14% of gun owners in America own more guns than IDF found Al Shifa Hospital

[Army Brat]

Link to tweet

[marble falls]

1. "Yeah, but ... but ..." Very interesting fact.

[David__77]

2. I'm sure there's lots of people who think the US found chemical weapons in Iraq.

[RainWalker]

3. I posted something similar last night and

some folks absolutely lost their minds and went bonkers. [link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218460908|]

[Donkees]

11. ''THE AMERIGUNS BY GABRIELE GALIMBERTI - TEXAS 002.''

https://54dunkerque.com/gabriele-galimberti/the-ameriguns-photography-texas-002

For over two years, Gabriele Galimberti conducted a visual inquiry on gun culture in the United States, guided by a single obsession: translating this social phenomenon into images. Enshrined as a fundamental right, at the very heart of the Constitution, gun ownership is anchored in all aspects of the American life, sometimes blending into some of its most sacred values. The number of arms (400 million) in the country has, as a matter of fact, surpassed that of the population growth (339 million). Galimberti’s images bring this truth to light, revealing the unexpected sides of the America that loves weapons.

[TwilightZone]

16. Probably because it's a meaningless comparison.

That, and your OP was false.

But, other than that....

Edit: ah, I see you edited out the silly assertion.

A bit disingenuous for you to chastise people for objecting to the part you removed.

[RainWalker]

18. Thank you for proving my point

Much appreciated 👍🏼

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Every household prepared to Remember the Alamo!

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, it's Last Chance at the OK Corral and To the Last Man.

[NCIndie]

5. I blame the NY Times.

Not sure why. It seems to be the go to argument around here.

[Silent Type]

7. LOL. Yeah, it's always the media's fault.

[sarisataka]

6. And the conclusion we can draw

From that is... what?

[Sal_NV]

8. It's escaping me what your actual point is.

So what if 14% of americans own more than what has been found so far at the hospital?

[Army Brat]

10. It was sold as the "beating heart" of Hamas

A dozen or two guns and a laptop doesn't seem to fit that description.

[Sal_NV]

14. Ok I get where you're coming from,

but to be honest, Israel hasn't completed their search at the hospital, so there's still a chance that many more weapons will be found.

How many american gun owners have RPG's? Full automatic rifles?

[malaise]

25. Who will check the IDFs weapons locations. N/T

[Sal_NV]

27. Huh?

[NutmegYankee]

22. It's possible they evacuated.

And more than possible, highly likely in fact. The point taken from that still escapes most of us.

[Mountainguy]

9. You mean

of the ones they didn't carry off to the next dump when they ran away?

For example. There are clearly some .50 cal BMGs there and I don't see the gun that was firing them.

[LexVegas]

12. Some people get salty as fuck when Hamas gets bad press. nt

[sarisataka]

15. I have yet to see any post

What is the acceptable number of AK 47s and handgrenades to be in a hospital?

I thought it would be zero because any positive number indicates terrorists were using the hospital illegally.

[LexVegas]

21. Or how many tunnels need to be found. Or how many dead hostages. Its a moving goalpost. nt

[AZSkiffyGeek]

30. Didn't you see, they aren't tunnels!

They're elevator shafts and electrical conduit!

[GuppyGal]

13. These are just shit stirring tweets and I would not pay them mind.

[revmclaren]

17. 100% of the guns found are a war crime

against Hamas for even being in the hospital complex.

And as pointed out already in the thread, some of the magazines shown belong to weapons probably carried off by the terrorists.

Sorry, but your attempts at whataboutism to downplay the facts fails miserably.

[Sal_NV]

24. Do you have any specific proof that the IDF planted those weapons?

[Army Brat]

26. Any proof they didn't?

The guided tours they're giving the media are so ridiculous they're almost a parody.

[Sal_NV]

29. I see your point,

but I think I'll take the word of the IDF over the word of a terrorist org., and the IDF hasn't finished their search yet, so there's a strong possibility that more evidence will be discovered.

[Ace Rothstein]

20. Why would there be any guns or military equipment at a hospital?

[former9thward]

23. What "survey"?

Why are we supposed to believe a tweet by "Ryan Grim" whoever he is?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

32. He's a reporter from the Intercept and TYT

Take from that what you will

[lapfog_1]

28. you understand that these are the guns they LEFT BEHIND

They have known for 5 weeks (since Oct 7) that the IDF was going to invade Gaza. They likely moved much of their stuff from the above ground hospital to places in their tunnel network. That would be the logical move. They planned this war for many months, possibly years... so having a plan in place to move rockets, grenades, weapons from "protected" sites like schools and hospitals would be the obvious thing.

So this "comparison" is flawed.

And what is the point? Even ONE gun would be proof enough that the hospital was being used by Hamas in violation of the rules of war. Does anyone doubt that they were inside the hospital and staging operations from there thus putting the hospital on a possible target list by the IDF. BTW, from the video I saw, the hospital looked messy and disorganized... but not "bombed out" so apparently the IDF never targeted this hospital for precision air strikes ( a claim made by the pro Palestinian people ).

Last, if you believe that Hamas is NOT AN ARMED militia because 14 percent of Americans have more weapons than were displayed by the IDF in the hospital they captured... there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.


So what is the point of the comparison... is Hamas really a group of innocent Palestinians who happen to own a few guns for resistance against the imperial colonist Israelis? Seriously?

[ForgedCrank]

31. We also

don't have a huge problem with Hamas going on murderous rampages here in the US.
Is that the point I was supposed to get from this?