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  1. Re:False equivalence much? on Nobel Prize Winning Economist: Legalize Sale of Human Organs · · Score: 1

    You are saying then that there should be laws governing what a person can or cannot do with their own body in a medical sense. Very curious about your feelings on abortion laws.

  2. A fully plastic gun is lighter than a gun with an add-on mass of metal for the required detection requirement. Easier to carry.

  3. Re:Someone start a defense fund on USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden · · Score: 1

    That's not in code. There are a few ways of things becoming law. The first is that it is in code as a statute. This is from the legislature. The other is from the courts. That's the law in precedent. If you're going with Roe v. Wade then it's in precedent and not code.

    Roe v Wade privacy is in regards to the law interfering with life, liberty, or property. The life in question is the individual's. In other words, medical decision. Privacy of communication is subject to wiretap laws which can be superseded by a court order. Roe v Wade offers nothing for the sort of privacy you're arguing about.

  4. Re:Someone start a defense fund on USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden · · Score: 1

    > Privacy has *long* been established as a natural right and is codified in the highest legal document in the nation.

    Citation please.

  5. Re:The stupidity of Cody Wilson on Australian Police Move To Make 3D Printed Guns Illegal · · Score: 1

    The purpose is not US-centric. The real value of the Liberator is in places where guns are illegal. The fact that Liberators are being printed in China is of significant value.

  6. Re:So Proud of Gun Ownership on New York Paper Uses Public Records To Publish Gun-Owner Map · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+44-1

    "The militia of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall consist of all able-bodied residents of the Commonwealth who are citizens of the United States and all other able-bodied persons resident in the Commonwealth who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States"

  7. Re:Oh, please, people... Bother to think much? on Blocking Gun Laws With Patents · · Score: 2

    > figure out who registered the gun it was fired from

    There's your first problem. There isn't a registry of guns. Some states have them. Others don't.

    For example, Virginia doesn't have a registry of guns. When the police find a gun they reference it to the manufacturer and that traces back to the FFL dealer that sold the gun. The dealer then provides law enforcement with the identity of the person who purchased it. Now, after that it gets all fuzzy. In Virginia's case, private sales do not have any paper work. I could say "Yeah I sold that gun. Don't remember who I sold it to. Sorry." That'd be the end of that.

    Getting states to approve a registry of guns is a bit of a challenge. Best of luck getting that done in the majority of states.

    I'm a gun dealer.

  8. Re:Damn! on Blocking Gun Laws With Patents · · Score: 5, Informative

    > I just pick up brass at the police range and reload it when I murder people.

    The stamping is going to be on the primer. If you're reloading, you'll end up popping the old primer out anyway.

  9. Re:Oh, please, people... Bother to think much? on Blocking Gun Laws With Patents · · Score: 1

    > It's an aid to crime solving, in the same way serial numbers on the gun itself are an aid.

    The serial numbers on a gun doesn't aid in solving a crime at all. It's there mostly as an identification and tracking system. There aren't any effective matching systems between shell casing/bullet "fingerprint" and serial numbers. Maryland tried it. It failed.

    Citation: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/marylands-ballistic-fingerprinting-system-proves-cumbersome

  10. Re:Nothing to surprising on Marx May Have Had a Point · · Score: 1

    No. It expects people to be able to act rationally and in their long-term best interest. That's still not how people work.

    You presume to know what their long-term best interest is. A bit of fatal conceit?

  11. Re:After school on Computers Could Grade Essay Tests Better Than Profs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The lesson you probably learned is that buttkissing gets you further in today's society than delivering good work.

    At the same time, if a customer tells you what features he wants and you keep not building it, are you surprised when he's unhappy with what you delivered?

    Feedback is a valuable tool. What you do with said feedback is up to you.

  12. Re:oooh 1,000 infected computers on PayPal Hands Over 1,000 IP Addresses To the FBI · · Score: 2

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespass_to_chattels

    Sometimes you think you know the law. And then you find out, you didn't really know that much about the law. That's why lawyers exist.

  13. Re:Maybe include some details? on Apple Releases Mac OS X Lion, Updates Air · · Score: 1

    It seems that Apple is optimizing the GUI for small form-factor devices at the expense of full-size computers.

    Yes. Apple is making a killing selling laptops, iPads, and iPhones. The writing is on the wall. Full-sized computers are soooooo 20th century.

    I worry that this is part of a larger trend to over-simplify desktop computing, making it less open, flexible and powerful.

    Desktop computing is dead.

  14. Re:Conservative Jurisprudence In A Nutshell on Supreme Court: AT&T Can Force Arbitration · · Score: 1

    Would Jeffrey Toobin consider McDonald vs. City of Chicago to be a major case? How about Washington DC vs. Heller? Prosecution over defendant in every major case? Jeffrey Toobin isn't paying attention or he's very selective about what's "major".

  15. Re:South Park on Supreme Court: AT&T Can Force Arbitration · · Score: 1

    It's not possible to keep people from dying. You can delay it, but you can't stop people from dying.

  16. Re:for pete's sake on AT&T Lowers Data Access To Just $500/GB · · Score: 1

    What was the point of AT&T paying the US government licensing fees for those public airways again?

  17. Re:Xcode no longer free on IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download · · Score: 1

    This isn't true. I do not have registration in the $99 iOS or Mac developer program subscription and was able to download Xcode 4 for free today at 5pm EST.

  18. Re:Another parasitic blog that scrambles the facts on Apple To Unveil Light Peak, New MacBook Pros This Week? · · Score: 1

    Pretty much sums up why I don't ever RTFA.

  19. Re:Ridiculous on Apple eBook Rules Changing For Sellers · · Score: 1

    The requirement is that the book has to be available as an in-app purchase. There's no requirement I've read that the price has to be the same. If someone wants to pay 30% more for the book off of an in-app purchase, that's their business.

  20. Re:self-contradictory on US Twitter Spying May Have Broken EU Privacy Law · · Score: 1

    The original subpoena was to be kept secret to everyone.

    Including Twitter?!

  21. Re:Ban guns on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    Incorrect regarding concealed-carry permits. Concealed-carry permits still exist in Arizona. They are not necessary for purposes of concealed-carry. However, a resident may opt to get a permit for purposes of permit reciprocity when traveling to other states.

    Getting rid of permits entirely would be a terrible thing for Arizona residents.

    http://handgunlaw.us/states/arizona.pdf

  22. Re:Ban guns on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    That's overly broad for "unrestricted" isn't it? Felons are still prohibited from owning or carrying a gun in Arizona.

  23. Re:Ban guns on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    The appropriate place for a gun is not a safe. The safest place for a gun is with its owner, by his/her side.

  24. Re:iTunes policy won't work on the desktop on Apple Pulls VLC Media Player From AppStore · · Score: 1

    The fact that there are a couple of significant players and several smaller ones give the Android marketplace a level of survivability that a single competitor would not have.

    Survivability of Android or survivability of the hardware makers? What kind of survivability? Gateway still survives, so I hear. Is this survivability good?

    How about Windows? It still survives. That's good right?

  25. Re:iTunes policy won't work on the desktop on Apple Pulls VLC Media Player From AppStore · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What are the Android phone manufacturers' profits like? What is Apple's profits like?