Are they cops?
Are the ICE?
Are they cosplayers?
Source: https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/LosAngeles/comments/1lfe5gb/ice_brandishing_silencers/
Every rifle used by law enforcement ought to have a silencer. If they’re gonna murder someone the absolute rock bottom very least they can do is not cause severe permanent hearing damage to a hundred other people in the vicinity.
It’s not like it’s a stealth thing. It’s not going to do anything to prevent detection and they don’t give a shit about that anyway. This isn’t a James Bond or John Wick movie so let’s not pretend silenced gunshots aren’t still unbelievably loud.
A better question is how can other cops bring a rifle into a densely populated area WITHOUT a silencer?
why do we all need to continue this giant circle jerk? is there a single person here who doesn’t understand that republicans are evil, that cops are fascists, that capitalism is killing us, that our president is a fucking moron, that corporations are run by sociopaths, and that religion is the scaffolding that holds it all together?
i mean seriously. i’m confused. do you guys just enjoy joking about it all? do you need the dopamine high of dunking to the choir? why don’t we talk about solutions instead of rehashing the same old bullshit day after day?
To feel like you are a part of the solution without any real effort… oh and internet points.
These are people who think they’re playing CounterStrike for a living. Of course they’re going to look the part.
So the police have no problem with… all of this?
Because these are just random dudes who bring their own personal weapons from home. It’s like a fashion show for them.
How did Watchmen so accurately predict this timeline?
The far better question is why they need assault rifles?
A suppressor is actually a good thing to put on any weapon. That’s why they’re becoming standard in the military. Guns are unbelievably loud, to the point that they can cause serious and permanent hearing damage to people around you when you fire them. If you’re accepting the premise that an armed police force is a good thing (I disagree, but that’s a separate discussion) it at least makes sense to minimize collateral damage. The sound of gunfire is especially dangerous indoors; if an officer was forced to fire their weapon in an environment like they could actually seriously injure innocent bystanders just from the noise alone.
On the other hand, collateral damage is exactly why a 5.56mm carbine makes no sense as a police weapon. Those rounds will go straight through a human body, straight through a brick wall, and still be lethal. You could end up killing someone you can’t even see. It used to be that when law enforcement wanted extra firepower, they used submachine guns and shotguns, weapons with very little potential for overpenetration. But then police forces all started freaking out about the idea that every criminal was going to be wearing level 3 body armour and demanding to use the same guns soldiers use (not helped by the fact that cops in the US are allowed to buy surplus military equipment at knockdown prices).
This doesn’t come from an operational need, it comes from the fact that every cop wants to cosplay at being military, but without all the hardships that actually come with that. That’s why you see federal agents and SWAT all running around in multicam and other military camo patterns, despite the fact that those patterns really don’t do much of anything in an urban environment. It’s all just dress up to make their peepees feel bigger.
Well said. If you’ve ever been next to someone at an indoor range firing large caliber rounds without a suppressor, it’s very unpleasant to be near them if you’re plinking 9mm or 22lr.
I support taking supressors off the NFA (and also abolishing the NFA altogether, but that’s another argument). Calling them silencers is incorrect. They’re safety devices. Some states don’t even classify them as firearms. Any supersonic round is still loud enough to require ear protection.
YES. That is the most annoying shit ever. I’m just tryna have a good time practicing good technique with a handgun and I have to sit and listen to some moron spray hundreds of dollars worth of ammo away so they can feel like they’re the coolest dude at the range. Then they leave and we all look around at each other like “thank fuck that asshole is finally gone eye roll emoji”
Hey! I used to be that asshole!
I’m glad you got it out of your system lol
well I mean… armed? yes! to the damn teeth like these dudes with tankettes and shit? damn no
Because They played a lot of counter strike
It helps with their suppression.
How do we know some abductions aren’t be carried out by white nationalists murdering the people they toss into vans?
One could, hypothetically, turn this around and use it to abduct MAGAts, no?
the left never sees an opportunity, unless it’s an opportunity to whine to the choir.
Is that a dare? Go ahead man, double dog dare us. Then we have to do it.
So the police?
The police normally have uniforms uncovered faces and come with warrants and badges which can be inspected verified and furthermore verified with dispatch if you call 911.
You could pretend to be an officer and people do but it would be easy to verify both at the time and after the fact making it a rarity because its hard to pull off.
Right now you could gather 3 bros and a van and snatch someone and it would probably take months to find out that they were murdered rather than in some holding facility or prison in El Salvador
I’d be surprised if the various cartels weren’t already doing this to dispose of rivals tbh.
People are more scared of the boogeyman than the people literally kidnapping folks off the street and sending them to concentration camps merely because they belong to a 3 letter agency with authority.
I mean…isn’t that what happens even if they actually are on the government payroll?
We don’t.
ICE are just random racists they plucked off the street last week and gave a cardboard badge they don’t have to carry. It wouldn’t surprise me if the hiring stipulation was BYOG.
they’re not random racists. They’re specific racists, that trump pardoned from federal prison like two months ago and then deputized
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Why do they need AR’s in an urban domestic environment? It’s part cosplay, part intimidation factor. At least that thug is practicing proper trigger discipline.
The AR-15 is a .22 caliber rifle designed by John Browning to sell in large quantities to governments. It’s the rifle so simple that even the average US Marine can operate it. It’s got all the stopping power you need for your next trip to the nearest middle school.
I think you mean .223 or more commonly known, 5.56
Tbf, .223 and 5.56 are both .22 caliber rounds, as is .22lr, .22 short, .22 mag, 5.7x28, .22 nosler, .22-250, .224 valkyrie, .223 Wylde, etc.
Calibre (in this case .22) describes the bore diameter in inches (in this case .22 of an inch) or 5.6mm in metric.
Also 5.56 has higher pressures and a slightly different case (but it’ll fit) than .223, they’re not technically the same thing, though you can shoot .223 out of a 5.56 chamber. Not recommended to shoot 5.56 out of a .223, but tbh in most modern guns you’ll prob be fine (can’t sue me if your shit blows up.)
Enough firepower to gravely harm a 10 year old. Makes a realistic pow sound when discharged.
No, buddy, you’re confused. 5.56 is fine for killing grownups.
So is a Toyota Corolla.
Oh you’re just silly? Alright buddy. There’s juice in the fridge, help yourself okay?
Why are we giving the silly people the juice boxes? Juice boxes should be for closers.
My point is, everyone pretends an AR-15 is some high powered ultra mega death cannon. It’s a small bore rifle. It genuinely was adopted because it’s easy to teach the average Vietnam era draftee how to use it. It’s honestly no more threatening than the 9mm pistol every last beat cop wears on his hip every second of every shift. They’re both guns in the hands of maniacs.
It’s for murdering journalists.
He doesn’t need a long gun either. Or all the extra gear. He needs a bag of zip ties and a freaking badge. That’s about it.
he needs a [tool to end french monarchy]
Yeah, but we’re a ruzzian asset country now, so it’d be more fitting if they were all shoved put windows.
Fell. They fall out of windows. Usually after shooting themselves in the back of the head.
Yeah but then he wouldn’t look cool and intimidating and his mommy might think less of him
A decidedly non-anarchist take 🤣
He needs a new job.
