Less than a third and mostly concentrated in some regions. Almost nobody (
Yes, NRA has passed laws that forbid to study gun-death epidemiology. Nice way to hide the problems, right.
Yup. And they haven't exploded. Contrary to the "look-ma-no-hands!" Anarchist Cookbook, creating a powerful portable bomb is not easy. Denying them access to guns might have resulted in them blowing up themselves to pieces while manufacturing a bigger bomb.
Don't you know that Mexico is awash in guns (including semi-automatic guns) smuggled through the non-existing border with the US? Maybe you've heard that most of semi-automatic guns in Mexico are bought legally in the US?
And simply denying access to guns would have saved even more people. And the point still stands - armed guards provide almost no security against shooters in the real world. They can be trivially bypassed and their time to react gives shooter more than enough time to inflict lots of damage.
The Prohibition is not equal to gun bans. Most people with normal penises don't care about guns at all, while a large part of population likes a drink once in a while. And experience of other countries shows that gun bans are fairly effective.
Yep. He simply forced shooters to select another target, that doesn't count as 'saving'.
"THAT is what is wrong with this debate. One side is insisting that ALL killing be stopped no matter what. "
Right now the 'one side' is asking to at least ban the most egregious example of gun nuttery, that is totally useless for anything BUT mass shootings. In reply the 'other side' is mostly frothing at the mouth: "second amendment/tyranny/armed society/give a gun to every toddler" and so on.
Want to wager how long it'll take for a disgruntled teacher to shoot a kid? Or perhaps accidentally discharge a weapon into someone's precious little Jonny?
"A Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy, Neil Gardner, was assigned to the high school as a full-time uniformed and armed school resource officer. Gardner usually ate lunch with students in the cafeteria, but on April 20 he was eating lunch in his patrol car at the northwest corner of the campus, watching students in the Smokers' Pit in Clement Park. the single officer was NOT IN THE SCHOOL."
Fact one. They HAD an armed guard.
Fact two. He was pretty much useless in action - as most of the guards are.
Fact three. One armed guard can't be everywhere.
Fact four. One armed guard can be pretty much ignored by the shooters - they'll have more than enough targets.
Fact five - gun control would have helped much better. Instead USisans opt for penis extensions (known as 'guns') instead.
So basically he's right. One armed guard didn't help too much - he simply caused shooters to change position. And he appeared only after two minutes when more than 10 people were already dead. Or do you propose to have heavily armored and armed guards escorting students all the time?
Proximity to employees is also important. Silicon Valley and San Francisco are _surrounded_ by universities so there's a lot of academia-industry interactions going on there. Besides, you also need support staff: marketing, legal, business development, etc. It's possible to interact with them remotely, but it's yet another hurdle that's absent in San Francisco/Silicon Valley.
I had rented several cars with Microsoft SYNC and in _each_ case I had some kind of problem with it. Starting from losing Bluetooth connectivity (completely, until I reseted the computer by pulling a fuse) to suddenly setting volume to max and switching to AM radio while I was driving 65mph on a highway.
And now they're trying to add additional crapware to the already buggy system?
"Food in general isn't patented. Food in general, doesn't have genes shot through the seeds with silver particles"
Yeah, old-school types preferred hard radiation. Gamma rays, X-rays - all the nice stuff.
Seriously, all the current wheat cultivars on the market have been selected after forcing mutations by various means. Except these mutations were blind, not targeted.
I'm curious, how do you switch keyboard layouts? I sometimes need to write in Ukrainian and German, and it's a PITA to have more than 2 layouts switched by one key.
Virgin flies non-stop from JFK to SFO and LAX. I always try to fly it whenever possible. They don't have a lot of routes and their prices are not lowest, but they have very good service for the price and nice new airplanes.
My Retina MacBook Pro can last about 5 hours of typical Scala/Java development (i.e. working inside an IDE, occasional incremental compilation, running). That's enough even for coast-to-coast flights and mostly sufficient for cross-Atlantic flights.
I saw old 3D movies. They are invariably incredibly crappy. Good high-quality 3D had only become available after the advent of digital editing in 2000s. 3D is here to stay.
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Less than a third and mostly concentrated in some regions. Almost nobody (
Yes, NRA has passed laws that forbid to study gun-death epidemiology. Nice way to hide the problems, right.
And forced attackers to move back and kill other students. So?
Yup. And they haven't exploded. Contrary to the "look-ma-no-hands!" Anarchist Cookbook, creating a powerful portable bomb is not easy. Denying them access to guns might have resulted in them blowing up themselves to pieces while manufacturing a bigger bomb.
Don't you know that Mexico is awash in guns (including semi-automatic guns) smuggled through the non-existing border with the US? Maybe you've heard that most of semi-automatic guns in Mexico are bought legally in the US?
And simply denying access to guns would have saved even more people. And the point still stands - armed guards provide almost no security against shooters in the real world. They can be trivially bypassed and their time to react gives shooter more than enough time to inflict lots of damage.
The Prohibition is not equal to gun bans. Most people with normal penises don't care about guns at all, while a large part of population likes a drink once in a while. And experience of other countries shows that gun bans are fairly effective.
He had an gun? Check.
He was a guard? Check.
Ergo, he was an armed guard.
Yep. He simply forced shooters to select another target, that doesn't count as 'saving'.
"THAT is what is wrong with this debate. One side is insisting that ALL killing be stopped no matter what. "
Right now the 'one side' is asking to at least ban the most egregious example of gun nuttery, that is totally useless for anything BUT mass shootings. In reply the 'other side' is mostly frothing at the mouth: "second amendment/tyranny/armed society/give a gun to every toddler" and so on.
"Statistics show that if you outlaw guns, those numbers will increase."
[citation needed]
Murder rate US: 4.8
Murder rate UK: 1.2
In other words, statistics show that "Scarred Intellect" is a liar and a pedophile.
Want to wager how long it'll take for a disgruntled teacher to shoot a kid? Or perhaps accidentally discharge a weapon into someone's precious little Jonny?
Ah, confusing the story, are we?
"A Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy, Neil Gardner, was assigned to the high school as a full-time uniformed and armed school resource officer. Gardner usually ate lunch with students in the cafeteria, but on April 20 he was eating lunch in his patrol car at the northwest corner of the campus, watching students in the Smokers' Pit in Clement Park. the single officer was NOT IN THE SCHOOL."
Fact one. They HAD an armed guard.
Fact two. He was pretty much useless in action - as most of the guards are.
Fact three. One armed guard can't be everywhere.
Fact four. One armed guard can be pretty much ignored by the shooters - they'll have more than enough targets.
Fact five - gun control would have helped much better. Instead USisans opt for penis extensions (known as 'guns') instead.
So basically he's right. One armed guard didn't help too much - he simply caused shooters to change position. And he appeared only after two minutes when more than 10 people were already dead. Or do you propose to have heavily armored and armed guards escorting students all the time?
Proximity to employees is also important. Silicon Valley and San Francisco are _surrounded_ by universities so there's a lot of academia-industry interactions going on there. Besides, you also need support staff: marketing, legal, business development, etc. It's possible to interact with them remotely, but it's yet another hurdle that's absent in San Francisco/Silicon Valley.
I had rented several cars with Microsoft SYNC and in _each_ case I had some kind of problem with it. Starting from losing Bluetooth connectivity (completely, until I reseted the computer by pulling a fuse) to suddenly setting volume to max and switching to AM radio while I was driving 65mph on a highway.
And now they're trying to add additional crapware to the already buggy system?
Real crowbar with taped WiiMote. And don't anyone dare to come close!
Dream come true: Half-Life 3 with a real crowbar controller!
You need to set pdfjs.disabled to 'false' in about:config. PDF reader seems to be disabled by default for old installations.
"Food in general isn't patented. Food in general, doesn't have genes shot through the seeds with silver particles"
Yeah, old-school types preferred hard radiation. Gamma rays, X-rays - all the nice stuff.
Seriously, all the current wheat cultivars on the market have been selected after forcing mutations by various means. Except these mutations were blind, not targeted.
"until you reach the tipping point when there aren't enough smokers paying the tax."
So change the rules once you reach the tipping point. What's the problem?
I'm curious, how do you switch keyboard layouts? I sometimes need to write in Ukrainian and German, and it's a PITA to have more than 2 layouts switched by one key.
I use it all the time to switch keyboard layout. There's more than one language, you know.
Virgin flies non-stop from JFK to SFO and LAX. I always try to fly it whenever possible. They don't have a lot of routes and their prices are not lowest, but they have very good service for the price and nice new airplanes.
My Retina MacBook Pro can last about 5 hours of typical Scala/Java development (i.e. working inside an IDE, occasional incremental compilation, running). That's enough even for coast-to-coast flights and mostly sufficient for cross-Atlantic flights.
Virgin America has outlets at all seats. And in-flight WiFi, coincidentally.
I saw old 3D movies. They are invariably incredibly crappy. Good high-quality 3D had only become available after the advent of digital editing in 2000s. 3D is here to stay.