Then why search bags on the NYC subways? Don't bother answering, we all know why. Same reason they will harass train passengers and set up check points on the interstate. In 50 years not even the hiking trails will offer free passage to american sheep. Keep your internal passport handy and don't try to leave w/o an exit visa.
Trivial? Let's see you do it. For an AK47 you need a replacement (full auto part) trigger group, a new bolt, a new selector, and you have to drill and harden the receiver. Yea, it can be done; anything can be done with sufficient time, money, and skill.
Last I read, it was estimated that 17% were legal US guns. Note that neither the US nor Mexico will release the actual data. Wanna bet a substantial number are US military weapons, which are illegal for US citizens to own? Were those supplied from CIA "Contra" operations further south, or are they new from US Manufacturers illegally selling to the cartels?
Do you really care how must the gun cost the criminal. It seems that if they are cheaper they require less crime to pay for themselves. Lower initial investment= less crime?
Why would they want civilian guns from the US? They want military weapons. I know it hurts a lot of heads so they wont think about what that "semi" means in front of "automatic" but it means a lot to those in the high volume murder business. If I ran a crime syndicate I would insist on military grade full automatic from the old soviet bloc. Despite the fact that military weapons are designed to minimize injury while still doing enough damage to incapacitate.
Off topic, but I read lost of noise about the horror of "semiautomatic" handguns. Except for capacity, they work EXACTLY like revolvers, i.e. one bullet per trigger pull. Are they suggesting we go back to muzzle loaders?
A gun in a safe is useless. Mine are loaded and kept in convenient locations where I can get them quickly. If I ever need a gun, and I sincerely hope I never do, I don't expect to have time to take it out of a safe and load it. I expect that seconds will count.
Anyone here can buy a crossbow, accurate and lethal to 50 yards and easy and cheep to learn. Any yet almost no one is assassinated with them. Same with long range hunting rifles. Long range assignation just isn't that popular.
In countries where guns have been outlawed criminals don't need guns. They can just beat you to death with an iron pipe. Guns are a good defense from iron pipe, even knives.
This has been solved by science fiction long ago. I believe the protocol is that they sue in world court to declare their "personhood". Works if you are a robot, dolphin, alien, computer, genetically modified ape, at the very least. Too old to remember titles but I am sure there are SF nerds lurking nearby. BTW, no reparations; you don't have rights until you assert them.
How about this. Every house or apt building has an RF transceiver with say a 10 mile range. At appropriate locations install RF routers with satellite links to provide long distance connections. If the ARRL can have satellite relays then we can too. In fact, the ARRL might even be the right group to put this together. We can build Freenet over amateur radio. Somebody should check, they may already have.
It doesn't matter anyway. I was pulled for DUI and when I didn't read high enough the cop just made me keep blowing until it hit 0.01%, the limit at the time. The test is based on a fixed amount of sample, blowing over and over with any alcohol present will eventually reach any desired reading. Who do you think the judge is going to believe? Having a fever will also make you read high.
Responding to someone further up; do you seriously think it is acceptable for the state to forcibly take a blood sample from you for any reason, not convicted of any crime? You sir are an animal owned by the state.
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That never applies to politicians. Just as a practical matter.
Ha, someone that actually understands PHBs! Mods if I had any.
Better yet, http://www.ebook3000.com/The-Web-Between-The-Worlds_115648.html
http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-elevator.htm
Well, right up till the 2007/8 crash. Or did I miss the /s
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FTFY. Please remember where you are posting. Someone my have a lart.
Then why search bags on the NYC subways? Don't bother answering, we all know why. Same reason they will harass train passengers and set up check points on the interstate. In 50 years not even the hiking trails will offer free passage to american sheep. Keep your internal passport handy and don't try to leave w/o an exit visa.
I don't want to open a story with 2 comments.
You mean like a rupture disc?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupture_disc
Trivial? Let's see you do it. For an AK47 you need a replacement (full auto part) trigger group, a new bolt, a new selector, and you have to drill and harden the receiver. Yea, it can be done; anything can be done with sufficient time, money, and skill.
Last I read, it was estimated that 17% were legal US guns. Note that neither the US nor Mexico will release the actual data. Wanna bet a substantial number are US military weapons, which are illegal for US citizens to own? Were those supplied from CIA "Contra" operations further south, or are they new from US Manufacturers illegally selling to the cartels?
Damn good thing Mexico has no coastal borders.
Do you really care how must the gun cost the criminal. It seems that if they are cheaper they require less crime to pay for themselves. Lower initial investment= less crime?
Why would they want civilian guns from the US? They want military weapons. I know it hurts a lot of heads so they wont think about what that "semi" means in front of "automatic" but it means a lot to those in the high volume murder business. If I ran a crime syndicate I would insist on military grade full automatic from the old soviet bloc. Despite the fact that military weapons are designed to minimize injury while still doing enough damage to incapacitate.
Off topic, but I read lost of noise about the horror of "semiautomatic" handguns. Except for capacity, they work EXACTLY like revolvers, i.e. one bullet per trigger pull. Are they suggesting we go back to muzzle loaders?
Your odds of killing someone with a knife are drastically reduced if your victim has a gun.
"I'm afraid that me not owning a gun will not save me from being shot and killed."
But owing one might.
A gun in a safe is useless. Mine are loaded and kept in convenient locations where I can get them quickly. If I ever need a gun, and I sincerely hope I never do, I don't expect to have time to take it out of a safe and load it. I expect that seconds will count.
AFAIK, they are not illegal here in the US. Using them on humans is a different matter, but we could all have one if we wanted.
Anyone here can buy a crossbow, accurate and lethal to 50 yards and easy and cheep to learn. Any yet almost no one is assassinated with them. Same with long range hunting rifles. Long range assignation just isn't that popular.
In countries where guns have been outlawed criminals don't need guns. They can just beat you to death with an iron pipe. Guns are a good defense from iron pipe, even knives.
This has been solved by science fiction long ago. I believe the protocol is that they sue in world court to declare their "personhood". Works if you are a robot, dolphin, alien, computer, genetically modified ape, at the very least. Too old to remember titles but I am sure there are SF nerds lurking nearby. BTW, no reparations; you don't have rights until you assert them.
WTF do you pay per KWH? Where I live that would be $188/month.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_radio
Looks like it is already built.
How about this. Every house or apt building has an RF transceiver with say a 10 mile range. At appropriate locations install RF routers with satellite links to provide long distance connections. If the ARRL can have satellite relays then we can too. In fact, the ARRL might even be the right group to put this together. We can build Freenet over amateur radio. Somebody should check, they may already have.
It doesn't matter anyway. I was pulled for DUI and when I didn't read high enough the cop just made me keep blowing until it hit 0.01%, the limit at the time. The test is based on a fixed amount of sample, blowing over and over with any alcohol present will eventually reach any desired reading. Who do you think the judge is going to believe? Having a fever will also make you read high.
Responding to someone further up; do you seriously think it is acceptable for the state to forcibly take a blood sample from you for any reason, not convicted of any crime? You sir are an animal owned by the state.