• TipRing@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Please don’t take pictures of yourself or your friends doing this. Ffs people. Don’t get caught.

  • Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    23 hours ago

    Real question for the USA people, will shooting them be anymore of a crime? Just sounds like a faster and more fun way of doing this.

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      9 hours ago

      Canadian here. Way too dangerous!

      1. Shooting upwards at the cameras puts innocent people in danger. I know gun cultures love to sky fire but in Canada we don’t do that dumb shit. Especially out west where the mountains obscure who lives a few miles away. Could easily kill some rancher with no hospital for 100 miles. (or a cow!)

      2. Ricochet. If the bullet goes through the camera and hits the pole it could deflect and injure a bystander.

      3. Shrapnel. Hit the wrong spot and the camera might eject sharp pieces that could hurt someone.

      4. People suck at aiming.

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            In most skeet/clay shooting ranges, there is no backstop and the shooters are aiming into the air. With the tiny pellet sizes, they lose energy quickly and drop to the ground at terminal velocity, which is much slower than the speed they were fired. That’s why I specifically named bird shot rather than buckshot which has larger heavier pellets. It would still maybe be fine but bird shot definitely would.

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              skeet/clay shooting ranges

              “RANGE” Its it the name dumbass. A shooting range is specifically designed to be big enough for bullet dropoff.

              But sure falsely equate that with shooting a shotgun off in the middle of town.

              You are a fucking idiot. I wouldn’t normally jump to this but what you’re suggesting could kill someone.

              I will be blocking you now.

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            Birdshot has a lot less mess per projectile though, so less energy in each one, and also more friction by mass, so the energy is lost a lot faster. I’m not saying it’s safe, but it is less likely to be lethal at least.

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      22 hours ago

      Actually yes, it massively increases the number of potential charges. Also way more likely to get excited police officers turning up quickly and knowing you have a gun.

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      21 hours ago

      Discharging a firearm in a city or near a highway is a crime, as well as being unsafe and irresponsible. Shooting from a vehicle is also usually illegal and there may be other laws specifically for firearms that they be charged with too such as possession of a firearm when committing a crime.

      For example robbing a bank is a crime but robbing a bank which a firearm is two different crimes and if you show the gun that can be brandishing which is a third. For this reason, and because bank tellers are told to just hand over the money which is all government insured, most people rob banks by only passing a note to the cashier and not having any weapons at all.

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    The Autumn Wind is a people
    Struggling to be free
    With a phone and car, they see quite far
    And trackers all they see

    Their bodies are well covered
    And no one sees their faces
    With lasers, saws, and power tools
    Put fascists in their places

    They go across the country
    To knock down one by one
    Care not to see just where they be
    For this is not for fun

    The Autumn Wind is a people
    Who want to be alone
    No one should know just where they go
    Or what is on their phone

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    By the time this is over you’re gonna have to look back when you’re backing up.

    Darn! My wife is gonna be pissed and I’m gonna have to reinstall that camera.