• linuxgator
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    597 days ago

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

    • @Tudsamfa
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      107 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?

  • @xantoxis
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    407 days ago

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

  • @pyre
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    you can’t buy fingers from weapons manufacturers so we can’t protect your right to bear fingers

  • @hakunawazo
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    106 days ago

    Clearly you weren’t in a dangerous finger-standoff by yourselves.

  • atro_city
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    187 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?

    • @Tudsamfa
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      207 days ago

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

      • atro_city
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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

        • @[email protected]
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          126 days ago

          You are replying to the most obvious of jokes, but even if it wasn’t a joke your response doesn’t really make sense. There is nothing in that comment that would imply that the person writing that comment misunderstood what you wrote.

        • @Tudsamfa
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          76 days ago

          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?

    • @RizzRustbolt
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      46 days ago

      Only if the French start doing it.

    • @[email protected]
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      15 days ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 days ago

        I think the logic is “it could be a threat” but yeah it’s dumb either way, unless it is a threat I guess.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 days ago

          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.

  • RubberDuck
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    197 days ago

    Anything but addressing the core issue.

  • @Sam_Bass
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    55 days ago

    More repuglican insanity

  • @jafo
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    45 days ago

    TBF, that’s how I robbed Chase Bank last week.

    • @trashgirlfriend
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      46 days ago

      Huh? You know news organizations have YouTube channels right?

  • Kairos
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    1097 days ago

    Yes I’m sure this will reduce violence

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    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.

  • @[email protected]
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    787 days ago

    Now I’m no judge, but I see this as a first amendment violation. The student was expressing his disdain towards the kids in a jackass sort of way, but being a jackass isn’t and shouldn’t be against the law.

    • @WoodScientist
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      106 days ago

      I would be inclined to agree. Schools themselves have wide latitude to police this type of thing, much wider than general criminal law could do. So I have no problem with the kid being suspended. The criminal charge on the other hand is another matter entirely. That seems like a clear 1st Amendment violation.

  • AwesomeLowlander
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    477 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.