage automatically? #you guys are watching lethal weapon? on purpose?????????

[washed-up-wurmcoil]

I think if we see Prism Grimpoppy shows up again, Matt should let her cast Adaine's Furious Fists.

#critical role #dimension 20 #Prism Grimpoppy #adaine abernant #Fantasy High #As a DM I would let any wizard who scores a kill with their fists or an improvised weapon automatically learn it.

[tomorrowusa]

This is the Texas of Greg Abbott and Ted "Cancún" Cruz where kids get less consideration than guns.

If police had been told that the school library contained books about slavery or LGBTQ+ acceptance at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde they would have barged in with guns blazing instead of spending over an hour playing with themselves outside the school while kids were being murdered by yet another gun nut.

The long-awaited report detailed systemic failures by both state and local law enforcement surrounding the massacre, one of the worst school shootings in US history, including the events that contributed to the 77-minute delay between the arrival of first responders and when the shooter was killed. “The victims and survivors should’ve never been trapped with that shooter for more than an hour as they waited for their rescue,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said during a Thursday press conference discussing the contents of the report. “The families of the victims deserved more than incomplete, inaccurate, and conflicting communications from officials of their loved ones.” [ ... ] The report, based on a review of more than 14,000 pieces of data and more than 260 interviews, also directly called out Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department officials, including former police chief Pete Arredondo for instructing officers not to enter some classrooms until keys had been secured. While the police response to the shooting has been heavily criticized, it’s important to note that the Texas GOP has been blocking gun safety legislation that could’ve potentially stopped this shooting from occurring.

Among Texas Republicans, the right to conduct school shootings is revered and is enshrined in the sacred 2nd Amendment. Police in Texas have to be careful not to offend the gun-worshiping GOP establishment.

The Department of Justice report can be read in its entirety below.

Critical Incident Review Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School

We already know what a horrible tragedy this was. Reading about the lack of professionalism, gross incompetence, and outright cowardice of Texas law enforcement will make your blood boil.

Republican governors like Greg Abbott want to force women to have babies by denying them reproductive freedom. But once those kids are born they are of little interest to Republicans.

#school shootings #mass shootings #texas #republicans #robb elementary school #uvalde #2nd amendment #semi-automatic assault weapons #department of justice report on uvalde #election 2024

[veshialles]

actually so glad that True Directional Movement mod exists for Skyrim because not only can I move around freely and spin (wheeee, get to see my character's face more often) but also the dragon fights finally don't suck ass

#literally the target-lock feature is a godsend for my disabled fingers #because now the camera can automatically follow the dragon as it whizzes through the sky and shoot it in the face when it swoops down at yo #and like. even though it's essentially an auto-aim tool you can still miss your shots so you still have to time it just right and strategiz #which idk is much more fun to me as someone who mostly plays a spellsword with crossbow as my offhand weapon #anyways am sneeby now #ruby rambles

[leviathans-watching]

My district just banned backpacks.

#IM SO ANGRY #WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW #I’m legitimately on the verge of tears bc this won’t solve anything. It won’t stop the gun violence #I literally participated at a school shooting vigil last weekend that was on the news. this is not the solution #policy making and banning automatic weapons in America is #not forcing children to do crazy shit like this #this is so stupid

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"...HE HUNG WITH THE BOTTOM FEEDERS. HE CAN HANG WITH THE DEVIL NOW."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a double spalsh page of the Punisher dispensing his trademark brand of underworld Justice on an informant gone ballistic from a drug high, possibly ice, lightning, or some other lab junk, from "PUNISHER: WAR ZONE" Vol. 1 #1. March, 1992. Marvel Comics.

EXTRA INFO: ^Top to bottom -- Includes remastered, original '92 art, double page opening splash, and the final page to "PUNSIHER: WAR ZONE" Vol. 1 #1.

"First shot should be a kill shot. But he's not going to let me have one. The longer this goes on the uglier it'll get. Fate walks a razor's edge here. Just another day in Bushwick. Delbert was useful to me once. He heard things. He hung with the bottom feeders. He can hang with the devil now."

-- THE PUNISHER (Frank Castle), from "PUNISHER: WAR ZONE" Vol. 1 #1 (March 1992)

Sources: www.chasingamazingblog.com/2013/05/25/guest-blogging-punisher-war-zone-1, View Comic Online, Comic Art Fans, various, etc...

#PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #WAR ZONE Vol. 1 #PUNISHER: WAR ZONE Vol. 1 #WAR ZONE #THE PUNISHER #PUNISHER #90s Marvel #Marvel Universe #Underworld Justice #Marvel Comics #Marvel #John Romita Jr. #JRJR #Chuck Dixon #Automatic Weapons #90s #Vigilante #Anti-hero #1992 #1990s #Guns #Punishment #Double Splash Page #Frank Castle #THE PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #THE PUNISHSER: WAR ZONE Vol. 1 #💀

[ringneckedpheasant]

I s2g I am going to maim anyone who tells me I should still vote for Biden in the next election because ~the alternative is worse~. I am never showing a fucking ounce of support for him, I will not fucking vote for him, nothing can be said that would convince me that fucking genocide joe is any better than a republican, and I will not be fucking guilted for refusing to have more blood on my hands. “no possibility for a ceasefire” when thousands of children are being fucking maimed and murdered. when entire families are being wiped out and thousands are being forcibly displaced and having their lives and livelihoods stripped away. these deaths are not somehow more acceptable or justified because they’re being overseen by a democratic president. I hope your conscience eats away at you forever if you bear witness to what is happening in Gaza and still vote for him. death to milquetoast liberals and death to this fucking country.

#we will see the fall of the american empire in our lifetimes inshallah #I am just. so unspeakably angry #already was but seeing videos of people trying to flee gaza on foot w bodies in the streets it’s. #it’s the fucking trail of tears all over again but now there’s fucking bombs and automatic weapons #just. gd. I am sick with rage and grief

[cyarskaren52]

That's a HELL to the NO, we didn't forget she blamed black man. Plus she’s having sex with prison guards so she’s not the model prisoner either

Nah.

Fuck that!

#Whenever I see yt women crying #I am automatically suspicious. #She could've gotten #a lot of black people unalived #because of her yt lie! #Susan Smith is no different then Caroline Bryant. #What a hew azzzzzz biiiiitch! #Fq her #FQ that hew #A hew is a hew #White feminism is bullshit #susan smith #white women tears are always weapons against black peoples #She needs to die in prison and rot in hell #heartbreaking 💔 #black lives matter #important #tw: discrimination #true crime #topic: discrimination #tw: oppression #youtube #topic: oppression #blm #blue lives don't matter #blue lives dont exist #black lives movement #black lives have always mattered #black lives are important #black lives fucking matter

[tacticalphotography]

#m27 #m27iar #squad automatic weapon #suppressive fire #gunsofinstagram #guns #firearms #weaponry #combat #guns and ammo #tactical #tacticool #hecklerandkoch #heckler & koch #416 #m4 #assault rifle