Ghoul
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As a gun owner and someone that's active in competitive shooting, I can wholeheartedly say, I know this feel. I have a particular loathing of people that post photos of their armament on the Internet in their messy ass houses, usually with their disgusting feet in the photos.
I'm recalling being at the range one day with a couple of guys I was in a "squad" with, that is a group that shoots together through the course of a competition. One of the guys was kind of squirrely. As we were packing up our things, he showed us one of his pistols. "If you were to come to my house, this is the one I'd shoot you with." To which I responded, "What the fuck, man, I'd hope that if I came to your house, you'd offer me a soda or something." Other dude chimed in, "Yeah, man have some hospitality".
"You know what I mean." he said. Yeah, I do know what you mean. You have power fantasies associated with firearm ownership because of your sense of your own deep personal weakness.
Somehow my occasional view of gun reviews on Youtube got the algorithm to put me into the world of "Guntube". I'm not talking about "enthusiasts", who go obsessively deep into details and who make themselves experts on the topic. I can appreciate that.
I'm talking about barely literate wannabe thugs, waving loaded guns around in what are clearly small apartments, fooling around with them like toys, pointing them playfully at whoever's taking the video.
Guys in their early 20s in overgrown urban lots target shooting at full auto with glocks modded with switches. garbage suppressors, drum mags, barely able to keep a grip on the pistols.
I've got to say, having gone through all sorts BS overstepping bans of "scary looking." semi autos, standard mags called "high capacity", humiliating processes of liberal state concealed carry permitting, for the first time ever, I actually started to think "I really hope the ATF sees this shit and gets involved", because the heavy iron and the brazenly insane behavior behind it actually made me fear for public safety and the inevitable backlash that the disarmers will use against responsible owners.


