American Horror Story : Throwaway Gun Violence

Throwaway Gun Violence

For me, the most shocking part of the finale was how the cannibalistic redneck w/no job was able to get an assault rifle and then storm the news building. That scene presented how underplayed gun violence can be in today's media and has essentially become an acceptable part of society.

It presented the American horror of access to military grade weapons being too easy. Even a crazy redneck that eats people can get one.

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I really hope you're trolling and not actually as dumb as this post makes you look

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Shocking or stupid or dumb or realistic or hyper realistic or unbelievable.

Take your pick.

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All of the above.

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Shockingly stupid and unbelievable. To acquire a "military grade" automatic weapon requires a Class 3 gun dealer (less than 10% of dealers in the country are Class 3), a $200 tax stamp, in most states establishing an NFA trust is required, and it's a 6-8 month wait period while an extensive background check is performed. Not to mention they cost at least a couple thousand dollars. Get your facts straight before you come on here and whine about something you know nothing about.

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Sorry, I'm not a gun advocate. My point was people getting ridiculous guns they shouldn't be able to get.

It is a TV show and the main point it was making was what I was elaborating on. America has a gun violence problem.

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The fact that there are "Civilian semi Ak-47s" is pretty f--ked up in and of itself...


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In what way exactly?

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No amount of explaining will work.

It's something you'll have to realize on your own or not, I think.

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Uh, ok...?

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You may want to rethink your stance if it can't even be explained...

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I'll explain it for you: assault rifles shouldn't be sold to the public.
"But that isn't an assaul---" STFU, gun nuts. If it were for you people, bazookas should be sold at Wal-Mart


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It can be explained.

But when there is a fundamental difference in thinking, no amount of explaining will do any convincing.

Someone will have to reach conclusions on there own, through there own experiences.

Explaining to someone how guns are bad is useless when they think guns are good. On there own, they might find a reason that guns are bad, but no amount of explaining will ever work.

Sure your stance, if you're inclined.

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I was raised in a rural area. Everyone had guns. We were taught at a young age to respect the weapon and how to use it. Now I live in the city. Everyone still has guns. I work in law enforcement. I've seen first hand what gun violence looks like. Just last year my neighbor shot and killed his wife then himself. I still 100% support gun rights. As a matter of fact, I work part time at a gun dealer. The problem in this country is not the guns. A gun is just a piece of metal. The problem is people. It's a broken mental health system. It's homes with parents who don't care about their children or teaching them to be good people. It's the media fueled separation of people. It's the belief that we're not all equal because of race, religion, sexual preference, income bracket, etc and the idea that anyone who is different or believes differently is against us. People were killing people long before guns came along. Don't blame the tool, blame the person.

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The Polk armory was likely bolstered by the police , you know , the ones they had in their pockets with all the money they made from their weed farm protected by murderous ghosts.

And I don't see how the scene in any way made what happened seemed acceptable. It's not like it showed random people as a live audience cheering for the guy.
What did you want , for them to actually show the rest of that scene to see more guards eventually show up shout "hey man this is not acceptable" and put the guy down?
If a tv show shows something bad happening , it's not like it's saying it's acceptable.

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(If a tv show shows something bad happening , it's not like it's saying it's acceptable. )

I get your point and have no problem with it. My main point is I think most viewers or a large percentage will forget about that scene because it's become so commonplace. Gun violence is on the news practically every day, large and small stories.

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Agreed. No weapon of mass destruction like that should exist to begin with.

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I know what a WMD is. If you believe guns don't cause "mass" destruction in terms of the effects they have on society and people, they you don't understand humanity.

And everybody living in the city has a negative experience or opinion of guns? Quit trolling.

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1. Never said he got it legally

2. Never said I'm anti-gun

People don't and should never need semi-automatic anything when it comes to guns.

A gun for hunting to get food and to protect the family. That's all one needs. In the country, most farmers have a shotgun of sorts for that reason alone. I respect that and decent folk will respect guns and not abuse them.

Nobody needs a machine gun or similar weapons of war that have rapid fire capabilities.

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Semi-automatic does not mean "machine gun" or "rapid fire." Semi-automatic means that the gun discharges spent cartridges and reloads a new round into the chamber by mechanical means. In simple terms, this means that the shooter does not have to stop, open the cylinder or magazine to take out the casing and then put a new bullet in, or in the case of revolvers, s/he does not have to cock the hammer to in order to advance the cylinder. MOST IMPORTANTLY, it means that the gun WILL NOT FIRE unless the trigger is pulled. It fires ONE TIME per trigger pull. It does NOT continue to fire if the trigger is held down.

Most of the rifles many of uniformed public view as "assault" are simply hunting rifles in fancy clothes. They work exactly the same way and use exactly the same bullets. They just look scary.

Oh, and you wouldn't want to hunt with a shot gun, unless you're hunting birds or small animals. Otherwise, you'll be picking pellets out of your dinner. They are awesome for scaring away home invaders, though.

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I know how a shotgun works, thanks.

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So I assume you're ok with a revolver then?

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It was not an assault rifle


Lana called it an assault rifle. Unlike you Yosemite Sams not everyone in the world lives in a gun culture. I wouldnt know a pea shooter from a freaking kalashnikov and dont care to learn.

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They had a full blown drug farm. Makes it easy to buy an assault rifle or 12

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True, but that weed looked really s.....y

Would've made more sense for them to be cooking crystal, since that's what poor people out in the boonies usually do.

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Not hard to believe it couldn't happen in the USA. Didn't someone get shot live on camera this year? Or was it last year? *beep* americans... SMH



If I don't reply, you're probably on my ignore list for something I forgot already

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Is this a joke? That kind of *beep* happens all over the world. Horrible things involving all kinds of weapons. If you don't realize that then you're just looking for a reason to say something bad about Americans. We are talking about a FICTICIOUS SHOW here. Nothing about what happened in that scene or that character or this ENTIRE SEASON can be reasoned or compared to reality. I'm pretty sure Momar Khadafi had his penis cut off on live TV in Libya. Go eff yourself.

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Horrible things involving all kinds of weapons. If you don't realize that then you're just looking for a reason to say something bad about Americans.


Yup and Yup👆

That's an angry weekend third wave feminist. I'm surprised she didnt talk about the redneck's penis and how ugly it must be.

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I live in Japan. Majority of people here have never seen and don't own a gun. Gun violence is like 0% or close to .1% or something. Mainly yakuza shooting each other.

If you don't see the connections this season was making to real world events, then you aren't reading much into what you see. And if you think there are no politics in Hollywood or TV, then you're blind to the truth.

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I used to live in Japan. Most crime is never reported because it brings shame on the family. Japan is not as safe as the japanese would like silly gaijin to believe.

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It's pretty insanely safe where I live now and I grew up in the countryside in the midwest, so that's saying a lot.

Day in and day out I don't have a fear of being attacked or mugged, especially at night. Can't say I've ever felt this safe back home, especially compared to when I lived in the city.

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Pretty easy to feel safe in japan when you're a gaijin. Ask Japanese school girls how safe they feel.

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They're scared cause they're teens or are stressed out due to exams, so it's a different kind of fear. One that only exists in Japan. Extreme pressure to pass the entrance exams.

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Think it was an interviewer, maybe this year.

Unfortunate it's not hard to believe. We've got serious gun violence issues in the States. Just wish people would focus on reducing them instead of trying to "protect" their gun rights.

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Once I thought I hated guns but then I watched Westworld and now all I want is a nice six shooter to pass on to my next of kin.


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