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    What’s the plan for having your phone at home? They’re going door to door and shooting innocent white American citizens.

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      Lol, lmao even. That’s some careful word play for the sake of unneccesary hyperbole.

      They have shot innocent white American citizens. In some other places they have gone door to door. Those are independent actions, not a combined reality. We can all agree they’re god awful as a massive understatement without lying about door to door murder squads.

      Inb4 “if you have to make that kind of distinction you’re already fucked” yeah, we are, but accurate information about the ground situation is vital for any forward movement.

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        Man, that’s a Reddit-pedantic “you forgot PEDMAS” -like response to someone worrying about getting their home raided and asking a simple question.

        You’re not fucked. You’re a dick. And being one isn’t “vital” to anything.

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      What’s the plan for having your phone at home?

      #00 inserts for my pump action wireless hole punch.

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        No no, you’ll need slugs if you want to hole-punch any body armor.

        Not that I would know what you aim on using your wireless hole-punch for.

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          12ga slugs don’t reliably penetrate soft armor, and don’t penetrate hard armor. The proper tactic for armored assailants is to aim for the groin.

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            The proper tactic for armored assailants is to aim for the groin.

            I mean, one to the chest will at least slow them down, but yea, I can get on board with blasting some dicks off. lol