And they didn't actually eliminate an already very rare occurrence, there have been at least two mass shootings since the ban which is about on part with frequency of such events before the ban.
Actually only about 18 states require that for all sales. Most states don't have any rules pertaining to such so only licensed dealers are required to perform NICS checks. That is still the vast majority of the firearms sold at the shows, but gun show sales are not required to be reported in most states.
Depends on the state. In mine you can find several individuals with a rifle or a handgun they are carrying marked with a for sale flag. Those are private sales and are welcomed at the shows. But on an average day of a gun show such might account for 10 or 15 weapons total while the dealers with all the booth space have thousands of weapons available to sell (with a background check).
A straw purchase is when a non-prohibited person purchases a firearm from a dealer, then turns and sells or gives the weapon to a prohibited person. Such is illegal because it attempts to circumvent the background checks. The guy selling his father's deer rifle is simply selling his rifle. He is under no obligation to do a background check, in fact in many states he has no ability to do so. He is not trying to avoid background checks. Not at all comparable to a straw purchase in any way.
Because two or three such individuals per year or heck even per month is a national health epidemic worthy of trashing the privacy rights of the millions of citizens who suffer from the many various forms of mental illness, yet don't go on psychotic rampages.
Sorry but the incidence is so low as to be a statistical anomaly not a clear public health risk.
But trees seldom die due to drought. They simply grow less. Thus giving us tree rings that show us droughts and wet years. This drought is only a few years long so far, there have been much longer droughts in the past, indicated by the tree rings of trees that lived through those much longer droughts just fine.
I was hoping that J.J. would at last introduce the real evil mastermind behind it all. Darth Locutus of Borg! And neatly tie his two franchises together (wouldn't Paramount and Disney both love that).
Over a billion gross on this one already in less than two weeks, and it hasn't even opened in China (the second largest market globally) yet. They plan at least a movie a year for several years to come (at least two trilogies planned so far).. Plus the deal bought them ILM which is widely used earning more profits from other movies. They'll likely have that $4b paid off in two or three years tops. Then it's all gravy. Loss leader? Not even close. Not with the Disney marketing machine. Will the following movies do as well? That has yet to be seen. But they don't have to be blow-out blockbusters like this one is to quickly turn into a long term money maker even without the merchandising.
That's not the point. That is the building space, it will also include large parking lots. My original comment was meant to be a joke but it flopped. But the summary and the article both say that it will have a 900 acre foot print, then they state that it will be placed on a 600 acre lot.
They can, that's how they get more square footage of floor space than exists in 600 or 900 acres. But the summary states first that it will be a 900 acre foot print, then it says (as does the article) that it will be on a 600 acre site. Foot print isn't changes by building up.
Nope. You establish criteria for classification reasons. If someone survives they were not killed, and the shooter faces a lesser charge. The criteria were established decades ago. It may seem heartless, but you have to set and stick to criteria.
Try four. Even Anti-gun, extreme left wing Mother Jones only counts four. But then they actually have the intellectual honesty to keep to the original FBI definition of 4 Dead, not the three dead that the President ordered the FBI to change their criteria too, or the 4 or more shots fired that shootinglist uses.
Four, not 355, not 310. Four. Charlestown AME, Marine and Navy Recruiting station, College in Oregon and San Bernadino.
It should be noted that that 355 mass shootings number is pure fabrication, The founder of shootinglist is a mod on a reddit group dedicated to mocking the progun movement and has admitted it is propaganda. They cite incidents where children shoot others with bb or pellet guns, with no injuries and no charges filed as mass shootings.
The Afghans proved a motivated populace can handle a mechanized military. Also the military even if it was 100% involved and supportive of such a civil war, would still be vastly out, numbered. But most of our military would not only refuse to fight against the citizenry, a large portion of it would join the effort.
When you join the US military you swear an oath to Defend the Constitution, not the government. We take that oath seriously and that oath does not expire.
Furniture does not define use. A mini-14 decked out in full scary black rifle regalia is no more or less dangerous, and no less effective for hunting animals than one with a traditional wooden stock. Both function the same, pull the trigger once and one bullet goes down range.
It's called fighting back against tyranny. This country was founded by patriots who fought against the established government for freedom. They instilled the value base in this nation that it is the right of the people to be armed so that they can keep the government in line. A government that steps out of line is subject to replacement.
Defending freedom is not murder. It may require killing in defense of our rights and freedoms, that is not murder. Australia does not have anything like unto the Bill of Rights. And even then they only collected 1/5 of the weapons in private ownership.
Further those who people like you expect to go around collecting said weapons are among those not willing to give up their weapons. The police and military like guns too. They won't participate in any mass collection schemes.
Nope, don't want the money. I like my guns. That plan would get a few guns, and then there are those who would realize the deal you just gave them and start buying guns at market value and selling them to the gov for a profit. No way for that to be a waste and abuse. And what is the market value of 300 million plus guns?
Meanwhile I can manufacture my own guns with just a little study on machining techniques. Or I can print them on a 3D printer. Or I can just make zip guns.
You are not going to get rid of our guns. NY and CT both mandated strict registration of semi-automatic rifles after Newtown. The citizens of those states overwhelmingly failed to obey the law.
Considering the time many mass shooters spend preparing, they may just do so. In fact rage shooters are far less common that many claim. Planning and preparation is quite common.
Statistical analysis of multiple states' CC permit holder rosters, has proven that CC permit holders are 4x less likely than police to commit a crime. In fact they are the single most law abiding grouping of citizens identified. To hold a CC basically subjects you to constant background checks as the state has to monitor to see if they need to revoke said permit. Professional Sportsmen are under no such microscope.
You may feel more comfortable with an M4 than a handgun but that is due to your wanting to use rifle tactics to do so. Any long gun, even an M4 is less maneuverable in tight quarters than a handgun.
The term Long gun is accurate and generally refers to anything that isn't a handgun.
That is the only feasible option. The sheer traffic a purely drone based system would involve is staggering. Find your local UPS distro center, and watch how many trucks leave every morning. This time of year each of those trucks is carrying 700 or more packages and a good number of those packages are from Amazon.
Better yet get hired on as a seasonal driver and see how massive the operation is in your average metro area. I did last Christmas, at peak we were delivering over 70k packages a day, that was one of the three distribution centers serving the Salt Lake City Metro area. 210k packages flying out one flight at a time from that one complex. How is that not a nightmare waiting to happen. People just don't realize how much one vehicle can carry. And they will still need delivery drivers because the drone isn't made yet that will deliver some of the heavier and odd shaped items I delivered.
Maybe if the drone is one of two or three attached to each vehicle, hopping off to fly the 40 feet or so to the front step and then back to get the next package. And if the weather is compliant, that is. I delivered in heavy snow that I doubt any drone would handle well, and in winds that blew my hat off on one occasion. Personally I think this is a pipe dream, the sheer volume of flights that would be needed rule it out even without considerations for weather or weights above 55 lbs make it far less feasible than the current fleet of cargo vans and delivery drivers.
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And they didn't actually eliminate an already very rare occurrence, there have been at least two mass shootings since the ban which is about on part with frequency of such events before the ban.
Actually only about 18 states require that for all sales. Most states don't have any rules pertaining to such so only licensed dealers are required to perform NICS checks. That is still the vast majority of the firearms sold at the shows, but gun show sales are not required to be reported in most states.
Depends on the state. In mine you can find several individuals with a rifle or a handgun they are carrying marked with a for sale flag. Those are private sales and are welcomed at the shows. But on an average day of a gun show such might account for 10 or 15 weapons total while the dealers with all the booth space have thousands of weapons available to sell (with a background check).
A straw purchase is when a non-prohibited person purchases a firearm from a dealer, then turns and sells or gives the weapon to a prohibited person. Such is illegal because it attempts to circumvent the background checks. The guy selling his father's deer rifle is simply selling his rifle. He is under no obligation to do a background check, in fact in many states he has no ability to do so. He is not trying to avoid background checks. Not at all comparable to a straw purchase in any way.
Because two or three such individuals per year or heck even per month is a national health epidemic worthy of trashing the privacy rights of the millions of citizens who suffer from the many various forms of mental illness, yet don't go on psychotic rampages.
Sorry but the incidence is so low as to be a statistical anomaly not a clear public health risk.
But trees seldom die due to drought. They simply grow less. Thus giving us tree rings that show us droughts and wet years. This drought is only a few years long so far, there have been much longer droughts in the past, indicated by the tree rings of trees that lived through those much longer droughts just fine.
I was hoping that J.J. would at last introduce the real evil mastermind behind it all. Darth Locutus of Borg! And neatly tie his two franchises together (wouldn't Paramount and Disney both love that).
Over a billion gross on this one already in less than two weeks, and it hasn't even opened in China (the second largest market globally) yet. They plan at least a movie a year for several years to come (at least two trilogies planned so far).. Plus the deal bought them ILM which is widely used earning more profits from other movies. They'll likely have that $4b paid off in two or three years tops. Then it's all gravy. Loss leader? Not even close. Not with the Disney marketing machine. Will the following movies do as well? That has yet to be seen. But they don't have to be blow-out blockbusters like this one is to quickly turn into a long term money maker even without the merchandising.
That's not the point. That is the building space, it will also include large parking lots. My original comment was meant to be a joke but it flopped. But the summary and the article both say that it will have a 900 acre foot print, then they state that it will be placed on a 600 acre lot.
They can, that's how they get more square footage of floor space than exists in 600 or 900 acres. But the summary states first that it will be a 900 acre foot print, then it says (as does the article) that it will be on a 600 acre site. Foot print isn't changes by building up.
900 acres will sit on 600 acres? Me thinks this company has invented more than just a new electric car design.
It's not mine, it's the FBI's long standing standard.
Nope. You establish criteria for classification reasons. If someone survives they were not killed, and the shooter faces a lesser charge. The criteria were established decades ago. It may seem heartless, but you have to set and stick to criteria.
Try four. Even Anti-gun, extreme left wing Mother Jones only counts four. But then they actually have the intellectual honesty to keep to the original FBI definition of 4 Dead, not the three dead that the President ordered the FBI to change their criteria too, or the 4 or more shots fired that shootinglist uses.
Four, not 355, not 310. Four. Charlestown AME, Marine and Navy Recruiting station, College in Oregon and San Bernadino.
It should be noted that that 355 mass shootings number is pure fabrication, The founder of shootinglist is a mod on a reddit group dedicated to mocking the progun movement and has admitted it is propaganda. They cite incidents where children shoot others with bb or pellet guns, with no injuries and no charges filed as mass shootings.
The French only supported minimally until they were certain the Colonies had a chance of winning.
We do know our own history. We certainly know it better than you do.
The Afghans proved a motivated populace can handle a mechanized military. Also the military even if it was 100% involved and supportive of such a civil war, would still be vastly out, numbered. But most of our military would not only refuse to fight against the citizenry, a large portion of it would join the effort.
When you join the US military you swear an oath to Defend the Constitution, not the government. We take that oath seriously and that oath does not expire.
Furniture does not define use. A mini-14 decked out in full scary black rifle regalia is no more or less dangerous, and no less effective for hunting animals than one with a traditional wooden stock. Both function the same, pull the trigger once and one bullet goes down range.
It's called fighting back against tyranny. This country was founded by patriots who fought against the established government for freedom. They instilled the value base in this nation that it is the right of the people to be armed so that they can keep the government in line. A government that steps out of line is subject to replacement.
Defending freedom is not murder. It may require killing in defense of our rights and freedoms, that is not murder. Australia does not have anything like unto the Bill of Rights. And even then they only collected 1/5 of the weapons in private ownership.
Further those who people like you expect to go around collecting said weapons are among those not willing to give up their weapons. The police and military like guns too. They won't participate in any mass collection schemes.
Actually they collected only 1/5th of the weapons in private ownership. or roughly 650k weapons
They would have decidedly less success in this country.
Nope, don't want the money. I like my guns. That plan would get a few guns, and then there are those who would realize the deal you just gave them and start buying guns at market value and selling them to the gov for a profit. No way for that to be a waste and abuse. And what is the market value of 300 million plus guns?
Meanwhile I can manufacture my own guns with just a little study on machining techniques. Or I can print them on a 3D printer. Or I can just make zip guns.
You are not going to get rid of our guns. NY and CT both mandated strict registration of semi-automatic rifles after Newtown. The citizens of those states overwhelmingly failed to obey the law.
Considering the time many mass shooters spend preparing, they may just do so. In fact rage shooters are far less common that many claim. Planning and preparation is quite common.
Statistical analysis of multiple states' CC permit holder rosters, has proven that CC permit holders are 4x less likely than police to commit a crime. In fact they are the single most law abiding grouping of citizens identified. To hold a CC basically subjects you to constant background checks as the state has to monitor to see if they need to revoke said permit. Professional Sportsmen are under no such microscope.
You may feel more comfortable with an M4 than a handgun but that is due to your wanting to use rifle tactics to do so. Any long gun, even an M4 is less maneuverable in tight quarters than a handgun.
The term Long gun is accurate and generally refers to anything that isn't a handgun.
That is the only feasible option. The sheer traffic a purely drone based system would involve is staggering. Find your local UPS distro center, and watch how many trucks leave every morning. This time of year each of those trucks is carrying 700 or more packages and a good number of those packages are from Amazon.
Better yet get hired on as a seasonal driver and see how massive the operation is in your average metro area. I did last Christmas, at peak we were delivering over 70k packages a day, that was one of the three distribution centers serving the Salt Lake City Metro area. 210k packages flying out one flight at a time from that one complex. How is that not a nightmare waiting to happen. People just don't realize how much one vehicle can carry. And they will still need delivery drivers because the drone isn't made yet that will deliver some of the heavier and odd shaped items I delivered.
Maybe if the drone is one of two or three attached to each vehicle, hopping off to fly the 40 feet or so to the front step and then back to get the next package. And if the weather is compliant, that is. I delivered in heavy snow that I doubt any drone would handle well, and in winds that blew my hat off on one occasion. Personally I think this is a pipe dream, the sheer volume of flights that would be needed rule it out even without considerations for weather or weights above 55 lbs make it far less feasible than the current fleet of cargo vans and delivery drivers.