Virtual Insanity @ v81 @lemmy.world

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Lol.. I wish.

No.. it's USD$4 per 1 gallon of you buy the cheapest nastiest stuff money can buy.

AUD$6.10 for a gallon of the cheapest possible milk I can find within 30km/20 miles here in Australia.

USD$4.00 even... Again for the cheapest possible 12 pack 1L UHT generic milk.

If you want something from the supermarket fridge you're gonna to need to start at multiplying that by 1.5 to 2x .

So USD$8 /gal might be fairly typical here.

I think this is the best take. This alone if it went nowhere is fairly harmless.

But I think we know what it really is, is the start of a slippery slope.

It literally is not designed for that purpose.

Sure it can do that, and I'll agree it is quite an efficient tool for killing... But saying it was designed for that is plain hyperbole.

The rifle in question in this thread is a civilian sporting rifle and lacks the the more rapid firing modes.

You be like one of those people "Look, is in the name, 'Assault Rifle model 15'".

Sweden had mandatory conscription from 1901 through to the cold war. About 85% of men were conscripted.

The situation had changed more recently to a national service system.

All those who do combat or combat related service are issued an AK 4 (Swedish production of the H&K G3) rifle, or the more modern AK 5 based on the Belgian FN FNC.

Both of these are far superior 'killing machines' than a semi auto AR-15. The newer AR5 will even run the same magazines as the AR15,

On completion of service the option is given to keep the rifle.

The government provides ammunition and access to training facilities so as people can remain proficient with their rifle.

More recently the keeping of ammunition at home has been banned but there is no doubt already millions of rounds in the wild. This law has preparations to be lifted rapidly if required for an emerging security crisis.

Their new national service system now provides options for logistics and medical for those that don't want to pickup a firearm. Pretty good idea I think.

Clearly a different mentality and different state of national mental health in Sweden.

This is true, but these people are too stupid to accept facts and feel better picking on the dangerous black rifle.

The fully semi automatic clip fed AR-15 that fires 9mm bullets that will blow a lung out is the real problem.

No... Just no.

Guns ARE a problem, as is mental health and the mindset of people.

But per capita Sweden has more houses with assault rifles (literally military provided rifles to national service citizens) but no mass shootings there?

I'm actually in favour of better gun control, but I can't think of a truly practical way to achieve it.

The US pro gun people are in denial about the issue, and the US anti gun people are equally in denial about the true issues and facts, so much so that their cause is suffering for it.

I'm concerned about guns... But I'm not stupid.

It's particularly good at that, I won't deny, but so many other factors exist too. It's affordability, it's availability are also issues.

There are better choices for killing... They just cost more and or have limited availability.

The Kriss Vector or MP5 would be a great tool at short to intermediate range. A lot less cumbersome than an AR.

No you don't get it. Banning 1 single type of weapon would be ineffective for a bunch of reasons that you're not ready to understand.

I stopped right there too. They have it arse about.

Yeah... Fuck us for driving to a job no public transport can get us to right?

If you wanna admit you suck go right ahead, but with the means I have at hand in making a solid effort.

Sounds like your not.

Consumerism and capitalism is the real issue. Must have the latest iPhone, the company must grow. Limitless growth must happen in a system with limited resources.

Typed from my 5 year old phone I don't want to replace but Samsung agree pulling security updates so I'll have to.

On the contrary... I've seen the New Zealand mosque shooting in full.

So no one gets to say "you don't get it" to me.

I came here to simply point out that focusing on a single gun is a bad idea.

This seems to be a common trait in the anti gun community.

Pretty much anything semi automatic would fill the vacuum the AR would leave immediately.

I like guns. But I'm wise enough to know they're a problem. A massive problem.

I'm also lucky enough to live in Australia, where guns have always been hard to get and the ownership of them tracked.

This tracking made getting all the semi automatics out of hands relatively easy here.

I now live in a society where an AR-15 is a 1 in a million firearm only allowed for those that can demonstrate a need for it.

What you guys gotta do is stop focusing on 1 firearm by name and focus on the actual issue.

Exactly, you can mow down a bunch of pedestrians with a truck... Europe knows this all too well.

But people here just want to demonize I specific myself of firearm.

Your just proving your stupidity in this post.

There are other guns the have attributes similar to the AR-15, and if you that the AR away the next most popular gun will be the next issue.

I'm not defending the AR, I'm saying all guns are a problem and focusing on one is not a smart move.

It's clear you've still misunderstood me.

Let's not start with the AR-15... But yes, let's back all guns. I totally agree.

Banning 1 gun will do nothing because the next best option will take it's place immediately.

That's my point.

Demonizing a particular gun is dumb and completely misses the issue.

If it wasn't the AR-15 it would be the next most affordable, versatile, durable and reliable model of firearm.

I was about to link it too if someone hadn't already.

40/50

127.0.0.1 is you

Like the other person said... Had a warranty issue with a Samsung a few years ago that kept it out of my hands for a couple of months, bought a cheap and nasty $50 phone that was part of a prepaid package here in Australia, just happened to be a Nokia windows phone. It was about the lowest end model you could get....

And I too was kinda stunned how much I liked it. I went into the experience with a fairly negative attitude thinking I'd suffer though it until my regular phone was repaired.

Yet came out looking it more than I'd like to admit.

So... Yeah... Sounds have been great for windows mobile to stick around.

Thats not how it is in Australia.

They both suck. I wish my phone was like a PC and I could install whatever OS I wanted.

Now we live in a day where if you deviate from the manufactures installed OS you get no hardware or warranty support.

Imagine Dell refusing warranty if you installed Linux on a server.

I lean slightly to Android, but an not happy with Google's bullshit tricks with their phones, not the bloat and bullshit on a Samsung phone.

I'll be looking for an alternative soon... But there isn't much it there if you want an affordable near flagship.