• Psythik@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Thanks for sharing the rest of the post. But I’m confused about who is speaking what during the last three lines after “even on our dates”.

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    I mean yeah, funny greentext, fake and gay and all, but is that an actual thing that happens across the big pond?

    If someone did that in Europe they’d be in serious legal trouble if the threatened party sues.

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      Sounds legal overall for America. “Brandishing” is generally illegal, i.e pulling out your gun and pointing it at or actively threatening someone with it, regardless if you fire it.

      Pulling out your legal gun in your home and setting it flat on your table? Hard to argue it was a threatening without a stated threat or some other action. It may have been one, but id be suprised if anyone would arrest someone over that.

      OP pulling his own gun does make this a hilarious and potentially deadly situation. It’s very possible the father is a scared pissbaby and just starts blasting.

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    I mean, that’s probably not gonna get the girl, but I think you taught her dad a little humility

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        On the contrary: guys like that are big on fear. That’s at the root of conservatism and toxic masculinity: fear of losing one’s life, one’s property, one’s place in the social hierarchy.

        When he saw another gun come out, he felt fear. Nothing teaches you better than that.

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          He felt fear. Nothing teaches you better than that.

          I don’t think that’s true and I don’t think I want it to be.

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    I am pretty sure I am not allowed to pull out and place even an airsoft gun on the table where I live. The rules clearly state that it must be kept locked in a safe. That would be an easy way to get someone’s license revoked if you record it…

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      I don’t think this is legal basically anywhere. In the US, this would be brandishing or threatening with a deadly weapon.

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        Yeah maybe. Doesn’t seem to stop redneck fathers of teenage girls in conservative states. They consider it a rite of passage for fatherhood.

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          My FIL did a gun cleaning night when I was first taking his daughter out on dates. Had 3 guns disassembled on the kitchen table and let me know they’d be reassembled by the time I brought her home. He’s a really nice guy, but yes, that shit is “normal” in the US