Because when we automate war and remove the risk of losses on our side, it becomes too easy to just throw more robots into a situation. War is not something that should be automated, we need to retain the potential of real losses to restrain our desire to engage in war. Even extensive use of drones is taking us dangerously down that path. We can kill those who oppose or offend us without risk of our own losses and thus we have little cause for showing restraint in using such equipment to conduct our foreign policy.
Why should they, when they can close multiple glaring security gaps in the M$ environment by moving people to an Up to date OS at no cost to the user. It allows MS to cut resources wasted trying to keep 7 year old OS's up to date security wise.
No it is not a military grade of weapon. Just because a nation used a semi-automatic only version in their military does not make it military grade. The term Assault Rifle refers to specific weapons that have select fire capabilities which is the factor that makes them distinctively military grade. Semi-automatic only is not a military grade standard for combat rifles. The AR platform weapons are functionally no different than any other semi-automatic rifle, one pull of the trigger results in one shot fired. Military grade weapons can be owned by the public, if they can afford the cost of the weapons. Thanks to the 1986 Hughes amendment no new automatic weapons have been introduced into the civilian stockpile since 1986, that makes the supply of such weapons limited and slowly diminishing, and that has pushed the costs way up. $30k is an average starting price for any of these 30 year old or older weapons. The AR platform weapons are cosmetically similar to some of these weapons but functionally are different.
Also why all this emphasis to restrict or ban weapons used to commit.8% of firearm homicides each year. Handguns are used to kill more people every year than rifles are used to kill in a decade.
No it is the responsibility of the individual to know how to use them and determine their fitness to defend the state. And no list is needed. A call goes out and the militia responds. Those that can come out. There is no set calling tree or organization needed. Scalia applied his views evenly across the board. Don't try and rewrite history to support your view of the world.
Denying the right to buy arms still infringes on the 2nd Amendment. Just because I may already own firearms does not invalidate the fact that denying me the right to purchase more because I have been put on a list, without notification, a trial, a chance to defend myself and the presumption of innocent until proven guilty is a violation of both my 2nd Amendment rights and my right to due process, a speedy trial and a presumption of innocence.
There may be processes but they are not sufficient, it can take years to get off the list just to turn around and find yourself back on because you were never the suspect in the first place but you have a similar name and birthdate as the real suspect. The process is secretive and difficult. That is NOT due process. The no fly list is unconstitutional as the ACLU has been arguing for years.
Just because we train to normally fire semi-automatic does not take away the fact that military grade weapons have either burst or full auto modes as well. Something that the AR does not have, not without illegal modifications.
The Armalite Rifle-model 15 regardless of who manufactures it, is not a military grade weapon/weapon of war.
Regulation in the terms of the time, as Scalia pointed out in the Heller decision, had a far different meaning than it does today. Well regulated meant properly functioning or working. And that definition makes total sense. A functional militia requires the citizens to show up with their arms. A disarmed populace cannot form a functional militia. Therefore to maintain the militia needed to protect the state, the people must not be disarmed.
You do in fact have a constitutional right to travel within and out of the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law To try to say well this mode of travel isn't protected because there are other modes is a lie and infringes on the right still. Yes I can drive, unless I need to be in NY tomorrow morning and I live in the West. Or if I wish to leave my home state of Hawaii how do I effectively travel in a timely manner to another state if not by air. We do have a constitutional right to travel, that right exists across all modes of travel, we don't get to say it doesn't exist for this mode because it exists for others. That would be tantamount to saying you have the freedom of speech but not on the internet, because you have other modes of speech available to use. Thus you can speak freely on a soap box in your own driveway therefore as you can use that mode of speech the government can thus restrict your privilege of speaking via twitter or a blog.
The subject of this thread refers to the process of being added to the no-fly list which requires and really allows no due process, not to the situation in the House chamber. Thus a Secret government proceeding places you on a list that is then used to deny you your rights. The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld that the right to travel within and out of the country is a non-enumerated constitutional right. Thus even denying the privilege of travel by flying without due process is unconstitutional as the ACLU has been trying to argue for a few years now. And now the Dems want to extend this process of stripping rights without due process, via a secret government list, to a clearly enumerated and protected right.
It wasn't a matter of unlocking her device. Her hands were full, she was trying to resuscitate her daughter. Far easier to just call out for the phone to dial.
It's not constant surveillance. It isn't recording everything you say. The low power M9 Processor is listening for the key activation phrase and nothing else. And in life and death situations where CPR is needed every moment can count.
She was doing resuscitation on her daughter, it was dark, yes it may very well have been key in saving the daughter's life. In life or death situations every moment counts.
Valid question. There is an aspect of it learning your voice. But same with the "OK Google" on Androids and I've had the radio trigger that a couple times when what the DJ's said was similar enough in sound a pacing to trigger it.
It depends, it will route to streets as a localized redirect around a traffic problem. It won't route on private streets, and it won't plot a long drive on streets (except as needed at beginning and end of route). But if there is traffic congestion that develops and it starts looking for alternates it will look at streets if there is not higher level alternate available.
Or as you are driving along and you come upon a congested arear you pull out your atlas, spot that cutting through the neighborhood is a viable alternative and take that route. Guess what, the atlas just did what Waze does, just not as efficiently.
It doesn't even need taps, a user can set it to motion and voice activated where they can wave their hand over the device without touching it, then dictate the report verbally.
Have you tried signing up to make the edits yourself? There may not be a strong supply of volunteer editors in your area, which results in map error reports getting ignored. But the beauty of Waze is that you can make the edits yourself or go to their forums and request edits by the volunteer community.
Actually history proves you wrong. The founding fathers were aware of early automatic/repeating weapons. The Puckle Gun, the Air rifle that Jefferson provided to Lewis and Clark, are a couple examples.
By contemporary standards the "Arms" of the day were from single shot pistols up through ship caliber cannon. There were no limits on what citizens could own versus the government.
And by your logic the 1st amendment protection of speech does not extend beyond quill pens and manually operated set-type presses.
Also while legal to own, fully automatic weapons are strictly controlled, and are very expensive. And they are not used in criminal activities. When a basic automatic weapon starts at 20k, plus the paperwork, taxes, and open invitation to the ATF to come check on it. They just are not popular weapons for criminals to use. They prefer cheap guns.
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Because it won't be just robot vs robot it will be robot vs humans. You take the humanity out of war and any level of atrocity becomes justifiable.
Yes because those poor Somali pirates own vessels capable of towing a megaton cargo ship.
Because when we automate war and remove the risk of losses on our side, it becomes too easy to just throw more robots into a situation. War is not something that should be automated, we need to retain the potential of real losses to restrain our desire to engage in war. Even extensive use of drones is taking us dangerously down that path. We can kill those who oppose or offend us without risk of our own losses and thus we have little cause for showing restraint in using such equipment to conduct our foreign policy.
Oh and Skynet!!!
Why should they, when they can close multiple glaring security gaps in the M$ environment by moving people to an Up to date OS at no cost to the user. It allows MS to cut resources wasted trying to keep 7 year old OS's up to date security wise.
It's a free upgrade, and it is indeed an upgrade.
Or the Documentaries and reality TV shows that rehash everything covered to that point after every commercial break.
Blipverts are the way of the future! Unless they cause your head to explode.
No it is not a military grade of weapon. Just because a nation used a semi-automatic only version in their military does not make it military grade. The term Assault Rifle refers to specific weapons that have select fire capabilities which is the factor that makes them distinctively military grade.
.8% of firearm homicides each year. Handguns are used to kill more people every year than rifles are used to kill in a decade.
Semi-automatic only is not a military grade standard for combat rifles. The AR platform weapons are functionally no different than any other semi-automatic rifle, one pull of the trigger results in one shot fired. Military grade weapons can be owned by the public, if they can afford the cost of the weapons. Thanks to the 1986 Hughes amendment no new automatic weapons have been introduced into the civilian stockpile since 1986, that makes the supply of such weapons limited and slowly diminishing, and that has pushed the costs way up. $30k is an average starting price for any of these 30 year old or older weapons. The AR platform weapons are cosmetically similar to some of these weapons but functionally are different.
Also why all this emphasis to restrict or ban weapons used to commit
No it is the responsibility of the individual to know how to use them and determine their fitness to defend the state. And no list is needed. A call goes out and the militia responds. Those that can come out. There is no set calling tree or organization needed. Scalia applied his views evenly across the board. Don't try and rewrite history to support your view of the world.
Denying the right to buy arms still infringes on the 2nd Amendment. Just because I may already own firearms does not invalidate the fact that denying me the right to purchase more because I have been put on a list, without notification, a trial, a chance to defend myself and the presumption of innocent until proven guilty is a violation of both my 2nd Amendment rights and my right to due process, a speedy trial and a presumption of innocence.
There may be processes but they are not sufficient, it can take years to get off the list just to turn around and find yourself back on because you were never the suspect in the first place but you have a similar name and birthdate as the real suspect. The process is secretive and difficult. That is NOT due process. The no fly list is unconstitutional as the ACLU has been arguing for years.
Just because we train to normally fire semi-automatic does not take away the fact that military grade weapons have either burst or full auto modes as well. Something that the AR does not have, not without illegal modifications.
The Armalite Rifle-model 15 regardless of who manufactures it, is not a military grade weapon/weapon of war.
Regulation in the terms of the time, as Scalia pointed out in the Heller decision, had a far different meaning than it does today. Well regulated meant properly functioning or working. And that definition makes total sense. A functional militia requires the citizens to show up with their arms. A disarmed populace cannot form a functional militia. Therefore to maintain the militia needed to protect the state, the people must not be disarmed.
You do in fact have a constitutional right to travel within and out of the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law
To try to say well this mode of travel isn't protected because there are other modes is a lie and infringes on the right still. Yes I can drive, unless I need to be in NY tomorrow morning and I live in the West. Or if I wish to leave my home state of Hawaii how do I effectively travel in a timely manner to another state if not by air. We do have a constitutional right to travel, that right exists across all modes of travel, we don't get to say it doesn't exist for this mode because it exists for others. That would be tantamount to saying you have the freedom of speech but not on the internet, because you have other modes of speech available to use. Thus you can speak freely on a soap box in your own driveway therefore as you can use that mode of speech the government can thus restrict your privilege of speaking via twitter or a blog.
The subject of this thread refers to the process of being added to the no-fly list which requires and really allows no due process, not to the situation in the House chamber. Thus a Secret government proceeding places you on a list that is then used to deny you your rights. The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld that the right to travel within and out of the country is a non-enumerated constitutional right. Thus even denying the privilege of travel by flying without due process is unconstitutional as the ACLU has been trying to argue for a few years now. And now the Dems want to extend this process of stripping rights without due process, via a secret government list, to a clearly enumerated and protected right.
It wasn't a matter of unlocking her device. Her hands were full, she was trying to resuscitate her daughter. Far easier to just call out for the phone to dial.
Which produces a beverage almost but not entirely unlike tea.
It's not constant surveillance. It isn't recording everything you say. The low power M9 Processor is listening for the key activation phrase and nothing else. And in life and death situations where CPR is needed every moment can count.
She was doing resuscitation on her daughter, it was dark, yes it may very well have been key in saving the daughter's life. In life or death situations every moment counts.
Valid question. There is an aspect of it learning your voice. But same with the "OK Google" on Androids and I've had the radio trigger that a couple times when what the DJ's said was similar enough in sound a pacing to trigger it.
It depends, it will route to streets as a localized redirect around a traffic problem. It won't route on private streets, and it won't plot a long drive on streets (except as needed at beginning and end of route). But if there is traffic congestion that develops and it starts looking for alternates it will look at streets if there is not higher level alternate available.
Or as you are driving along and you come upon a congested arear you pull out your atlas, spot that cutting through the neighborhood is a viable alternative and take that route. Guess what, the atlas just did what Waze does, just not as efficiently.
It doesn't even need taps, a user can set it to motion and voice activated where they can wave their hand over the device without touching it, then dictate the report verbally.
Have you tried signing up to make the edits yourself? There may not be a strong supply of volunteer editors in your area, which results in map error reports getting ignored. But the beauty of Waze is that you can make the edits yourself or go to their forums and request edits by the volunteer community.
Depends on the laws of the state you reside in. Many allow the use of Navigation software.
We are talking about Waze, gate it and within days the gate will be put into the map.
Actually history proves you wrong. The founding fathers were aware of early automatic/repeating weapons. The Puckle Gun, the Air rifle that Jefferson provided to Lewis and Clark, are a couple examples.
By contemporary standards the "Arms" of the day were from single shot pistols up through ship caliber cannon. There were no limits on what citizens could own versus the government.
And by your logic the 1st amendment protection of speech does not extend beyond quill pens and manually operated set-type presses.
Also while legal to own, fully automatic weapons are strictly controlled, and are very expensive. And they are not used in criminal activities. When a basic automatic weapon starts at 20k, plus the paperwork, taxes, and open invitation to the ATF to come check on it. They just are not popular weapons for criminals to use. They prefer cheap guns.