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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have to ask: what are you going to do? Shoot Facebook? Snipe iCloud?

Start blasting Google?

Pretty sure a rifle is in no way a useful tool for any sort of online privacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

If there was ever a time for a “touch grass” comment this would be it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not very private to put your name on a government list of gun owners.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not needed in my state.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone here lives in your state

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was suggesting the OP may live in a similar state, using mine as an example.

The assumption was: buying a gun = registration in a government database. That's not a valid assumption, so I provided a counter example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a valid assumption in my state.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Not everyone here lives in your state