Oh, the indictment is juicy, folks. Among other things, it specifically charges that these Russians sought to help the candidacy of Donald J. Trump, and that they also sought to suppress minority votes, and to create social media accounts pretending to be US media outlets and American individuals.
We got us a RICO case against the White House. This is 'bout to get real interesting.
1) You're wrong about Presser v Illinois and Miller. Heller (2008) was the first time the Supreme Court affirmed the individual right to own (and carry) guns.
2) In the United States, guns in the hands of civilians have been used much more often to oppress liberty than to preserve it.
The facts remain though: it wasn't really until 1934 that any real restrictions were placed upon ownership.
In 1873, Wichita, KS outlawed the carrying of revolvers within municipal limits. The sheriff would confiscate your gun at the town border and give you a check, like a coat check. You could get your gun back when you left.
In 1879, the town of Dodge City, Kansas had a billboard at the town limits that said, "The Carrying of Firearms is Strictly Prohibited". You can google a photograph of the town taken back then that shows the sign.
Tombstone, AZ in the 1880s had a law against carrying firearms.
There were more gun control laws in the Wild West than there are in 2018 America.
You make me feel a little better. I'll give you Mattis, although we thought the same thing about Kelly until he showed his true nature. Pence, Haley and Tillerson do not qualify.
But at least I can sleep more soundly knowing that the President isn't an evil genius, just sort of a middling incompetent crook.
My jokes and witty repartee are the reasons I was elected President of Slashdot Comments three times. And I intend to represent all Slashdot commenters, even the haters and losers.
Trump made him the chairman of the FCC, so he gets to set the agenda on all rules and regs.
Obama was required by convention to appoint a certain number of Republican jackoffs, but as long as they were safely in the minority, it wasn't a problem.
The Maxim gun was only used by the military, and it was only used in the US after 1908, so we're still only talking about 26 years where automatic weapons were unregulated. Twenty-six years is not "most of our history".
If you need me to walk you through the math, let me know. I'm happy to help.
Rod Rosenstein? He did appoint Bob Mueller to head the investigation into Russian electoral interference which has caused Trump's orange symbiont to stand on end
You make a good point. It would be better if Trump hasn't been trying to fire Rosenstein for the past six months, but OK, I'll take it.
Automatic weapons were completely unregulated until 1934, which would be "most of our history."
The first practical automatic weapon in the United States was the Browning Automatic Rifle, which was developed during WWI. So at most, we're talking about 20 years when automatic weapons were unregulated. You stupid sonofabitch.
That was corrected with a Constitutional amendment. Your point?
My point is that for most of US history, the Second Amendment was not interpreted as an absolute right of private citizens to own guns. For most of our history, reasonable gun regulations were enacted by states and municipalities across the United States. Only with the rise of radicalized NRA in the 1980s did this change, and with it came the rash of school shootings and mass gun slaughter.
We don't need to amend the Constitution. We only need to change the makeup of the Supreme Court by a vote or two. It will happen, thank god. And I say as someone who has owned guns in four decades.
Serious question: Did Donald Trump appoint anyone who isn't corrupt, tied to neo-nazis or doesn't beat women? I mean, you'd think that by accident he'd have chosen at least one person for some department who isn't crooked or in some other manner fucked up. There's been so much turnover in the administration, at some point he will run out of shitty people to appoint.
If any of you know of any member of the current administration who doesn't have the stink of corruption on them, could you please list them? I'll wait here. I really want to be proven wrong, because otherwise I'd have to accept Donald Trump as the world's greatest supervillain, and that would make me have to give him some grudging respect.
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In the United States, guns in civilian hands have been used much more often to suppress liberty than to preserve liberty. You can look it up.
It's not the blood of tyrants that ends up watering the tree, it's the blood of school children. The tyrants continue to do just fine.
Oh, the indictment is juicy, folks. Among other things, it specifically charges that these Russians sought to help the candidacy of Donald J. Trump, and that they also sought to suppress minority votes, and to create social media accounts pretending to be US media outlets and American individuals.
We got us a RICO case against the White House. This is 'bout to get real interesting.
https://www.justice.gov/file/1...
1) You're wrong about Presser v Illinois and Miller. Heller (2008) was the first time the Supreme Court affirmed the individual right to own (and carry) guns.
2) In the United States, guns in the hands of civilians have been used much more often to oppress liberty than to preserve it.
I'm relatively sure that this has nothing to do with the fact that California now has legal weed. Sixty percent sure.
Breaking news:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics...
Uh, none?
I love the fact that the one Trump appointee that can be pointed at as a competent, honest and decent person has the nickname, "Mad Dog".
In 1873, Wichita, KS outlawed the carrying of revolvers within municipal limits. The sheriff would confiscate your gun at the town border and give you a check, like a coat check. You could get your gun back when you left.
In 1879, the town of Dodge City, Kansas had a billboard at the town limits that said, "The Carrying of Firearms is Strictly Prohibited". You can google a photograph of the town taken back then that shows the sign.
Tombstone, AZ in the 1880s had a law against carrying firearms.
There were more gun control laws in the Wild West than there are in 2018 America.
You make me feel a little better. I'll give you Mattis, although we thought the same thing about Kelly until he showed his true nature. Pence, Haley and Tillerson do not qualify.
But at least I can sleep more soundly knowing that the President isn't an evil genius, just sort of a middling incompetent crook.
Since the advent of the modern military, can you think of a single instance where armed civilians freed themselves from tyranny using their firearms?
One would hope.
My jokes and witty repartee are the reasons I was elected President of Slashdot Comments three times. And I intend to represent all Slashdot commenters, even the haters and losers.
Trump made him the chairman of the FCC, so he gets to set the agenda on all rules and regs.
Obama was required by convention to appoint a certain number of Republican jackoffs, but as long as they were safely in the minority, it wasn't a problem.
The Maxim gun was only used by the military, and it was only used in the US after 1908, so we're still only talking about 26 years where automatic weapons were unregulated. Twenty-six years is not "most of our history".
If you need me to walk you through the math, let me know. I'm happy to help.
You make a good point. It would be better if Trump hasn't been trying to fire Rosenstein for the past six months, but OK, I'll take it.
He was appointed by Obama in 2015.
The first practical automatic weapon in the United States was the Browning Automatic Rifle, which was developed during WWI. So at most, we're talking about 20 years when automatic weapons were unregulated. You stupid sonofabitch.
My point is that for most of US history, the Second Amendment was not interpreted as an absolute right of private citizens to own guns. For most of our history, reasonable gun regulations were enacted by states and municipalities across the United States. Only with the rise of radicalized NRA in the 1980s did this change, and with it came the rash of school shootings and mass gun slaughter.
We don't need to amend the Constitution. We only need to change the makeup of the Supreme Court by a vote or two. It will happen, thank god. And I say as someone who has owned guns in four decades.
Serious question: Did Donald Trump appoint anyone who isn't corrupt, tied to neo-nazis or doesn't beat women? I mean, you'd think that by accident he'd have chosen at least one person for some department who isn't crooked or in some other manner fucked up. There's been so much turnover in the administration, at some point he will run out of shitty people to appoint.
If any of you know of any member of the current administration who doesn't have the stink of corruption on them, could you please list them? I'll wait here. I really want to be proven wrong, because otherwise I'd have to accept Donald Trump as the world's greatest supervillain, and that would make me have to give him some grudging respect.
According to his own Instagram profile, he was part of the #MAGA army.
https://www.snopes.com/did-sho...
They also recognized the right to own slaves.
The Constitution is not sacred. Treating it as such is the result of people being conditioned by authoritarians.
The United States has never been a "system with the fundamental principles of freedom and liberty". That's just a fairy tale to keep people docile.
And it's clearly not working any more.
And that surprises no one.
http://time.com/5161203/republ...
In the mind of this "patriot", killing classmates is "fighting back".
I am a moron, but you still get a "woosh!" for not realizing I was joking.