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thebubblyparalegal t1_jdbcq5n wrote

Reply to comment by Jymantis in Other states.. by Imaginary_Kangaroo80

I dated losers who drove big trucks with confederate flags attached to the back in high school, they taught me more about cars and trucks than I would like to admit. I expected you to not know what I was walking about, so yeah, odd coincidence.

I’m glad you know the difference… A lot of people from Cali have moved into my hometown & someone is always posting about hearing a drive by shooting in the local Facebook group. Roughly 2 hours later, some dude will comment and have to explain his entire car to 30 confused middle aged women. Every time.

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thebubblyparalegal t1_jdb7jke wrote

Sounds like a normal day in the good ole Lone Star State! Gun violence is very normalized. I remember talking about the shooting at my HS during my senior year when I first moved. I just casually dropped it in a conversation, and whoever I was talking to was like what???! Like they couldn’t imagine ever being in that situation.

We never said “if the school ever gets shot up” but “when the school gets shot up” during drills. Different world down there.

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thebubblyparalegal t1_jdb57kc wrote

Reply to comment by majoroutage in Other states.. by Imaginary_Kangaroo80

Gun laws aside, it’s not as segregated here. That contributes to a lot of it.

I spent 3 semesters researching housing policies in undergrad & everything that increases crime and places minorities at a disadvantage is exactly what Texas does.

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thebubblyparalegal t1_jdb4ile wrote

Reply to comment by Jymantis in Other states.. by Imaginary_Kangaroo80

What you heard may not have been a gun, could have been a two step backfire. They sound very similar. Welcome to Texas, where we can’t tell if someone’s truck is fucking up or if they’re unloading a clip!

But yeah, they’ve taken 10 steps back with all of these insanely loose gun laws. I’ve been wondering if their goal is to just create the state into some massive survival of the fittest challenge, seems that way.

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thebubblyparalegal t1_jdaxzwu wrote

Try moving from Dallas, I watch CBS DFW every morning and then turn on WPRI and CBS Boston….

Every morning this week on CBS DFW they’ve talked about shootings….. on CBS Boston they were talking about kids taking edibles at school.

Crazy how gun laws actually work

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