• Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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    9 months ago

    In case anyone’s unclear about how someone gets to the point that they’re blasting their gun into an empty street because an acorn fell on their car, you should learn about How Cops Are Trained to Shoot You in Your Home.

    TL;DW: watch it, this is important. But also they are basically traumatised into being jumpy trigger happy motherfuckers by their sociopathic training.

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      9 months ago

      And people use his PTSD as an excuse. Dumb fuck veteran who is scared of being killed the way he killed others opens fire in a community and is lucky he didn’t murder an innocent person.

      Piece of shit veteran dumb fucks. Take your PTSD to the psych ward, murderer.

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      9 months ago

      What the fuck, you can’t even hear anything. How could there be a shot from the car without a lout sound?

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        9 months ago

        In his partners body cam video you can hear a sound before he starts shooting. Still don’t know how you would mistake that for a gunshot, but there was at least a sound 🤷

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          Iirc the main dude is a vet with ptsd. If my partner told me he’s hit and started shooting in a direction i would at the very least also take cover and try and figure out the situation. They had a suspect in the car so they both freaked and thought the suspect was shooting at them. Not to excuse them, and fuck whoever allowed a ptsd vet to have a job that uses a gun. He should have had more resources to help him with his ptsd and to find alternative jobs that maybe don’t trigger it like that. Cops are trained to always be on edge over here because they never know who might have a gun, it’s stupid he was allowed in.

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      Whoo I’m really scared! No, don’t, don’t! There’s a…a peck here with an acorn pointed at me!!!

      How did I not already think of the connection? Here’s hoping for a lot more memes featuring Val Kilmer.

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    9 months ago

    I really think we need to investigate Ikea. Do you hear what they do with acorns? Or at least what acorns can become?

    You ever try emptying your clip at an entire Ikea?

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      9 months ago

      You ever try emptying your clip at an entire Ikea?

      Yeah, from 15 yards away, but I missed, so I went to the hospital and insisted that I was shot.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah right! The guys from Super Troopers had excellent aim. Remember that scene in which they were at the pistol range testing out a bullet proof cup with live ammo?

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      9 months ago

      The guys from super troopers and idiocracy really need to team up for an update.

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    9 months ago

    Screw giving guns to teachers; they should have a pocketful of acorns to toss. Next gunman won’t have a chance.