It's a sad truth, but a reality because in the US, money reigns supreme, and the NRA has a metric shit ton of money that they throw around
And exactly where do you think the NRA gets its money? Yep, you guessed, it, from US citizens that want their interest protected, just like any other lobby for congress.
That just shows there are plenty of folks in the US that wish to have their 2nd amendment rights protected.
Did you know that the CDC is not permitted to research gun violence
Hmm....CDC == Center for Disease Control.....ok, I'm trying to figure out why the CDC would be the organization to study gun violence....I mean, what disease is gun violence caused by?
Are you saying that gun violence is bacterial or viral or something?
That would be as silly as having NASA promote Islamic awareness issues.....but...err....wait.
The US gun lobby doesn't even want to restrict sales to those who already have mental health issues.
I think the problem with most laws that have been put forth for removing a person's 2nd amendment right, for reasons of such things as mental illness, spousal abuse, etc....is that they are set up such that it immediately removes the rights from the accused, and leaves little if no rights to due process for that person to either defend themselves against the charges or have those rights restored once remediation steps have been made.
But they way most of these laws have been written, mere accusation by a disgruntled spouse or any party that may have a grudge against the accused, causes the accused to immediately have their rights revoked and allow to have their property confiscated. Basically they laws proposed have made you guilty until proven innocent.
We don't like that with any other of the amendments in the constitution, why should we be so willing to allow it for the 2nd?
The car argument would be great if it weren't much easier to obtain a gun than a driver's license in most places.
Well, there's not laws saying you have to have a license to drive or buy a car if you are only going to be using it on private land.
You get a drivers license to prove you know how to drive on roads crowded with other folks driving cars.
I believe it is illegal to discharge a weapon in public in most places (cities, towns, etc) that is not on a private range set up specifically for such activity.
And it is illegal to use either a gun or a motorized vehicle to murder another human being...both have laws covering both activities with either tool. Fortunately, most people are sane and do not use either to murder people.
The problem for the gun advocates is they campaigning for a minimum level of gun violence, yet they never tell us what that minimum level is,
Well, there is no way to give that number.
The ONLY way you will get the number of gun deaths to 0, would be to immediately ban all guns, and ammunition sales, And the confiscate all existing firearms and ammo from the citizenry.
Now....do you realistically see that ever happening in the US, where private arms ownership is a full amendment to the US Constitution, from which all law is driven?
Then don't complain when scores of innocent people are murdered.
There's always reason to complain when people are murdered.
We complain when people are killed all around the US by drunk drivers don't we?
Yet, we don't ban alcohol.....we don't ban BARS which by necessity mean people are drinking away from home and have to get home. If we were really serious about that, we'd ban letting bars have parking lots, as that just encourages people to drive there and get drunk....and I guarantee you that empty lot at night when the bar closes, was NOT full of cars driven home by sober people.
But a gun is simply a tool. As is a car, or a knife, or a pressure cooker....etc.
Most people do not misuse them or purposefully set out to kill a bunch of people with them.
If that were the case, we'd have a LOT more dead people daily. That doesn't mean, however, we can't be shocked and complain about the few cases that do happen, and try to concentrate on the causes of the personal problems the limited number of criminals have that cause them to do things like this, rather than try to take away the rights of the VAST majority of grown adults that use adult tools in a responsible manner.
More than 90% of gun violence is not done with registered guns.
Err....as far as I know, in most states you do NOT have to register a gun with the state.
If buying from an FFL dealer, you do go through a background check. But that is not registering the weapon.
And in many states, a private transaction between two private individuals, of the sale of a firearm, there is no need for a background check, just is pretty much the same as selling a used cell phone between two private parties.
Things that ARE registered with the Feds....fully automatic weapons. And the Hughes amendment in 1986 pretty much bans the sale of new automatic weapons. The only ones floating around for sale that were manufactured prior to May 19, 1986.
So, to get a full auto weapon, the supply is limited to what was manufactured prior to this date, AND you have to go through a pretty background check, and the cheapest you can get one usually is north of maybe $16K - $20K on the CHEAP side.
The audio sounded like he was somehow using a full auto.
If this were the case, then it would be pretty much the first use of full auto in the US for a crime like this in modern history.
Oh...and other types of arms that need to have special NFA registration, are SBS, SBR and suppressors....those require background checks by the Feds, and $200 tax stamp too..
But regular arms other than these, for most states, do not require registration with local, state or federal entities.
just makes you sound like a white male who has never had to experience the kinds of things other people contend with on a daily basis.
What? Seriously'?
You think "white guys" have never had the problems you described above:
"You may stay at a shitty job because you have a family to support, or ailing relatives you care for. You may be living paycheck to paycheck, where you manage to get by, but you have basically zero savings, and can't afford to take time off your current job to look/interview for a new one. There's a myriad of possible reasons why someone might keep a shitty job where they're not paid what they're worth, treated like dirt, etc."
Seriously, you think this situation happens to everyone except white guys?
Man, open your eyes, this is called LIFE, and it happens to almost EVERYONE, no matter your sex or race.
You might wanna lay off there Kool-Aid the skippy....
Man, after reading the retirement deals these guys got.....I have GOT to work on my contract negotiating skills and try to get better terms for 'my' retirement.
I wonder who their advisers are....? Anyone got a number?
Maybe you should find another place to live. Texas perhaps? Then you can drive around in your loud, gas-guzzling pickup, be as sexist and racist as you want, carry as many guns as you want and eat all of the red meat that you want...like a "real" man.
Ahh...living!!
Yep, nice to still be able to live where you actually still have freedom of choice, freedom from the thought police, and can fully enjoy your constitutionally protected natural rights.
Wow...funny, that used to be something ALL Americans enjoyed and fought for....
Knowingly having your social media accounts monitored and/or periodically checked creates a chilling effect. It may discourage people from discussing certain things, or even from passing through the US border.
Yet ANOTHER reason not to be on Facebook.....or other 'social media'....
Businesses are going to go corp-to-corp contracting because it's more-efficient,
I'm advocating individiuals do corp-to-corp contracting.
I have set myself up as an S-Corp and do my work corp-to-corp....works out great.
If you are a W2 employee of a contracting house...you kinda end up getting the worst of both worlds and are handing money off to a middleman that really isn't required.
We set things like working hours by the Free Labor Standards act in the United States. We don't have a Federal compensatory time rule, so employers can work you for 60 hours if you're salaried and pay 40. On average, a salaried employee works 47 hours per week--about 1 extra unpaid day.
Sounds like you need to consider going into contracting!!!
As an independent contractor, you can negotiate your bill rate, making sure you get paid for EVERY hour worked.
And let's face it, these days, employers have NO loyalty to the workers, you can be let go at any time for most any reason or no reason.
If you're only going to get the job security of a contractor, you might as well get the independence and bill rate of a contractor.
My fitbit bit the dust a few weeks back...and I was thinking Apple Watch this go around, since it now seems to do and track all I like...although it appears you have to get a 3rd party app for sleep tracking.
Hmm....has anyone heard if the Verizon connected LTE model has had the connection problems?
I've only read ATT and TMobile problems so far...?
I do wish there were links and information to the tech he's using for the VHS digital transfers.
I have some old VHS tapes I'd really like to digitize, but don't know where to start, and I'd really have no problem spending the $$ to get the right stuff to do it right like it sounds like this guy is doing.....
I'm still trying to wrap my head around "lack of corporate responsibility"....??
It appears from my reading that Uber does do the background checks in the UK that the taxi services do, so, that would seem to refute your argument there.
It seems the corporate responsibility is more a code phrase for "bucking the system" currently in place that puts $$ back in the hands of the govt folks.
Perhaps they don't like the idea that people can be grown ups and make adult decisions and do direct contracting?
Even $1000 is less than the total price of this generation's consoles: PlayStation 4 Pro ($399), Xbox One X ($499 once it ships in November), and Nintendo Switch ($299).
You know...if dropping a grand every once in awhile is going to break your bank, perhaps your time would be better spent trying to educate yourself and do whatever to get a better paying job, rather than wasting time playing games....?
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And exactly where do you think the NRA gets its money? Yep, you guessed, it, from US citizens that want their interest protected, just like any other lobby for congress.
That just shows there are plenty of folks in the US that wish to have their 2nd amendment rights protected.
Hmm....CDC == Center for Disease Control.....ok, I'm trying to figure out why the CDC would be the organization to study gun violence....I mean, what disease is gun violence caused by?
Are you saying that gun violence is bacterial or viral or something?
That would be as silly as having NASA promote Islamic awareness issues.....but...err....wait.
I think the problem with most laws that have been put forth for removing a person's 2nd amendment right, for reasons of such things as mental illness, spousal abuse, etc....is that they are set up such that it immediately removes the rights from the accused, and leaves little if no rights to due process for that person to either defend themselves against the charges or have those rights restored once remediation steps have been made.
But they way most of these laws have been written, mere accusation by a disgruntled spouse or any party that may have a grudge against the accused, causes the accused to immediately have their rights revoked and allow to have their property confiscated. Basically they laws proposed have made you guilty until proven innocent.
We don't like that with any other of the amendments in the constitution, why should we be so willing to allow it for the 2nd?
Well, there's not laws saying you have to have a license to drive or buy a car if you are only going to be using it on private land.
You get a drivers license to prove you know how to drive on roads crowded with other folks driving cars.
I believe it is illegal to discharge a weapon in public in most places (cities, towns, etc) that is not on a private range set up specifically for such activity.
And it is illegal to use either a gun or a motorized vehicle to murder another human being...both have laws covering both activities with either tool. Fortunately, most people are sane and do not use either to murder people.
Well, there is no way to give that number.
The ONLY way you will get the number of gun deaths to 0, would be to immediately ban all guns, and ammunition sales, And the confiscate all existing firearms and ammo from the citizenry.
Now....do you realistically see that ever happening in the US, where private arms ownership is a full amendment to the US Constitution, from which all law is driven?
There's always reason to complain when people are murdered.
We complain when people are killed all around the US by drunk drivers don't we?
Yet, we don't ban alcohol.....we don't ban BARS which by necessity mean people are drinking away from home and have to get home. If we were really serious about that, we'd ban letting bars have parking lots, as that just encourages people to drive there and get drunk....and I guarantee you that empty lot at night when the bar closes, was NOT full of cars driven home by sober people.
But a gun is simply a tool. As is a car, or a knife, or a pressure cooker....etc.
Most people do not misuse them or purposefully set out to kill a bunch of people with them.
If that were the case, we'd have a LOT more dead people daily. That doesn't mean, however, we can't be shocked and complain about the few cases that do happen, and try to concentrate on the causes of the personal problems the limited number of criminals have that cause them to do things like this, rather than try to take away the rights of the VAST majority of grown adults that use adult tools in a responsible manner.
Err....as far as I know, in most states you do NOT have to register a gun with the state.
If buying from an FFL dealer, you do go through a background check. But that is not registering the weapon.
And in many states, a private transaction between two private individuals, of the sale of a firearm, there is no need for a background check, just is pretty much the same as selling a used cell phone between two private parties.
Things that ARE registered with the Feds....fully automatic weapons. And the Hughes amendment in 1986 pretty much bans the sale of new automatic weapons. The only ones floating around for sale that were manufactured prior to May 19, 1986.
So, to get a full auto weapon, the supply is limited to what was manufactured prior to this date, AND you have to go through a pretty background check, and the cheapest you can get one usually is north of maybe $16K - $20K on the CHEAP side.
The audio sounded like he was somehow using a full auto.
If this were the case, then it would be pretty much the first use of full auto in the US for a crime like this in modern history.
Oh...and other types of arms that need to have special NFA registration, are SBS, SBR and suppressors....those require background checks by the Feds, and $200 tax stamp too..
But regular arms other than these, for most states, do not require registration with local, state or federal entities.
Most gun owners are not criminals.
I thought the "man bun" had already had a quick and painful death.
Apparently not for this watch company. ugh
What? Seriously'?
You think "white guys" have never had the problems you described above:
"You may stay at a shitty job because you have a family to support, or ailing relatives you care for. You may be living paycheck to paycheck, where you manage to get by, but you have basically zero savings, and can't afford to take time off your current job to look/interview for a new one. There's a myriad of possible reasons why someone might keep a shitty job where they're not paid what they're worth, treated like dirt, etc."
Seriously, you think this situation happens to everyone except white guys?
Man, open your eyes, this is called LIFE, and it happens to almost EVERYONE, no matter your sex or race.
You might wanna lay off there Kool-Aid the skippy....
I wonder who their advisers are....? Anyone got a number?
Ahh...living!!
Yep, nice to still be able to live where you actually still have freedom of choice, freedom from the thought police, and can fully enjoy your constitutionally protected natural rights.
Wow...funny, that used to be something ALL Americans enjoyed and fought for....
Hmm...even the Feds have to be smart enough to realize that slashdot is anything but social.
Yet ANOTHER reason not to be on Facebook.....or other 'social media'....
The better question is, what part of the Constitution says the federal government CAN gather and keep such records.
Remember, the constitution is not there to grant rights to the people...people are BORN with rights.
The constitution is there to list the limited, enumerated powers, privileges and responsibilities that the Federal Government has.
Perhaps we should change things, to make it easier for most folks to do independent contracting...?
I'm advocating individiuals do corp-to-corp contracting.
I have set myself up as an S-Corp and do my work corp-to-corp....works out great.
If you are a W2 employee of a contracting house...you kinda end up getting the worst of both worlds and are handing money off to a middleman that really isn't required.
Sounds like you need to consider going into contracting!!!
As an independent contractor, you can negotiate your bill rate, making sure you get paid for EVERY hour worked.
And let's face it, these days, employers have NO loyalty to the workers, you can be let go at any time for most any reason or no reason.
If you're only going to get the job security of a contractor, you might as well get the independence and bill rate of a contractor.
Hmm....has anyone heard if the Verizon connected LTE model has had the connection problems?
I've only read ATT and TMobile problems so far...?
I have some old VHS tapes I'd really like to digitize, but don't know where to start, and I'd really have no problem spending the $$ to get the right stuff to do it right like it sounds like this guy is doing.....
I'm sorry, I don't get the reference...can you expand on that?
It appears from my reading that Uber does do the background checks in the UK that the taxi services do, so, that would seem to refute your argument there.
It seems the corporate responsibility is more a code phrase for "bucking the system" currently in place that puts $$ back in the hands of the govt folks.
Perhaps they don't like the idea that people can be grown ups and make adult decisions and do direct contracting?
Hmm..guess I need to go look up what a "swipe" keyboard is.....?
What does the default keyboard not offer?
You know...if dropping a grand every once in awhile is going to break your bank, perhaps your time would be better spent trying to educate yourself and do whatever to get a better paying job, rather than wasting time playing games....?
Hmm....well, whatever it is, the important thing seems to be that it is really FUN to drink alcohol on the plane....
Sure...and take things from bad to worse??
LOL...Cliton....I see what you did there!!