I suspect it was not a mistake. You have to remember that our "Dear Leader" is not playing for the home team.
Alex Jones called - He wants you to come back because this is a comspiracy that needs looking into.
I heard it was Oblama, Helllary, Michael Moore, and Barny Frank, broke into the warehouse this missile was housed in, killed all the medal of honor winners who were peaceably having their Thursday night prayer meeting for the unborn babies and the second amendment, then held a satanic mooslim death mass, before shipping the missile off as a tribute payment to their leader, Fidel (God of the Democrats) Castroil.
You can use that as part of your conspiracy, reboot. Alex will love ya for it.
Public schools are not in session on Sundays. The fact that the church is holding Sunday services at a public school on a Sunday is not the same as saying that State College High School, or any representatives thereof, promote the teachings of a particular deity. If the school was hold services while the school was in session, they would be practicing against the separation of church and state.
The fact that they are holding services while school is not in session is no different than a boy scout troop having their weekly meeting in the high school cafeteria, as long as it's not willfully promoted by the school.
Make certain you twist and turn and tapdance so you can say that God has been banned in schools. Yes, yes indeed, this church has services on Sunday. In a godless school system, and with teh War on religion people's fear , wouldn't it just be easier to say, God is not allowed on teh School campus, so if you copme onto school property, we're having you arrested? A clear line in the sand, over which the religious dar not cross.
Oh, here's another thing that won't fit with your persecution complex. They have bible clubs in schools, they have other religion clubs in school. "The God has been banned in schools" meme is just another lie for Jesus. Something that makes some people feel like they are being discriminated against, but completely untrue.
..and again, I say: If that's so true then why are they trying to work for change from within the system, instead of just becoming another militia group bent on secessionism?.
Because there is a problem with that. They want to move to a place where they will be a majority, so that they can enact laws that they cannot enact in areas where they are a minority. It's a weird kind of reverse gerrymandering.
But, I'm not reading them as 'anti-government', which sure sounds to me like about the same thing as saying 'anarchist', I'm reading them as 'working within the system to make changes in our Country they believe should happen' (as I previously stated).
Which at this point means changing the constitution. That's the problem. If you're trying to change the country - and let's face it, it's changing it back to what they feel is freedom - yer gonna need more than 20 thousand people. That wouldn't even fill Michigan Stadio to 20 percent of capacity.
And in a nation of this size, it's a little surprising they could only get that many.
Although I wonder if they take all of the staunch anti-Government conservatives down south who are on the Government Dole. There are millions of those folk.
Pragmatism is important for politics. Governments run by idealists run into serious problems. Idealists can take a good concept and run it into the ground, with "less is better" evolving into "zero is best".
So 20,000 libertarians move in, what's to stop 20,000 war hawks from moving in or 20,000 people in favor of regulations, etc? Eventually people need to learn to live with each other even if they have different ideas, and learn to live with policies accepted by the people as a whole.
Reminds me of the opposite strategy that has occured in not too distant past: if the other side doesn't agree with you and prevents you from having an overwhelming political majority then force them to move to a different state.
Mod this Post up! We have seen this in recent years when Republicans have had a majority, then started overreaching and eventually losing more than they had to. Idealism past High School is always a bad thing.
Certainly when a majority of a group hates pragmatics - which to me is among the stupidest possible positions to take, it exactly means supporting things tyou know will not work. Imagine hating people because they support WHAT WORKS! and you see what is the eventual bankruptcy of any idealistic movement. The "no compromise" attitude held by many of these folks is the seed of their eventual defeat.
And imagine a political philosophy that has hatred of others as a core principle. Are you going to televise the first witch burnings?
Idealism versus pragmatism. Once they get rid of the gays, the sluts who use birth control, and make birth control illegal, the "nigras", as they like to say, anyone that is a mooching taker sucking on the welfare teat, mooslims, and make certain that only the right thinking people are there, Bring back leaded gasoline and make AGW a forbidden topic, expel scientists, eliminate the 1st amendment and 19th amendment, and re-enable the religious tests for eligibility for public office, and return the bible to to the science curriculum where it is supposed to be, as well as eject any college not modeled after Liberty University. then, and and only then will God shine his glory and largess upon them and show us the way to a great promising future. Ideological purity FTW! WooHoo!
Agghm , my vicodan wore off, I'm back now. - Good luck fundies. This should be awesome to watch. You don't think these folk want to declare independence from a country they hate, the government they hate, and whoever isn't on their very short list of acceptability as a human? I see armed rebellion instate first, then a Holy war on the Godless leeeeburuls.
I guess they've given up on artificial islands and seasteading as a pipe dream that they're not going to be able to achieve. It's straight out of the so-called stages of grief - denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and move to New Hampshire.
I've been involved in running differnt ventures over the years, and haev found that the angry people who know how to point out exactly what is wrong, typically are not capable of running things.
As I pointed out more than once to more than one group, "It appears the only person not competent to run anything is me.
Normally, repeated offers to step down and let the people who know everything to run things was met with grumbling, but no one ever stepped forward.
Which is the really odd thing here, because people who 's only talent is to blame and castigate are already doing what they want to do. And as usual, once they get into leadership positions, they tend to royally bitch things up.
And people can spare me the Libtard or socialist pejorative, I am neither. I believe that good government demands compromise and inclusiveness, and we have seen none of this from these folk.
It is like the difference between Barry Goldwater and Ted Cruz.
I wonder if maybe the risk of psychological harm is exceptionally high?
I suspect, fairly high. While the work takes on a video game aspect, the brain still knows at some level that you are killing people, and it gets stored away.
Something similar might be how soldiers have been drilled in hand to hand combat with some very effective killing moves. It's been repeated with other soldiers (without that final kill move) so many times that it becomes muscle memory, and reflexive. So the thought that I've just killed someone gets buried, only to come out later.
Now we have participation trophies in the military.
Everyone's a winner.
What's the point of these if everyone gets them?
Umm, you need to check out the medals that are given out. Your lament about participation trophies has been the case for a long long time. You are there, you do your job, you'll have some tit candy.
Aren't military medals supposed to be for noble things like bravery, heroism, or honour?
I served in the military, and was awarded several medals. None of them were for bravery, heroism, or honour.
Exactly. What I find odd is the people who have claimed military service, yet seem to think that there are only 4 medals. Medals are part of the culture, and as such, a rather nice part of the culture.
Some will probably really get you pissed, like the efficiency awards or the good behavior awards, professional development medals.
Some are just recognition medals, like the Coast Guard person of the year medal.
Tit candy. It's part of the culture, and used as a morale and team booster. I'm surprised that someone who served is apparently against that.
Certainly in Pop culture, there is the impression that there isn't much other than the Medal of Honor, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. There is so much more, and a drone pilot recognition medal isn't any less applicable than any of the others.
He didn't put his own safety on the line to go help out his buddies, he just leant slightly on the joystick and told them what he saw.
There is all manner of tit candy to be handed out, and it isn't all for the ground or forward troops.
Your you have to be in imminent danger of death or GTFO outlook is a little insulting to the 80 percent of soldiers who aren't there, but for whom those on the front line wouldn't be able to do there job.
Someone keeps those tanks and planes and ships running, and they take their jobs very seriously, and the people in those tanks and planes and ships are thankful they do.
And just to piss ya off, here is some of that tit candy. Make certain you scroll through it so as to see it isn't all for combat.
Handguns are the typical home defense weapon. They are unsuitable for several reasons.
- accuracy is limited to non-existent. Shooting on a range has nothing whatsoever to do with shooting in a stressful situation. Any firearm is bad, but the only thing worse than a handgun is a derringer.
Wow, a voice of reason. Abso-fricking-lutley correct! I have been trying to promote the concept of a pump shotgun to no avail. But remember, the people who are so fearful that they think that 45 under their bed is going to protect them aren't all that smart anyhow, so its a losing battle.
Every missed shot still goes somewhere and most calibers considered useful for home defense have significant penetration in a domestic environment. It is vanishingly unlikely to hit another person, but it is still possible.
As well as make for a lot of cleanup. There was a case just recently where a woan a floor below the scene of an altercation was killed by a stray.
If I was going to advocate for a firearm for home defense I would argue for a "shot pistol" -- you want a short enough barrel to not constrain the pellets to maximize spread.
This would be like a Judge?
Shooting firearms is fun (I've put a *lot* of rounds down range and fired a pretty wide variety -- everything from a buffalo rifle to a derringer to various handguns, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles and machine guns. So I *know* it is fun to shoot.
Hell yeah! I wonder if others find something similar to my reaction. When I'm on a range, I find myself becoming calm and relaxed to the point of entering a complete zone, a little similar to running past "the wall", but both relaxed and incredibly attentive at the same time, instead of the mindless zone of running past the wall. Beats the hell out of drugs for certain. But I'm not confident a fear based gun lust can ever achieve that state. But yeah, the son and I go out for a little super relaxing range time now and again.
My goal in using a firearm and specifically a pump shotgun for protection is first to never have to use it. Second, There is an unmistakable sound a pump shotgun makes that gets a person's attention. Hopefully anyone breaking and entering will think better of it, and scoot. Third - the last thing I ever want to do is shoot someone, bad guy or not. Some of these fear based guys seem to be itching to kill someone.
But I'm encouraged that there is another person here that doesn't go apeshit when discussing this kind of stuff.
You're not some fool who lives his entire life in fear and keeps one loaded by the bed because you honestly believe you can awaken, obtain the weapon, disable the safety, identify your target in the dark... because he/she obviously would choose your bedroom window.. and safely discharge your weapon.... from bed. Only a moron would live their life spending every night fearing for their lives as they slept.
O jeebuz Cryst on a kalishnakov THIS!
A coworker had a husband who slept with a loaded 45 under his pillow, always at the ready to protect himself. Was not good for the marriage at all, he was so fearful that someone was going to break into the bedroom, and she was terrified at having that piece in the bed. As his paranoia grew, their love lice was inversely affected.
But the fear - and make no mistake, it is raw naked fear that has people do this kind of shit should not be the metric.
You nalied it on the groggy person trying to protect himself after being woken up.
I kinda figure if somoene wants to snuff me in my sleep, it's going to happen. Meanwhile, for actual protection if you needed it, a pump shotgun is kinda handy. The DP-12 looks pretty interesting.
Are you making an argument that tech doesn't work anywhere or is it only in the magical realm of guns that tech doesn't work "because it can be circumvented"?
He's saying DRM doesn't work, even when you apply it to guns, because of the same principles that apply in every other situation. Don't be disingenuous, it's boring and does nothing to move the debate forwards.
Digital rights Management? Hell no, that won't work in guns. Them pointy things that come out the business end don't pay heed to no digitals.
But in a related incident, many years ago, I went out plinking with a friend on his farm. My rifle was at home, so I borrowed a.22 of his. Semi auto. I was walking with it in th ecrook of my arm, and it went off. Holy shit! I checked it, thinking I had the safety off and wanting to kick myself in the ass. So I double checked the safety. Than I turned toward him, and the goddamned thing went off again. I came very close to getting my first human killshot.
I quickly unloaded the thing, and was done for the day.
But in the world of "It might fail, so don't ever do it, I hope no one is arguing for removing safeties.
Youre assumptions are incorrect. It isn't the use of these devices, its when the kid brings one to school to reorganize the place that they don't like.
It's just like the people who think that religion has been scrubbed and banned from schools. That's almost as big a crock of shit as The Starbucks red coffee cup being part of the war on Christmas. Here one presumably liberal college town - there is a church, right in the high school. Meets every Sunday
Now just like everyone else, you're going to call me a fucking liar. Well Ol Olsoc - he gots him his citations, and here it is. Godless liberal and socialistical America where God cannot be mentioned in School........
Firearms safety and marksmanship should be a section every year through high school.
That would be so damned awesome! Granted, I grew up outside of town, so we had pretty constant access to rifles as long as we could buy the ammo, but the more the merrier.
What amazes me though, is that so many people seem to think that guns are the greatest friggin thing ever made, and "Jeebuz Crystal I gotta have a gazillion and lets go on a gun vacation!"
Fucking idiots! The place that held the gun tour, her parents, and anyone who thinks an uninstructed 9 year old should be firing full auto weapons should turn themselves into compost. I feel so sorry for that little girl, having achieved her first human kill at 9 years old, the rest of those bastard deserve maximum Karma reserved for stupid people.
And anyone who thinks it is a good idea has no concept of what happens when a person who has no idea what they are doing uses an automatic weapon. Every shot pushes the gun back a bit further, and the instinct is to grip a little tighter. The Arc happens. The same concept happens when you see a noob grabbing a fistfull of throttle on a motorcycle, then hangs on for dear life, revving the engine further. Just like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
is it my writing style, or, sociologically-speaking, has everything become such and emotional flatline in the post-2000 era, that expressing yourself in a no-nonsense, forthright manner now considered 'extreme'? I hate 'beating around the bush' so-to-speak, if for no other reason than it takes considerably longer to create text than it does to just speak. What do you think, do you have an insight?
It isn't a criticism, since I occasionaly get into a little extra salty emphasis, sometimes depending on my mood that day, but yeah, you're occasionally strong.
But the second "but" in the whole thing is that after reading your other posts, I get used to your communnication style - and others as well. I think after we get used to each others styles, its all good.
All in all, I'll take blunt and direct over wordsmithing and avoiding the point any day. I've had a few discussions in here with people who would seem oh so polite, but they weasel around so much that I forget what the hell I was talking about.
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But what about the icecaps??? They are huge
And it was cold today when I looked out my window. So much for global warming.
I suspect it was not a mistake. You have to remember that our "Dear Leader" is not playing for the home team.
Alex Jones called - He wants you to come back because this is a comspiracy that needs looking into.
I heard it was Oblama, Helllary, Michael Moore, and Barny Frank, broke into the warehouse this missile was housed in, killed all the medal of honor winners who were peaceably having their Thursday night prayer meeting for the unborn babies and the second amendment, then held a satanic mooslim death mass, before shipping the missile off as a tribute payment to their leader, Fidel (God of the Democrats) Castroil.
You can use that as part of your conspiracy, reboot. Alex will love ya for it.
Public schools are not in session on Sundays. The fact that the church is holding Sunday services at a public school on a Sunday is not the same as saying that State College High School, or any representatives thereof, promote the teachings of a particular deity. If the school was hold services while the school was in session, they would be practicing against the separation of church and state. The fact that they are holding services while school is not in session is no different than a boy scout troop having their weekly meeting in the high school cafeteria, as long as it's not willfully promoted by the school.
Make certain you twist and turn and tapdance so you can say that God has been banned in schools. Yes, yes indeed, this church has services on Sunday. In a godless school system, and with teh War on religion people's fear , wouldn't it just be easier to say, God is not allowed on teh School campus, so if you copme onto school property, we're having you arrested? A clear line in the sand, over which the religious dar not cross.
Oh, here's another thing that won't fit with your persecution complex. They have bible clubs in schools, they have other religion clubs in school. "The God has been banned in schools" meme is just another lie for Jesus. Something that makes some people feel like they are being discriminated against, but completely untrue.
..and again, I say: If that's so true then why are they trying to work for change from within the system, instead of just becoming another militia group bent on secessionism? .
Because there is a problem with that. They want to move to a place where they will be a majority, so that they can enact laws that they cannot enact in areas where they are a minority. It's a weird kind of reverse gerrymandering.
But, I'm not reading them as 'anti-government', which sure sounds to me like about the same thing as saying 'anarchist', I'm reading them as 'working within the system to make changes in our Country they believe should happen' (as I previously stated).
Which at this point means changing the constitution. That's the problem. If you're trying to change the country - and let's face it, it's changing it back to what they feel is freedom - yer gonna need more than 20 thousand people. That wouldn't even fill Michigan Stadio to 20 percent of capacity.
And in a nation of this size, it's a little surprising they could only get that many.
Although I wonder if they take all of the staunch anti-Government conservatives down south who are on the Government Dole. There are millions of those folk.
Pragmatism is important for politics. Governments run by idealists run into serious problems. Idealists can take a good concept and run it into the ground, with "less is better" evolving into "zero is best".
So 20,000 libertarians move in, what's to stop 20,000 war hawks from moving in or 20,000 people in favor of regulations, etc? Eventually people need to learn to live with each other even if they have different ideas, and learn to live with policies accepted by the people as a whole.
Reminds me of the opposite strategy that has occured in not too distant past: if the other side doesn't agree with you and prevents you from having an overwhelming political majority then force them to move to a different state.
Mod this Post up! We have seen this in recent years when Republicans have had a majority, then started overreaching and eventually losing more than they had to. Idealism past High School is always a bad thing.
Certainly when a majority of a group hates pragmatics - which to me is among the stupidest possible positions to take, it exactly means supporting things tyou know will not work. Imagine hating people because they support WHAT WORKS! and you see what is the eventual bankruptcy of any idealistic movement. The "no compromise" attitude held by many of these folks is the seed of their eventual defeat.
And imagine a political philosophy that has hatred of others as a core principle. Are you going to televise the first witch burnings?
Agghm , my vicodan wore off, I'm back now. - Good luck fundies. This should be awesome to watch. You don't think these folk want to declare independence from a country they hate, the government they hate, and whoever isn't on their very short list of acceptability as a human? I see armed rebellion instate first, then a Holy war on the Godless leeeeburuls.
I guess they've given up on artificial islands and seasteading as a pipe dream that they're not going to be able to achieve. It's straight out of the so-called stages of grief - denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and move to New Hampshire.
I've been involved in running differnt ventures over the years, and haev found that the angry people who know how to point out exactly what is wrong, typically are not capable of running things.
As I pointed out more than once to more than one group, "It appears the only person not competent to run anything is me.
Normally, repeated offers to step down and let the people who know everything to run things was met with grumbling, but no one ever stepped forward.
Which is the really odd thing here, because people who 's only talent is to blame and castigate are already doing what they want to do. And as usual, once they get into leadership positions, they tend to royally bitch things up.
And people can spare me the Libtard or socialist pejorative, I am neither. I believe that good government demands compromise and inclusiveness, and we have seen none of this from these folk.
It is like the difference between Barry Goldwater and Ted Cruz.
I wonder if maybe the risk of psychological harm is exceptionally high?
I suspect, fairly high. While the work takes on a video game aspect, the brain still knows at some level that you are killing people, and it gets stored away.
Something similar might be how soldiers have been drilled in hand to hand combat with some very effective killing moves. It's been repeated with other soldiers (without that final kill move) so many times that it becomes muscle memory, and reflexive. So the thought that I've just killed someone gets buried, only to come out later.
I've seen the public videos of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
People who wouldn't find that a little disturbing are probably pretty rare
Now we have participation trophies in the military.
Everyone's a winner.
What's the point of these if everyone gets them?
Umm, you need to check out the medals that are given out. Your lament about participation trophies has been the case for a long long time. You are there, you do your job, you'll have some tit candy.
Everyone's a winner, and you're a whiner.
Aren't military medals supposed to be for noble things like bravery, heroism, or honour?
I served in the military, and was awarded several medals. None of them were for bravery, heroism, or honour.
Exactly. What I find odd is the people who have claimed military service, yet seem to think that there are only 4 medals. Medals are part of the culture, and as such, a rather nice part of the culture.
Please, please tell me you're being a brat here. I'm a Veteran, an Infantryman and think that any 'medal' to a drone pilot is ridiculous;
Go down through the list and tell us which awards and medals shouldn't be handed out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Some will probably really get you pissed, like the efficiency awards or the good behavior awards, professional development medals.
Some are just recognition medals, like the Coast Guard person of the year medal.
Tit candy. It's part of the culture, and used as a morale and team booster. I'm surprised that someone who served is apparently against that.
Certainly in Pop culture, there is the impression that there isn't much other than the Medal of Honor, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. There is so much more, and a drone pilot recognition medal isn't any less applicable than any of the others.
He didn't put his own safety on the line to go help out his buddies, he just leant slightly on the joystick and told them what he saw.
There is all manner of tit candy to be handed out, and it isn't all for the ground or forward troops.
Your you have to be in imminent danger of death or GTFO outlook is a little insulting to the 80 percent of soldiers who aren't there, but for whom those on the front line wouldn't be able to do there job.
Someone keeps those tanks and planes and ships running, and they take their jobs very seriously, and the people in those tanks and planes and ships are thankful they do.
And just to piss ya off, here is some of that tit candy. Make certain you scroll through it so as to see it isn't all for combat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Read the Cedar Heights Web site. Seems to be a church at PA State College. No mention of a high school, let alone a public high school.
At the very tippy top of the homepage, it reads Sunday Services 10:30 AM at State College High School
The link that text is connected to takes you to a page with a google map, and has text noting:
SUNDAY SERVICE LOCATION:
10:30am at
State College High School
650 Westerly Parkway
State College, PA 16801
Another link on their site - I'll provide it, is http://www.cedarheights.net/we...
Need any other help?
Handguns are the typical home defense weapon. They are unsuitable for several reasons.
- accuracy is limited to non-existent. Shooting on a range has nothing whatsoever to do with shooting in a stressful situation. Any firearm is bad, but the only thing worse than a handgun is a derringer.
Wow, a voice of reason. Abso-fricking-lutley correct! I have been trying to promote the concept of a pump shotgun to no avail. But remember, the people who are so fearful that they think that 45 under their bed is going to protect them aren't all that smart anyhow, so its a losing battle.
Every missed shot still goes somewhere and most calibers considered useful for home defense have significant penetration in a domestic environment. It is vanishingly unlikely to hit another person, but it is still possible.
As well as make for a lot of cleanup. There was a case just recently where a woan a floor below the scene of an altercation was killed by a stray.
If I was going to advocate for a firearm for home defense I would argue for a "shot pistol" -- you want a short enough barrel to not constrain the pellets to maximize spread.
This would be like a Judge?
Shooting firearms is fun (I've put a *lot* of rounds down range and fired a pretty wide variety -- everything from a buffalo rifle to a derringer to various handguns, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles and machine guns. So I *know* it is fun to shoot.
Hell yeah! I wonder if others find something similar to my reaction. When I'm on a range, I find myself becoming calm and relaxed to the point of entering a complete zone, a little similar to running past "the wall", but both relaxed and incredibly attentive at the same time, instead of the mindless zone of running past the wall. Beats the hell out of drugs for certain. But I'm not confident a fear based gun lust can ever achieve that state. But yeah, the son and I go out for a little super relaxing range time now and again.
My goal in using a firearm and specifically a pump shotgun for protection is first to never have to use it. Second, There is an unmistakable sound a pump shotgun makes that gets a person's attention. Hopefully anyone breaking and entering will think better of it, and scoot. Third - the last thing I ever want to do is shoot someone, bad guy or not. Some of these fear based guys seem to be itching to kill someone.
But I'm encouraged that there is another person here that doesn't go apeshit when discussing this kind of stuff.
You're not some fool who lives his entire life in fear and keeps one loaded by the bed because you honestly believe you can awaken, obtain the weapon, disable the safety, identify your target in the dark... because he/she obviously would choose your bedroom window.. and safely discharge your weapon.... from bed. Only a moron would live their life spending every night fearing for their lives as they slept. O jeebuz Cryst on a kalishnakov THIS!
A coworker had a husband who slept with a loaded 45 under his pillow, always at the ready to protect himself. Was not good for the marriage at all, he was so fearful that someone was going to break into the bedroom, and she was terrified at having that piece in the bed. As his paranoia grew, their love lice was inversely affected. But the fear - and make no mistake, it is raw naked fear that has people do this kind of shit should not be the metric.
You nalied it on the groggy person trying to protect himself after being woken up.
I kinda figure if somoene wants to snuff me in my sleep, it's going to happen. Meanwhile, for actual protection if you needed it, a pump shotgun is kinda handy. The DP-12 looks pretty interesting.
But if there is a home invasion do you want to present them with a nice open cabinet full of loaded firearms?
That's why I always carry an Anti-Tank rifle with me. You never know when Kim Jong Un is going to come down the street in a Pokpung-ho.
Are you making an argument that tech doesn't work anywhere or is it only in the magical realm of guns that tech doesn't work "because it can be circumvented"?
He's saying DRM doesn't work, even when you apply it to guns, because of the same principles that apply in every other situation. Don't be disingenuous, it's boring and does nothing to move the debate forwards.
Digital rights Management? Hell no, that won't work in guns. Them pointy things that come out the business end don't pay heed to no digitals.
But in a related incident, many years ago, I went out plinking with a friend on his farm. My rifle was at home, so I borrowed a .22 of his. Semi auto. I was walking with it in th ecrook of my arm, and it went off. Holy shit! I checked it, thinking I had the safety off and wanting to kick myself in the ass. So I double checked the safety. Than I turned toward him, and the goddamned thing went off again. I came very close to getting my first human killshot.
I quickly unloaded the thing, and was done for the day.
But in the world of "It might fail, so don't ever do it, I hope no one is arguing for removing safeties .
Totally agree. I compare this to teaching sex education. The more you know, the better off you will be.
Especially the practicing part.
Go and give it a go near a highschool these days, we'll wait.
Umm, do you think that students have a sniper trained on them at chemistry class as well?
http://www.naspschools.org/ National Archery in schools program.
School riflery programs
http://www.maxpreps.com/search...
Youre assumptions are incorrect. It isn't the use of these devices, its when the kid brings one to school to reorganize the place that they don't like.
It's just like the people who think that religion has been scrubbed and banned from schools. That's almost as big a crock of shit as The Starbucks red coffee cup being part of the war on Christmas. Here one presumably liberal college town - there is a church, right in the high school. Meets every Sunday
Now just like everyone else, you're going to call me a fucking liar. Well Ol Olsoc - he gots him his citations, and here it is. Godless liberal and socialistical America where God cannot be mentioned in School........
http://www.cedarheights.net/
I always tell people they are entitled to their own opinions. Facts on the other hand, can make those opinions look a little silly.
Firearms safety and marksmanship should be a section every year through high school.
That would be so damned awesome! Granted, I grew up outside of town, so we had pretty constant access to rifles as long as we could buy the ammo, but the more the merrier.
What amazes me though, is that so many people seem to think that guns are the greatest friggin thing ever made, and "Jeebuz Crystal I gotta have a gazillion and lets go on a gun vacation!"
And then we have the little girl who kills a gun instructer with an uzi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Fucking idiots! The place that held the gun tour, her parents, and anyone who thinks an uninstructed 9 year old should be firing full auto weapons should turn themselves into compost. I feel so sorry for that little girl, having achieved her first human kill at 9 years old, the rest of those bastard deserve maximum Karma reserved for stupid people.
And anyone who thinks it is a good idea has no concept of what happens when a person who has no idea what they are doing uses an automatic weapon. Every shot pushes the gun back a bit further, and the instinct is to grip a little tighter. The Arc happens. The same concept happens when you see a noob grabbing a fistfull of throttle on a motorcycle, then hangs on for dear life, revving the engine further. Just like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
It was just your post was so BOOM!
is it my writing style, or, sociologically-speaking, has everything become such and emotional flatline in the post-2000 era, that expressing yourself in a no-nonsense, forthright manner now considered 'extreme'? I hate 'beating around the bush' so-to-speak, if for no other reason than it takes considerably longer to create text than it does to just speak. What do you think, do you have an insight?
It isn't a criticism, since I occasionaly get into a little extra salty emphasis, sometimes depending on my mood that day, but yeah, you're occasionally strong.
But the second "but" in the whole thing is that after reading your other posts, I get used to your communnication style - and others as well. I think after we get used to each others styles, its all good.
All in all, I'll take blunt and direct over wordsmithing and avoiding the point any day. I've had a few discussions in here with people who would seem oh so polite, but they weasel around so much that I forget what the hell I was talking about.
Fuck that shit! ;^)
The two problems are not unrelated.
As you prove so well.
oh......wait.....
Then your grandfather was an intellectually lazy bigot.
We have a number of them over here.