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[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 193 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why not just have more "good" guys with guns?? Isnt that the cure to violent gun crimes they've been preaching?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Now now, don’t confuse them. You know they won’t be able to figure it out.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 170 points 3 months ago (3 children)

People getting covid vaccines and wearing face masks were living in fear. Man standing behind bullet proof glass? Brave. Strong. Manly.

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Don't forget that he's so wealthy he doesn't need to host his rallies in stadiums.

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 months ago

No mask, no bullet-proof glass.

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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 139 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Well, he is the leader of the MAGA religion

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 90 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, god. Just imagining the full diaper smell inside that tiny, enclosed space is making me glad I skipped breakfast.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

My first thought also. The windows would turn yellow.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

The DopeMobile!
or
The OldsMobile

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

The CopeMobile

[–] Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago
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[–] BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 89 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As would any red blooded conservative who believes that more guns means more safety.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Idk why he doesn't simply arm himself. All it takes to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, right? I thought Trump was supposed to be the God-Emperor of Mankind, is he not a good guy?

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[–] dtrain@lemmy.world 85 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That may be necessary because firearms are still allowed at his events (part of the idiotic MAGA ideology, after all), but tennis balls, for example, are not. Maybe Trump can get a good deal on the bulletproof Pope-mobile. What a moron.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Trump quote on weapons at his rallies:

I don’t fucking care that they have weapons... They’re not here to hurt me. Take the fucking mags away.

January 6th, 2021

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[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 58 points 3 months ago (3 children)

He could still be shot from behind. To be safe he should have bulletproof glass on all sides. Also above and below, to account for drones and communist molemen. And make sure it's airtight, in case someone throws toxic gas at him.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The cultural marxists could still use bombs though. Best to switch out that bulletproof glass on all sides with concrete on all sides. Maybe a fence around it all too just to keep the terrorist leftists out. Maybe something like this?

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[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At least he can start getting used to being in a cage.

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[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't bulletproof glass woke? Should just have more guns there. Then everyone would be too afraid to shoot him

[–] BootyBuccaneer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Weird that the power of prayer needs physical reinforcements!

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago (10 children)

I don’t exactly blame him. That assassination attempt was a massive failure on the organization that should be fail proof.

At the same time, I wonder if this will just be a way to remind people about it. Nobody is talking about it anymore and it was a huge deal for his campaign.

I thought it was interesting that he said he was going to return to the same location in October for a rally. That is a great strategy. So far that is the only thing his campaign has going for it, so might as well lean into it (the strategy…).

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 79 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I assume that it is no longer being reported on because Trump's campaign planners could'nt even find halfway credible evidence that the assassin was not a conservative. This can hardly be explained in any other way than that Trump is not very popular with his own violent supporters.

[–] forrcaho@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say "not very popular" ... it's more like there's a non-zero chance that some of his violent, unhinged followers will, upon realizing he's a fraud and they've been duped all this time, turn their violence towards him. It only takes one.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (8 children)

That is of course quite possible. That's just the way it is when you don't build on a political program, but on hatred and idiocy instead.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Impossible to be unsafe around so many good guys with guns. Maybe the glass helps him see them better to know how safe he is.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You mean their solution to violence isn't more guns? Shocked. I can't hold in my surprise.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why doesn't he just carry his own gun? Inst that what they think works

[–] cordlesslamp 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, not enough good guys with guns. They should provide free gun to every attendees just in case.

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[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

Why? Is there some sort of problem with gunfire in America? I wonder why that might be.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The hilarious part is how security could screen for guns if his 2020 campaign hadn’t run up debts with unpaid bills at indoor venues. Having to do outdoor events was an unforced error.

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 months ago

That's a weird way to spell good guy with a gun.

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hopefully it is not transparent glass.

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is he going to ride around in a PopeMobile now too?

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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Prediction: he won't do it because it doesn't look good

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Prediction: he will because it gives him a chance to remind everyone he was shot after everyone stopped caring. He'll do it and complain about it.

You could be right, but what's the fun in agreeing? Whatever he does, it'll be whatever plays best to his narcissism.

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It may not look good, but you're forgetting that he's a coward.

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[–] RadicallyBland@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

What a cuck beta sigma soyboy

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Get him a car with a buble around it. We can call it the turdmobile.

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Coward. I'd prefer if he was brave.

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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

So is he going to draw his ear bandage on the glass with a sharpie?

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago

If you were to try a .30-06 or .50 caliber rifle you might still have a chance.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Aww, is the little piss baby scared?

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Lol he thinks he's still relevant 😂

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Would that stop a .223 or .30-06?

I feel like whatever they are putting him behind won't actually stop an assassination attempt unless it was like that level X shit they put in the motorcade limo that's really more of a tank than a limo

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