unfortunately we have WAY MORE than our fair share. We still have idiots that think by winning a slim majority in the House they have a snowballs chance in hell of removing a sitting president. They obviously have not bothered to read the constitution after they won an election. Or at the very least, read the articles of impeachment to learn how the process works. You have an easier time overcoming a fillabuster than a conviction in an impeachment trial, and look how much stalemate-shit fillabusters caused, from 2003 - Present. Not a single president has ever been convicted in the senate and removed from office since the amendment was created to allow for impeachment.
not entirely accurate. I ran across similar jurisdictional issues a decade ago dealing with servers for online gambling sites. The Attorney General in many states had absolute control of whether their residents could participate in the online gambling sites, regardless of where the servers are located, or where the company was incorporated. If the website allowed a user of lets say Oklahoma, to use their credit card, registered to an Oklahoma address, as payments for online gambling, they would find themselves in a world of shit. Suddenly all financial assets would find themselves frozen (im not a banker but similar stuff happened in the 80s when they took all of Noriega's money). I don't know how the world banking industry works in such cases, but suffice to say that they CAN and DO use the world banking mechanism to seize cash. If FB were violating laws in the EU or UK, with regards to their citizens, they can impose fines, and international agreements made between countries will go and collect large swaths of cash from poor baby zuckfuck.
Unfortunately Apple is still way behind the ball on the granular parental restrictions that Android offers if they want to compete. The exact same parental nanny application, FamilyTime.io, on an Android, not only lets me set schedules for when my child can use their applications, but it will let me specify exactly WHICH apps they are allowed to use and which ones they are not during those schedules. On IOS my options include : Safari, Camera, Siri Dictation, iTunes Store, in-app purchases, and ---> ALL OTHER APPS. This means that if my child needs access to lets say the 'Remind' app, during school hours, I also have to give the child access to text messaging, skype, games, and another other stupid shit they happen to have just because the teachers heavily use 'Infinite Campus', and 'Remind' for academia. Whereas the _exact_same_ utility on Android lets me literally say yes/no to every installed app on the device. Many comunication with the developer indicate the fault lies DIRECTLY with APPLE.
not entirely. Google kow-tows to China all the time. Remember google, the anti-censorship company from about 8yrs ago? Slowly but surely they let China boss them around and no longer allow chinese IP addresses to discover information the PRC has declared 'subversive'. Facebook doesn't have to appear, but then again the UK could simply ban all FB Access and impose sanctions on FB assets if they try to subvert the embargo. As far as FB being an american company, I honestly dont know about this. Too many times I learn that, what I assumed as an American company, paid Zero tax dollars in the USA because they incorporated all their crap into Ireland (General Electric, Amazon, etc).
well as a grown adult you have a better prefrontal cortex that is capable of predicting the consequences of your action. To claim that they have no effect on younger kids would be to undermine the entire ESRB rating system. There is a reason why these games have ratings. IMO the problems we see is that shitty parents ignore these ratings and let kids play games way outside their age group. Letting 12yo and 13yo play M+ games its not the same as letting adults play them. Unfortunately I have seen numbers as high as 50% of my highschool kid's peers are playing M+ games and their parents dont care. Meanwhile they run around and want to blame everything else besides their shitty parenting. IMO the punishment for letting kids play M+ games should be as severe as serving a minor alcohol.
remember when the Cell phone companies cited research after research that proved that texting while driving was no less dangerous than listening to the radio?
Why dont they do the same research on 300 15yr-olds playing for 5hrs per day? How many people play call of duty for just 30min a day? My martial arts instructor was telling me, just two weeks after that 'swatting' incident that resulted in death, his own 26yr old son (we wont go into why he lives at home but its not entirely uncommon) getting into an online pissing match with someone and giving out the address telling the guy to show up so he could kick his ass. I just dont get how a game can cause people to escalate to the point of wanting to beat eachothers ass, and at the same time, people claim it doesnt alter their behavior. Damn near anything done pseudo-anonymously changes people's behavior. Just look at the type of flames people respond to on forums like this. They say things that we all know they would never say face-to-face to someone. That in itself is a clear case of altering behavior.
How many times did we roll our eyes and think to ourselves âoemorons!â when someone we knew sent us an email regarding the US post office contemplating charging postage for email delivery? And how many times did we get that rediculous email asking us to foreward to everyone we knew because Micro$uck was tracking the email in order to make email more efficient?
I used to tell people that those were virusâ(TM). Not computer code virusâ(TM) but rather ones spread by infecting human hosts by compromising rational thought.
"It's called CIMON, an acronym for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, and it's headed to space to do science stuff."
C rew I nteractive M obile C ompanion
looks like it spells CIMC to me. If they really wanted it to have a name out of an acrony why not CARLIE for Crew Autonomous Robotic Lifelike Interactive Entity?
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the primary manufacturer and supplier of androids, robots and autonomic assistants for the known universe. They are known for their catchy jingles and catchphrases, supplied by their Marketing Department.
They are not, however, known for the quality of their products.
Their primary claim to fame seems to be constructing just about everything with (unstable) advanced robotics and software. From doors, to lifts, to toaster ovens, drinks machines, vacuum cleaners, and "personal massage units" -- Everything has been built with a full GPP or Genuine People Personality. This means that even a set of airlock doors has emotions, hopes, dreams, intelligence, and worse of all, the capacity for boredom. It should come as no surprise then, that the majority of these devices have a neurotic streak a mile wide.
The company motto is; "Share and Enjoy." This is widely adaptable, from synthesized drinks to the company of a robot, or 'Your plastic pal who's fun to be with' as it is described by the aforementioned Marketing Department. It should be noted that many who do not Enjoy, then go on to fail to Share, unless this includes sharing strongly-worded opinions toward their complaints department.
The Hitchhiker's Travel Guide describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as:
"A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes."
Curiously, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica which conveniently fell through a rift in the time-space continuum from 1000 years in the future describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as:
"A bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came."
Only their complaints department survived the general economic implosion of the company as a whole.
interesting point, around here we had so many... how would you say... self described dems... pushing _green_ environment stuff that our parking lots have these pavers with holes in them filled with gravel so that water doesnt run-off but soaks into the ground. No speed bumps here, thanks to other pro-environment topics.
the constitution says no standing army. Its been well accepted that 'We the People' ARE the militia. The idea is that we would think long and hard before going to war, because we would be risking our own lives. I promise you if we had disbanded the army again after WWI when we assembled it, there would have been no Korea or Vietnam, or any other shit we managed to get involved in. Its easy to send someone elses kid to die, esp when youre rich or a senator so you kids are safe. Its entirely different is going to war meant your own ass on the front line.
if you're going to go to the constitution, you seem to be overlooking the fact that it strictly FORBIDS a standing army. You are supposed to be the militia. You _are_ the army, like it or not.
you are assuming its only assault-style weapons capable of doing this. How old are you? do you remember the 80s? Remember the phrase 'going postal'? no assault style weapon there. Do you remember Columbine? Shotguns and 9mm 'carbines'. If you're going to call something an assault-style weapon shouldnt you at least require it to shoot an assault-rifle cartridge? There is nothing different about that hitek 9mm he had an a pistol other than a longer barrel. It was still just a 10round magazine.
you do realize that _all_ rifle related homicides amount to 3.3% of all firearm murders? and only 2% of all murders according to the FBI statistics? Whereas pistol related murders comprise 69% of all firearm related murders and 47% of all murders. Surely banning a small sub-set of rifles will make a difference? I mean surely we might have saved the 350 people murdered from rifles, who cares about the 7000 people murdered by pistols.
if your goal is really public safety, and not merely ensuring the people could never stand up against the police if they ever tried to overstep their authority, then wuoldnt your first goal be trying to do something about the 7000 murders before you adress the 350?
I was told in europe there was no where near the level of violence on TV. I was told nudity was acceptable, something taboo in the US, and that violence was taboo, something acceptable in the US. And THAT was one possible reason why we have much more violence here.
definitely not linear. I think the more crowded people start living together the more it messes with them. I dont think living cramped up like sardines in a can pairs well considering at our core we are still very much explorers.
its not... I suspect there are two root causes at play. But school shootings are an extremely low percentage of total homicides in this country. Statistically any rifle related homicide amounts to a nearly immeasurable percentage of gun homicides, and even lower percentage of total homicides. So what is the real question, how to we reduce homicides? Or how do we just stop school shootings and the hell with everything else?
At the end of the day I do think that in both cases, the shooter, albeit the white teenager school shooter, or the black person in an inner city retaliating for another gang-related hit, do have 1 thing in common. They both see no future for themselves or humanity. Both groups feel the world has turned against them.
umm lets use your argument as reality for a second.. I wont dispute it one bit.... lets assume everything you say was true. How can you then defend violent video games? They are doing the exact same thing of glorifying war. IF anything, if you believe its the glorification of war, violence, etc that makes a killer, then you would be against games like call of duty as well right?
if you have no 'gun deaths' because you have no guns, that doesnt mean you dont have deaths. What about total violent crimes, on a PER CAPITA basis. That way countries the size of Rhode Island (ahem UK) cannot claim low numbers when compared to countries the size of Russia.
ugg... I hate commenting to ACs because Im half convinced its a bot anymore. That said, yes Switzerland even makes the ex-soldiers keep their real assault rifles they were issued. Or maybe that was another Scandinavian country. Here is some demographics to ponder...
statistically speaking most school shooters (not other mass shooters but at least the school ones) have all been young white males.
at the same time the number of incidents are increasing, we also read about things like 'white privilege', and 'toxic masculinity'. Words are purposefully being used that instantly trigger ideas of the world being against them. I find this weird because the people instituting the use of these terms are the same ones that will say merely hearing the N-word immediately triggers an emotional response. Which I do not dispute. But in the same breath will use words that on their face say 'you suck because you are white' , 'you suck because you are male' and when you happen to be both 'your world is going to end and one day we will own you'. I really hope that the femanist movement that coined the term 'toxic masculinity' did not set out to immediately put men on the defensive by choosing such a harsh and, to use their phrase, 'toxic' choice in a label. How can you effect change if you alienate someone in your opening remarks?
is it not possible that these less-stable white men are somehow vulnerable to despair in part because of mental stability, and another part because they also feel under attack from everywhere on things they had zero choice in the matter. They didnt pick being white, they sure didnt pick being male. And I'm pretty sure they dont feel very fucking privileged right now. But instead of trying to handle it, we let the media use these hateful expressions to somehow bully them into conformity. Only maybe they didn't conform, maybe they just snapped.
Obviously its not a huge number, but even 1 in 1000 could be enough to breed the next mass killer, regardless the method.
i believe in the UK your cops dont carry guns correct? There is nothing scarier than a disarmed public, and cops with access to real assault rifles. Especially when they have to self-righteous attitude that the LAPD has. If you disarm the public, you would need to disarm the police. Otherwise you have a huge problem on your hands.
'asssault weapon' is a media invented word mean to confuse the public into believing people have access to 'assault rifles'. Assault rifle is clearly defined as a SELECT fire Automatic/Semi-Automatic rifle chambered in a mid-length rifle cartridge. The first ever 'assault rifle' was the German Sturmgewheyre (spelled it wrong im sure). It was a select fire rifle of carbine length that shot a modified version of their rifle round. It was a shorter cartridge. Next up came the AK47 which took the 7.62x54 and re-imagined it into 7.62x39. Assault Rifle is clearly defined and they cannot be sold in gun stores unless manufactured before 1984, submit to extensive background checks, wait a year for the tax stamp aprovoal, and pay the some $20k to $40k that these things now cost.
Assault weapon could literally be a Ruger 10/22 chambered in.22LR, but have its stock replaced with something having a pistol grip, having some metal 'shroud' around the barrel (does absolutely nothing btw) and give it a fancy banana clip to hold more than 10 rounds.
its the most retarded definition of nothing scientific I have ever heard.
ok, so just AR-15 alone I believe the number is the several MILLION in circulation. how will you ever confiscate them? Do you have any idea what would happen if feds started going door to door? The number of feds Killed in Action would skyrocket. The 3rd 4th and 5th amendment rights specifically address soldiers showing up at your house. Look at the standoff out west where the feds tried to take this guys land? I assure you that there are not enough law enforcement on the planet to defend against a deliberate door-to-door search of everyone's homes and properties. At that point some designated 'bait' houses just might start exploding around the 10 agents going through all the closets. Now they have to hire 10 more agents. Who will volunteer knowing there is a reasonable chance they wont live even a year in the line of duty?
you really think an assault weapon ban will stop mass shootings? or mass murder? I will name just TWO examples
Columbine 1999 no real 'assault weapon' was used. And dont give me crap about that stupid 9mm carbine.. its a damn 9mm. It wouldnt have mattered if it was a carbine or a damn pistol. It still had a 10 round magazine, of which he had THIRTEEN. What else was used.... a tech9 9mm PISTOL and two sawed off shotguns.... and 99 unused explosives.
Oklahoma City 1995 Not one single firearm was used... just some liquid fertilizer and an oxidizer. biggest mass murder in US history by the way 168 killed and 680 injured. Thats worse than just about every mass shooting combined.
so explain how a scary-looking-weapon ban is going to solve this again? He asked for a REAL solution. I can promise you that guns you would pass over as not an assault weapon can be more deadly than anything you can imagine if used in a shooting. Anything that can kill an Elk can destroy a human. They make semi-auto versions of those same hunting rifles. They are definitely not 'assault weapons' as previously defined. Why? Oh because we rate assault-weapon classifications on how scary they look and how much it makes Barbra Feinstein's labia twitch when looking at the photos. Not on anything based on anything scientific.
All mass shootings have ocurred where the population is most likely not able to defend themselves. Churches, schools, malls, movie theaters. Surely there must be a reason why. If there was a risk of getting killed quickly, like say a courthouse, or police station, they seem to skip those places. Why? Could it be because its not low hanging fruit to them? Maybe you should spend at least as much time asking for some form of martial program like on planes. Armed security. Something.
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unfortunately we have WAY MORE than our fair share. We still have idiots that think by winning a slim majority in the House they have a snowballs chance in hell of removing a sitting president. They obviously have not bothered to read the constitution after they won an election. Or at the very least, read the articles of impeachment to learn how the process works. You have an easier time overcoming a fillabuster than a conviction in an impeachment trial, and look how much stalemate-shit fillabusters caused, from 2003 - Present. Not a single president has ever been convicted in the senate and removed from office since the amendment was created to allow for impeachment.
not entirely accurate. I ran across similar jurisdictional issues a decade ago dealing with servers for online gambling sites. The Attorney General in many states had absolute control of whether their residents could participate in the online gambling sites, regardless of where the servers are located, or where the company was incorporated. If the website allowed a user of lets say Oklahoma, to use their credit card, registered to an Oklahoma address, as payments for online gambling, they would find themselves in a world of shit. Suddenly all financial assets would find themselves frozen (im not a banker but similar stuff happened in the 80s when they took all of Noriega's money). I don't know how the world banking industry works in such cases, but suffice to say that they CAN and DO use the world banking mechanism to seize cash. If FB were violating laws in the EU or UK, with regards to their citizens, they can impose fines, and international agreements made between countries will go and collect large swaths of cash from poor baby zuckfuck.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.
its the only way to be sure.
Unfortunately Apple is still way behind the ball on the granular parental restrictions that Android offers if they want to compete. The exact same parental nanny application, FamilyTime.io, on an Android, not only lets me set schedules for when my child can use their applications, but it will let me specify exactly WHICH apps they are allowed to use and which ones they are not during those schedules. On IOS my options include : Safari, Camera, Siri Dictation, iTunes Store, in-app purchases, and ---> ALL OTHER APPS. This means that if my child needs access to lets say the 'Remind' app, during school hours, I also have to give the child access to text messaging, skype, games, and another other stupid shit they happen to have just because the teachers heavily use 'Infinite Campus', and 'Remind' for academia. Whereas the _exact_same_ utility on Android lets me literally say yes/no to every installed app on the device. Many comunication with the developer indicate the fault lies DIRECTLY with APPLE.
not entirely. Google kow-tows to China all the time. Remember google, the anti-censorship company from about 8yrs ago? Slowly but surely they let China boss them around and no longer allow chinese IP addresses to discover information the PRC has declared 'subversive'. Facebook doesn't have to appear, but then again the UK could simply ban all FB Access and impose sanctions on FB assets if they try to subvert the embargo. As far as FB being an american company, I honestly dont know about this. Too many times I learn that, what I assumed as an American company, paid Zero tax dollars in the USA because they incorporated all their crap into Ireland (General Electric, Amazon, etc).
well as a grown adult you have a better prefrontal cortex that is capable of predicting the consequences of your action. To claim that they have no effect on younger kids would be to undermine the entire ESRB rating system. There is a reason why these games have ratings. IMO the problems we see is that shitty parents ignore these ratings and let kids play games way outside their age group. Letting 12yo and 13yo play M+ games its not the same as letting adults play them. Unfortunately I have seen numbers as high as 50% of my highschool kid's peers are playing M+ games and their parents dont care. Meanwhile they run around and want to blame everything else besides their shitty parenting. IMO the punishment for letting kids play M+ games should be as severe as serving a minor alcohol.
remember when the Cell phone companies cited research after research that proved that texting while driving was no less dangerous than listening to the radio?
Why dont they do the same research on 300 15yr-olds playing for 5hrs per day? How many people play call of duty for just 30min a day? My martial arts instructor was telling me, just two weeks after that 'swatting' incident that resulted in death, his own 26yr old son (we wont go into why he lives at home but its not entirely uncommon) getting into an online pissing match with someone and giving out the address telling the guy to show up so he could kick his ass. I just dont get how a game can cause people to escalate to the point of wanting to beat eachothers ass, and at the same time, people claim it doesnt alter their behavior. Damn near anything done pseudo-anonymously changes people's behavior. Just look at the type of flames people respond to on forums like this. They say things that we all know they would never say face-to-face to someone. That in itself is a clear case of altering behavior.
How many times did we roll our eyes and think to ourselves âoemorons!â when someone we knew sent us an email regarding the US post office contemplating charging postage for email delivery? And how many times did we get that rediculous email asking us to foreward to everyone we knew because Micro$uck was tracking the email in order to make email more efficient?
I used to tell people that those were virusâ(TM). Not computer code virusâ(TM) but rather ones spread by infecting human hosts by compromising rational thought.
"It's called CIMON, an acronym for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, and it's headed to space to do science stuff."
C rew
I nteractive
M obile
C ompanion
looks like it spells CIMC to me. If they really wanted it to have a name out of an acrony why not CARLIE for Crew Autonomous Robotic Lifelike Interactive Entity?
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the primary manufacturer and supplier of androids, robots and autonomic assistants for the known universe. They are known for their catchy jingles and catchphrases, supplied by their Marketing Department.
They are not, however, known for the quality of their products.
Their primary claim to fame seems to be constructing just about everything with (unstable) advanced robotics and software. From doors, to lifts, to toaster ovens, drinks machines, vacuum cleaners, and "personal massage units" -- Everything has been built with a full GPP or Genuine People Personality. This means that even a set of airlock doors has emotions, hopes, dreams, intelligence, and worse of all, the capacity for boredom. It should come as no surprise then, that the majority of these devices have a neurotic streak a mile wide.
The company motto is; "Share and Enjoy." This is widely adaptable, from synthesized drinks to the company of a robot, or 'Your plastic pal who's fun to be with' as it is described by the aforementioned Marketing Department. It should be noted that many who do not Enjoy, then go on to fail to Share, unless this includes sharing strongly-worded opinions toward their complaints department.
The Hitchhiker's Travel Guide describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as:
"A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes."
Curiously, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica which conveniently fell through a rift in the time-space continuum from 1000 years in the future describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as:
"A bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came."
Only their complaints department survived the general economic implosion of the company as a whole.
interesting point, around here we had so many ... how would you say... self described dems... pushing _green_ environment stuff that our parking lots have these pavers with holes in them filled with gravel so that water doesnt run-off but soaks into the ground. No speed bumps here, thanks to other pro-environment topics.
the constitution says no standing army. Its been well accepted that 'We the People' ARE the militia. The idea is that we would think long and hard before going to war, because we would be risking our own lives. I promise you if we had disbanded the army again after WWI when we assembled it, there would have been no Korea or Vietnam, or any other shit we managed to get involved in. Its easy to send someone elses kid to die, esp when youre rich or a senator so you kids are safe. Its entirely different is going to war meant your own ass on the front line.
if you're going to go to the constitution, you seem to be overlooking the fact that it strictly FORBIDS a standing army. You are supposed to be the militia. You _are_ the army, like it or not.
you are assuming its only assault-style weapons capable of doing this. How old are you? do you remember the 80s? Remember the phrase 'going postal'? no assault style weapon there. Do you remember Columbine? Shotguns and 9mm 'carbines'. If you're going to call something an assault-style weapon shouldnt you at least require it to shoot an assault-rifle cartridge? There is nothing different about that hitek 9mm he had an a pistol other than a longer barrel. It was still just a 10round magazine.
you do realize that _all_ rifle related homicides amount to 3.3% of all firearm murders? and only 2% of all murders according to the FBI statistics? Whereas pistol related murders comprise 69% of all firearm related murders and 47% of all murders. Surely banning a small sub-set of rifles will make a difference? I mean surely we might have saved the 350 people murdered from rifles, who cares about the 7000 people murdered by pistols.
this is a table of murders, not suicides
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-t...
if your goal is really public safety, and not merely ensuring the people could never stand up against the police if they ever tried to overstep their authority, then wuoldnt your first goal be trying to do something about the 7000 murders before you adress the 350?
will never happen.... ever
I was told in europe there was no where near the level of violence on TV. I was told nudity was acceptable, something taboo in the US, and that violence was taboo, something acceptable in the US. And THAT was one possible reason why we have much more violence here.
definitely not linear. I think the more crowded people start living together the more it messes with them. I dont think living cramped up like sardines in a can pairs well considering at our core we are still very much explorers.
its not... I suspect there are two root causes at play. But school shootings are an extremely low percentage of total homicides in this country. Statistically any rifle related homicide amounts to a nearly immeasurable percentage of gun homicides, and even lower percentage of total homicides. So what is the real question, how to we reduce homicides? Or how do we just stop school shootings and the hell with everything else?
At the end of the day I do think that in both cases, the shooter, albeit the white teenager school shooter, or the black person in an inner city retaliating for another gang-related hit, do have 1 thing in common. They both see no future for themselves or humanity. Both groups feel the world has turned against them.
umm lets use your argument as reality for a second.. I wont dispute it one bit.... lets assume everything you say was true. How can you then defend violent video games? They are doing the exact same thing of glorifying war. IF anything, if you believe its the glorification of war, violence, etc that makes a killer, then you would be against games like call of duty as well right?
if you have no 'gun deaths' because you have no guns, that doesnt mean you dont have deaths. What about total violent crimes, on a PER CAPITA basis. That way countries the size of Rhode Island (ahem UK) cannot claim low numbers when compared to countries the size of Russia.
ugg... I hate commenting to ACs because Im half convinced its a bot anymore. That said, yes Switzerland even makes the ex-soldiers keep their real assault rifles they were issued. Or maybe that was another Scandinavian country. Here is some demographics to ponder...
statistically speaking most school shooters (not other mass shooters but at least the school ones) have all been young white males.
at the same time the number of incidents are increasing, we also read about things like 'white privilege', and 'toxic masculinity'. Words are purposefully being used that instantly trigger ideas of the world being against them. I find this weird because the people instituting the use of these terms are the same ones that will say merely hearing the N-word immediately triggers an emotional response. Which I do not dispute. But in the same breath will use words that on their face say 'you suck because you are white' , 'you suck because you are male' and when you happen to be both 'your world is going to end and one day we will own you'. I really hope that the femanist movement that coined the term 'toxic masculinity' did not set out to immediately put men on the defensive by choosing such a harsh and, to use their phrase, 'toxic' choice in a label. How can you effect change if you alienate someone in your opening remarks?
is it not possible that these less-stable white men are somehow vulnerable to despair in part because of mental stability, and another part because they also feel under attack from everywhere on things they had zero choice in the matter. They didnt pick being white, they sure didnt pick being male. And I'm pretty sure they dont feel very fucking privileged right now. But instead of trying to handle it, we let the media use these hateful expressions to somehow bully them into conformity. Only maybe they didn't conform, maybe they just snapped.
Obviously its not a huge number, but even 1 in 1000 could be enough to breed the next mass killer, regardless the method.
i believe in the UK your cops dont carry guns correct? There is nothing scarier than a disarmed public, and cops with access to real assault rifles. Especially when they have to self-righteous attitude that the LAPD has. If you disarm the public, you would need to disarm the police. Otherwise you have a huge problem on your hands.
'asssault weapon' is a media invented word mean to confuse the public into believing people have access to 'assault rifles'. Assault rifle is clearly defined as a SELECT fire Automatic/Semi-Automatic rifle chambered in a mid-length rifle cartridge. The first ever 'assault rifle' was the German Sturmgewheyre (spelled it wrong im sure). It was a select fire rifle of carbine length that shot a modified version of their rifle round. It was a shorter cartridge. Next up came the AK47 which took the 7.62x54 and re-imagined it into 7.62x39. Assault Rifle is clearly defined and they cannot be sold in gun stores unless manufactured before 1984, submit to extensive background checks, wait a year for the tax stamp aprovoal, and pay the some $20k to $40k that these things now cost.
Assault weapon could literally be a Ruger 10/22 chambered in .22LR, but have its stock replaced with something having a pistol grip, having some metal 'shroud' around the barrel (does absolutely nothing btw) and give it a fancy banana clip to hold more than 10 rounds.
its the most retarded definition of nothing scientific I have ever heard.
ok, so just AR-15 alone I believe the number is the several MILLION in circulation. how will you ever confiscate them? Do you have any idea what would happen if feds started going door to door? The number of feds Killed in Action would skyrocket. The 3rd 4th and 5th amendment rights specifically address soldiers showing up at your house. Look at the standoff out west where the feds tried to take this guys land? I assure you that there are not enough law enforcement on the planet to defend against a deliberate door-to-door search of everyone's homes and properties. At that point some designated 'bait' houses just might start exploding around the 10 agents going through all the closets. Now they have to hire 10 more agents. Who will volunteer knowing there is a reasonable chance they wont live even a year in the line of duty?
you really think an assault weapon ban will stop mass shootings? or mass murder? I will name just TWO examples
Columbine 1999
no real 'assault weapon' was used. And dont give me crap about that stupid 9mm carbine.. its a damn 9mm. It wouldnt have mattered if it was a carbine or a damn pistol. It still had a 10 round magazine, of which he had THIRTEEN. What else was used.... a tech9 9mm PISTOL and two sawed off shotguns.... and 99 unused explosives.
Oklahoma City 1995
Not one single firearm was used... just some liquid fertilizer and an oxidizer. biggest mass murder in US history by the way 168 killed and 680 injured. Thats worse than just about every mass shooting combined.
so explain how a scary-looking-weapon ban is going to solve this again? He asked for a REAL solution. I can promise you that guns you would pass over as not an assault weapon can be more deadly than anything you can imagine if used in a shooting. Anything that can kill an Elk can destroy a human. They make semi-auto versions of those same hunting rifles. They are definitely not 'assault weapons' as previously defined. Why? Oh because we rate assault-weapon classifications on how scary they look and how much it makes Barbra Feinstein's labia twitch when looking at the photos. Not on anything based on anything scientific.
All mass shootings have ocurred where the population is most likely not able to defend themselves. Churches, schools, malls, movie theaters. Surely there must be a reason why. If there was a risk of getting killed quickly, like say a courthouse, or police station, they seem to skip those places. Why? Could it be because its not low hanging fruit to them? Maybe you should spend at least as much time asking for some form of martial program like on planes. Armed security. Something.