There have been 355 mass-shootings so far this year.
This statistic has been widely quoted, but it is a bit misleading. If you count every guy who shot at more than one person while robbing a liquor store a "mass-shooting", then yes, you will have stats like that. The truth is that we have had something like 74 true spree-shooting in the past 21 years. I might be mildly off, but I know I am correct or fairly close. Don't mix up all of the dopes robbing a convenience store with the loons who go into a movie theater and shoot people with the pure intent to kill.
Also, gun ownership has gone up more than 50% in the past 20 years and gun violence has actually dropped by about the same amount. It is just the big, flashy, spree-killings that are happening more often in recent years/month that make people nervous.
Let's assume you are correct with 74 in the past 21 years. That averages to about three a year. The question stands - when wouldn't it be ill-timed? Generally less than 4 months from last shooting.
You really should be asking yourself that question. When bullets are flying from multiple people with guns you are NOT going to know the good guys from the bad guys. Only in your testosterone-fueled wet dreams does it go down the way you imagine.
Were car shows ill-timed after the car murder at SXSW?
A better question is, "When wouldn't it be ill-timed?" There have been 355 mass-shootings so far this year. What day could you possible not be shortly after one?
Utter nonsense. Do you propose all the "good guys" wear some sort of jacket that shows they're one of the good guns? When everybody shoots each other because they all appear to be the active shooter, that's a hellscape I have no interest in being anywhere near.
The declarations of someone who is complaining that others are making it harder for him to make a buck need to be taken with a large grain of salt. iFixit for all their merits sells spare parts & repair kits. It is thus clearly in their own interest for everyone else to make it profitable for them to sell their products. iFixit would be very profitable if all phone manufacturers did everything they could to make it easier for them to sell their repair kits & repair/upgrade instead of replacing.
Their contention that do-it yourself repairmen are better for the environment it is completely unsupported. iFixit does not recover the broken parts that their clients are replacing and old parts are typically tossed in the trash. Manufacturer repair shops like Apple's have recycling policies that do recycle broken parts as well as old devices that people turn in when upgrading.
When iFixit starts systematically recovering the old parts when they sell replacement kits AND shows in some meaningful way that they are responsibly recycling them as well as Apple has shown to do, then they can talk about how environmentally virtuous they are - not before.
Just reposting your insightful post which echoes what I came here to post myself. Some fool moderated you troll.
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What's the actual union of people who don't want to kill animals for dinner but are also pissed off that their dinner then doesn't taste like animals? It seems like those people are just impossible to please. Yes, your dinner doesn't taste like meat. That's what you signed on for there, buddy!
I think the union is pretty small. I've been a vegetarian for 35 years. I hate the meat substitutes that taste like meat. I don't want to think I'm eating meat.
I think that's the main reason I can't watch that show, and to this date haven't watched a full episode yet. Every time I hear the laugh track I want to gag. What is this, 1965? If they're going to do it that way, at least have a live studio audience like Married with Children had that actually responds appropriately to what's happening when it's genuinely funny.
Wait a moment. There's at least EIGHT people who appear twice in that photo, and it's not a simple stitch together either. Check it out. Definitely the "live studio audience" isn't all that it's made out to be.
The pictures were taken on "Bring your identical twin and sit away from them" day.
"Gun free" is not intended to be a message to criminals..
It may not be intended as a message to criminals but it is most definitely interpreted as one. Hey look easy pickings, is the message they read.
You seriously misunderstand mass shootings if you think "easy pickings" is the criteria used for site selection. Look at history - it's places where people have a grudge for some reason - employment, schooling, girls, whatever.
Guaranteed income is a good idea as long as it's predicated on mandatory sterilization for recipients.
Not to be "mean". Part of the original issue is increased efficiency of production together with population growth. We can provide all of the people with labor from a small portion. We need to restore balance to the production vs. consumption and part of the equation is reasonable population level.
Sign me the fuck up! Being over 50, I'd be happy to get a vasectomy in exchange for free money for the rest of my life.
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There have been 355 mass-shootings so far this year.
This statistic has been widely quoted, but it is a bit misleading. If you count every guy who shot at more than one person while robbing a liquor store a "mass-shooting", then yes, you will have stats like that. The truth is that we have had something like 74 true spree-shooting in the past 21 years. I might be mildly off, but I know I am correct or fairly close. Don't mix up all of the dopes robbing a convenience store with the loons who go into a movie theater and shoot people with the pure intent to kill.
Also, gun ownership has gone up more than 50% in the past 20 years and gun violence has actually dropped by about the same amount. It is just the big, flashy, spree-killings that are happening more often in recent years/month that make people nervous.
Let's assume you are correct with 74 in the past 21 years. That averages to about three a year. The question stands - when wouldn't it be ill-timed? Generally less than 4 months from last shooting.
Are you really so stupid?
You really should be asking yourself that question. When bullets are flying from multiple people with guns you are NOT going to know the good guys from the bad guys. Only in your testosterone-fueled wet dreams does it go down the way you imagine.
Here's the solution: you can own any gun that existed when the 2nd amendment was written.
Were car shows ill-timed after the car murder at SXSW?
A better question is, "When wouldn't it be ill-timed?" There have been 355 mass-shootings so far this year. What day could you possible not be shortly after one?
Utter nonsense. Do you propose all the "good guys" wear some sort of jacket that shows they're one of the good guns? When everybody shoots each other because they all appear to be the active shooter, that's a hellscape I have no interest in being anywhere near.
The declarations of someone who is complaining that others are making it harder for him to make a buck need to be taken with a large grain of salt. iFixit for all their merits sells spare parts & repair kits. It is thus clearly in their own interest for everyone else to make it profitable for them to sell their products. iFixit would be very profitable if all phone manufacturers did everything they could to make it easier for them to sell their repair kits & repair/upgrade instead of replacing.
Their contention that do-it yourself repairmen are better for the environment it is completely unsupported. iFixit does not recover the broken parts that their clients are replacing and old parts are typically tossed in the trash. Manufacturer repair shops like Apple's have recycling policies that do recycle broken parts as well as old devices that people turn in when upgrading.
When iFixit starts systematically recovering the old parts when they sell replacement kits AND shows in some meaningful way that they are responsibly recycling them as well as Apple has shown to do, then they can talk about how environmentally virtuous they are - not before.
Just reposting your insightful post which echoes what I came here to post myself. Some fool moderated you troll.
This is the complaint area: [beliefs in things for which there is no empirical evidence (i.e. that prayers have the ability to heal)]
"The pasta strainer is obviously an atheist symbol."
Everybody is an atheist.
Since Sumerian times, people have invented 2780 gods, you don't believe in 2779 of them while others don't believe in 1 more.
I believe in one true god, with a margin of error of +/- 1.
Actually, I knew you meant Ron, but I mistyped his name as Rand! Oh, and it was an attempt at humor.
...If it doesn't make sense just assume I'm a lunatic.
TL;DR Summary: Voted for Rand Paul, therefore a lunatic.
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And how do you proposed to rotate a sphere, so all surfaces are moving perpendicular to the star?
You still stuck in 3 dimensions? Lame earthling!
Well, of course they didn't build them, given the total lack of wind in OK, except in certain areas in and around Oklahoma City.
Oh, really? https://search.yahoo.com/searc...
What's the actual union of people who don't want to kill animals for dinner but are also pissed off that their dinner then doesn't taste like animals? It seems like those people are just impossible to please. Yes, your dinner doesn't taste like meat. That's what you signed on for there, buddy!
I think the union is pretty small. I've been a vegetarian for 35 years. I hate the meat substitutes that taste like meat. I don't want to think I'm eating meat.
They don't interact with "normies" anymore because the cast has grown to large for that.
,,,are Geeks.
They would like to be, but lack the essential 'hacker' mentality required to Be a Geek.
Most of them are unimaginative morons, although highly educated.
A highly educated moron is easy to achieve with modern education; they can calculate something without any understanding whatsoever.
In other news, there are No True Scotsmen.
I think that's the main reason I can't watch that show, and to this date haven't watched a full episode yet. Every time I hear the laugh track I want to gag. What is this, 1965? If they're going to do it that way, at least have a live studio audience like Married with Children had that actually responds appropriately to what's happening when it's genuinely funny.
Um, they do have a live studio audience
Wait a moment. There's at least EIGHT people who appear twice in that photo, and it's not a simple stitch together either. Check it out. Definitely the "live studio audience" isn't all that it's made out to be.
The pictures were taken on "Bring your identical twin and sit away from them" day.
if the sight of a gun in the hands of a rational human scare you... well it is you who is irrational. its like being scared of the color blue
Um, no. The color blue cannot kill you. A gun in the hands of a human (how do you know if they're rational?) can.
"Gun free" is not intended to be a message to criminals. .
It may not be intended as a message to criminals but it is most definitely interpreted as one. Hey look easy pickings, is the message they read.
You seriously misunderstand mass shootings if you think "easy pickings" is the criteria used for site selection. Look at history - it's places where people have a grudge for some reason - employment, schooling, girls, whatever.
A shining example of the enlightened secular world right there.
Being ignorant of Afghan sects does not make one secular - it's probably one of those "Christians."
Did VW really think it could get away with this indefinitely?
Nope. Just long enough for the authorizing executives to get their bonuses.
Why there is no sound alarm when one drives faster than allowed by a law of a land?
Because no one wants to hear the constant whine of an alarm - they are all driving faster than the law all the time.
Safety and comforts add weight. Blame the Federal government...
Bullshit. The Federal government is the only reason cars aren't getting only 10 MPG.
ARM offers two licenses, architectural and core. Apple has an architectural license and they design their own cores.
Stop confusing the Apple-bashers with facts.
Guaranteed income is a good idea as long as it's predicated on mandatory sterilization for recipients.
Not to be "mean". Part of the original issue is increased efficiency of production together with population growth. We can provide all of the people with labor from a small portion. We need to restore balance to the production vs. consumption and part of the equation is reasonable population level.
Sign me the fuck up! Being over 50, I'd be happy to get a vasectomy in exchange for free money for the rest of my life.