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[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 144 points 1 week ago

A reminder this was during a time period we all collectively agreed to ignore Arnold's accent for narrative purposes.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

My theory, at least for purposes of The Terminator, is that after Judgment Day, there were some human holdouts in Austria who sent troops to help fight Skynet, so that's why an Austrian accent would be assigned to an infiltration unit.

I have nothing to say about Terminator 3. That was like three or four timeline modifications later. There's bound to be some reality degradation.

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[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Total fiction. Everyone knows you have to go to a unlicensed seller at a gun show in the majority of states for that, not a gun store

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago
[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

States Where You Can Buy a Gun at a Gun Show Without a Waiting Period or Background Check

In the following states, private sellers (non-licensed individuals) at gun shows can sell firearms without conducting a background check or imposing a waiting period:

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Georgia Idaho Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mississippi Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Mexico North Carolina (only for rifles & shotguns; handguns require a permit) North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

FREEDOM

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I love that the only surprising part of that list is that north Carolina was somewhat responsible

[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

According to another comment reply that info is out of date

[-] ralakus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Virginia implemented a universal background check law a couple years ago that banned private sales without going through an FFL so they can be removed from the list. Though I'm not sure about the other half of the country

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

North Carolina no longer requires a permit, except for concealed carry.

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 92 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No. That wouldn't happen in a gun store.

You'd have to go to a gun show.

Edit: a gun show is like comic con, only for guns.

[-] Metz@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean Terminator 1 takes place in 1984. As far a quick search goes, there were no background checks, no assault weapon ban, no waiting period, ..etc

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

I think you could still buy machine guns. No phased plasma rifles though.

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[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Private sales are private sales. Has nothing to do with gun shows, that shit is just ignorance from anti-2a groups/people. The pro2a people have been asking for access to the NICS for years. Even if we had to pay $10 for a BG check to come back as clear or not, but they don't want that because it takes away from their wedge issue.

[-] prole 7 points 1 week ago

but they don’t want that because it takes away from their wedge issue.

Who is "they" in this case?

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Republicans and Democrats. They both require wedge issues to keep us divided and easily steered.

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[-] iowagneiss@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Except Comic Con is rare, and they don't have to take down their "gun show this weekend!" signs here in Iowa because that's every weekend, or so it seems.

Agreed though. I was actually worried about what maga might do if Harris won, so I made my first purchases before the election. I had to provide ID, enter some personal identifiers into a website and be approved by a federal agency. It took an extra 30 minutes or so.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

I live next to fairgrounds. Every Saturday: Gun and Knife Show.

But I also remember working at a marina and where I saw far more transactions take place between two parked vehicles than anything that requires paperwork.

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[-] loaf@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 week ago

It was when I was younger. At 16, I was able to walk into a local gun shop and buy two boxes of 9mm ammo. Shop owner didn't seem to care at all, so my friend (17) went back in weeks later to buy a .22 pistol.

No ID. No anything.

Thankfully, things have changed since then.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Changed for the better, right?

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Better for sure, now kids can buy assault rifles /s

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago
[-] atro_city@fedia.io 27 points 1 week ago

America? Probably (dunno what guns laws are like Bolivia or the other American countries). The US America? Definitely!

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 9 points 1 week ago

In South America you just find guns on the street on the bodies of dead gang members x)

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

So all you have to do is get shot?

[-] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

All you have to do is get someone shot.

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

UZI NINE MIDDIMETER

[-] AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range."

"Hey, just what ya see, pal."

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[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

Used to be.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

As an American, no.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Dude clearly got the paperwork out.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

In California not sure about back in the 70s but not now at the very least. Ya have to find the dubiously sane redneck and buy it at a premium. Note if the ATF asks then ya say you found it in the desert cause if ya snitch you will become very aware of the fact that a surprising number of California Rednecks "went backpacking in Ireland" during the troubles and brought back what they learned if ya catch my drift.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In California it's more like they went backpacking with Aryan Brotherhood members.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

No. But if you're a Californian driving to Nevada or Arizona, yes.

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