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k anyone that asks that, I'm going to say yes, lets meet at the one in dublin. then all the people that can read will meet on 5th ave and the ones who cannot will meet in dublin.2 points
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Just a few things we've done recently that could be used for wallpapers if you'd like! High-res available if you open in new tab.1 point
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A lot of people think that, but it's not necessarily accurate. Prior to the establishment of the military by the Continental Congress, militias were largely unorganized, poorly trained, and lacking in resources. Most did not have tools such as cannons or submarines (which, believe it or not, were used during the Revolutionary War). That doesn't mean that the guy isn't right, though, or that the founders didn't intend for private citizens to own the same types of weapons that the military had. For instance, machines guns were invented prior to the drafting of the 2nd Amendment, and the design was presented to the Congress, so they were clearly aware that they existed.1 point
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Nothing wrong with prayer in school. In fact it builds character and provides a moral base for our children. Step into this scenario for a minute: It's Friday night. Your son is starting his first varsity game as the sophomore quarterback. The kids are pumped! As a father, you couldn't be more proud. "Ok boys..... This is our big night" says the coach... Also your son's favorite teacher. "Bring it in boys"..... Let's put our hands together and ask the good lord for some help". Silence. "Sh'ma Yis'ra'eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad" "Now go get 'em!" I call bullshit. You guys mean Christian prayer. As the only Jewish family in a small town, I could count into the thousands the times that I had to repeat "in Jesus's name we pray" in my public school. Did it scar me? Drove me out of everything god and god related. Did I bitch about it? No, it wasn't that important to me. But keep religion for fridays and Sundays. Way more personal than I get on here. Carry on.1 point
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That's the story to share a lifetime since it only ended in a couple minor flesh wounds. "Yeah, I've got my CCW license.....I got shot while taking the course, but overall I'm glad I went" Guess it was inevitable that something like this would happen with all the classes being attended now days, but damn......it's just funny to hear it happened within a "controlled" environment in the midst of gun safety lessons! Sometimes irony has little boundaries1 point
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Last week I discussed this with the officer of one of the schools I visit. I see both sides evenly and frankly the liability is out of this world with good and bad. The over all risk assesment is endless. Lock boxes, kids breaking into them, where to put them, overall higher security, individual accountability.... it goes on and on. I look at it like responsability, but that's something I'm use to handling for yeeeeeeeaaars. people leave guns all over the place, in the bathroom, at the movies, in bars, in a lost or stolen purse. Hell, soldiers leave them in the porta john all the time. Now you have someone who has this added to their roll in the school. WOW!!!!! Shit can go wrong and it's scary to have someone who has only familarization training, with that responsability. But it's not like we can justify not having more protection in the school. I hope they spend the money and send them to quality tactical course for a week or two in the summer. make them sleep with it, have it on them, take it to the shower, clean it everyday, shoot hundreds of rounds with it everyday. Don't let the kids know who the people tasked are either. Teachers need to keep this quite. My .021 point
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Did you read my post with Caspers list in mind? Because you have to, it is his list I am addressing. His list bans no guns, takes NOTHING away from us and in fact removes gun free zones and full CCW reciprocity. Damn people, read and think before you go nuts. You all sound like the pro-abortion crowd. Bunch of raving loons.1 point
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Your first brake job ? Remember, you need to rough up new brake pads by sliding them on concrete a couple of times.1 point
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Says the guy selling the fryer. You should be touting how delicious they are...1 point
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The thing about compromise, is that it's like walking down the no-mans land between the WW1 trenches... You think you're trying to bring people together, however in actuality you are just going to be shot at by both sides.1 point
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Number 1 switches the burden of legality from the wrongdoer and criminal to the innocent person selling a legal and constitutionally protected object. Don't agree with that, at all. Private sales are no one's business. It won't stop anything, just make straw sales and thefts more common. Number 2, well ok let's just have that. Now tell me what constitutes a mental health issue that should disbar someone from owning a gun. Depression? Anxiety? ADD?....yeah, that's not going to be a mess of lawsuits. Unintended consequence = fewer people seek treatment if they know they will lose their guns or never own one. More undiagnosed crazies instead of treated ones. Number 4, I'm in favor of training and recommend it. But requiring it? Vermont doesn't even require permits (and I favor that). Are the streets running red with blood from negligence up there? Nope. Ok then, I don't think its the states job to mandate that either. Number 5 is favoritism towards people who have received training that's not necessarily geared towards concealed carry and self-defense. In fact, I truly believe that my years of defensive training are superior to what an average infantry soldier receives. Projecting force with a rifle is a different skill set than CCW. Weapons handling and so forth, that's fine, but I don't think anything should put you to the front of the line for CCW. Also, what standardization is there going to be? Most government training on anything is sub-par at best. Seen the abysmal results of government-sanctioned driving lately? So, again, not in favor of that. Number 7 I'm not a fan of either. Do you trust the justice system that much? Not me, no way. I'm absolutely certain innocent people have fried and hung, and as long as that's the case I don't favor death. Life in prison is fine, at least there's a chance of overturning bad sentences and trials. Number 9 sounds good, except many mass killers already do, and will (if you have your way) just kill themselves. They want to go out in a blaze of glory...being hung or eating a bullet isn't a deterrent - it's the gory notoriety and a public hanging would worsen this, not help it. For them, it's about making everyone else understand their torment...the only solution to that is media silence which isn't gonna happen. Number 3 takes care of the mass shooting problem, by and large. The rest I agree with.1 point
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She should be fired. It's public school and has no place for religion of any kind.1 point
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The FFL did nothing wrong. Any FFL who sold you the gun would do the same thing or lose their FFL status. They keep a list of guns that arrive and depart their business and they must give those records up by law when asked. If you refuse to do business there after this then you are punishing them for doing nothing wrong.1 point
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This. And while throwing $$$ at some of the problem area would be great, the carousel is basically a ramp to nowhere, and T12 would be so much faster, I would be worried about bikes making it onto the front straight unles they afded gravel. Then there's te drainage issue, etc. a lot more is needed at Nelson than jut a repave. Nelson is like your college booty call. You're not marrying her, but she's convenient and fun and doesn't cost you much.1 point
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And how could it be prevented? Never sell a gun you have bought through an FFL. No other way to prevent it.1 point
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Assault weapon bans are unconstitutional since the Supreme Court ruled you cant ban a class of fire arms. Infringed is a pretty broad term, but not to difficult to understand.1 point
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Even in a free market manipulation thru fear or over/under producing is not a desirable aspect.1 point
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That awkward moment when you are laying face up naked and the Eastern European girl giving you a body scrub comments on how nice your skin is1 point
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Another interesting fact that isn't in the article is that at least 95 of the 96% is all jbot.1 point
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I think we're all losing sight of the Zombie problem.1 point
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This is why people like me hate discussing this, because you constantly base the discussion on completely false "facts". A AWB isn't unconstitutional, if was there were 10 years where someone could have challenged it's constitutionality in court. Once again, YOUR FREEDOM TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS IS NOT BEING INFRINGED. Period. You have guns? Keep them. You have guns that are about to be more tightly regulated? Keep those too. You want to buy a gun that's not a part of the AWB after it's passed? Fine, as long as you jump through whatever regulatory hoops there are after it's passing. YOU CAN STILL BUY GUNS. YOU CAN STILL KEEP GUNS. YOU CAN STILL SHOOT GUNS. YOU CAN STILL HAVE A CCW THAT YOU OBTAINED PRE-AWB. YOU CAN STILL OBTAIN A NEW CCW AFTER THE BAN GOES INTO EFFECT. Seriously, how hard is this to understand? As for the police/military, I'm not taking that bait other than to say that they follow orders. Your argument is purely hypothetical, and the assumptions you make that the police will immediately jump ship and join the side of the "protestors" has no basis in any recent American history. Unless you got something to back that up where a police force of any stripe disobeyed orders en masse in the face of a protest, I'm calling bullshit. By the way, nice strawman you have there with inserting the "invading army" thing. Go back and re-read my argument. EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE EQUAL FIREPOWER. Not in Mexico, not in Chicago, not in Ohio, and not anywhere else in the US. Police departments have easy access to full-auto rifles, not to mention surplus gear direct from the DoD, for free even. Do you have a APC? Do you have access to a LAW to attempt to penetrate the armor of a APC, thereby evening the odds? No, you don't. You also don't have easy access to full-auto weapons, unless they were made prior to 1986 and even then they're a little cost prohibitive. Just because you can tacticool out your AR15 to look like a SWAT rifle, doesn't make it on par with one. My point is simple, instead of trotting out the nirvana fallacy, there is headway to be made. You can start with drum magazines. In the event of a mass casualty situation, would I want someone that has a round capacity of 80 or a round capacity of 10? This would cause him to carry less ammo, and therefore inflict less casualties, even more so when he tries to reload, that could possibly create the opportunity for someone to pounce on him and stop the incident (see Giffords shooting) You can hit me with retrospective determinism (found my Logic textbook), or my favorite red herring of "well, I can reload in 1.5s, that's not enough time to do anything!", but out of all the mass shootings in the US in recent times, the VAST majority were from people with no formal firearms training.0 points
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