I hate to say give up, because I agree with you. The problem is that no-one cares about their tiny issues until AFTER an election. I personally am happy with a divided congress and a president that can't do anything. Hell, it hasn't hurt us for the past 6 years (actually 14-2). When government is barely keeping up, the people are moving ahead. Stop giving and vote to the middle. Start at home and divide the hell out of your local government. At least you won't have to worry about walking your dog after 6pm with the leash in your left hand. There are 3 major political entities in our country... Republicans, Democrats, and The People. Vote that way. It can't get any worse.
I am with you there. Our best employees are the ones that have not been through the debt claiming process of getting a degree. I personally find that the guys we have that went are way too comment happy. 8 lines of comment for a well named variable. The Cisco techs that we have comment access lists for port 80 traffic as "web server". IF you didn't post AC, I would love to talk more.
Don't forget talking to the kids in the back seat. That is FAR worse than texting and driving or drinking and driving. Ban children from cars and will reduce the number of fatalities even more!
Personally, I think auto- and semi-auto have no place in civilian life.
This is where you are wrong. I will give you a chance to elaborate if you like, but I will make the argument that the availability of automatic and semi-automatic weapons are imperative.
I would venture to guess that almost every troop would disobey an order to fire on a group of US citizens. My second week at Parris Island included several days of that exact discussion. Every member of the military is trained to disobey an unlawful order.
I am entitled to have guns! why is the government not issuing them! Sorry for diving in on the conversation, just thought I would add a little half-wit humor.
No we can't really fight the government and win. But we have the option to do so, if we so choose.
Just imagine where we would be if that were actually true... NHS! Free healthcare! If you believe that we could not fight the government and win, you have already lost.
It is not censorship, as they are a private company. They have the right to do as they please. I definitely hate the idea that there is some belief that their removal of a drawing is the right thing to do, but who am I to argue? As long as everyone else is reacting to what just happened, we have the ability to push through something else. Yeah, politicians are the worst scum. It is a shame that they wouldn't go out and stare at a nuclear bomb landing on them.
It seems like divide and conquer; unfortunately both sides enjoy the conflict. While the peons argue about little things, we will start taking away the big ones. It is great... no one will ever notice.
Nice rant! I would like an answer to a few questions though. Why not have guns? Why not have lots of them? What part of the second amendment gives you the idea that they were not considering the possibility of an improvement in technology?
You specifically said that the reason for the amendment was to protect from tyrannical government, and then asked which one. This is very simple to answer. Which tyrannical government? ANY... Ours(local state or national), or yours. It is unreasonable to think that the protection provided by the amendment expires because the capabilities of the weapons advance. If you are to defend against this tyrannical government, should you not have the ability to acquire the means?
I also have a polite request... It is OUR constitution, not "the constitution".
While it is the logic mechanism of the weapon, it is not the action. I could load a.223 round into a sawed off barrel of an AR-15 and strike it with a hammer(framing type, with the claw on the back) and send it down range. On most weapons, the lower is the only truly interchangeable part and makes it completely irrelevant.
We aren't talking about controlling rifles and/or handguns, even semi automatics. I for one don't see why 30+ clip magazines and automatic-fire assault rifles are as freely available as they are.
Freely available automatic-fire assault rifles? Which ones? 30+ round magazines are available because they are a good idea. Less reloading time. Never loaded a clip into a gun or rifle, BTW... How does that work?
... Or a 14 year old with a pipe bomb. Would that be a force multiplier? Last I checked (from easily accessible data), there are thousands of bombing incidents a year. Give me the gun any day.
A lower does not deal with the combustion at all, you can make it out of anything if you like. I wouldn't use it in a DA/SA weapon. That would be foolish.
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Your example works the exact same way against women if it was a female child.
yep... to hell with the masses. help the few.
Where did the first shot come from? That's all I want to know. ????
I hate to say give up, because I agree with you. The problem is that no-one cares about their tiny issues until AFTER an election. I personally am happy with a divided congress and a president that can't do anything. Hell, it hasn't hurt us for the past 6 years (actually 14-2). When government is barely keeping up, the people are moving ahead. Stop giving and vote to the middle. Start at home and divide the hell out of your local government. At least you won't have to worry about walking your dog after 6pm with the leash in your left hand. There are 3 major political entities in our country... Republicans, Democrats, and The People. Vote that way. It can't get any worse.
I am with you there. Our best employees are the ones that have not been through the debt claiming process of getting a degree. I personally find that the guys we have that went are way too comment happy. 8 lines of comment for a well named variable. The Cisco techs that we have comment access lists for port 80 traffic as "web server". IF you didn't post AC, I would love to talk more.
Just tell them that you have prepaid legal...
That would turn driving into a video game!
Don't forget talking to the kids in the back seat. That is FAR worse than texting and driving or drinking and driving. Ban children from cars and will reduce the number of fatalities even more!
Its an assault vehicle dammit!
The same reason they don't want their own citizens to have guns.
Learn? You can spend 5 minutes on google and figure it out.
Personally, I think auto- and semi-auto have no place in civilian life.
This is where you are wrong. I will give you a chance to elaborate if you like, but I will make the argument that the availability of automatic and semi-automatic weapons are imperative.
I would venture to guess that almost every troop would disobey an order to fire on a group of US citizens. My second week at Parris Island included several days of that exact discussion. Every member of the military is trained to disobey an unlawful order.
I am entitled to have guns! why is the government not issuing them! Sorry for diving in on the conversation, just thought I would add a little half-wit humor.
No we can't really fight the government and win. But we have the option to do so, if we so choose.
Just imagine where we would be if that were actually true... NHS! Free healthcare!
If you believe that we could not fight the government and win, you have already lost.
Are you from Jamaica?
It is not censorship, as they are a private company. They have the right to do as they please. I definitely hate the idea that there is some belief that their removal of a drawing is the right thing to do, but who am I to argue? As long as everyone else is reacting to what just happened, we have the ability to push through something else. Yeah, politicians are the worst scum. It is a shame that they wouldn't go out and stare at a nuclear bomb landing on them.
It seems like divide and conquer; unfortunately both sides enjoy the conflict. While the peons argue about little things, we will start taking away the big ones. It is great... no one will ever notice.
Nice rant! I would like an answer to a few questions though. Why not have guns? Why not have lots of them? What part of the second amendment gives you the idea that they were not considering the possibility of an improvement in technology?
You specifically said that the reason for the amendment was to protect from tyrannical government, and then asked which one. This is very simple to answer. Which tyrannical government? ANY... Ours(local state or national), or yours. It is unreasonable to think that the protection provided by the amendment expires because the capabilities of the weapons advance. If you are to defend against this tyrannical government, should you not have the ability to acquire the means?
I also have a polite request... It is OUR constitution, not "the constitution".
While it is the logic mechanism of the weapon, it is not the action. I could load a .223 round into a sawed off barrel of an AR-15 and strike it with a hammer(framing type, with the claw on the back) and send it down range. On most weapons, the lower is the only truly interchangeable part and makes it completely irrelevant.
Or pack it with fertilizer and diesel fuel.
We aren't talking about controlling rifles and/or handguns, even semi automatics. I for one don't see why 30+ clip magazines and automatic-fire assault rifles are as freely available as they are.
Freely available automatic-fire assault rifles? Which ones? 30+ round magazines are available because they are a good idea. Less reloading time. Never loaded a clip into a gun or rifle, BTW... How does that work?
... Or a 14 year old with a pipe bomb. Would that be a force multiplier? Last I checked (from easily accessible data), there are thousands of bombing incidents a year. Give me the gun any day.
Its OK, we would have shot down their drone.
A lower does not deal with the combustion at all, you can make it out of anything if you like. I wouldn't use it in a DA/SA weapon. That would be foolish.