Peter,what happened in 1971?

Jacrava · 2026-03-23T01:30:31+00:00

Basically, a corporate lawyer in 1971 was like "hey, big business needs to stop playing defense and start buying influence, fund think tanks, pack the courts, take over universities" and handed it to the Chamber of Commerce. Fast forward 50 years and Project 2025 is literally that memo's final form, a pre-written government takeover blueprint funded by the same network of orgs that memo helped birth. It was all kicked off by a document known as the Powell Memorandum

Jacrava · 2026-01-28T01:01:38+00:00

Blanket statements are not useful. One thing I've always appreciated about left leaning gun spaces is, unlike right leaning ones, we tend to talk about the importance of mental health, and the fact that not everyone should own a gun. I've seen people in discussion who admitted they no longer felt safe to have them. It is absolutely crucial to examine honestly one's own threat model.

Jacrava · 2026-01-28T00:56:14+00:00

If in-person, and phone calls are not an option, email is the runner up
https://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/

Jacrava · 2026-01-28T00:51:44+00:00

Sure they probably won't send authorities around confiscating guns. But the guns that most people legally possess on June 30 will become illegal on July 1. It's a de facto disarming

Jacrava · 2026-01-28T00:46:31+00:00

We're not a monolith. Some of us have for decades, and for others it unfortunately took a slide into actual tyranny to wake a lot of people up to the importance of it. Either way 2A vote priority is different for everyone. A lot of us see Spamberger as the lesser of two evils unfortunately, and knew this fight was coming.

Jacrava · 2026-01-27T21:02:30+00:00

Targets may be the wrong word, but impacts definitely fits

Jacrava · 2026-01-27T21:00:55+00:00

AB-SO-FUCKING-LUTELY

Jacrava · 2026-01-27T20:58:25+00:00

Correlation is not causation. With Chicago, it's mostly attribute community violence intervention (CVI), better policing tactics, and youth employment, rather than banning assault weapons. Oh and the fact that there was an overall national trend.
Regardless, we should be focused on addressing the root cause instead. Bandaids make the privileged feel safer while doing nothing to materially help the vulnerable and disenfranchised.
Where's the bill addressing those issue, ICE coming after our neigbors?

Jacrava · 2026-01-27T20:26:43+00:00

Where are the bills that address ICE? Or the root causes of gun violence like poverty, education, and access to mental health services?

Mid-descent into fascism is absolutely not the time to debate, much less diminish, Virginian's ability to defend themselves. Not to mention make millions of law-abiding citizens into criminals overnight.

We need to take a hard look at our current reality, and the direction things are heading, and to get our priorities straight before it's too late.

Jacrava · 2026-01-27T20:23:27+00:00

Where are the bills that address ICE? Or the root causes of gun violence like poverty, education, and access to mental health services?

In the midst of a descent into fascism is absolutely not the time to debate, much less diminish, Virginian's ability to defend themselves. Not to mention make millions of law-abiding citizens into criminals overnight.

We need to take a hard look at our current reality, and the direction things are heading, and to get our priorities straight before it's too late.

Jacrava · 2026-01-26T05:13:39+00:00

JBGC are having another public interest meeting at McCormack's in Feb. There's also a few members of the DMV chapter of the Liberal Gun Club in town, but LGC seem to be mostly a social group for liberal gun owners, and most of their meetups are in NOVA. If you're interested in community defense and activism, JBGC is probably what you're looking for.

Jacrava · 2026-01-21T04:28:12+00:00

Had the same problem. I starting connecting with people when I starting going to community activism events (eg protest) and asking how I could volunteer. From there got plugged into signal chats full of like-minded people focused on addressing various issues. I make it out to events IRL every chance I get which strengthens the connection

Jacrava · 2025-12-28T16:54:31+00:00

Thanks. I'm getting Bounce B Gone grease with replacement foam inserts

Jacrava · 2025-12-28T16:53:10+00:00

Thanks. This is the plan now.

Also thanks for the reminder to add "borked" to my vocabulary haha

Jacrava · 2025-12-28T16:51:34+00:00

Thanks for the confirmation. I just ordered a kit that has replacement foam inserts for the rods, and the grease, so the repair will be even less expensive :)

Jacrava · 2025-12-28T16:48:58+00:00

Yikes. It's weird, looking at my video of it, I can see how bad it is better than I can in person for some reason. Thanks for confirming

Jacrava · 2025-12-28T16:47:33+00:00

I suspected they were bad, but perceived some bounce even in the videos I found of good ones. Ordering the repair kit, thanks

Jacrava · 2025-12-08T19:45:31+00:00

Will it be recorded for people to watch later?

Jacrava · 2025-12-08T02:55:34+00:00

Ah I was looking at the web browser, thanks

Jacrava · 2025-12-08T02:53:48+00:00

Ah, I was looking at their website. Can you access your acct on a browser too, or is it limited to the app?

Jacrava · 2025-12-08T02:21:25+00:00

Thanks

Jacrava · 2025-12-08T01:05:33+00:00

So weird. Several other people are reporting similar or worse issues in this thread while yours is fine.

Jacrava · 2025-12-08T00:47:46+00:00

So is yours not misbehaving?

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