• Nougat
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    Because screenshots of what someone said on social media aren’t journalism:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Mexico

    Mexico has restrictive laws regarding gun possession. There are only two stores in the entire country, DCAM near the capital, and OTCA, in Apodaca, Nuevo León. It also takes months of paperwork to have a chance at purchasing one legally.

    • @[email protected]
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      23 hours ago

      Go to the US, buy a gun at a gun show, put it in your trunk and drive back. Done in 1 day. Holy shit

    • @[email protected]
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      15 hours ago

      So you’re saying it’s easier to get a gun in Mexico than a RTX 5000 GPU in the US

        • @[email protected]
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          15 hours ago

          nah. You should probably buy a gun now if you aren’t a danger to yourself.

          EDIT: Assuming you are in the US or its neighbours.

            • @[email protected]
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              14 minutes ago

              My local gun store is a guy with a pile of ammo the size of a minivan in his attic. He got a FFL collectors license or something, I don’t know the precise legalities, so he can build his own and get rare shit without having to, honestly I’m not sure whether he pays more tax now than he would have, but the paperwork has got to be worse. Maybe he has a paperwork fetish. That actually does sound like him.

            • @[email protected]
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              611 hours ago

              Eh, if I’m in a situation I need to use my gun, the gun store is either defunct or I don’t care about federal law anymore.

        • Diplomjodler
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          1715 hours ago

          If I was living in the US, I’d definitely stock up on guns and ammo at this point. Not that it’ll help, when the fascists come for you, but at least I wouldn’t go down without a fight.

          • @[email protected]
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            2014 hours ago

            This is the one reason I’m happy Biden was in office. It gave everyone four more years to prepare. Marginalized communities were some of the heaviest buyers during that time. Small arms have been used to inflict losses on fascists since fascists became a thing. Disarmed groups are substantially more in danger than armed groups.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 hours ago

          You can get a high point 9mm for a little over $100. Shotguns are not much more expensive.

        • M137
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          310 hours ago

          It definitely exists, why comment that and not take 5 seconds to look it up? It’s such a common thing and it’s just mind-boggling to me, don’t say shit if you haven’t even tried to verify it.