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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The largest standing Army in the world are American gun owners."
Insane.
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"The largest standing Army in the world are American gun owners." (Original Post)
QED
Jul 2022
OP
And sadly not close to true, but right wing nuts say it and other nuts believe it.
bottomofthehill
Jul 2022
#4
Owning a gun makes one a soldier as owning a basket ball makes one ready for the NBA.
Chainfire
Jul 2022
#5
panader0
(25,816 posts)1. But who's side are they on?
How will they identify the "libs"? It just batshit crazy.
Kari Lake used to be sane but wow has she embraced Q. I just wonder what happens to turn people.
RainCaster
(10,911 posts)2. Batshit crazy
These people are truly nut jobs.
bottomofthehill
(8,343 posts)4. And sadly not close to true, but right wing nuts say it and other nuts believe it.
These fucking nuts are so dangerous. The sad thing is that there is a large enough population of our countrymen/women who believe it that suddenly the lies become things like alternative Facts
An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)10. Yup. Nutjob also ignores the fact that the few own a shitload ...
https://petapixel.com/2022/05/24/ameriguns-photo-series-reveals-the-unique-culture-of-guns-in-the-usa/
1 "soldier" or 3 or does the nutjob in the OP count this as a platoon? Or is this perhaps just bad parenting?
1 "soldier" or 3 or does the nutjob in the OP count this as a platoon? Or is this perhaps just bad parenting?
Chainfire
(17,601 posts)5. Owning a gun makes one a soldier as owning a basket ball makes one ready for the NBA.
The Magistrate
(95,251 posts)6. As The Current Frame Goes, Sir
Tell me you know nothing about armies without telling me you know nothing about armies.
Another election, another batshit crazy Trumpuglican demagogue. There's no bottom to this barrel.
Irish_Dem
(47,296 posts)8. The ammo is to keep them safe from other Americans they hate.
We are the enemy.
Dems, women, POC, LGBT, liberals.
Picaro
(1,524 posts)9. Full on crazy