You, sir, are not only not an expert but also mis-informed or ignorant of the facts.
I'll go with ignorant of the facts. Thanks for the link to the info -- and based on what's listed as an "assault weapon," it seems pretty arbitrary. I.e., what you said originally -- the law seems to concern itself more about appearance than functionality.
Besides which, even the name "assault weapon" seems kinda silly. I mean, it's a weapon. What else are you going to do with it?
Another reason to believe the universe was designed.
Except that believers in so-called "intelligent design" don't need reasons to believe it. The one reason they have is Genesis, Chapter 1.
If a god had designed the Universe and wanted you to know about it, you would know by now -- the evidence would be irrefutable. I submit that either (a) no god designed the Universe, or (b) a god designed the Universe and doesn't think humanity has need-to-know access to the fact. I won't rule out (b), but I think that if a god did design the Universe, it was akin to shaking a snow globe and letting the little snowflakes move of their own accord thereafter.
Further, gun ownership does nothing to prevent tyranny. It's the ability to coalesce en mass, and revolt as a general populace that controls governments' tendency towards totalitarianism.
Right, because coalescing en masse worked so well at Tienanmen Square and in Burma. Oh, wait...
Personally I will any time give up my money rather than face the option of taking someones life or losing my own - its just money for Christ sake!
And if you have a gun, you might have that option. But if you don't, the option is taken away from you -- you are completely at the mercy of a stranger who values your $20 jacket more than he values your life.
If there are new protections which we must add, to further limit the government, such as the protection of privacy (unreasonable search and seizure?), perhaps we need a new amendment.
Doesn't mean they will. This is a court that barely upheld Habeas Corpus. I used to have a lot of faith in the court system, too. Not so much these days.
Others have explained this already. But I'll say this: you are not given rights by your government. You give rights to your government -- and as the DMCA and other events of the last 10 years have shown us, you'd better have a damn good reason to give your government those rights, because you will never get them back.
I'm not saying the developers weren't in on it, I'm just saying the artists at my company could rip off the most famous games ever made and I probably wouldn't know about it.
Sir, I'm going to have to revoke your SlashDot license.
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I'll go with ignorant of the facts. Thanks for the link to the info -- and based on what's listed as an "assault weapon," it seems pretty arbitrary. I.e., what you said originally -- the law seems to concern itself more about appearance than functionality.
Besides which, even the name "assault weapon" seems kinda silly. I mean, it's a weapon. What else are you going to do with it?
Except that believers in so-called "intelligent design" don't need reasons to believe it. The one reason they have is Genesis, Chapter 1.
If a god had designed the Universe and wanted you to know about it, you would know by now -- the evidence would be irrefutable. I submit that either (a) no god designed the Universe, or (b) a god designed the Universe and doesn't think humanity has need-to-know access to the fact. I won't rule out (b), but I think that if a god did design the Universe, it was akin to shaking a snow globe and letting the little snowflakes move of their own accord thereafter.
All of them.
It would be against the tyranny of their own government or of any invading nation.
This one should be a no-brainer: the 2nd Amendment applies to every state just like the 1st Amendment and every other.
How do we know you didn't write that piece on self-plagiarism? :)
Doesn't mean they will. This is a court that barely upheld Habeas Corpus. I used to have a lot of faith in the court system, too. Not so much these days.
Studies have shown that the cake is a lie.
Damn skippy! Don't they know they're supposed to apply directly to the forehead?
Riiight. Good luck finding a U.S. company that doesn't have some tie to the DOD.
Assume they put as much hard work into the rest of the game that they put into the graphics ... then, do the math.
And you think the IE developers work for peanuts? How, pray tell, do you think Microsoft pays their salaries?
But it won't negate most of the comments. :)
That's all well and good, but he won't go anywhere without a synergized mission and vision!