The vast, vast majority of drivers are incompetent and should not have the privilege of driving until they've demonstrated an actual ability to drive properly. This is not unique to the US.
I've not only driven all over the world but I've taken a whole bunch of lessons, advanced driving courses, and even drove as my MOS for quite a while. I not only drove heavy vehicles but I also went to school to learn defensive and asset protection (I drove staff cars for a while and then escorted prisoners). I've taken classroom settings and on-course settings lessons at a variety of places. I've taken lessons in on and off road driving. I've even taken classroom courses and then hired a coach/instructor while renting a variety of exotics to drive the Nurburgring.
Add to that, an understanding of traffic and years of working in the industry and I think I can authoritatively state that there are a lot of "non-driving fucks" on the road who have no business being there. Add to that a number of them who are incompetent, in a rush, full of ego, and are assholes - and you get what you witnessed. It is, by no means, exclusive to the US. I'd say there's a fairly even distribution of them but it is marginally helped in areas where they insist on a greater level of education prior to being allowed to drive. The problem is, they seem to forget the lessons learned in driver's education within a few years of having earned their right to drive. So, you end up with shitty drivers everywhere - even if they're ostensibly more educated.
That's not to say there are no improvements - it's just that they're not that large. Some areas are marginally better than others but there's no significant improvements from what you've got in modern Western nations with an acceptable infrastructure.
What button is that? Try using the AltGr keys. In Windows, use the US International (though I think others work) and they insert it just fine. (I've done it, many times.)
The other poster said I used the HTML entities. That is only partially true. lt gt mdash ndash are entities, as is euro. The others are inserted with the keyboard.
Those are all inserted with the keyboard using the International Keyboard Layout with AltGr and Dead Keys. (Linux.) In Windows it's the US International that I used. I've no idea what OS X uses but I am guessing they've got AltGr available somewhere.
Actually, only some of them are posted as HTML entities. Hit my post's reply button and click on the quote parent and all will become clear. I'll reply to the other guy as well.
Which does not state what the person claimed - not even if you want it to state that. You're being presumptuous and assuming facts not in evidence. That's hardly a rational argument, now is it?
In an effort to be intellectually honest, I think it's fair to say that Microsoft's collection of data may, or may not, be utilized by agencies other than themselves but there's no evidence asserting it is. Assuming that they are collecting data and sharing it with the NSA is silly. Realizing that they *could* be and acting accordingly is not silly.
I don't suppose the nuance is enough for you to notice - even though it's quite glaring. There's nothing wrong with acting to protect your data. There's everything wrong with making affirmative statements that are not grounded in evidence. And yes, yes I read your link. It does not say what you think it says. It is not evidence that makes affirmative statements possible with regards to the specifics stated by the parent poster(s). Sorry but you'll need to bring proof, not speculation, to the table.
Yes, yes it is absolutely worth the risk. I accept that you might be stupid and discharge your weapon in a manner that endangers me. I accept that your free speech may say things that provoke others into harming me. I accept that your right to not incriminate yourself may keep me from seeking justice. The list goes on...
It's called being part of society. You can have risks or you can have restrictive laws. It's obvious which side you favor and your cowardice is disappointing.
I don't see how it could be referencing Trump.;-) If you take what he has to say, en masse and in total, he still doesn't approach that of a person with character and consistency.
Actually, I don't think Trump's that terrible a person. I'm not sure that I'd want him to be president and I'm very, very unlikely to vote for him even though I don't think he's as horrible as people are trying to make him out to be. I went through a stretch where I listened to Fox News (I had my reasons) and much of what I heard from him were things taken out of context or pithy remarks that are no worse than any other candidate in the grand scheme of things.
Some old dude taught me that, a long time ago. It's usually true. If you see one kid, there's another one around somewhere. If you see one animal, there's another one. If you see one car, there's another one.
Android is Linux after Linux has been pulled into Google's basement and given a vivisection. - Some Slashdotter not too many months ago but I forget which one. I'm inclined to agree with them. Even if it is the kernel, it's a far stretch to call it Linux and you sure as hell can't call it free. You can make it more free, with the loss of some functionality, if you want. At that point, you might just as well buy a dumb phone.
But, who am I to talk? I'm still awaiting a Lubuntu phone and I currently use a Windows phone. I'll get the tablet but this phone only piques my interest as a curio. I might pick one up but it's unlikely. I'll be pre-ordering the tablet as soon as I'm done reading this thread and scroll back to the top. That much I know... I'll give that a shot but the phone is not, yet, on my "must have list."
I really want the phone to run Lubuntu - with LXDE and not LXQt. Hmm... I bet... Yeah, I bet I can get LXDE installed on it. I might have to find all the dependencies and recompile 'em but I've got ample underused hardware that can crunch all that in short order. I can probably even automate it so I can keep up with updates and security fixes. I will have to look into that and maybe make it publicly available - if it works well enough.
I've been waiting for one. I've actually been waiting for them to get a Surface Pro that is fully working with Lubuntu but this is close enough. I'll buy this one. I'll pre-order when I'm done reading the thread.
The thing is, I'm still trying to find a tablet I like. I've tried them all. Really, I've bought about two dozen tablets since the newer tablets started coming out. (I like to call these ones slates but they like to call them tablets.) I used to use a Motion tablet for on-site work and that's what I handed out to employees for that sort of work. They weren't really like today's tablets. So, I'll get one of these and it will probably end up being gifted or put in a box where it collects dust. That's what I expect to happen with the Surface Pro but I'm going to try that - even if I may not like it.
I really, really want to like tablets but I've not yet found one I liked. That includes various models of iPad, a bunch of Androids, a Kindle or two that were also Android, and some strange thing I picked up in Mexico that was actually in Chinese and I never did figure out how to get it into English but it's probably not Android underneath it.
What else would cause thousands of Europeans to band together and cause mayhem?
Well, a certain ethnic group from the Middle East gets them riled up on occasion. And no - the Germans weren't the first - or even the last, to get riled up by them.
I believed I have some of his works - they remain unread and part of what I picked up at a (now gone) buddy's estate sale. At one point, I went to create an index of all my books. I'm way too lazy for that. (I've about two dozen good sized bookshelves that are all full and about a half-dozen more that aren't quite full and then the room is lined with more shelves of varied fullness.) (Oh, and that's not even all of them - I have boxes of 'em still unpacked since moving here back in late 2008, I was in for Christmas.)
Anyhow, so I went looking for a cover to see if I had it - I can often remember the cover. Instead, I found this: https://hotk.files.wordpress.c...
That may, ore may not, be what you're looking for - and the home URL may have more leads.
I have been there - I was over in Cann River. The best part about the trip was that we'd taken the scenic route, via the Alpine Way or Great Alpine Way, and I got to joke about the name. Those really aren't very impressive mountains - height or size-wise. I was sorely disappointed by the Great Alpine Way. I seem to recall that some of them did, at times, have ice on 'em but I didn't see any ice.
But, I didn't die or anything. I always consider that a bonus when I go to Oz.
I find that's true if you look at just a few posts. If you take the time to read a bunch of them then they begin to look a bit less obtuse. Try reading a few from different time periods, when he wrote about different things, and he almost becomes a person with a consistent view. You can then better judge his merits, if you're into that and wanting to make the effort.
In my opinion, he doesn't improve much when I do that but he does improve a little. He's certainly not someone that I'd want in office or making policy decisions for anything more complicated than the week's grocery list. However, he does improve a bit when you see more of him and think about the times when he made those posts.
I take that back. It's a marked improvement. It's still not enough to where I'd want him in charge of anything more than the aforementioned grocery list.
You *might* be able to Google the answer or you can just contact an insurance agent. They have these numbers and have broken them down. It has been discussed by several of the people I know who pay the insurance, or have paid the insurance, for firearms outlets. They do suffer from frequent burglary which is why I was careful to state robbery which is different in that one is with a person present and the other is not. The likelihood is low, compared with a Subway for robbery. I imagine Google will help IF anyone's published the actuarial tables. If not, you can get a crime report data base and compare addresses but I'm going to trust the actuary as I'm pretty lazy.
Just like I said to the other one, that's like justifying taking a cookie from the cookie jar because someone was naive enough to leave it unguarded or not cynical enough to distrust the "honor system." Sheesh...
It's like cheating at "Old Maid." Against a kid. While you're the adult.
Well, maybe not that bad but still... You get the idea. Or not. Maybe not.
I am limited in choices - I'm in Florida. It's okay - I'm in Florida. I'm sure I could make a private sale/purchase in short order. It won't be anything really scary but it could look pretty scary. Well, not if I wanted it to be legal. When is this again? It's gonna take a minute to get something like that down here or shipped there and waiting for me. I'd probably be better off crawling through the local newspapers or just asking a neighbor.
I'm getting shot, aren't I? That's your end-game in all this. You said something intelligent, more than once, and I noticed and added you to the list thing as a friend. Then you've kept saying witty things to lead me to this point where you have it all figured out and you've really been plotting to kill me this whole time... I'm on to you, buddy... I'm on to you...
On a more serious note, I'm reminded of all the Democrats who were running around suggesting that everyone switch their affiliation so that they could participate in, and change the outcome of, the primaries and the convention. I'm reminded of the fact that, for better or worse, the Republicans haven't really ever been as good at playing the really underhanded politics. It's not that they haven't tried, it's that they've been rather clumsy at it - it tends to go against the things they profess to believe in.
So, now, I'm kind of envisioning a situation where three elections down the road the Republicans have decided to infiltrate the Democratic party's politics, at an individual level, to change the outcome. I'm then picturing them all bringing firearms with them and appearing horribly out of place and the jig being up and looking quite embarrassed about it. The outrage from that imagined scene will be spectacular - and I will laugh like hell. Why not, what else would you have me do?
Which is probably a rip off of something else, somewhere down the line - until you find that we're still cracking the same jokes as Plato and our graffiti has been the same thing for thousands of years.
Remember, you're unique - just like everybody else.
Actually, you couldn't be more wrong. It's imperative to know the names and usage of the tools you use. That includes hammers, firearms, computers, and even pencils.
That and the rest of what you describe is some strange, misguided, caricature of your own inventing - we call that a straw man, but you can call it what you will. However, if you're going to present an argument for or against something, which they're attempting to envision with their "I wonder," it behooves you to know what you speak of to the point where you're accurately conversant - as a minimal level of capacity.
When trying to discuss things more complicated than a crayon, it's important to know what you're discussing like so that you don't look like the drooling kid in the corner who's only opinion on them is that green ones taste best. Or, of course, you can pick whichever linguistic styling you feel most comfortable with and accept that you're limited in scope to discussing the flavor of crayons.
The choice is yours but at least be intellectually honest about it.
LOL You're worried about someone bringing that into a fast food restaurant? Dude, if I have a firearm like that and want to bring it in to a restaurant then there's fuck all you can do about it - if I'm a criminal. It's not even all *that* dangerous - but I pulled the "scariest" sounding one off the link you gave me. I came up with this:
So, using that as your definition, you're worried about someone walking around with that legally? Why? 'Snot like they're gonna go shooting the place up with that. If you're worried about criminals then you've a whole other issue and that issue really isn't that firearm in particular - or anything like it. Those are pretty harmless as firearms go.
Let's start with the name in the URL...
AK-47... That sounds scary but the AK-47 is a very specific thing - this is semi-automatic, for starters. Bullpup, now there's a scary name. That has to do with where the handle is and where the stock is, for the most part. It's a design style. That thing is painted in silly colors, the person owning it is an idiot, and it's less lethal than half the shit I keep in my basement - and I have firearms from long before you were born.
If a criminal is walking around with *any* firearm, it's a bad thing. Criminals are (generally) not allowed firearms. I know a criminal who took a firearm from someone who was threatening to shoot his wife. He was actually allowed to do so, the judge was willing to accept that. It's when he took it, took it and hid it, and then didn't cal the cops immediately (even though he called not long after) he is doing time in prison.
How much more strict do you want the laws? What's reasonable to you?
Anything you're calling an assault rifle is shit to be worried about. Yeah, they fire big bad bullets. They're not the problem. The problem is that criminals have them when they're not supposed to have them. Using a firearm in a crime is bad, m'kay. Using an assault rifle in a crime? That's just stupid. That's how you get dead. They're going to use whatever and they're going to acquire what they need. That's what bad people have always done - they don't obey the laws. That thing you're calling an assault rifle is not even an automatic or even a select-fire weapon. They're sporting rifles that you weirdos decided to get pissed about which made people think they're all the more awesome and buy even more of them, sort of ruining the gun market but also bringing some neat new tech into it, for no reason.
That's like getting mad that someone has their father's old Ruger.22 LR which they used to go plink tin-cans. That's what that rifle is that you're calling an assault rifle. If some dumb ass wants to run around with it and pretend he's Rambo then there's jack shit we can do about it - and generally, they aren't the ones that are the problem. Not comparatively speaking, no... Those things you're looking for are called sport rifles, and yes - deaths and injuries do occur. That's part of living in a nation without tyranny.
Now, tyranny is not necessarily be what the guy with the guns protect YOU with - you have to do that on your own, or not. Tyranny is the government taking away that one more liberty. I don't know about you but I kind of like my rights - all of them. I like your rights too. How many things do you want the government take away that you're scared of? Think that through, carefully.
No, I don't want them taking away the rights of gay people to marry, no I don't want them taking away the right to abort, nor do I want to teach the kids that some Mexican carpenter named Jesus's dad knocked up the daughter at a house he was contracting on and that's why we celebrate Christmas. I like all of my rights. I like the rights that you enjoy that make you someone I don't even like. That's true, I like your rights too. I value your rights as much as I value my own - perhaps mor
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The vast, vast majority of drivers are incompetent and should not have the privilege of driving until they've demonstrated an actual ability to drive properly. This is not unique to the US.
I've not only driven all over the world but I've taken a whole bunch of lessons, advanced driving courses, and even drove as my MOS for quite a while. I not only drove heavy vehicles but I also went to school to learn defensive and asset protection (I drove staff cars for a while and then escorted prisoners). I've taken classroom settings and on-course settings lessons at a variety of places. I've taken lessons in on and off road driving. I've even taken classroom courses and then hired a coach/instructor while renting a variety of exotics to drive the Nurburgring.
Add to that, an understanding of traffic and years of working in the industry and I think I can authoritatively state that there are a lot of "non-driving fucks" on the road who have no business being there. Add to that a number of them who are incompetent, in a rush, full of ego, and are assholes - and you get what you witnessed. It is, by no means, exclusive to the US. I'd say there's a fairly even distribution of them but it is marginally helped in areas where they insist on a greater level of education prior to being allowed to drive. The problem is, they seem to forget the lessons learned in driver's education within a few years of having earned their right to drive. So, you end up with shitty drivers everywhere - even if they're ostensibly more educated.
That's not to say there are no improvements - it's just that they're not that large. Some areas are marginally better than others but there's no significant improvements from what you've got in modern Western nations with an acceptable infrastructure.
What button is that? Try using the AltGr keys. In Windows, use the US International (though I think others work) and they insert it just fine. (I've done it, many times.)
The other poster said I used the HTML entities. That is only partially true. lt gt mdash ndash are entities, as is euro. The others are inserted with the keyboard.
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Those are all inserted with the keyboard using the International Keyboard Layout with AltGr and Dead Keys. (Linux.) In Windows it's the US International that I used. I've no idea what OS X uses but I am guessing they've got AltGr available somewhere.
Actually, only some of them are posted as HTML entities. Hit my post's reply button and click on the quote parent and all will become clear. I'll reply to the other guy as well.
Which does not state what the person claimed - not even if you want it to state that. You're being presumptuous and assuming facts not in evidence. That's hardly a rational argument, now is it?
In an effort to be intellectually honest, I think it's fair to say that Microsoft's collection of data may, or may not, be utilized by agencies other than themselves but there's no evidence asserting it is. Assuming that they are collecting data and sharing it with the NSA is silly. Realizing that they *could* be and acting accordingly is not silly.
I don't suppose the nuance is enough for you to notice - even though it's quite glaring. There's nothing wrong with acting to protect your data. There's everything wrong with making affirmative statements that are not grounded in evidence. And yes, yes I read your link. It does not say what you think it says. It is not evidence that makes affirmative statements possible with regards to the specifics stated by the parent poster(s). Sorry but you'll need to bring proof, not speculation, to the table.
Yes, yes it is absolutely worth the risk. I accept that you might be stupid and discharge your weapon in a manner that endangers me. I accept that your free speech may say things that provoke others into harming me. I accept that your right to not incriminate yourself may keep me from seeking justice. The list goes on...
It's called being part of society. You can have risks or you can have restrictive laws. It's obvious which side you favor and your cowardice is disappointing.
I don't see how it could be referencing Trump. ;-) If you take what he has to say, en masse and in total, he still doesn't approach that of a person with character and consistency.
Actually, I don't think Trump's that terrible a person. I'm not sure that I'd want him to be president and I'm very, very unlikely to vote for him even though I don't think he's as horrible as people are trying to make him out to be. I went through a stretch where I listened to Fox News (I had my reasons) and much of what I heard from him were things taken out of context or pithy remarks that are no worse than any other candidate in the grand scheme of things.
But, we like to be outraged.
Where there's one, there's two.
Some old dude taught me that, a long time ago. It's usually true. If you see one kid, there's another one around somewhere. If you see one animal, there's another one. If you see one car, there's another one.
It's not always true but it's a good indicator.
It became a dick measuring contest, and nothing more, when you stated that it wouldn't get you very far in life.
Android is Linux after Linux has been pulled into Google's basement and given a vivisection. - Some Slashdotter not too many months ago but I forget which one. I'm inclined to agree with them. Even if it is the kernel, it's a far stretch to call it Linux and you sure as hell can't call it free. You can make it more free, with the loss of some functionality, if you want. At that point, you might just as well buy a dumb phone.
But, who am I to talk? I'm still awaiting a Lubuntu phone and I currently use a Windows phone. I'll get the tablet but this phone only piques my interest as a curio. I might pick one up but it's unlikely. I'll be pre-ordering the tablet as soon as I'm done reading this thread and scroll back to the top. That much I know... I'll give that a shot but the phone is not, yet, on my "must have list."
I really want the phone to run Lubuntu - with LXDE and not LXQt. Hmm... I bet... Yeah, I bet I can get LXDE installed on it. I might have to find all the dependencies and recompile 'em but I've got ample underused hardware that can crunch all that in short order. I can probably even automate it so I can keep up with updates and security fixes. I will have to look into that and maybe make it publicly available - if it works well enough.
I've been waiting for one. I've actually been waiting for them to get a Surface Pro that is fully working with Lubuntu but this is close enough. I'll buy this one. I'll pre-order when I'm done reading the thread.
The thing is, I'm still trying to find a tablet I like. I've tried them all. Really, I've bought about two dozen tablets since the newer tablets started coming out. (I like to call these ones slates but they like to call them tablets.) I used to use a Motion tablet for on-site work and that's what I handed out to employees for that sort of work. They weren't really like today's tablets. So, I'll get one of these and it will probably end up being gifted or put in a box where it collects dust. That's what I expect to happen with the Surface Pro but I'm going to try that - even if I may not like it.
I really, really want to like tablets but I've not yet found one I liked. That includes various models of iPad, a bunch of Androids, a Kindle or two that were also Android, and some strange thing I picked up in Mexico that was actually in Chinese and I never did figure out how to get it into English but it's probably not Android underneath it.
What else would cause thousands of Europeans to band together and cause mayhem?
Well, a certain ethnic group from the Middle East gets them riled up on occasion. And no - the Germans weren't the first - or even the last, to get riled up by them.
I believed I have some of his works - they remain unread and part of what I picked up at a (now gone) buddy's estate sale. At one point, I went to create an index of all my books. I'm way too lazy for that. (I've about two dozen good sized bookshelves that are all full and about a half-dozen more that aren't quite full and then the room is lined with more shelves of varied fullness.) (Oh, and that's not even all of them - I have boxes of 'em still unpacked since moving here back in late 2008, I was in for Christmas.)
Anyhow, so I went looking for a cover to see if I had it - I can often remember the cover. Instead, I found this:
https://hotk.files.wordpress.c...
That may, ore may not, be what you're looking for - and the home URL may have more leads.
I have been there - I was over in Cann River. The best part about the trip was that we'd taken the scenic route, via the Alpine Way or Great Alpine Way, and I got to joke about the name. Those really aren't very impressive mountains - height or size-wise. I was sorely disappointed by the Great Alpine Way. I seem to recall that some of them did, at times, have ice on 'em but I didn't see any ice.
But, I didn't die or anything. I always consider that a bonus when I go to Oz.
It looks like a pretty good disruption at about 12:20 local time.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webi...
That might be a failing on your part. €, £, $, and as this is Japan, ¥. Or did you want ©, ñ, or ü?
< © — €
That's not how presenting a well-reasoned, fact-based, intellectually-honest viewpoint is done.
I find that's true if you look at just a few posts. If you take the time to read a bunch of them then they begin to look a bit less obtuse. Try reading a few from different time periods, when he wrote about different things, and he almost becomes a person with a consistent view. You can then better judge his merits, if you're into that and wanting to make the effort.
In my opinion, he doesn't improve much when I do that but he does improve a little. He's certainly not someone that I'd want in office or making policy decisions for anything more complicated than the week's grocery list. However, he does improve a bit when you see more of him and think about the times when he made those posts.
I take that back. It's a marked improvement. It's still not enough to where I'd want him in charge of anything more than the aforementioned grocery list.
You *might* be able to Google the answer or you can just contact an insurance agent. They have these numbers and have broken them down. It has been discussed by several of the people I know who pay the insurance, or have paid the insurance, for firearms outlets. They do suffer from frequent burglary which is why I was careful to state robbery which is different in that one is with a person present and the other is not. The likelihood is low, compared with a Subway for robbery. I imagine Google will help IF anyone's published the actuarial tables. If not, you can get a crime report data base and compare addresses but I'm going to trust the actuary as I'm pretty lazy.
Just like I said to the other one, that's like justifying taking a cookie from the cookie jar because someone was naive enough to leave it unguarded or not cynical enough to distrust the "honor system." Sheesh...
It's like cheating at "Old Maid." Against a kid. While you're the adult.
Well, maybe not that bad but still... You get the idea. Or not. Maybe not.
Meta... ;-)
Filter error: Your comment looks too much like ascii art.
Just when I thought I'd seen it all. 'Cause I've posted ASCII art before.
I am limited in choices - I'm in Florida. It's okay - I'm in Florida. I'm sure I could make a private sale/purchase in short order. It won't be anything really scary but it could look pretty scary. Well, not if I wanted it to be legal. When is this again? It's gonna take a minute to get something like that down here or shipped there and waiting for me. I'd probably be better off crawling through the local newspapers or just asking a neighbor.
I'm getting shot, aren't I? That's your end-game in all this. You said something intelligent, more than once, and I noticed and added you to the list thing as a friend. Then you've kept saying witty things to lead me to this point where you have it all figured out and you've really been plotting to kill me this whole time... I'm on to you, buddy... I'm on to you...
On a more serious note, I'm reminded of all the Democrats who were running around suggesting that everyone switch their affiliation so that they could participate in, and change the outcome of, the primaries and the convention. I'm reminded of the fact that, for better or worse, the Republicans haven't really ever been as good at playing the really underhanded politics. It's not that they haven't tried, it's that they've been rather clumsy at it - it tends to go against the things they profess to believe in.
So, now, I'm kind of envisioning a situation where three elections down the road the Republicans have decided to infiltrate the Democratic party's politics, at an individual level, to change the outcome. I'm then picturing them all bringing firearms with them and appearing horribly out of place and the jig being up and looking quite embarrassed about it. The outrage from that imagined scene will be spectacular - and I will laugh like hell. Why not, what else would you have me do?
That's like saying it's not sneaking to steal a cookie from the cookie jar 'cause they left it open and unguarded. Sheesh.
Which is probably a rip off of something else, somewhere down the line - until you find that we're still cracking the same jokes as Plato and our graffiti has been the same thing for thousands of years.
Remember, you're unique - just like everybody else.
Actually, you couldn't be more wrong. It's imperative to know the names and usage of the tools you use. That includes hammers, firearms, computers, and even pencils.
That and the rest of what you describe is some strange, misguided, caricature of your own inventing - we call that a straw man, but you can call it what you will. However, if you're going to present an argument for or against something, which they're attempting to envision with their "I wonder," it behooves you to know what you speak of to the point where you're accurately conversant - as a minimal level of capacity.
When trying to discuss things more complicated than a crayon, it's important to know what you're discussing like so that you don't look like the drooling kid in the corner who's only opinion on them is that green ones taste best. Or, of course, you can pick whichever linguistic styling you feel most comfortable with and accept that you're limited in scope to discussing the flavor of crayons.
The choice is yours but at least be intellectually honest about it.
Oh, and have a nice day. ;-)
LOL You're worried about someone bringing that into a fast food restaurant? Dude, if I have a firearm like that and want to bring it in to a restaurant then there's fuck all you can do about it - if I'm a criminal. It's not even all *that* dangerous - but I pulled the "scariest" sounding one off the link you gave me. I came up with this:
https://www.gunsamerica.com/93...
So, using that as your definition, you're worried about someone walking around with that legally? Why? 'Snot like they're gonna go shooting the place up with that. If you're worried about criminals then you've a whole other issue and that issue really isn't that firearm in particular - or anything like it. Those are pretty harmless as firearms go.
Let's start with the name in the URL...
AK-47... That sounds scary but the AK-47 is a very specific thing - this is semi-automatic, for starters.
Bullpup, now there's a scary name. That has to do with where the handle is and where the stock is, for the most part. It's a design style.
That thing is painted in silly colors, the person owning it is an idiot, and it's less lethal than half the shit I keep in my basement - and I have firearms from long before you were born.
If a criminal is walking around with *any* firearm, it's a bad thing. Criminals are (generally) not allowed firearms. I know a criminal who took a firearm from someone who was threatening to shoot his wife. He was actually allowed to do so, the judge was willing to accept that. It's when he took it, took it and hid it, and then didn't cal the cops immediately (even though he called not long after) he is doing time in prison.
How much more strict do you want the laws? What's reasonable to you?
Anything you're calling an assault rifle is shit to be worried about. Yeah, they fire big bad bullets. They're not the problem. The problem is that criminals have them when they're not supposed to have them. Using a firearm in a crime is bad, m'kay. Using an assault rifle in a crime? That's just stupid. That's how you get dead. They're going to use whatever and they're going to acquire what they need. That's what bad people have always done - they don't obey the laws. That thing you're calling an assault rifle is not even an automatic or even a select-fire weapon. They're sporting rifles that you weirdos decided to get pissed about which made people think they're all the more awesome and buy even more of them, sort of ruining the gun market but also bringing some neat new tech into it, for no reason.
That's like getting mad that someone has their father's old Ruger .22 LR which they used to go plink tin-cans. That's what that rifle is that you're calling an assault rifle. If some dumb ass wants to run around with it and pretend he's Rambo then there's jack shit we can do about it - and generally, they aren't the ones that are the problem. Not comparatively speaking, no... Those things you're looking for are called sport rifles, and yes - deaths and injuries do occur. That's part of living in a nation without tyranny.
Now, tyranny is not necessarily be what the guy with the guns protect YOU with - you have to do that on your own, or not. Tyranny is the government taking away that one more liberty. I don't know about you but I kind of like my rights - all of them. I like your rights too. How many things do you want the government take away that you're scared of? Think that through, carefully.
No, I don't want them taking away the rights of gay people to marry, no I don't want them taking away the right to abort, nor do I want to teach the kids that some Mexican carpenter named Jesus's dad knocked up the daughter at a house he was contracting on and that's why we celebrate Christmas. I like all of my rights. I like the rights that you enjoy that make you someone I don't even like. That's true, I like your rights too. I value your rights as much as I value my own - perhaps mor