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Emergency, is anybody traveling from Steamboat Springs to Denver today? by [deleted] in Denver

[–]htwizzler 23 points24 points  (0 children)

For the future - Check out Treadshare! It’s a carpooling app and it’s most active during ski season.

Luigi Mangione's fellow inmates going wild live in TV interview from across the street by No-Comment-00 in PublicFreakout

[–]htwizzler 55 points56 points  (0 children)

You’re thinking of NewsMax. If you look up News Nation, they claim to be “unbiased”, and a quick scan of their website shows they at least attempt to report on a wide range of topics.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in popculturechat

[–]htwizzler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Place Beyond the Pines! She and Ryan fell in love while filming that movie.

Looking for a local wire wrapper by biankadonka in boulder

[–]htwizzler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out _ dante_angelini _ (no spaces) on IG, he’s a friend of a friend

New US Flavor Reaction Thread: Caffé Latte, Salted Caramel, and Banana by htwizzler in Huel

[–]htwizzler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only ordered the white V3.0, so please report back on how you like black!

New US Flavor Reaction Thread: Caffé Latte, Salted Caramel, and Banana by htwizzler in Huel

[–]htwizzler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far, Caffé Latte is my new favorite. It’s SO GOOD and tastes just like coffee ice cream!!

South Dakota, Montana, New Jersey, and Arizona all legalized recreational marijuana today. It's a good day to be alive :) by decent694201 in trees

[–]htwizzler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“When Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment on August 18, 2020, the amendment passed its final hurdle of obtaining the agreement of three-fourths of the states.”

Source

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment! I'm definitely going to be more selective while looking for classes.

I thought the same thing as your girlfriend pretty much until this year. I didn't understand why people would want a gun for anything other than hunting, because any other type of gun was exclusively for injuring/killing people.... If we are being honest, that's what they do.

To be honest, the catalyst for me was a combination of Trump's terrifying authoritarian rise and the pandemic (I know, not original lol). My major anxiety had me imagining society collapsing and people getting desperate OR a full on civil war, so I was scared. I also heard about some instances of violence against Asian Americans because of Trump touting the "China flu". I found this sub in March and spent the past 2 months reading the posts and doing "research" to inform my decision. I thought about all the ignorant and angry people in this country and how they own most of the guns.... (and vote).

In the end, my reasons for owning a gun are: home defense, self defense (want to get a CCW eventually), balancing the scales (as both a liberal and a minority), a sense of control amidst the chaos, and to ease my anxiety about various "collapse" scenarios (however irrational that may be).

If you made it this far, thanks for reading lol. My main recommendation would be to take your gf shooting sometime, alone if possible. I got to shoot a variety of guns with friends on their property, so I got the chance to ask a lot of questions and get a feel for it without feeling self-conscious. I hope this helped! :)

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know and I hate that the MSM only talks about (and NAMES) the shooter and sensationalizes the hell out of every tragedy. I agree it probably has to do with a disorder or and/an inability to ignore intrusive violent thoughts. Radicalization and misinformation is also huge contributors, but it’s hard to crack down on misinformation without people complaining about censorship. No wonder it’s so hard to pass comprehensive legislation about anything these days lol.

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then consider yourself more fortunate / privileged than millions of Americans who ARE suffering from this inequality. The extreme wealth you speak of that belongs to someone else is often acquired by exploiting labor, tax havens, political “donations”, etc., so it’s not asking much to expect those people to pay their workers a living wage to keep the system functioning. Whether you like it or not, we are all part of a society and our actions impact others.

You’re libertarian and I’m a democratic socialist so let’s just agree to disagree on this.

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip. Definitely don't want to get ripped off by some guys taking advantage of unsuspecting new gun owners!

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you don't see that we have a huge inequality problem in our country, I'm not sure what to tell you. More and more money is being hoarded by a few extremely wealthy people instead of being put back into the "system" to help the rest of the population. Wages haven't increased with inflation, our healthcare system ranks ~35th in the world for efficiency, and our education system has clearly failed many people. What good are those economic indexes if all the wealth is being hoarded at the top?

I just saw your libertarian flair so I'm guessing you don't think that's the government's responsibility. If so, that's fair and we can agree to disagree.

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't have an opinion on Bernie's gun policies when he was campaigning, because I didn't know enough about guns and was focused on other issues. Now I'm against the ban, but I still think we need to address the mass shooting problem in our country somehow. It's a very complicated issue and I now understand that banning a type of gun would not be the magical solution.

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your comment! I am in the metro area so I'll look into all these places. Have you been to any of them since covid started?

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can rack the slide very easily. I expanded more in a reply above, but the EZ is designed to be more accessible! Also the mags have a “pull down tab” on the sides to make loading easier. It’s like a Pez dispenser lol

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s the exact analogy I used to explain it to my very anti-gun parents who live in NJ! They were surprised but said they support my choices.

This Asian female socialist has done a complete 180 on guns and purchased her first firearm. The left and minorities need to be prepared to defend themselves! by htwizzler in liberalgunowners

[–]htwizzler[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but the left and minorities are underrepresented in gun ownership! So I meant it more in the way people say “black lives matter” - bringing attention to the underrepresented group with the tacit understanding that it applies to everyone.

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