Factual point of order: your gun deaths are off by two orders of magnitude.
There are thousands of people who die every day in the United States to gun violence due to gang killing, some of that is collateral damage where innocents get killed, so it isn't just "thugs".
Since the actual number of total gun deaths per day is about 34 this year according to the Gun Violence Archive, which aggregates data from around 1500 official, media, and other sources, it would be extremely difficult to identify "thousands" of additional gang-specific deaths per day among them.
You magnificent bastard, I declined to learn German, finished the war, respected local copyright regulations, waited the appropriate period until the time of public release, and read your book!
Blaster bolts do not travel at the speed of light. Certain technical details aside, and pending revision from the "new canon" forthcoming, blasters fire charged particle bolts at sublight speeds estimated by frame analysis by the Mythbusters as averaging 130-135 MPH (roughly 60 m/s), although they inexplicably described blaster bolts as "lasers" despite no canonical or practical evidence.
Rhett Alain of Wired did a much finer study for his article "An Analysis of Blaster Fire in Star Wars" and found that while hand-fired blaster bolts in the movies range between 15 - 225 m/s, the vast majority average 15 m/s. Ship-mounted blasters are significantly faster, but virtually always travel at approximately 2,500 m/s.
Also, the Death Star had plenty of point defense on the surface, but not positioned well for the trenches (which it was reasonable to believe one would have to be insane to attempt to fly in), and at least 7,000 TIE fighters. The fighters were not deployed because the rebels attacked with so small of a force they weren't deemed a practical threat until it was too late.
Well... You're going to need a strong stomach, a baklava, and bat...
Personally, the butter and honey in my eyes makes me less combat effective, but it does aid in summoning my bear companions. So I've got that going for me.
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There are thousands of people who die every day in the United States to gun violence due to gang killing, some of that is collateral damage where innocents get killed, so it isn't just "thugs".
Since the actual number of total gun deaths per day is about 34 this year according to the Gun Violence Archive, which aggregates data from around 1500 official, media, and other sources, it would be extremely difficult to identify "thousands" of additional gang-specific deaths per day among them.
Star Trek was more real sci-fi. Otherwise, concur.
You magnificent bastard, I declined to learn German, finished the war, respected local copyright regulations, waited the appropriate period until the time of public release, and read your book!
Blaster bolts do not travel at the speed of light. Certain technical details aside, and pending revision from the "new canon" forthcoming, blasters fire charged particle bolts at sublight speeds estimated by frame analysis by the Mythbusters as averaging 130-135 MPH (roughly 60 m/s), although they inexplicably described blaster bolts as "lasers" despite no canonical or practical evidence.
Rhett Alain of Wired did a much finer study for his article "An Analysis of Blaster Fire in Star Wars" and found that while hand-fired blaster bolts in the movies range between 15 - 225 m/s, the vast majority average 15 m/s. Ship-mounted blasters are significantly faster, but virtually always travel at approximately 2,500 m/s.
Also, the Death Star had plenty of point defense on the surface, but not positioned well for the trenches (which it was reasonable to believe one would have to be insane to attempt to fly in), and at least 7,000 TIE fighters. The fighters were not deployed because the rebels attacked with so small of a force they weren't deemed a practical threat until it was too late.
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Well... You're going to need a strong stomach, a baklava, and bat...
Personally, the butter and honey in my eyes makes me less combat effective, but it does aid in summoning my bear companions. So I've got that going for me.
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