Become a goth girl. In my experience, that’s the way to do it.

As someone who’s been diagnosed with ASPD (which is colloquially known as sociopathy), it just means I’ve got a dysfunction in the part of my brain that automatically empathizes with others. When I’m put under a lot of stress that part of me can come out, because it’s my default wiring, so to speak, but the vast majority of the time I’m able to manually empathize with other people and think it through rather than relying on intuition.

But yeah, the point I wanted to make is that just because someone’s a ‘sociopath’ it doesn’t mean that they’re irredeemably broken.

Cops in the US are a whole different breed of fucked up

So then you get to deal with armed fascist thugs in addition to whatever problem you were trying to solve by calling the cops. And guess what, if a fascist attacks you and you call the cops, you’re likely calling their buddies, who won’t be happy with you. At least, in my experience in the US.

Trans person here who’s been attacked by a neo-Nazi - I really, really wish I had my gun at the time. Because, without it I was in a situation where I either had to let him kill me (not a good option) or pull a knife on him and at least try to seem crazy enough that he knew he’d be badly hurt too. Luckily that worked for me. If I’d had my gun, I could have at least drawn on him and told him that he was going to leave me be or die. My chances of survival would likely have been higher had I had my gun on me at the time.

Nope, I haven’t ever since I defended myself against a neo-Nazi and the cops nearly arrested me for it.

This, why would a given group of protestors all open carry? I’d expect a mass of conceal-carried weapons, though.

I’ve also really liked Combloc scopes since they tend to be really cheap compared to Western counterparts while having good optics. Like, I love the POSP optic on my rifle since it has a built-in optical rangefinder.

It’s a Zastava M91SR, with a POSP 4x24 scope, and a Harris bipod. And the stuffed animal is Stitch ofc.

You can get a IIIA vest from a Chinese factory for about $50. If you’re worried about the quality, just buy two and shoot one!

I’m thankfully not in Idaho, lol

With shipping they came out to $85 bucks a pop

Idk, I don’t have a 338 Lapua to test with!

This is where I got them!

China Bulletproof Plate Offered by China Manufacturer - Yf Protector Co.,ltd https://yfprotector.m.manufacturer.globalsources.com/showroom_6008852435588/bulletproof-plate_54860-1.htm

Silicon carbide ceramic plus a ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene backer - I got them from a Chinese manufacturer called YF Protector

More like “Live, Freeze, then Die”

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - my body has a bad recipe for collagen so all my tissue is too soft, I get injured very easily and I had arthritis before 30.

Obama personally promised me that he’d close Guantanamo, when I was a kid at one of his campaign rallies. He straight-up lied to me and didn’t close Gitmo.

It makes a lot more sense to carry weapons if you live in the US. There’s a lot of crazy-ass fascists who will attack you without provocation. Hell, I had a neo-Nazi try to kill me with a tire iron when I was early in transition.

I’m happy you’re from a place where carrying weapons is alien or scary to you. But when you live in a police state and the police are more likely to victimize you than help, you have to take matters into your own hands (or your community’s hands). Idk, I hope this helps you empathize a bit better with why some people like having weapons.

Maybe you could see if there are local protest security groups that could help you out?