Anyway, please stay safe and don’t be afraid to defend yourself.

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      I don’t know anything about shooting or why a scoped gun is a bad thing…I know she won’t shoot down a single drone with that thing though.

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        A scope limits your field of view. It makes it easier to hit far away things moving relatively slowly/predictably.

        It would be the opposite of helpful against a fast/close small target. There’s a reason duck hunters use shotguns.

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          Ah. Thank you. I thought it would be the limited number of shots you’d be able to take versus the oppurtunity to hit something vital in the you had.

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      $100 says she barely takes that thing past 100 yards…good luck hitting a drone 400+ yards from you moving at 60mph.

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    I’m not a gun person, but it seems to me like anyone who claims they can shoot down a drone with a rifle is also revealing themselves to not be a gun person.

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      I just watched a YouTube video of ukraine drone operators and they had a guy in the middle of a field shoot down 3 fpv drones. They got him eventually but it is possible…

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      Why is that? People have hit more challenging targets. If the drone is stationary then it’s a no brainer easy target.

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      The dope has her DOPE taped to the sunshade on her optic, so at least numbers were crunched and she wouldn’t be shooting completely blind.

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    GovCo owns the drones. The simple fact that they haven’t shot them down means they own them.

    This is a distraction. It’s to distract people because for some reason there was a sudden unexpected explosion of class consciousness.

    Stop talking about the fucking govt drones. Keep scaring billionaires.

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      The one I saw a picture of was a manned helicopter. (Flying in a legal area too … which is why they aren’t being shot down near a military base, because if they were a threat, in air they weren’t allowed to fly in… They would be intercepted or shot down)

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    Please, do NOT shoot at airborn targets, or any target where your are not certain a missed shot will safely land in an empty area.

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    All she has in her house are succulents? That makes sense. They’re literally the only things someone like her could possibly hope to keep alive. They need almost zero attention, maintenance, or moisture.

    Just like her brain.

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          OP probably mentioned suicide because that accounts for almost half of guns deaths. That’s where your statistic comes from. Guns don’t just hop out the safe and run around killing people.

          And BTW, when you hear about someone shooting themself “cleaning their gun”, no, that was likely a suicide attempt. I’m not all that bright and I can figure out how to clear any gun you hand me.

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    More on this splendid human being:

    In now deleted tweets from 2015, it’s clear Rep. Maddox has always held racist beliefs. In an October 2015 tweet, Maddox responded to someone calling President Barack Obama a “coon” by saying that “Obama is not black. He is of African ancestry, not sharing the Black American heritage or experience.”

    In a March 2015 tweet, Maddox said that “childhood sexual assault and neglect” was the reason for homosexuality and that she blamed the parents and LGBTQ people for their sexual preferences.

    In a January 2015 tweet she claimed Islam is a “faith about destruction” and that there are no Islamic “hospitals, orphanages or universities.”

    She’s a genuine shit-person. 100% real human excrement propped up with modern technology to walk and talk sorta like a real human being!

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    Goodness me, what hate does to people. She was born in 1987 but looks like she could well be in her 50’s.

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      The filter to over-smooth everything and the ridiculously aging roller set hairstyle are making her look like a well maintained 60 year old.

      Put the same person in different clothes and a more relaxed hairstyle and she would look completely different. I bet she was elected young and tried to look more mature.

      It doesn’t look like anyone cooks in that kitchen either.

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    Fucking moron. You’ll never hit a drone with that! The ruskies have been trying that for the last couple years with virtually zero success.

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      Picture might be real but the person is not. No humanity inside. Just a husk wearing a human skin, spreading hate