• zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I’ve gotta wonder if the charge is being pushed by someone who opposes the law being talked about in the video, who wants its first application to be in a case so ridiculous it’ll create mass public opposition to it or something. That’s the only scenario I can think of where an otherwise functioning adult may make a decision that poor.

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    9 days ago

    Googling this… At the moment, the only source online is a single local newspaper, which omits numerous key details. Might turn out to be nothing.

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    8 days ago

    In Tennessee, it’s a felony for impersonating a gun. Having a real one on the other hand is perfectly acceptable.

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      8 days ago

      “It’s me, a 8mm Glock. I like to lie threatenly on tables and being pointed at minorities.” What do you think, pretty convincing, right?

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    8 days ago

    Student with actual gun given a thumbs-up and a gentle kiss on the forehead.

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    9 days ago

    I can tell you that I was forbidden from doing that while playing during a vacation in Colorado, mere months before Columbine. This bullshit is ridiculous.

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    8 days ago

    Are finger guns going to become the equivalent of a middle finger in the US because of how many people die to guns?

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      8 days ago

      Much like the middle finger gesture is offensive because outside the US many people die to birds.

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        That’s one way to misunderstand the sentence. Impressive. The USA preschool reading level isn’t a joke after all.

        Half of U.S. adults can’t read a book written at the 8th-grade level.

        sauce

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          Are you describing yourself here or what?

          You made a snarky comment, I made a snarky joke in the same vein, you decide to bring in statistics (of the wrong country btw)? Why?

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      No. It’s hysterical admins using lousy logic to conclude that finger guns = violence. The logic is something along the lines of finger guns = real guns = killing people.

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          The only time I really heard this talked about was in elementary school, and finger guns were never a threat at the school I went to. Not even once, but the teachers and administration would harp on about it like kids were demonic for making them.

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            They could get you expelled at mine, but not charged. IIRC even water guns would get you actually charged. Tbf it was shortly after 9/11, but still.