Yeah we don't have that in Australia... the government actively tries to restrict how much we, as shooters can do

They give grants to school shooting teams.

for me to go shooting, I need to travel 90 minutes to a 500m range and that's all I've got

Gun training in school is basically dead outside the countryside.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2013/01/gun-clubs-school-charles-c-w-cooke/

Our public land for hunting is slowly being made into national parks

it's all kinds of fucked up

and what do you mean?

There are high schools in NYC that had functional shooting ranges.

They now sit abandoned and attempts to restart them are met with fierce resistance.

That'd be fantastic

Sport shooting is actually on the rise in places like Minnesota. But NYS just banned shooting sports (including archery) in the whole state. Syracuse had a nationally recognized trap team and was ****'d

fucking hell...

But NYC rules NYS politics. So Syracuse shooting has to go...

It's like that nationwide.

I imagine most of the population is in NYC

it's fucking stupid

roughly 2/3 the NYS population is in NYC.

Upstate is basically just a state park as far as they are concerned.

that's actually so ridiculous, I've been watching a lot of 3 gun competitions... I tell you what. if someone tried to get that legalised in Australia where we were able to buy semi automatics for sport shootings the fucking greens would have a stroke

I would LOVE to shoot three gun

Yep.

For me to acquire a semi automatic rifle is near impossible

It’s idiotic

As an aside, the new gun control push is being financed almost entirely be Bloomberg. His previous claim to fame? He banned soft drinks in NYC.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

I'm not even kidding. It's said he has more money than the domestic US gun industry and is bankrolling Everytown.

That’s disgusting

David Hogg is just a puppet. He didn't really write his book. Bloomberg paid someone to write it for him and he signed it.

Of course he is, he has 0 clue about firearms and you can tell

Want to know how David Hogg affords to tour the country in style?

Bloomberg. Wannabe Democrat Presidential nominee 2020.

Of course he’d be funded... just like the majority of the mass protests.

The leaders are paid, the protesters are sheep

Have you watched any videos from “fleccas talks” or “nuance bro”

On the other hand, Bloomberg is absolute horror to the socialists. He's literally a Wall Street guy and has gone on the record saying he thinks taxes should be regressive to control and influence people to adopt good behaviors.

David Hogg is so pretentious

He acts like he represents all teenagers

All the Parkland spokespeople are.

They drive me insane.

Hahahaha yeah it’s a weird situation with that bloke

They're good at dialectic and rallying a crowd. But they really abuse the art if you know what to look for.

It’s so obvious

Idk how people fall for it

I *think* Tim is quietly rooting for Bloomberg to keep the Democrats to not go Socialist so he can vote for him. I don't know if he knows what Bloomberg is known for in NY. Most people don't.

Same way you rally any crowd to be honest. It's all rhetoric.

People who are already predisposed to agree tend to bite hook, line and sinker.

Tim is from NY isn’t he? Surely he knows

No, Tim is from Chicago (Illinois)

Rifht

The unfortunate reality is that most people prefer security over freedom.

I should know that hahaha he says it enough

Mmhm

*insert Ben Franklin quote*

Actually, kinda curious what people think of the new CA plastic straw ban. That's totally up Bloomberg's creek.

I love that quote tbh

It's an amazing quote. I think all Libertarian-leaners love it.

And this one. If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.

Yep.

That’s why even though it’s illegal, if someone enters my home. They’re not leaving alive

Illegally*

I should ask, are you from a city or a rural area? I'm working on a theory about density and political inclinations.

Semi rural

And I don’t have one

I like what I like and support what I support

Tend to lean classic liberal more than anything

Yeah, I'm coming to suspect that people who are more rural are more freedom-oriented and tend to adopt more generalist and self-reliant attitudes.

My 8 values says liberal haha

*generalist meaning it's better to know how to both fix your car and cook your meals and peddle a trade than just one of the above.

I’m like 45 minutes from the city

Melbourne *

Is it a suburb or just aways away?

Suburb but borders a bunch of farms and shit

As I said, semi rural

I think I read you.

Just outside the edge of where the town is really developed. Close enough you are essentially part of the city, but it's mostly going to be stuff like warehouses.

Yeah that’s the one

Literally borders rural hahaha

Yeah, I'm in a really urban center where if you drive for just 5 minutes it's farms for hours.

But it's still effectively really linked to NYC so you see it all.

Both rural Upstate and urban Downstate.

It's literally Hillary versus Trump to be honest.

Oh you’re in NY

Hillary is corrupt and measured. Trump is Loud and Angry.

Basically, close to PA.

Hahahaha trump is a meme

Yeah, he's more a symbol than anything.

Absolutely

He was a middle finger to the world

Pretty much. He's the middle finger Upstate has wanted to send downstate for decades.

And political correctness

Lol

The whole "flyover country" meme is a real effect. And the people in Upstate meet people in NYC and know it.

The republicans need to capitalise on ocasio Cortez

I'm sure they're looking into it.

The last election they pinned up the Californian delegation as too extreme.

If NY goes red

It won't. Unless you mean communist.

It’ll never happen but if it does the democrats are fucked

Either way tbh