Put a boat in a creek that moves at walking pace. Sprint to a spot 100 feet ahead of it and try to hit it repeatedly. You might be surprised at how hard it is to hit. For additional fun let it get ahead of you and then run and gun along the shoreline trying to keep up.
Hmm...last time I tried this exercise...the boat passengers got REALLY pissed at me....
Which is about 99% of car use, so this is just being pedantic for the sake of deflection.
And...most guns are used on perfectly legal ranges, private grounds, etc.....so, no problem there.
Criminal use of a car or a gun is criminal use. A criminal that wants to use a car to mow through a group of people doesn't worry about having a valid driver license beforehand....just steal a car and go.
Suicides by firearms are tragic and a big problem in the US. It provides an unsurpassed easy and effective way for someone to end their life in a momentary surge of desperate emotion.
I don't...if you are wanting to take yourself out, you'll take yourself out, doesn't matter the method.
And frankly, I don't care...if someone is that messed up, likely they are doing us a favor by taking themselves out of the gene pool.
So as a non-american this is wildly unimportant to me. In the past 30 days there have been far more spectacular acts of terrorism that have garnered no attention from slashdot. This post is a long way from the core principles of slashdot.
You do know that Slashdot is and always HAS been a US centric website, right?
Almost every place in the world has seen gun violence go down in the last 20-30 years. Almost... the USA is the exception as usual (also exceptional in its ass-poor medical coverage and ass-idiot lack of common education as in "the earth is 6k years old, and evolution is 'just a theory', and we do not believe in global warming"). Not the land of the free but the LAND OF THE STUPID.
Look, if you are not an American, you don't have fuck all to say about it, it is none of your business.
1. Guns kill more people in the US every year than car accidents.
It looks like the CDC has them virtually neck and neck. I would dare say, if you removed the suicide gun deaths, and justified shootings where it was a "bad guy" that died.... I would guess the numbers would be a good bit lower than traffic deaths.
The shooter was obviously not a gun enthusiast....
He had a high powered semi-auto long gun (likely either an AR or AK)...he put out approx 50 rounds or more and he only wounded 4 people or so??
Sheesh..this guy couldn't shoot worth shit...
I'd dare say if it it comes down to a fight between the libs and the conservatives, the libs will lose that battle.
Fortunately, this guy couldn't shoot very well...but wow...with an AR, you could start off with a drum and have like 72 shots, and then quickly can change to 2 other 30 round magazines that would be easy to carry in your jeans pockets....and he didn't manage to do that much damage.
The deal is that people with mental issues, sociopaths, and old-fashioned assholes exist in nearly every group regardless of political position. Many of them only get influence by being very loud. Others are only have influence because they make for easy strawmen for lazy members of an opposing group, so they get held up as an example despite not being representative at all.
The thing is...this isn't just an isolated nut job here and there acting alone. Just look at the large, violent mobs in past year or so at college universities trying to extinguish any speakers or thoughts that are not in lockstep with their hive mind....mobs of people beating people, destroying property, shouting down any opinions differing from theirs and suppression anyone they see as different.
You saw this for days in the streets after Trump won...
Peaceful protest is one thing, I'm all for it..but this is mob rule violence and destruction trying to intimidate and suppress thought.
It sounds vaguely familiar to groups doing the same things just before WW2.
It just now is left instead of right, and the uniforms have changed.
Ok now name me two more just to match what I could come up with off the top of my head. Then I will find you 10 more right-wing terrorists.
Well, pretty much all the rioters across the college campuses in the past year, that throw violent, destructive protests over a conservative speaker coming to speak, or the violent destructive marches for months after Trump was elected....so many that I"v lost count.
It's bad enough when it is one person, but it is scary that we see the left today in violent mobs that hurt people, destroy property and ultimately suppress speech or expression of opinions that are not in lock step with their own.
Yup....it seems this may be a disgruntled person on the left that is once again resorting to violence....
Early reports say he first walked up to there, unarmed asking "Hey, are these republicans or democrats?"...
Apparently once he found out they were republicans, he came back armed and shooting.
What's the deal with this? It seems as if there is a Left Leaning Fascist group growing out there...using all methods including violence to shut down and shout down anyone that isn't in perfect lockstep with their groupthink of what the world has to be.
I dunno...its looking like, at the beginning here, that it was a LEFT type guy, taking target practice at our republican congressmen early this morning trying to practice baseball.
Early reports have the shooter coming by unarmed earlier, asking "Hey, are these republicans or democrats".
Once he got his answer, he came out firing with republicans as his targets.
For these people, it isn't enough to impose their bigoted will upon the rest of civilized society. It is only enough when they achieve their end goal of killing or converting those who disagree.
Err....this actually describes to a "T" the leftists and SJW's in the US at this time, not the conservatives or right.....
Who is it was see using riots and violence in most recent years? It certainly isn't the republicans or the tea party folks...it is the SJW's....the left leaning citizens.
The right isn't using violence, riots or intimidation to suppress expression by the other side...it is the LEFT that is doing this and has been for years now. It is a left wing fascism that is the violent problem in the US these days...trying to suppress any ideology that even remotely disagrees with them and their groupthink.
DoE manages all nuclear weapons, nuclear materials handling and security, and nuclear weapons research as well. It's the direct descendant of the Atomic Energy Commission. We probably don't want to disband that.
Well, then let's just whittle down their responsibilities and powers to JUST the nuclear oversight.
And to re-enforce this move, maybe rename them back to the Atomic Energy Commission and just leave them at that.
Even if it's not a "job" per se, it's nice to have some kind of role to play in society that's more than a hobby.
Hmm..well, while doing something nice for society might be a nice side benefit of doing what you like, I certainly never think of something like that as a driving force in any of my actions or direction in life.
I guess it could be for some, everyone is different, but I can't imagine its that as big of a deal for more than a slight majority of people in the world.
You might soon find that sitting on the beach all day isn't what you expected. I have taken extended vacations between jobs, and after about a week, I start feeling an urge to "get stuff done". The satisfaction of achieving goals is not just about money.
Not me, I guess different types.
Last time I was between gigs lasted maybe 7 months or so.
I frankly had NO problem keeping myself happy and occupied. I live in New Orleans, my general day dealt with, wake up about 8-9am or so, walk the dog...jump on my motorcycle and hit the gym for a couple hours, come home, eat lunch (and look for job)...then, I'd hop on my bike and go to museums around town or whatever and be a tourist in my own city.
When the day got to around 3-4pm, I'd go to a bar and meet friends that were getting off work for drinks....etc.
That was the basics and I NEVER got tired of that....but in between, I can find days to do hobbies I like..photography, videos...editing, maybe creating some art out of it with photoshop painting, etc.
I like to read a lot too.
And trust me, if that every got tiring, if I had all the money I needed, I"d travel and take a "vacation" away from it all.
My one and ONLY driving force to work, is to earn money to do the things I like to do...period. If I were paid enough, I really couldn't give a shit what it was I was doing to get paid that much for...I really have no loyalty to job...I just want money.
If I did not have to continue to make money to support my lifestyle, I would spend my time doing all the things I like to do now (and maybe find more)....without having to waste time working.
I have a very difficult time imagining someone actually wanting to work if they didn't have to.
Can that many people not find ways to entertain themselves when not working.....?
...penalizing the practice may discourage universities from inviting even potentially controversial speakers in the first place,
But that's pretty much what we're seeing now with violent leftist protest causing universities from inviting even slightly controversial folks from the center right to far right....
This set of laws is trying to address what you mentioned that is already happening.
Slashdot Mirror
Hmm...last time I tried this exercise...the boat passengers got REALLY pissed at me....
And...most guns are used on perfectly legal ranges, private grounds, etc.....so, no problem there.
Criminal use of a car or a gun is criminal use. A criminal that wants to use a car to mow through a group of people doesn't worry about having a valid driver license beforehand....just steal a car and go.
I don't...if you are wanting to take yourself out, you'll take yourself out, doesn't matter the method.
And frankly, I don't care...if someone is that messed up, likely they are doing us a favor by taking themselves out of the gene pool.
You do know that Slashdot is and always HAS been a US centric website, right?
Look, if you are not an American, you don't have fuck all to say about it, it is none of your business.
It looks like the CDC has them virtually neck and neck. I would dare say, if you removed the suicide gun deaths, and justified shootings where it was a "bad guy" that died.... I would guess the numbers would be a good bit lower than traffic deaths.
He had a high powered semi-auto long gun (likely either an AR or AK)...he put out approx 50 rounds or more and he only wounded 4 people or so??
Sheesh..this guy couldn't shoot worth shit...
I'd dare say if it it comes down to a fight between the libs and the conservatives, the libs will lose that battle.
Fortunately, this guy couldn't shoot very well...but wow...with an AR, you could start off with a drum and have like 72 shots, and then quickly can change to 2 other 30 round magazines that would be easy to carry in your jeans pockets....and he didn't manage to do that much damage.
Again..thankfully....
The thing is...this isn't just an isolated nut job here and there acting alone. Just look at the large, violent mobs in past year or so at college universities trying to extinguish any speakers or thoughts that are not in lockstep with their hive mind....mobs of people beating people, destroying property, shouting down any opinions differing from theirs and suppression anyone they see as different.
You saw this for days in the streets after Trump won...
Peaceful protest is one thing, I'm all for it..but this is mob rule violence and destruction trying to intimidate and suppress thought.
It sounds vaguely familiar to groups doing the same things just before WW2.
It just now is left instead of right, and the uniforms have changed.
In any form of recent years...what incidents are you speaking of?!?!
I don't know of any people going out trying to kill a mass of people in the name of Christ...please, enumerate them.
What violent acts by the GOP in any form of recent history?
Even the Tea Party high levels of activity, were quite peaceful at rallies....
Well, pretty much all the rioters across the college campuses in the past year, that throw violent, destructive protests over a conservative speaker coming to speak, or the violent destructive marches for months after Trump was elected....so many that I"v lost count.
It's bad enough when it is one person, but it is scary that we see the left today in violent mobs that hurt people, destroy property and ultimately suppress speech or expression of opinions that are not in lock step with their own.
Early reports say he first walked up to there, unarmed asking "Hey, are these republicans or democrats?"...
Apparently once he found out they were republicans, he came back armed and shooting.
What's the deal with this? It seems as if there is a Left Leaning Fascist group growing out there...using all methods including violence to shut down and shout down anyone that isn't in perfect lockstep with their groupthink of what the world has to be.
Early reports have the shooter coming by unarmed earlier, asking "Hey, are these republicans or democrats".
Once he got his answer, he came out firing with republicans as his targets.
Err....this actually describes to a "T" the leftists and SJW's in the US at this time, not the conservatives or right.....
Who is it was see using riots and violence in most recent years? It certainly isn't the republicans or the tea party folks...it is the SJW's....the left leaning citizens.
The right isn't using violence, riots or intimidation to suppress expression by the other side...it is the LEFT that is doing this and has been for years now. It is a left wing fascism that is the violent problem in the US these days...trying to suppress any ideology that even remotely disagrees with them and their groupthink.
"You're free to do what you want."
Well, then let's just whittle down their responsibilities and powers to JUST the nuclear oversight.
And to re-enforce this move, maybe rename them back to the Atomic Energy Commission and just leave them at that.
Well, it isn't like there wasn't a lack of effort on his and his administration's part to do just that....
Hmm..well, while doing something nice for society might be a nice side benefit of doing what you like, I certainly never think of something like that as a driving force in any of my actions or direction in life.
I guess it could be for some, everyone is different, but I can't imagine its that as big of a deal for more than a slight majority of people in the world.
Not me, I guess different types.
Last time I was between gigs lasted maybe 7 months or so.
I frankly had NO problem keeping myself happy and occupied. I live in New Orleans, my general day dealt with, wake up about 8-9am or so, walk the dog...jump on my motorcycle and hit the gym for a couple hours, come home, eat lunch (and look for job)...then, I'd hop on my bike and go to museums around town or whatever and be a tourist in my own city.
When the day got to around 3-4pm, I'd go to a bar and meet friends that were getting off work for drinks....etc.
That was the basics and I NEVER got tired of that....but in between, I can find days to do hobbies I like..photography, videos...editing, maybe creating some art out of it with photoshop painting, etc.
I like to read a lot too.
And trust me, if that every got tiring, if I had all the money I needed, I"d travel and take a "vacation" away from it all.
My one and ONLY driving force to work, is to earn money to do the things I like to do...period. If I were paid enough, I really couldn't give a shit what it was I was doing to get paid that much for...I really have no loyalty to job...I just want money.
If I did not have to continue to make money to support my lifestyle, I would spend my time doing all the things I like to do now (and maybe find more)....without having to waste time working.
I have a very difficult time imagining someone actually wanting to work if they didn't have to.
Can that many people not find ways to entertain themselves when not working.....?
The stuff like this is for their internal HR to deal with....
I sure wouldn't....I'd spend the rest of my years enjoying the good life with enough $$ to easily live on without ever having to work another day.
Rounder edges....
But it does look like they are becoming a sort of leftist liberal fascist group themselves....they sure are employing the tactics.
But that's pretty much what we're seeing now with violent leftist protest causing universities from inviting even slightly controversial folks from the center right to far right....
This set of laws is trying to address what you mentioned that is already happening.