Just That Husband

[theminingengineer]

It's a long read but worth it @every-n-anything @cazador-red @medic981 @the-armed-utahn

[henryclervals]

major books of the first world war

[retrogamingblog]

Nintendo Franchises in Classic Japanese Art Style made by Ukiyo-e Heroes

[dreamhousetogo]

The Hogwarts Inn Express Tiny House

[prefabnsmallhomes]

Container pools by Modpools.com

[enrique262]

You wouldn't happen to know/know someone who would know what the American Expeditionary Force's policy regarding facial hair was, would you? I need to know for reasons

Anyone? My knowledge limits itself to Generation Kill jokes of the dude with the mustache. 

[fleettendercampanile-deactivate]

I would like to add, for clarity, I meant the AEF of 1917

[tanks-a-lot]

@fleettendercampanile

Beards were not allowed due to the use of gasmasks (you cant get a proper seal with a beard) and hygiene reasons. Trim, well kept mustaches were allowed in the british army, but i dont know about the americans

[just-that-husband]

The Great War youtube channel has a special episode on facial hair in the WW1 era. In some armies mustaches were actually required for awhile.

[wisco-country]

[damienhaaas]

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[dude-dude-dude-dude-dude-2]

[bigstupiduglyogre]

USA: nothing’s wrong with our gun laws!

also USA:

[biff-donderglutes]

I mean like I understand why a blind man having a gun is a silly concept, but do you propose he has his rights curtailed because of his disability and get treated as a second-class citizen?

[egalitarian-metalhead]

I honestly can’t tell if this guy is serious or sarcastic

[pickupyourgun]

Assume he’s being serious and answer his question…

[egalitarian-metalhead]

If you don’t know why a blind man having a gun is a bad idea then I honestly can’t help you

[durkin62]

If you don’t know why taking rights away from people is a bad idea I can’t help you either. Enjoy your European dystopia.

[friendly-neighborhood-patriarch]

time to treat the disabled as second class now

[fugdamatriarchy-deactivated2018]

Europe was a mistake

[wheel-skellington]

something tells me a totally blind man with a bolt action rifle isnt going on any shooting sprees

[americas-liberty]

There is a blind man on YouTube named Mishaco who not only shoots guns but owns a gun store and is a literal gun historian.

Anyways, a right can not be stripped due to injury or defect. The direct parralel to this is revoking a person’s first amendment rights because they are mute… its unconcionable.

While a blind person wouldn’t be taking any precision shots with a gun and would need assistance shooting, they still have the right to own a gun regardless.

[gunshub]

Mare’s Leg .357 Magnum

[whiskey-gunpowder]

[tristikov]

[feels-by-the-foot]

Why can’t people with kids ever have a clean house

[senpatriarch]

Got other shit to deal with

[feels-by-the-foot]

That should be up there

[senpatriarch]

It’s hard when the kids are younger, if they’re involved in extra curriculars especially. Kids are an 18+ year commitment of time, money, and sanity. You gotta be a special kind of crazy to want kids, but more power to whoever does

[30roundrevolution]

Because kids have no concept of clean, and as a parent we could run ourselves to death picking up after them.

Even a fucking snack turns into Gettysburg. Leaving the little shits unattended for even 5 minutes means Hiroshima.

Like, give the little shits a goddamn handful of goldfish and the next thing you know there is a light dusting of golden cheddar goodness covering very flat surface in the vercinity.

Need to take a shit?

Good fucking luck with that.

You have the invite the littles into the bathroom with you to prevent the utter destruction of your house.

Lock your cabinets if you don’t want canned food, Tupperware, and bakeware strewed about and broken on the kitchen floor. Lock your fridge if you want food.

Ages 1-5 are rough.

I’m a clean man. I appreciate a clean home. My children have taught me to value their energy and attention more than I value clean.

But shit, I can’t wait for them to be old enough to have chores.

[just-that-husband]

I taught all my kids to use a hand vacuum for this reason. The youngest is 4 and thinks vacuuming is the best thing in the world. They don't do anything like a good job but they try and I hope it pays off in a few years when cleaning up is just a normal part of thier routine.

I also use lose change to pay them to do other little cleaning tasks. Little kids jave no real concept of value but really love getting shinny coins.

[executiveoutcomes-deactivated20]

anyone know any good books that pertain to combat or war post-90s, something modern that isn’t corny? 

[unclebeanbag]

On killing and on combat. Good books that explore both.

[goonactual-deactivated20190118]

‘The Other Side of the Mountain’ mujahideen perspective on the Soviet-Afghan War; and written by their most senior commander.

[ghost-zeppo]

On Killing and On Combat were both required reading in my batallion and I think for almost every Marine infantryman. If you’re looking for something more operational in nature I suggest Level Zero Heroes

[just-that-husband]

The Bear Came Over the Mountain and Other Side of the Mountain are fantastic and should be read together in my opinion.

My unit recomended Maos little red book, the war of the flea, and on killing. Though two of those are a bit older then the 90s.

[crye-11-tactical]

“California Combat Hoodie” prototype by gripstop and allskillnoluck

[recoil-operated-deactivated2021]

This gives me a headache.

[grumpyridesthekaliyuga-deactiva]

This gives me an erection. Grey man as fuck if you add a concealment flap.

[unclebeanbag]

I love it. I’d also like a couple internal flaps to add documents and other flat pack items. 

[30roundrevolution]

Please make a sports coat version so I can wear it to the office

[therevenantrising-deactivated20]

Mak N Cheese

[therevenantrising-deactivated20]

Not to be confused with Mac N Cheese.

[bolt-carrier-assembly]

Also in the Big Mac variety

[pizzaotter]

WhY do you people have automatic weapons

[schuetzengrabenmints-deactivate]

Even if they are automatic (which they most likely aren’t), why does it matter to you?

[pizzaotter]

Look at all these gun nuts coming out the woodwork cause I asked why people randomly have automatic weapons on cheese

[neuroxin]

Gun obsession is so fucking gross. There is no valid logical rational reason why any normal US citizen should own a machine literally designed for no other purpose than to kill human beings. Do not try to give some weak ass justification when “because I like them” is all it actually fucking boils down to. A disgustingly huge amount of people are DYING to these things every month, just trying to go about their normal lives. That trumps your ill-chosen hobby.

There is no solution better than the one that several European countries and the Australians have proven works, anything else is a less-effective compromise so that you, again, can get off on owning a literal killing machine.

[therevenantrising-deactivated20]

This was supposed to be a light-hearted and fun joke post, but fine.  Let’s do this.

There is no valid logical rational reason why any normal US citizen should own a machine literally designed for no other purpose than to kill human beings.

I own several guns and have shot literally thousands of rounds over the last couple of years, yet I haven’t killed or even harmed a single living creature.  Huh…  I guess my guns must be broken since they can’t even fulfill their “only purpose”.

A disgustingly huge amount of people are DYING to these things every month, just trying to go about their normal lives.  That trumps your ill-chosen hobby.

Many anti-gun advocates will point out that there were 33,000 people killed by guns in 2013.  While this is a terrible number, we must also put this number into perspective against the grand scheme of things.  There are an estimated 340-370+ MILLION legally owned guns in America, not even including illegal black markets that we cannot effectively track.  This means that, even if we use conservative estimations, literally over 99.99% of the guns in America didn’t kill a single person in 2013.

When we look at the big picture, your chances of being harmed by a gun are actually very low.

Chances of being shot or killed based on firearm deaths and population count:

Death by gun, suicide excluded: 0.0032%

Death by gun, suicide included: 0.0095%

Death in a mass shooting alone: 0.000032%

Injury by gun, no death: 0.024%

Death of injury by gun including suicide: 0.033%

Gun deaths and injuries etc based off general stats used by anti gun people, rather than exact numbers from each year because its faster and easier to do. Going by exact yearly figures would result in very little change to the average numbers used above.

Guns compared to other ways you can die:

Unintentional fall deaths:

Number of deaths: 26,009

Deaths per 100,000 population: 8.4

Motor vehicle traffic deaths:

Number of deaths: 33,687

Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.9

Unintentional poisoning deaths:

Number of deaths: 33,041

Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.7

All poisoning deaths:

Number of deaths: 42,917

Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.9

All Drug poisoning deaths:

Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.4 (2010)

All firearm deaths (suicide included):

Number of deaths: 31,672

Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.3

All firearms deaths (suicide excluded):

Number of deaths: 12,664

Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.6

Firearm deaths broken down completely:

3.6 for homicide 6.3 for suicide 0.30 for unintentional 0.10 undetermined

10.3 for deaths total in general of 3.6 for homicide only. You are more likely to trip and die than be killed by a gun. Cars kill more than guns but are not even protected by the constitution and isn’t a right, and are less regulated than guns!

[Sources are FBI and CDC]

Many people will also cite mass shootings as a reason that guns are evil and should be banned, but this assertion also falls flat and looks ridiculous when put into perspective.  While these stories draw media attention and are absolutely horrible, you seem to have casually and conveniently left out the part where these attacks account for less than even one quarter of 1% of America’s overall murder rate.  About 0.2% to be more exact.

Now, let’s compare this, how often guns are used to harm innocent lives, to how often guns are used to protect innocent lives.

Guns help protect innocent lives FAR MORE OFTEN than they help to harm innocent lives.   There are literally hundreds of thousands of defensive gun uses in this country alone every single year.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/category/defensivegunuseoftheday/

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cdc-study-use-firearms-self-defense-important-crime-deterrent

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cdc-study-use-firearms-self-defense-important-crime-deterrent

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/02/defensive-gun-ownership-gary-kleck-response-115082.html#.VcYed_lRK1w

Quite simply put, guns save innocent lives.  And they do so far more often than they hurt them.  When guns are harming more innocent lives than they are protecting, it could be argued that it might make sense to further limit guns.

But for now, it’s not even close.  Moving on…

There is no solution better than the one that several European countries and the Australians have proven works, anything else is a less-effective compromise so that you, again, can get off on owning a literal killing machine.

Sorry, but strict gun control has been an absolute failure in both Australia, The UK, and everywhere else it has tried.  It has done nothing to effectively reduce murder, violent crime, suicide, or even gun violence rates.  It has done nothing to achieve its desired goal of creating a safer society.  It is, and always will be, a complete failure.

Australia:

[this segment brought to you by lee-enfeel]

People die Australia as a result of firearms violence at almost the same rate they did prior to the firearms act, and some sources state that more than a quarter million illicit firearms exist in Australia currently.

The total firearms death rate in 1995 - the year before the massacre and the laws introduced - was 2.6 per 100,000 people. The total firearms murder rate that year was 0.3/100,000. From 1980-1995, Australian firearms deaths dropped from 4.9/100,000-2.6/100,000 without the implementation of firearms laws. This is a rate of decline that has remained fairly constant; Looking at 1996-2014, in which the rate has dropped from 2.6-0.86, it shows that the decline has been slower in a longer period of time since the law’s passing. Likewise, homicides declined more quickly in the 15 years prior to the firearms laws (0.8-0.3) than in the 18 years since it (0.3-0.1). This just indicates that firearms deaths haven’t been noticeably affected by the legislation you’ve claimed has done so much to decrease gun crime.

It should also be noted that around the same time, New Zealand experienced a similar mass shooting, but did not change their existing firearms laws, which remain fairly lax; even moreso than some American states like California, New York, or Connecticut. Despite this, their firearms crime rate has declined fairly steadily as well, and they haven’t experienced a mass shooting since.

The “australia banned guns and now they’re fine” argument is really old and really poorly put together. Gun control is little more than a pink band-aid on the sucking chest wound that is America’s social and economic problems. It’s a ‘quick fix’ issue used by politicians to skirt around solving the roots of the violence problem in the United States, which are primarily poverty, lack of opportunities, and lack of education.

You could ban guns tomorrow nationwide and gun violence and overall violent crime would not be reduced at all.

[this segment brought to you by cerebralzero]

In 2005 the head of the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Don Weatherburn,[37] noted that the level of legal gun ownership in NSW increased in recent years, and that the 1996 legislation had had little to no effect on violence

In 2006, the lack of a measurable effect from the 1996 firearms legislation was reported in the British Journal of Criminology. Using ARIMA analysis, Dr Jeanine Baker and Dr Samara McPhedran found no evidence for an impact of the laws on homicide.[40]

A study coauthored by Simon Chapman found declines in firearm‐related deaths before the law reforms accelerated after the reforms for total firearm deaths (p=0.04), firearm suicides (p=0.007) and firearm homicides (p=0.15), but not for the smallest category of unintentional firearm deaths, which increased.[43]

Subsequently, a study by McPhedran and Baker compared the incidence of mass shootings in Australia and New Zealand. Data were standardised to a rate per 100,000 people, to control for differences in population size between the countries and mass shootings before and after 1996/1997 were compared between countries. That study found that in the period 1980–1996, both countries experienced mass shootings. The rate did not differ significantly between countries. Since 1996-1997, neither country has experienced a mass shooting event despite the continued availability of semi-automatic longarms in New Zealand. The authors conclude that “the hypothesis that Australia’s prohibition of certain types of firearms explains the absence of mass shootings in that country since 1996 does not appear to be supported… if civilian access to certain types of firearms explained the occurrence of mass shootings in Australia (and conversely, if prohibiting such firearms explains the absence of mass shootings), then New Zealand (a country that still allows the ownership of such firearms) would have continued to experience mass shooting events.”[44]

We see the same trend in The UK.

And Ireland and Jamaica…

And on and on and on…  Gun control simply does not create a safer society and often times actually has the opposite effect.

At this point I should also probably point out that Australia’s gun laws have not even reduced gun ownership in Australia.  In fact, gun ownership in Australia is actually higher now than in 1996.

All of these inconvenient facts aside, we haven’t even touched on the cost of implementing Australian style gun control in America.

I keep hearing people say that the US should adopt Australia’s gun control policy and I don’t think they have really thought about the big picture of that plan.

Australia had far less guns per person and people in their country did not live in a society that was brought up respecting The 2nd Amendment.  The culture of Australia is very different than that of the culture of America when it comes to gun ownership and self defense.

Because of this, the Australian government was able to buy back 631,000 guns at the estimated price of about $500,000,000.  You read that correctly, 500 MILLION.

And even after all of that, it still did nothing to prevent violent crime and criminals in Australia still have access to illegal guns, despite being an island country that isn’t bordered by other countries with high violent crime rates and rampant with illegal drug cartels.

There are over 360,000,000 legally owned firearms in America.  If we go by Australia’s numbers ($792.39 per gun), these guns would cost our government $285,261,489,698.89 to buy back.  Almost 300 BILLION dollars, assuming that every gun owner voluntarily turns in their guns…  Which is a very slim to nothing chance.

Who’s going to pay for that?  Anti-gunners?  I think not.

So, in closing, you want America to put in place gun legislation that will cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars AND has already been proven time and time again to be completely ineffective at protecting innocent lives or creating a safer society?

Seems pretty silly.

Get dunked on, nerd.

[feels-by-the-foot]

[dreadedacolyte-deactivated20180]

Teehee, Mac ‘n’ cheese

[itsgifnotgif-deactivated2018073]

Would make it clear that a gv’t buyback has never been on the table. Also, cars are registered, which is reasonable. Gun shows have too many loopholes. America has a specific culture that is unique when it comes to guns. Not sure anything we do will make people feel truly safe, but reasonable measures are worth a try. Thorough background checks are reasonable. Taking away all guns? Not so much. Good thing is, very few advocate for that.

[therevenantrising-deactivated20]

Would make it clear that a gv’t buyback has never been on the table.

Maybe not a mandatory federal one, no.  But government gun buybacks are most certainly a thing here in America.

Also, cars are registered, which is reasonable.

You know that guns are not cars, right?

Gun shows have too many loopholes.

What loopholes would those be?  Please enlighten us.

Not sure anything we do will make people feel truly safe, but reasonable measures are worth a try.

The fact is, WE HAVE TRIED STRICT NATIONAL GUN CONTROL.

Does the year 1994 or the name Clinton ring a bell to anyone?  Anyone?

From 1994 - 2004, there were strict national gun control laws in place in America.  They included most of the laws that are being proposed now.   An “assault weapons” ban.  Magazine capacity limits.  All of that.

Guess what?

IT WAS A COMPLETE FAILURE.

Thorough background checks are reasonable.

We already have mandatory federal NICS background checks, where the buyer’s criminal and mental healthy history are reviewed and have to be approved by the FBI, for every FFL purchase.

Taking away all guns? Not so much. Good thing is, very few advocate for that.

Except for people in politics, the media, and every social media platform I can think advocate for just that every single day.

[0122358]

Rekt

[metal-queer-solid]

[libertarian--princess-deactivat]

[pushingpin]

but like if you could save 33000 peoples lives a year, by giving up a hobby would you?

[therevenantrising-deactivated20]

A hobby?  Sure.  No problem.

However, me owning a gun is not merely a hobby.  It is the most effective tool at protecting my life, the lives of my family, and the lives of innocent lives around me.  I’m sorry, but self defense and self preservation are not “hobbies”.

Furthermore, it’s a bit of pipe dream anyway considering that we have decades of evidence from all over the world that proves that gun control and even gun bans do not effectively reduce murder or violent crime rates.  They do not create safer societies.  Sure, it might look good on paper and feel good to think about, but reality just doesn’t align with those dreams.

[cumsharts]

hey I’m glad for all the sources because this is changing my perspective but you gotta admit that at the very least requiring extensive background checks, mandatory waiting periods, and registering guns would help at least reduce gun violence a little bit and would help solve cases b/c registers guns

[therevenantrising-deactivated20]

No, I do not have to admit that at all because all of these measures are in place in states like California, New York, and Washington DC, yet they have not made these societies any safer from murder, violent crime, or even gun violence.

So, no I do not have to nor will I be admitting that at all because it simply isn’t true.

[cumsharts]

oh? is that so? so if buying an automatic weapon is as easy as picking up a prescription that’s not going to make it easier for anyone who’s upset to get a gun and then fire it on people??? o k

[therevenantrising-deactivated20]

Automatic weapons are extremely regulated for civilian ownership in America.  They cost tens of thousands of dollars on the low end all the way up to hundreds of thousands of dollars on the high end, they are registered with the federal government, the owner must apply for a special NFA license which requires a thorough background check that takes months or even years to get approved, paper work must be kept with the weapon at all time, the weapon cannot have been manufactured after 1986, they require a federal tax stamp to own which also can takes months to over a year to get processed, the owner must also designate a licensed gun dealer who will take possession of the weapon in the event of their death, and on and on and on…

If you truly believe that acquiring an automatic weapon in America is as easy as “picking up a prescription”, then you are simply ignorant to the subject of automatic weapons and just do not know what you are talking about.

https://www.atf.gov/qa-category/national-firearms-act-nfa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/17/1171047/-There-are-240-000-fully-automatic-guns-in-the-US-and-only-2-deaths-in-80-years

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

Pretty sure I’ve shares this before but it’s never a bad time.

[asspostate]

miss me with that ‘weapon accuracy’ shit. im shooting everything. im laying down cover fire. im shooting the walls. im shooting my teammates. im shooting myself. my accuracy is 100% yall just dont know what im aiming at

[foxnonny]

I didn’t even read the rest because I’m still laughing at “miss me with that ‘weapon accuracy’ shit” like I’ve never read a more perfect phrase in my life

[deeplyunfocusedguy]

Fun fact: during the Revolutionary War, the British HATED American soldiers’ fighting methods. Why? Because Americans aimed. We’ve all heard of the battle of Bunker Hill and how the soldiers were instructed not to shoot until they saw the whites of the enemies’ eyes, but did you know that the British military’s battle plan was essentially to spray as many musket balls as they could all over the enemy? Troops were told to just aim in the general direction of the opposing army and shoot, and the British thought that Americans aiming their weapons was a savage and uncivilized form of combat.

[nerdgasrnz]

The British sound like me when I play Overwatch and the enemy hitscan players kill me more than once

[peashooter85]

This is not true at all, the British were trained to properly aim when firing and definitely did so. As detailed by The Manual of Exercise: By Order of his Majesty in the Year 1764 (reprinted in 1775) on p.11-12.

Furthermore in A Military Guide for Young Officers (1772) it is advised on P. 196

“Great attention must be had in the instructing of recruits how to take aim, and that they properly adjust their ball.”

And in the Journal of Dr. Robert Honeyman he describes British soldiers and Marines doing target practice in Boston in 1775,

“ I saw a Regiment & the Body of marines, each by itself, firing at marks. A Target being set up before each company, the soldier of the regiment stept out singly, took aim & fired, & the firing was kept up in this manner by the whole regiment till they had all fired ten rounds. The Marines fired by Platoons, by Companies, & sometimes by files, & made some general discharges, taking aim all the while at Targets the same as the Regiment.”

https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/the-aim-of-british-soldiers/#_edn10

[just-that-husband]

Good answer to an often repeated mistake