How come people want to be able to sue Gun manufacturers for what people do with thier products yet congress isnt even considering letting the makers of all our favorite opioids be liable for the damage there products cause when they KNOWINGLY forced it upon people?

The anti gun people seem to think that “it’s the gun! Yeah the gun is the problem!” It’s really simple. An estimated 660,000 people die of heart disease, 49% is from obesity. Are you gonna ban McDonalds or make laws on how long your burger is and if it’s too long you can’t put multiple cheese slices, and if you do than you have to pay the government 200 dollars a month. It’s not the gun, it’s the people. They wanna make a difference, improve the people, then work on the guns. Because there aren’t gonna be that many problems if people can fix themselves. And the fact that I have to say “No you’re not fine, you’re not perfect how you are.” Is shameful.

It would probably not be a giant hit to the national debt, but it would be a seriously good start. It would also solve quite a few lawsuits, pretty much overnight.

For me, it was 5 years ago. As I was closing down the grocery store I worked at in a pretty safe neighborhood by all accounts, a guy walked in. He was 5 minutes away from closing time, but I couldn’t turn away a client. He kept close to the register, grabbing a pack of gum and asking for a Marlboro. As I asked him for his credit card, he pulled out a semi-automatic on me and said that if I didn’t empty the cash box, he’d empty the magazine.

I was making minimum wage ($4.00/hr) and was scared to death, so my brain wasn’t tuned into reacting to the threat beyond giving into his demands. I could see on his face that the guy was deliberating shooting, but he just told me to walk in front of him and lock the door as he left. I did that and circled back to the counter to call the police. Took ‘em about 7 minutes. That’s very quick, yet more than enough time to bleed out to death in case you get shot up.

That overwhelming feeling of helplessness and injustice sealed it for me. Never again was I gonna have my life in some scumbag’s hands. A couple of weeks later, me and my buddy are driving off to a gun range to sharpen our teeth and get a feel of what it’s like to hold a gun in your hands.

Firing a gun was actually pretty cathartic. I tried guns and rifles to see if I would come by something that would really speak to me. I was living in a gun-friendly state, so we’re never short on stock and variety. The range owner was pretty connected, boasting an impressive range of assets from the likes of https://www.gunbuyer.com/ & https://bulkmunitions.com/.

It’s scary-funny how 5 minutes can change your entire worldview on something. I’m originally from a place where guns aren’t considered the norm. My folks never felt comfortable discussing gun ownership or the 2A. And maybe that’s OK for the environment we were living in. Out here where I’ve been for the past 10+ years, taking this kind of stance just doesn’t always gel with the reality you’re liable to face. Who knows how many late-shift working saps had it a lot worse than I did?

What’s your life-changing experience been like?

For those of you who are signing up with FPC, I have a question. What is the actual purpose of signing up? Do we really trust the ATF to check and see who is or isn't a member before raiding someone's house? Is this even considered protection against being raided, or protection against being locked up for ten years after a raid (assuming you and your family survive the raid)? Short of the ATF being handed the list (or hacking the FPC for said list), is the ATF even capable of discerning FPC member vs non-FPC member when targeting who they intend to tyrannize that day? I'm not belittling anyone for signing up, but I was just curious what people thought signing up would actually accomplish. Those of us in the 2A community who care about preserving our rights for the next generation can't afford to be lulled into a false sense of security at the eleventh hour before day zero.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-454_4g15.pdf

I gave an attempt to read through, but any deeper meaning is lost on me; but too much legal-speak and sentence breaks for sources for me to read it easily.

So I been thinking about some stuffs.

Everyone's been rushing to join FPC for $30 because it covers all members of FCP and Maxim Defense customers.

But what if there's a cheaper more trollish way. Like FPC, the court didn't say you had to be a member/customer before the injunction for it to apply. In theory and in my personal opinion, you could be new customer today and be covered. They also didn't say you had to buy a brace from Maxim, just be a customer.

The devil's in the details.

Maxim sells a lot of stuff. The cheapest being a $7 beer koozie. 7 bucks. Boom. Beers cold. You're a Maxim Defense customer now.

Stay based, kings.

This is not legal advice, I'm not a lawyer, and if you take legal advice from you are stealing yada yada yada yada ALPHABET GOIS GO ON GIT RRRREEEEEEEEEEEE.