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19 • lesbian • don't tell the NYPD • I like guns and being American • pew-pew aesthetics

[retrowar]

[macvsog-but-gay]

US Infantryman, Vietnam. unknown date

[robiflintstone]

[freetheshit-outofyou]

[macvsog-but-gay]

the ol' Tommy! piece a New York heritage I tells ppl but what a lotta people also don't know is that it was quite the significant weapon in Ireland too, when the '21 models were shipped from the US by Irish-Americans and enterprising arms dealers of different stripes by request of the (original) Irish Republican Army, to help with the Irish War for Independence.

this particular version here was developed lster for use by US troops in WW2- the stick magazibe was preferred and the forward grip removed to make it more lightweight snd give it more maneuverability.

[gentlemanbobwhite]

A classic 28 ga. by Watson Bros.

[northwestnorthlanders-deactivat]

Here is a Smith and Wesson that I can stand behind all day. .44 Magnum, great gun. Classic style, little shinier than I might prefer, but still greatness. Controllable fun, lot of power, and accurate to boot. 

[johnnyrico]

[macvsog-but-gay]

c'mon, that ain't fair! ...I'm a big fan of Run Through the Jungle, too

[utah-mountain-drifter-deactivat]

Marlin 1895, Marlin 1894

[gunshub]

[localnative123-deactivated20210]

[freetheshit-outofyou]

[handfulsofhistory]

Blade of a USMC Hospital Corps Knife.  The knife was designed for field medical support, but more for making splits or building stretchers than for chopping limbs or performing surgery. It has a very strong blade with a rounded tip that is sharp but not pointed.

[macvsog-but-gay]

photo from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

[yallmeansall]

Art by Sam Larson

[wherelibertydwells]

[anarchpunk]

[blake-and-sco]

@bobbole’s amazing “You Don’t Remember the Somme?” art reminded me of Jeremy Deller’s art “We’re Here Because We’re Here” which I actually had the privilege of stumbling across in person when I was in Manchester in July 2016.

It’s Remembrance Weekend here so I thought I’d go down memory lane a little... (none of the photos are mine btw)

The ‘art’ included about 1,600 male volunteers, all dressed in the uniforms worn by the British army in the First World War. Each man represented a named individual who had been killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1st July 1916). When approached by the public, the men would hand out a card bearing the name, battalion and, often, the age of the man they represented. In Deller’s words, these cards were “like small tombstones”.

Every so often, the men would sing “We’re Here Because We’re Here” which was put to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.

I still get chills just remembering.