Your dismissal of the usefulness of automatic weapons contravenes the last 70+ years of military doctrine. I'm going to venture a guess that the world's militarys know more about self-defense than you do. Maybe you could approach the pentagon with your idea to make america safer by going back to semi-automatic and bolt action weapons? tell me what they say.
If it's good for the military it's good for us.
As it stands the 2nd amendment gives us the RIGHT to own military weapons as why would you have a militia which only had firearms capable of killing deer or un-armed people?
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
(Also, AK's have a cyclic firing rate of 600 rounds per minute so that's 10 rounds per second, not 40.)
Iraq is actually very safe--It's completely safe from the meddling policies of the United States government. It's not the firearms in Iraq that create the violence, it's the fact that they got invaded and had their established government destroyed. They are now resisting the occupation as the people of any sovereign nation should. This is a perfect example of why universal gun ownership is a good thing. Some people want to rely upon the government to protect them... that's great, but what happens when your government is destroy? Who will be there to protect you while, in the case of iraq, your brothers and sons are being hauled into torture chambers? So, there may be a lot of violence in iraq now but in the long run they will be safer by not being occupied by a fascist super power.
If you hadn't noticed the US is highly militarized and we fight a new war every two years. So plenty of us have gotten military training and EVERYONE knows someone that was in the military. We don't think our guns are toys. Judging from your lack of knowledge about their usefulness it seems that you do. We used our firearms to conquer this continent. They now guarantee our freedom, on a personal and national level. You think we just have 'em to shoot off at new years?
dang, mod parent up! way more insightful than what he was responding to. come on... near 100% efficiency? no one ever told him about the no free lunch rule of physics?
that's a great point. Most people never realize that if things hadn't worked out perfectly that there would be no one around to marvel about how some variable was off by 1/1000000 and life didn't happen.
"For example, as recently as 1998 it was discovered that the universe is "flat" [nasa.gov]. A tiny difference in the density of the universe, either up or down, would make it curved. This means the Big Bang was "tuned" to produce exactly this density. The odds of that happening by chance are estimated at 1 to 10^50."
How could you calculate odds for that? We only have one universe to look at. If you could observe 10^50 universes and see that only 1 had "exactly this density" then you could say that. But not now.
What a rip-off. if you actually think this is a good idea, which it isn't, then just get some foam and some straps and put it in an old pizza box. This would be cheaper and you'd get a real pizza to boot.
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"How about a crumpet?"
then they wouldn't get to sue people.
you, my friend, will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
Your dismissal of the usefulness of automatic weapons contravenes the last 70+ years of military doctrine. I'm going to venture a guess that the world's militarys know more about self-defense than you do. Maybe you could approach the pentagon with your idea to make america safer by going back to semi-automatic and bolt action weapons? tell me what they say. If it's good for the military it's good for us. As it stands the 2nd amendment gives us the RIGHT to own military weapons as why would you have a militia which only had firearms capable of killing deer or un-armed people? "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." (Also, AK's have a cyclic firing rate of 600 rounds per minute so that's 10 rounds per second, not 40.)
And what exactly would you do if your government decided to take away your rights or your elections? Throw soccer balls and apple pies at them?
Iraq is actually very safe--It's completely safe from the meddling policies of the United States government. It's not the firearms in Iraq that create the violence, it's the fact that they got invaded and had their established government destroyed. They are now resisting the occupation as the people of any sovereign nation should. This is a perfect example of why universal gun ownership is a good thing. Some people want to rely upon the government to protect them... that's great, but what happens when your government is destroy? Who will be there to protect you while, in the case of iraq, your brothers and sons are being hauled into torture chambers? So, there may be a lot of violence in iraq now but in the long run they will be safer by not being occupied by a fascist super power.
If you hadn't noticed the US is highly militarized and we fight a new war every two years. So plenty of us have gotten military training and EVERYONE knows someone that was in the military. We don't think our guns are toys. Judging from your lack of knowledge about their usefulness it seems that you do. We used our firearms to conquer this continent. They now guarantee our freedom, on a personal and national level. You think we just have 'em to shoot off at new years?
If it was REALLY smart it would only shoot cops.
dang, mod parent up! way more insightful than what he was responding to. come on... near 100% efficiency? no one ever told him about the no free lunch rule of physics?
Why not just use giant capacitors?
What is it about christians that makes them so stupid?
that's a great point. Most people never realize that if things hadn't worked out perfectly that there would be no one around to marvel about how some variable was off by 1/1000000 and life didn't happen.
"For example, as recently as 1998 it was discovered that the universe is "flat" [nasa.gov]. A tiny difference in the density of the universe, either up or down, would make it curved. This means the Big Bang was "tuned" to produce exactly this density. The odds of that happening by chance are estimated at 1 to 10^50." How could you calculate odds for that? We only have one universe to look at. If you could observe 10^50 universes and see that only 1 had "exactly this density" then you could say that. But not now.
What a rip-off. if you actually think this is a good idea, which it isn't, then just get some foam and some straps and put it in an old pizza box. This would be cheaper and you'd get a real pizza to boot.
fuck 'em
no thanks!