Your claim was that there are no significant differences between Texas and California gun laws.
The differences are not significant. How many people do you believe are frustrated because they can buy all the long guns they want every month, but only one hand gun (except for private party transfers, of course, over which there is no limit)?
So you are arguing that there is less overlap in the statistics due to married couples, each saying that they 'own' the same gun. And therefore, more guns.
Nobody's questioning the number of guns. There are guns galore. More guns than people.
My point is that a small percentage of people actually own those guns. The average gun owner has 8.1 guns. The majority of people own 0 guns, and somehow manage to survive day to day. Now, personally, as a fully qualified member of the well-regulated militia, I can generally only operate two guns at once. I suppose, in a pinch, I could wield two M-60's like Rambo, but it would severely impede my movement and be illegal in every state of the union. Damn liberals have made it impossible for me to shirtlessly wield two machine guns at once.
And why are you still arguing with me about this. Shouldn't you be out watering the tree of liberty with the blood of school children?
I don't know how Californians manage to survive under such tyrannical laws. Although, there is no limit on long guns. You can buy as many long guns in a 30 day period as your heart desires.
I mean, if there's one thing the Founding Fathers wanted to protect, it's our right to buy more than one handgun every 30 days. Personally, it's been three weeks now, and I'm really itchy to buy another one.
Yes. Spiders. You could still get bitten on the arm by a brown recluse and end up dying.
Oh, and meteors. Most people don't realize it, but there are meteors constantly hitting the Earth. Eventually, they're gonna get around to you and then you're gonna be a grease stain on the sidewalk. Unless you live in the suburbs, where you'll be a grease stain on the driveway.
Also, food-borne disease is always a danger. I'm pretty sure there are lots more, but I started drinking a few hours ago, and I think I'm going to go binge watch Lost in Space.
24%. 13% say they live in a household where someone else owns a gun. But if one of those 2.58 people is a spouse, then they (in most cases) own it as well. Community property.
Fewer than 20% of all households were married couples with children, and that number's just been going down.
The average size of a US household is 2.58 people. Even if you trust the Pew Research poll (which in itself is interesting, considering who you are), then that's 40% of households that own guns. So, from those two numbers, how many people actually own guns in the US?
I'm curious about the headline. Why would adjusting to different aspect ratios be a bad thing? Is there a downside to having videos adjust to aspect ratio?
From the types of guns you can own, to the process of obtaining them, to where you can have them, to the conditions under which you're allowed to use them, there are tremendous differences between California and Texas.
That's just not true. The differences are very minor. I'm acquainted with a range right here in my super-liberal, left-leaning town and people come in there with all the same kinds of shooting irons that I saw in Texas. Maybe you won't find drive-thru 24-hour Liquor & Guns stores here in California, but those probably aren't such a good idea anyway.
Unlike Texas, I'm less likely to have some beefy asshole in a "Texas-package" Ford F-250 wave a handgun at me because he thought I was going too slow on the highway, but that's got nothing to do with local laws and everything to do with a different culture.
I have to say something here: It appears that more guns have not made people feel safer. Despite declining crime, it seems like gun owners are among the most frightened people on the planet. They're preparing to defend themselves from invasion and attack and dangers that just don't exist.
Remember, only a small fraction of Americans own guns. Those who don't seem to make it through the day without wetting themselves over MS-13 breaking down their doors and molesting their fat wives, or left-wing homosexuals brutally attacking them by sprinkling glitter on their heads.
I don't think Americans used to be such fraidy-cats.
[note: I'm not directing this at you, cascadingstylesheet. It's just that all this "stand your ground" and "come and take them" stuff is really kind of weird and wimpy when you think about it. I'm pretty sure that back in the day, people just learned how to handle themselves with their hands instead of seeing gunplay as the solution to all social interaction.]
Well, in all fairness you're one out of fifty states but contain over 12% of the country's population.
Yeah, it's pretty nice here. Lots of people want to come. It's why there are more songs about people who really want to go to California than any other state. People dreaming about California, people wanting to go "way out west" to find their fortune, people who just want to come for the girls.
But still, you can't say that in a state with almost 400,000 gun owners that you can't really own a gun any more. As one of those gun owners, I can tell you that my rights here don't differ significantly than they did when I lived in Texas. The big difference is that here it's socially frowned-upon to take my gun into the street and act like an asshole with it. But since that has never been my intent, nor is it my intent to go unload my weapon into some wild animal minding it's own business, I feel pretty free to do as I please with my gun.
....to get shot. Oh, right...this is CA, where you can't really own a gun much anymore.
Well, most anywhere else in the US, breaking in and waking the folks up is just asking for a bad case of lead poisoning.
So you're saying that it would have been a better outcome if this teenager had been killed for this non-violent offense?
Oh, and by the way, someone should tell Californians that they "can't really own a gun anymore", because we are the state with the second-most gun owners in the entire country.
Pedantic Jerk here, but we don't live in a Constitutional democracy, we live in a Constitutional Republic. This is a common issue, I understand, but the distinction is important, even if it is ignored. See Electoral College for a prime example of the difference.
Look, far be it from me to step on your Pedantic Jerk routine, because I know how much it means to you, but you are wrong.
We live in a democratic republic. Some decisions are made by direct democracy and others are made via democratically-elected representatives. The modifier, "Constitutional" is really pretty meaningless in this context. It just means we have a constitution. That alone does not define or describe our actual governmental system.
Yes, it is a republic. Yes, it is democratic. Yes, you're a Pedantic Jerk, but yes, you're wrong.
The alternative is democracy, which is the last step towards tyranny, as the majority will always vote to oppress the minority.
This would go against the intent of the founding fathers, who believed the minority should be oppressing the majority. That's why they structured the Constitution so that it takes power out of the hands of people and puts it into the hands of wealthy elite. Unfortunately, they didn't anticipate that in 2018 the "wealthy elite" would end up being a babbling and degenerate prevaricator who hates reading and gets all his information about the world from Fox & Friends.
Even the White House, which for some reason edited the official transcript of Putin's remarks, which were made on camera, had to finally put them back, because editing out Putin saying, "Yes, I wanted Trump to win" just made Trump look even more guilty, and at this point, they're just trying to put out the wildfire that's headed their way.
This is not a scandal involving president. Did you not read the whole summary ? the chip is an advertised feature of the Adidas AG ball
I wasn't referring to the story about the ball. I was referring to the treason. The conspiring with a foreign power to fix an election and then paying them back with policies.
When you dig deeper in the articles, and read the speeches and comments, they really do sound apologetic.
Give me an honest answer: Do any of Obama comments rise to the level at which Trump was making excuses for Russia with the following remarks?
"In an interview with Fox News's Bill O'Reilly, which will air ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Trump doubled down on his “respect” for Putin — even in the face of accusations that Putin and his associates have murdered journalists and dissidents in Russia.
“I do respect him. Well, I respect a lot of people, but that doesn’t mean I’ll get along with them,” Trump told O'Reilly.
O'Reilly pressed on, declaring to the president that “Putin is a killer.”
Unfazed, Trump didn't back away, but rather compared Putin's reputation for extrajudicial killings with the United States'.
“There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers,” Trump said. “Well, you think our country is so innocent?”
I want you to read that last sentence again: "well, you think our country is so innocent?" and ask yourself what the narrative would be if Obama had said that.
I know that the steady stream of outrage, corruption, ridiculousness, disinformation and misdirection can mean a lot of Trump's stuff gets lost in the shuffle. But even a staunchly conservative publication like the Weekly Standard can recognize that Trump blames America first.
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The differences are not significant. How many people do you believe are frustrated because they can buy all the long guns they want every month, but only one hand gun (except for private party transfers, of course, over which there is no limit)?
No, the differences are not significant.
Nobody's questioning the number of guns. There are guns galore. More guns than people.
My point is that a small percentage of people actually own those guns. The average gun owner has 8.1 guns. The majority of people own 0 guns, and somehow manage to survive day to day. Now, personally, as a fully qualified member of the well-regulated militia, I can generally only operate two guns at once. I suppose, in a pinch, I could wield two M-60's like Rambo, but it would severely impede my movement and be illegal in every state of the union. Damn liberals have made it impossible for me to shirtlessly wield two machine guns at once.
And why are you still arguing with me about this. Shouldn't you be out watering the tree of liberty with the blood of school children?
You talk about brain tumors and rectal cancers as if they were a bad thing. That's why your side lost in the last election.
We're getting brain tumors to own the libs. Get used to it, snowflake.
I don't know how Californians manage to survive under such tyrannical laws. Although, there is no limit on long guns. You can buy as many long guns in a 30 day period as your heart desires.
I mean, if there's one thing the Founding Fathers wanted to protect, it's our right to buy more than one handgun every 30 days. Personally, it's been three weeks now, and I'm really itchy to buy another one.
Yes. Spiders. You could still get bitten on the arm by a brown recluse and end up dying.
Oh, and meteors. Most people don't realize it, but there are meteors constantly hitting the Earth. Eventually, they're gonna get around to you and then you're gonna be a grease stain on the sidewalk. Unless you live in the suburbs, where you'll be a grease stain on the driveway.
Also, food-borne disease is always a danger. I'm pretty sure there are lots more, but I started drinking a few hours ago, and I think I'm going to go binge watch Lost in Space.
Fewer than 20% of all households were married couples with children, and that number's just been going down.
https://www.census.gov/prod/20...
The average size of a US household is 2.58 people. Even if you trust the Pew Research poll (which in itself is interesting, considering who you are), then that's 40% of households that own guns. So, from those two numbers, how many people actually own guns in the US?
Can't you resize the window any more?
I'm curious about the headline. Why would adjusting to different aspect ratios be a bad thing? Is there a downside to having videos adjust to aspect ratio?
That "40%" was one poll that asked if they lived in a family that owned guns. Not even a household, but a family.
The actual number of Americans that own guns is more likely under 10%.
That's just not true. The differences are very minor. I'm acquainted with a range right here in my super-liberal, left-leaning town and people come in there with all the same kinds of shooting irons that I saw in Texas. Maybe you won't find drive-thru 24-hour Liquor & Guns stores here in California, but those probably aren't such a good idea anyway.
Unlike Texas, I'm less likely to have some beefy asshole in a "Texas-package" Ford F-250 wave a handgun at me because he thought I was going too slow on the highway, but that's got nothing to do with local laws and everything to do with a different culture.
I have to say something here: It appears that more guns have not made people feel safer. Despite declining crime, it seems like gun owners are among the most frightened people on the planet. They're preparing to defend themselves from invasion and attack and dangers that just don't exist.
Remember, only a small fraction of Americans own guns. Those who don't seem to make it through the day without wetting themselves over MS-13 breaking down their doors and molesting their fat wives, or left-wing homosexuals brutally attacking them by sprinkling glitter on their heads.
I don't think Americans used to be such fraidy-cats.
[note: I'm not directing this at you, cascadingstylesheet. It's just that all this "stand your ground" and "come and take them" stuff is really kind of weird and wimpy when you think about it. I'm pretty sure that back in the day, people just learned how to handle themselves with their hands instead of seeing gunplay as the solution to all social interaction.]
Because the story was not told by someone who broke into a house at night. The story was told by the couple who had their house broken into.
You could save all of us a lot of time if you would just scan the summary.
I like it when the Anonymous Cowards try to be internet tough guys.
No, it's not. You should look up the meaning of "capital offense".
Asking for your WiFi password is not "threatening deadly force".
But not a capital offense.
Yeah, it's pretty nice here. Lots of people want to come. It's why there are more songs about people who really want to go to California than any other state. People dreaming about California, people wanting to go "way out west" to find their fortune, people who just want to come for the girls.
But still, you can't say that in a state with almost 400,000 gun owners that you can't really own a gun any more. As one of those gun owners, I can tell you that my rights here don't differ significantly than they did when I lived in Texas. The big difference is that here it's socially frowned-upon to take my gun into the street and act like an asshole with it. But since that has never been my intent, nor is it my intent to go unload my weapon into some wild animal minding it's own business, I feel pretty free to do as I please with my gun.
In that case, Trump voters are in for a very bad day.
So you're saying that it would have been a better outcome if this teenager had been killed for this non-violent offense?
Oh, and by the way, someone should tell Californians that they "can't really own a gun anymore", because we are the state with the second-most gun owners in the entire country.
Does that include storing audio tapes of my friend and me planning crimes? Asking for a friend.
Look, far be it from me to step on your Pedantic Jerk routine, because I know how much it means to you, but you are wrong.
We live in a democratic republic. Some decisions are made by direct democracy and others are made via democratically-elected representatives. The modifier, "Constitutional" is really pretty meaningless in this context. It just means we have a constitution. That alone does not define or describe our actual governmental system.
Yes, it is a republic. Yes, it is democratic. Yes, you're a Pedantic Jerk, but yes, you're wrong.
This would go against the intent of the founding fathers, who believed the minority should be oppressing the majority. That's why they structured the Constitution so that it takes power out of the hands of people and puts it into the hands of wealthy elite. Unfortunately, they didn't anticipate that in 2018 the "wealthy elite" would end up being a babbling and degenerate prevaricator who hates reading and gets all his information about the world from Fox & Friends.
Did you check your shorts? Just sayin'.
He wants to reestablish the Soviet Union and a weak American president over whom he has kompromat can help him with that.
But don't take my word for it, Putin said it himself in no uncertain terms that he wanted Trump to win:
https://www.theatlantic.com/in...
Even the White House, which for some reason edited the official transcript of Putin's remarks, which were made on camera, had to finally put them back, because editing out Putin saying, "Yes, I wanted Trump to win" just made Trump look even more guilty, and at this point, they're just trying to put out the wildfire that's headed their way.
http://thehill.com/homenews/ad...
I wasn't referring to the story about the ball. I was referring to the treason. The conspiring with a foreign power to fix an election and then paying them back with policies.
As I am told constantly by alt-right jackoffs, you can't believe anything you read on Vice.
Give me an honest answer: Do any of Obama comments rise to the level at which Trump was making excuses for Russia with the following remarks?
I want you to read that last sentence again: "well, you think our country is so innocent?" and ask yourself what the narrative would be if Obama had said that.
I know that the steady stream of outrage, corruption, ridiculousness, disinformation and misdirection can mean a lot of Trump's stuff gets lost in the shuffle. But even a staunchly conservative publication like the Weekly Standard can recognize that Trump blames America first.
https://www.weeklystandard.com...