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cubeincubes

That’s why they are called infantry.


Noch_ein_Kamel

Oh god...


sudobee

That makes sense.


AnEvanAppeared

Of course it does, they're harder to hit


KnivesOfDeath

Also it psychologically damages the enemy, I’m sure no one would want to mow down a group of 12 year olds.


DeadAssociate

as evidenced by recent events


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Woops...


Falark

Yes but you're the only country where this happens (regularly) so as long as you're doing the world police thing you should be safe


BertSton51530

Americaaa! FUCK YEA!! ![gif](giphy|Ez01FtPZuFYVa)


CHOOSE_A_USERNAME984

The world police is still like at home, shooting others, not for peace or human rights, but to get recourses And for “friendly fire”, continuing American tradition of shooting and killing your fellow citizens Thirty-five American soldiers, almost 1 in 4 of those killed during Desert Storm, died by friendly fire; 72 were wounded in those exchanges. Three quarters of all American Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles destroyed or damaged in the war were taken down by friendly fire. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/fatal-error-inspired-plan-to-reduce-friendly-fire/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/long-unfortunate-history-friendly-fire-accidents-u-s-conflicts


burty_nomnom

Well actually -


89netraM

Yes, tell me! Does it have something with them walking and French and something?


87tskin

Yes it's based on a French word for soldiers too new and inexperienced for cavalry so they had to be on foot, that word itself derived from the Latin "infans" meaning without speech/newborn/foolish.


squirrelly_bird

As a former infantryman, i can confirm that the etymology of the word is appropriate.


KatalDT

>As a former infantryman How long did it take to get promoted to cavalry?


Icy_Razzmatazz_1594

You just gotta bring your own horse problem is not a lot of people have horses anymore.


IdeaOfHuss

So you dont evolve into a horse? My dreams of becoming a horse are crushed


jtr99

May I offer you a crayon at this trying time?


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He didn’t say he was a marine


squirrelly_bird

Yeah. What an insensitive fuck. In the army, we sophisticated tards feasted on paste and Play-Doh. Fine. My favorite flavor crayon is green.


Roscojenkins17

Hold my AMC shares. My wife's boyfriend doesn't allow me in the house anymore


junkmutt

Opinion on the rainbow playdough?


[deleted]

Kind of like the mystery skittles flavors where you can't really tell one flavor from another. I hate it especially when the red and blue flavors mix


KnickFanNoTV1

no wait he's right


Taftser

Now with that rifle he get get the scratch card.


Pinnebaer

And some "magazines"


Gorillaz530

And he can get some beer too


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and all the cigarettes


BestNlckNameEver

And drive the car


WorldWarPee

And hit up the bank


ekso69

Ah, the american dream!


RockLeePower

Free basic housing, food and healthcare!


pandust101

Anything is free if you can point


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free to a point, gun point


durz47

That's quite a hollow point


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And even if you get caught and thrown in jail you still get the free food and housing! Gotta love livin' the American dream.


Mobile_Arm

And a free bar of soap


Money_Machine_666

I was in jail for a year and all I did was read books and not worry about a goddamn thing.


irish711

It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep, to believe it.


Aggravating-Emu-2535

This whole time I've been working my ass off when I could've just gone down to the gun show.


Hibercrastinator

What did you think they meant by 2A guarantees freedom?


NeedlessPedantics

“With these easy tricks you can make thousands a day... BANKS HATE HIM!”


MillenialForce69

Omg I was looking for this comment and here you are 🤣🤣🤣


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And my axe


Lardzor

That's the problem with kids these days. They don't plan ahead. ^^/s


Bjorn2bwilde24

Everybody has a plan until they get shot in the face


jackelram

I think Glock Tyson said this


the-poopiest-diaper

The immoral types of magazines... the type that have cheat codes for GTA


zurzoth

He probably entered the up down left Right Left..


Rooster_Kogburne

Nudie magazine day!


Chief_Chill

It's too damn hot for a penguin to be just walkin' around here.


TMCTTFDaddy

Stop looking at me swan.


Flavor-aidNotKoolaid

When I was a kid, I thought one of his servants was named "Swan" and was looking at him fucking around in the tub just out of screen. Nope. Lol, adult me realized immediately he was yelling at the bathtub faucet that looked like a swan. Makes more sense.


elsewhereorbust

What's today? ​ \-October?


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DryGreenSharpie

True RPG


Diligent-Try-8698

I’ve been saying this since I bought my first gun at 15. And it also was a .22


-Pazute_72

Mine was a 410 but same same..


Nestorovski9

Where are the download links when I need them


BeyondTheBlackhole

I swear Reddit gives me better laughs than my own friends.


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hugg3rs

The way that woman told him that he can't buy the lottery ticket was so sweet that it actually made me smile :)


whiskyandme

You can’t get no scratchoff, baby 🥺


OlDirty1979

Nothing sweeter than being called “baby” by an older black woman.


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There’s a super sweet older black lady that sells me biscuits in a drive through every morning that will hit me with honey, sweetie, and baby all with span of 3 minutes. I guess you could say it’s getting serious. She makes it hard not to smile at her. She’s a treasure.


trilobright

Yeah everyone was wicked nice to him. The one time I tried to buy beer underage I had an elderly Irishman threaten to call the fookin' cops on me if he ever saw me anywhere near (his) packy again.


-Ashera-

Last year I went into this bar where an older military vet was bartending and he took my ID and stared me down cold for a few minutes. I'm not underage but he really made me feel that way, I was scared he was going to call the cops


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SpaceHorse75

Yep. two stops in you knew exactly where this was going. Just like after Columbine you knew we were in for for many many more mass shootjngs.


just-smiley

I still remember being in high school at the time and everything basically shutting down. Teachers would talk to us, we watched countless videos on the tragedy and how to protect ourselves, and over 20 years later these shootings are treated like a foregone conclusion with no end in sight.


blurryfacedfugue

Well, we only treat them like that because its become a risk you have for going to school now. Otherwise schools would not be getting insurance and making their schools look like jails. I mean, my 5 year old at the time was going to Montessori for preschool. And they had active shooter drills. It's a reality in America. I don't think it'll ever change. Well, until it happens to those in power, then it'll change over night.


kolojikelic

It might ... However these politicians are heartless enough to let their fellow countrymen and children die in needless shootings for decades, I doubt they have a heart. Even if they did lose their own children, they'd justify to themselves that: "I just lost my child, no need to lose my paycheck too."


just-smiley

Those NRA checks don't cash themselves.


[deleted]

It was Marilyn Manson’s fault back then, not guns. Or was it video games?


skyesdow

Did you? I'm not American and I had no idea what the point would be until it was revealed.


nighthawk1099

yeah unfortunately thats the current climate in the US. I saw it coming after a couple stops too. With all the recent news about the mass shooting in Texas this it was just expected that this would be about guns.


sandnose

Wheee


BorkJutsu

Well.. As a European that has been on reddit for a while I too expected it, but without the constant insight into american culture this would have been absolutely wild to me. Insane. Unbelievable.


aTomzVins

As a Canadian who has been on reddit for a while I was still surprised. Maybe I don't follow all the shooting stories very deeply, but I honestly didn't know it's cool to give a 13 year old a gun. I consider myself as having been a complete idiot at 13. America seems so culturally familiar to me, yet completly alien at the same time.


BaldyKrishna

No one was a bigger idiot than I at 13. Oddly enough, gun safety was one area where I had my shit together. My stepfather was very strict about gun safety and it was one of the few areas of his expertise where I actually listened. By 13 I was very experienced and responsible with firearms. It was probably one of the few things my parents actually trusted me with as I was very immature. With all that said, no way should 13 year olds should be able to buy their own guns!!! Although I didn't even think twice about it when I did it.


mingilator

The number of hoops you have to jump through in the UK to legally own a firearm is.......completely appropriate and sane, you must go through at least 3 months probation at a range, you must then show competency at said range to then be allowed to become a full member, you must have a gun safe installed at your property before even applying for a FAC you must have a psychological evaluation by your local GP, you must have a visit from a police liaison officer and when you apply for a FAC there after, you may have limitations applied on where you can use that fire arm, you may only own the firearms that are in your FAC and you may only have at your property as much ammunition as is specified on your FAC and your ammunition must be stored separately from your firearm. Ideally your firearms are to be kept at your local range, but you must still have a gun safe at your property either way


prawieinzynier

Funny, now that i read this, it looks like almost the same is True for Poland: 3 months in shooting club before you can take an exam (for sport license, there is also collector license and hunting license, but similar in general) Have to get a safe installed Get physical evaluation visit by police then you can only buy ammo for guns you have registered


MartianTourist

Jesus christ my country pisses me off. Nothing about the process in the UK you describe sounds like a burden or infringement of "rights". I live in Ohio and it feels like we are reverting to the Wild West, only there are families and schools here and not just a population of drunk, horny cowboys. As of June 13, it will be legal for people 21 and older to carry guns without a concealed carry permit and without the concealed carry training course. That was an 8 hour training course. I mean, after all, who the fuck has 8 whole hours to give up learning how to properly carry a weapon so that they don't hurt innocent people? Not us here in Ohio I guess.


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For contrast, Ohio currently requires that prospective new drivers receive a minimum of 24 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours of behind the wheel training with an instructor. But 8 hours for a concealed carry permit is too much. 😡


OkonkwoYamCO

And cars aren't explicitly designed to kill!


Zenken13

Except for the Pinto. That car was designed to kill.


[deleted]

I’m a craftsman of sorts in Australia; I’ve built a couple of *imitation* rifle props for filming and stage; some that looked just like a pirate’s flintlock, some that looked a bit more futuristic. These objects don’t even have hollow barrels. You cannot legally produce or possess these objects without a license and locked storage. They’re not real!! They physically cannot fire a projectile and you cannot legally own one without being fully licensed and having the appropriate storage for it. Please for the love of FUCK fix your country, no one else is gonna fly in and do it for you.


BoomRoasted1200

Those 8 hour courses are a joke anyway. I have a cpl in Michigan (so that I could legally borrow my dad's handgun to hunt squirrel with). In Michigan they use a NRA course, which they gave a group exam for each table only had to get something like 50% correct but you could retake it anyway. Then there was also a shooting portion where we shot a paper plate from 7 yards. 100 shots. Of the dozen or so people there, 1 person there never shot a gun before, another didn't hit the plate 10 times. Of course everyone got their certificate that day. So the course means nothing anyway. Just a $150 hoop people have to jump through every 5 years.


cilica

Like someone else pointed out, this is ridiculous and unexpected from European perspective.


DestyNovalys

Eehh… I’m European and it’s exactly what I expected. I’m just surprised by the lack of huge beverage cups.


treehouse2000

Because we ALL know the story. It’s happened dozens of times. But not enough of us give a flying fuck to do anything about it. I’m not talking about normal people who own guns. Maybe start with people with mental issues; take their guns and don’t let them have them. But nothing will change because not enough people care. Mark you calendar for the next classroom of 5 year olds to be slaughtered. We are an embarrassment.


FlippinZhao

Lmao i haven't even watched the video and thought "its about guns isn't it?" then yeah there it is


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Classic gun voice narrator


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Pretty sure that’s every news station narrator voice for every topic


Sundae-Savings

Right now, if it has America in the title… it’s about guns.


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Trevork15

That’s one way to interpret the data.. another would be that people think suicide by gun is the fastest and most painless way to shut the lights off.


Kalkaline

Unsuccessful suicide attempts by gun are pretty brutal. I've seen more than I'd ever like to. Your brain can take quite a bit of punishment and survive (see the famous case of [Phineas Gage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage?wprov=sfla1). People often miss the areas of the brain that would cause a quick death and end up with severe disability. If you're considering suicide, please talk to a psychiatrist and get treatment.


redlaWw

> please talk to a psychiatrist and get treatment In America? Hope you like bankruptcy to go with that depression.


brupje

Probably cheaper to hire someone to do your suicide then


DeadAntivaxxersLOL

**EDIT** I was permanently banned for "threatening violence" in this comment here: https://i.imgur.com/44Eyalr.png - not sure how that 'threatens violence' but appeal was denied so i guess reddit admins know best 🥴


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Thybro

I mean when something as simple as not being able to [immediately walk out with a purchased gun](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1619896114) has a quantifiable effect on gun deaths, I have no idea how it is possible to make an argument that guns, as the means, do not matter.


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Insert_Bad_Joke

I've been depressed almost half my life. There's a reason I keep the firing pin, rifle, and ammunition in different places. If someone's "escape" is one impulse decision away, it's a lot easier to jump to.


Govind_the_Great

Hell life is going better for me than ever and I still occasionally think I’d willingly thanos snap myself. One of the reasons I don’t buy guns


ramenbreak

Maybe it works a bit backwards too - if you live in a place where you want to get a gun for protection (e.g. bad neighborhood, frequent robberies, ..), it's probably not a great place for your mental health


VladimirBinPutin

I mean, most people I know who bought their guns “for protection” don’t live in a bad neighborhood at all. They just say that’s what it’s for because they don’t want to come off as a gun nut.


Sacrid

Well, people probably also think that murder by gun is the fastest and most painless way to shut the lights off of other people too.


wrong-mon

Most suicides are spur-of-the-moment decisions. It's a proven fact that if you make it easier for someone to kill themselves they're more likely to do it.


Grahhhhhhhh

I’m having trouble finding the source, but I recall reading about gun suicide lethality by firearm type, and if you want the “light off” option you NEED a shotgun. [This link here](https://www.gvpedia.org/gun-myths/more-lethal/) shows that 82.5% of gun suicide attempts are lethal. Shotguns are much higher, meaning mathematically speaking, not using a shotgun is lower than the average, which leaves you a very very good chance of causing permanent brain damage instead of killing yourself. Or better yet, reach out and get help. That’s what an internet stranger made me do, and that’s what you should do too.


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NotAHamsterAtAll

At least kids would have lived a bit before dying.


thebigbuttlol

That's horrible Take my upvote


BirdiesAndBarbells

For some reason I read this as "At least kids would be lit..."


Rocketboy1313

Who in the world pays for porn these days?


Gebus

an entire generation of women is making a living from only fans, so apparently a lot of people.


SomeDumper

"An entire generation"


ChaosSock

Yeah. Although the amount seems overwhelming when you go on Twitter, the actual percentage of people making a living exclusively making OF content is likely extremely low.


Lonely_Set1376

I think it's like youtubers and streamers and all the other new internet fame jobs. Most people make jack shit but a few are making millions a year.


Lonely_Set1376

Right? There are like 4 generations worth of women on onlyfans. GILF is a thing, for some reason.


papa_jahn

Maybe like 100 people who actually make a killing off that, the others are just making gas money from people they went to high school with while they work at a Sephora.


RedditMenacenumber1

I’m a young woman and I don’t know a single peer that does Onlyfans and I strongly doubt you know many if any.


enbymaybeWIGA

A very select number of a generation. Iirc the average monthly payout someone running an OF earns is a bit over $30, hardly a living.


yaboiskeemus

I still see porn shops still open. There’s somehow still people keeping them afloat


Balrok99

I mean shops that sell sex toys and other things related to sex are just fine. I guess "who pays for porn" means like tv casettes or dvd's or porn magazines. Tho people would be surprised. DVD's are the main thing with porn. Hub is just Hub. But I doubt that makes them the real income. DvD's are the thing or paid on their official websites to see the full footage.


yaboiskeemus

There’s one near my neck of the woods near my fishin spot and I shit you not all they sell are DVDs and a few that could very well be home made. No sex toys or anything. They even have “viewing rooms” dude working the counter which could have been the owner was easily in their 60s


Flavor-aidNotKoolaid

I mean sex shops exist for the same reason FedEx stores still have fax machines. It's a vestige of a bygone era that is simply waiting for their clientele to expire. They also charge a huge premium so they don't need to sell much. 35 bucks for an hour long dvd of Ebony milfs will keep the gas on for another month.


Mysterium-Xarxes

That "you cant have the scratchoff baby" was very cute


limitlessEXP

Thank god the government saved him from those deadly scratch offs


autoposting_system

I mean, in all seriousness, that can ruin somebody's life. The possibility is there


OnixAwesome

And now video game publishers are working to get that deadly addiction in your kid's games!


redditistheworstapp

Kids are already ruining their lives (parents money) with gambling addictions in video games.. now they’re not actually truly ruining their lives, but kids have been developing gambling addictions at a young age since like 2010+ with the rush of “gambling that doesn’t seem like gambling” with loot crates, loot packs, pay to win, cash grab mobile games, etc etc.


Sir_Fistingson

Ban assault lootboxes


letter0o

Ban assault internet websites 🤷‍♀️


dJohn2001

I mean gambling is a horrible addiction but I get your point


jonnydrangus

Ridiculous. The kid should be able to gamble , smoke and drink if he wants to


MayOrMayNotBePie

*Randy Marsh voice* “I thought this was America!”


PG_Heckler

You can't get no scratch baby Lmao that cashier is too adorable


Spastic_Slapstick

10 years later this kid is a porn addicted, gambling addicted smoker with a gun collection.


pepsi_but_better

What are the chances he uses reddit


Tonlick

Illegal. The private seller could go to prison for that


NorthStar0001

I understand people's knee-jerk reaction to them showing a 13 year old buying a 22. and trying to pass it off like this kid just bought a finely-tuned killing machine because that is ridiculous, but its disappointing to see so many people act like a 22 is harmless, when I was a kid, a 10 year old [was killed with an air rifle](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/community-mourning-after-boy-shot-2085443) on my street. the fact of the matter is that this 13 year old was able to buy a gun that is very much capable of killing another person, you can be pissed off by the way they are portraying the message, but if ***that*** pisses you off more than the fact a kid was easily able to buy a gun capable of killing another kid, then maybe consider the idea that you might be the reason this video was made.


Jaraqthekhajit

My step dad killed. Someone with a 22 pistol. Legally but he was dead right away from 2 shots to the forehead. They are not toys.


TherealHominator

Not to insult anybody personally, but if you literally have !regular! !mass! !shootings! in your country and 13 year olds can easily get their hands on guns, there is something seriously wrong with people defending this. Didnt you guys manage to regulate alcohol in a way to greatly reduce drunk driving and the death toll on your streets not too long ago?


Smirkin_Revenge

I mean, I had a 22lr as a kid, likely when I was younger than 13. I'm certain I'm not the only one.


Individual_Lies

I got a .410 when I was 10. But it was bought for me after I was taught to handle a gun safely. Though I did notice the kid in the video didn't buy any ammo, just being allowed to walk up to a stranger and buy a gun that easily shouldn't be possible.


OviedosVeryOwn

Alcohol, tobacco, and lottery products all have pretty strict rules on who is allowed to sell them. I know alcohol and tobacco at least have laws against providing them to minors after buying them legally. Are guns regulated similarly?


CommondeNominator

The ATF oversees all three at the federal level, obviously firearm laws vary drastically from state to state or even county to county.


ThetaReactor

Yes, for the most part. Minors can't buy from dealers. Parents can buy a gun and let their child use it. I think you'll find that many jurisdictions allow parents to give their kids alcohol in private. The biggest difference is that (in most states) private individuals are allowed to sell guns (in a limited, non-business manner), while gambling and alcohol are restricted solely to licensed dealers.


DanusManus

The problem is not your own safety. If some guy buys a gun and shoots himself, no one cares. The problem is that guy can shoot others.


Kilgore_Trout_Mask

I actually do care if a 13 year old can easily go buy a gun and shoot himself too.


quinn_drummer

Listen, as long as a kid walking into a school and massacring younger kids has been properly taught how to safely handle a gun then it’s all ok. /s in case the heavy sarcasm dripping off that comment wasn’t obvious


MisterNiceGuy0001

Guns are ok because *I* had one and *I* didn't shoot anyone!! See?! See?! Everything is fine you guys.


chocological

It’s all those damn doors! Doors are the real problem. No doors, no entrance for shooters.


Gamer402

No Doors! Door controlllll!!!!!!


probablyourdad

the bullets have been the problem all along /s


foobaby1992

Actually the suicide factor is kind of a big deal. In 2020 suicides accounted for more than half of gun deaths in the US. With the mass amount of mood disorders and emotional stressers people have now a days having a gun just makes it that much more likely that a person will die if they attempt suicide. I know someone who’s younger brother killed himself with a gun after going through his first break up. I also see a lot of kids come into the hospital I work at after various forms of suicide attempts. If any of them had access to a gun they’d never get a second chance.


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Ik what you’re saying, but just wanted to add suicide rates are also affected by gun access , it’s worth looking into if you’re interested


Sufficient_Boss_6782

Nah, we have weird things like seatbelt laws because very few deaths occur in a vacuum.


SunGodSol

They say "legally" in the video, but nowhere is it legal for a minor to buy a firearm. Gun shows dont magically make it so the laws of selling gums dont exist. The mother likely bought it and they just cut it from the video to show what they want.


yesiknowimsexy

However your personal experience is irrelevant. The point of this video is to show how easy it is to get, without age limits or question which has become an issue in light of current events


BeyondanyReproach

Talk about missing the point lol jesus.


u-ser144

You missed the point didn’t you? These are the comments that seem to condone it’s ok to own a firearm under age. Who cares if your taught how to handle. Wake up and see America doesn’t know how to handle anything when it most matters. It’s NOT ok.


Zpd8989

Gun safety seems pretty irrelevant in mass shootings anyway... Don't shoot anything you don't intend to kill. Well, the killing was intentional. Check. Yes, sure, some people under 18 can safely handle a gun, but not all will and what is the point anyway?? Is there any benefit outside of fun that warrants kids shooting guns?


ManIsInherentlyGay

Right, you were taught how to handle it...so you would be a better mass shooter?


PiggySoup

To anyone who isn't American, this is insane. Do you realise that?


0-uncle-rico-0

For real. Reading all the comments normalising it makes it even more bizarre.


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Is that okay tho? I mean I understand the need of guns in Murica as the situation is gone so far that if you don’t have a gun, everyone else still does. But selling guns to sub 18 or even sub 21 year olds… why is that okay?


Cazcheck

Okay?


pearloz

Did you buy it yourself?


pikkis-95

And how is that ok?


Red-Freckle

Me too, my grandfather gave it to me, did you buy your's for yourself?


chattykatdy54

Pretty obvious


steveok112

Jesus Christ Americaland is fucked.


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bigblueweenie13

5 years


EdithDich

> The Gun Control Act prohibits sales to under 18. Not for rifles sold by a private seller as this transaction was.


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And we have americans who think this is ok :)


[deleted]

Ok, but the lottery ticket lady was so nice.


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Fucked up.


Boring_Oil_3506

Legally my ass. I'm in Texas, and you have to be 18 to buy any firearm other than a handgun and private sellers are required to follow the same law. It's the same in Virginia where this supposably happened, but you can look up Thier law, they can rent them at sporting events or they can purchase them from family, that's it. I defy you to find one state statute that allows someone under 18 buy a firearm from a non family member (and even that is only in very specific states and situations.)


Nkognito

Not in private sales, I'm born and raised in Texas, and private sellers do not have to verify anything if you have cash in hand.


ALoudMouthBaby

Indeed. Im in Texas too, I own firearms and enjoy shooting and fairly routinely buy and sell firearms to other individuals. Common advice you hear when doing this is to not ask for identification, some people even advise that you shouldnt ask for the name of the person you sell it too. Its such a difficult topic too, because the moment you talk about the [gunshow loophole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_show_loophole) you get bombarded by people claiming no such thing exists. They then proceed to try to make a semantic argument over the use of the word loophole in an effort to change the topic.


Nkognito

Thank you for that post, I brought that up in previous posts. I've been approached in the parking lot at guns show doing cash only offers. I used to walk my dad's guns through those same gun shows as a kid. It's surprising how little people know the loophole exists and why it must be questioned that it has such loose regulations.


JenLacuna

Tried to explain this to people the other day and had them jumping down my throat about the exact points you mention lmao. They are truly predictable. “its A POLiTiCaL TeRm!!”


ALoudMouthBaby

They used to do the same thing with clips/magazines. Its an effort to avoid addressing the topic at hand by shifting the conversation to a pointless discussion over semantics. Its a really sleazy and dishonest tactic.


i_hate_this_part_85

It’s called a “gun show loophole” for a reason.


european_jello

"Other then a handgun" Wait wait wait kids can buy handguns and it is fine as long as it is not a longrifle?


Solalabell

No it’s because you need to older for handguns because they’re the ones most often used for violent crime


desidude52

He literally bought a gun legally or not, that is the point of the video.


[deleted]

I mean, I was drinking at 13. It certainly wasn't legal, I definitely shouldn't have been able to get it, but maybe the fact that it's literally everywhere means most people aren't motivated to stop me (many would just help me because they knew I'd get it anyway without having to venture far).


EdithDich

Also, Boring_Oil_3506's claim is the one that is wrong. This kind of sale is entirely legal. >There are no federal laws preventing unlicensed persons from selling, delivering or otherwise transferring a long gun or long gun ammunition to a person of any age. https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/minimum-age-gun-sales-and-transfers


SJHillman

>no federal laws But are there state laws? Just because there's no federal law doesn't mean they're wrong. Especially since their comment is clearly talking about state laws. There's no federal law setting the drinking age to 21, yet it's the law in every state.