The pics thread

Why can't you fuckers just see beyond people's outward appearances? Why does it always have to be 'bang this, bang that' with you? What the fuck?

Because no one's posting essays they wrote or audio clips of them singing arias. Post up a picture of "here's the full-size Portal turret my girlfriend made for my birthday" and then you'll get some "MARRY HER RIGHT NOW" posts.
 
this is who i'm banging
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Holy shit. Do want. Where did you find her?
 
Look what my Glock 17 squeezed out!

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being a lefty, I'll have to switch out the slide stop lever to the extended. but I cant wait to shoot the little guy. He's so cute :blush:

Nice :) Here's my Colt 1911. It's got a laser built into the hand grip:) Wish I could fire it more...the nearest range around here is about 30 minutes away. And it's kind of a shitty outdoor range. I'm in fuckin' Missouri too. You'd think there would be more around here...

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Guns are fetishized in contemporary culture. Just saying.

As far as getting a gun "before the laws start changing," we don't need to be perpetuating the myth that the U.S. government is coming after our guns. On top of that, no one really has the right to own a gun anyway; all you have is the ability to own a gun, facilitated by a market society. The government isn't going to enact martial law and come marching down the street to knock on doors and coerce you into handing over your firearms.

Appealing to the Constitution is fallacious, since it specifies the right of a well-regulated militia to own guns; but I'm not a fan of constitutional purity anyway, so that doesn't do anything to defend my argument. I simply think that the rampant paranoia in our culture today is entirely media-fed and misguided.
 
Guns are fetishized in contemporary culture. Just saying.

Wouldn't disagree.

As far as getting a gun "before the laws start changing," we don't need to be perpetuating the myth that the U.S. government is coming after our guns. On top of that, no one really has the right to own a gun anyway; all you have is the ability to own a gun, facilitated by a market society. The government isn't going to enact martial law and come marching down the street to knock on doors and coerce you into handing over your firearms.

Yet. And that has nothing to do with getting something before the law changes. Because although there may be no confiscation in the future, that doesn't mean it can't be made illegal to purchase some types of guns in the future (IE, the 1994 AWB). Considering that the Obama administration has nothing to lose now (no re-election), and has said it is going to make a policy change, to say you want beat those changes is not "paranoia".


Appealing to the Constitution is fallacious, since it specifies the right of a well-regulated militia to own guns; but I'm not a fan of constitutional purity anyway, so that doesn't do anything to defend my argument. I simply think that the rampant paranoia in our culture today is entirely media-fed and misguided.

Come on Pat, I can't believe you are using that ridiculous argument. I won't appeal to the Constitution, but that argument re: militia is a non-starter.

Now if you want to state that everyone should be a part of the militia, I wouldn't disagree in general theory. Get rid of the standing army, everyone has an M-4 at home. Maybe a SAM unit at the local NG armory.
 
It is paranoia because, just as gun lobbyists already claim, those who want guns will get them, regardless of the law. Making any distinction between "good law-abiding people" and "evil law-breakers" is completely ideological and arbitrary. Those who appeal to the law whilst simultaneously admitting its flaws have no legitimate argument.

And all I'm saying with the "constitutional" argument is that people appeal to it as some infallible document (as you well know); but if you read the actual text, it's incredible how much we actively reinterpret it. The majority of conservatives and pro-gun lobbyists appeal to the Constitution as some infallible, unquestionable piece of legislation; but the truth is that one of the most blatant and obvious moments of constitutional reinterpretation occurred when the NRA re-envisioned the second amendment for its own financial purposes. All I'm trying to do is expose the hypocrisy of those who claim the high throne of "inalienable rights."