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Voting matters. The Supreme Court has a hand in the NRA till too.
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One of the truly confounding things is that 1/3 of the country more or less sees gun laws as PERMISSION structures: who am I allowed to shoot, when, and with what.twocoach wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:39 pm1) mass shooting happensjfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:44 pmAnd again - just so we're being 100% clear - no serious person is seeking a comprehensive ban on guns.KUTradition wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:21 pm the freedom to play G.I. Joe, basically, outweighs the freedom to live, go to school, go to the store, etc. without fear of being murdered
We just keep getting told, over and over again, some combination of: (1) the Second Amendment guarantees a present-day right to buy, own and use assault rifles, (2) there would not actually be any utility to "contracting" otherwise (by our elected representatives codifying restrictions on the buying, owning and using of assault rifles).
2) Dems call for restrictions on the ability of disturbed people with ill intentions to not be able to buy AR15s and high capacity magazines so easily
3) GOPs scream about Dems trying to take away their guns/ban all gun sales
4) Conversation dissolves into stupidity
5) Repeat steps 1-4 every few weeks for what seems like it will be the rest of eternity
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the rittenhouse effect?
(though it’s obviously been around longer)
(though it’s obviously been around longer)
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Right. The number one sited reason for owning a firearm is personal protection. Which to me seems reasonable. But that's because I assume that personal protection means self defense, like literally, someone is trying to kill you and you use the weapon as a last resort. But then you find out that personal protection might mean protecting someone else's property as a justifiable reason to kill someone and then you realize not everyone is having the same conversation.
I only came to kick some ass...
Rock the fucking house and kick some ass.
Rock the fucking house and kick some ass.
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Yeah. The failure to pass laws that clarify that you don’t get to use self-defense as an affirmative defense if you put yourself into the situation…is quite a tell!PhDhawk wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:55 pm Right. The number one sited reason for owning a firearm is personal protection. Which to me seems reasonable. But that's because I assume that personal protection means self defense, like literally, someone is trying to kill you and you use the weapon as a last resort. But then you find out that personal protection might mean protecting someone else's property as a justifiable reason to kill someone and then you realize not everyone is having the same conversation.
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I wonder how long before Person A sees Person B carrying a firearm in the open in a State where it’s permitted, shoots Person B, and claims self defense or standing ground!
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It depends on whether we will have yet reached the Magical Gun Equilibrium (being that special state of balance where there are exactly the right number of guns, such that gun violence is no more).
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Who knew SNL did documentaries?
“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
Derek Cressman
Derek Cressman
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GOOD GUY WITH GUNS ALERT
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Classic case of personal protection to me. What, now you're gonna tell me you can't defend your driveway with deadly force?
And why wasn't she carrying? Nothing would be safer than for her to have returned a couple rounds.
I only came to kick some ass...
Rock the fucking house and kick some ass.
Rock the fucking house and kick some ass.
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If everyone has guns, then no one will shoot anyone. That's how it works, right?
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charges filed in the KC shooting
i guess going to the wrong address is now a potentially fatal mistake
smfh
i guess going to the wrong address is now a potentially fatal mistake
smfh
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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The way she's dressed, it's as if she was asking for it.jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:00 amIf everyone has guns, then no one will shoot anyone. That's how it works, right?
“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
Derek Cressman
Derek Cressman
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Walking around while Black, and at night? What did he think would happen?KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:28 am charges filed in the KC shooting
i guess going to the wrong address is now a potentially fatal mistake
smfh
Bad parenting, until proven otherwise.
And gaming.
“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
Derek Cressman
Derek Cressman
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I am told that the nation's declining mental health is to blame.Feral wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:43 amWalking around while Black, and at night? What did he think would happen?KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:28 am charges filed in the KC shooting
i guess going to the wrong address is now a potentially fatal mistake
smfh
Bad parenting, until proven otherwise.
And gaming.
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^^^jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:53 amI am told that the nation's declining mental health is to blame.Feral wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:43 amWalking around while Black, and at night? What did he think would happen?KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:28 am charges filed in the KC shooting
i guess going to the wrong address is now a potentially fatal mistake
smfh
Bad parenting, until proven otherwise.
And gaming.
And drag queens.
“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
Derek Cressman
Derek Cressman
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Just wild to me that we will go to any length, spare no expense, to solve this problem…except by addressing the SINGLE biggest contributor to the problem.
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redundant, fer sure.
“The Electoral College is DEI for rural white folks.”
Derek Cressman
Derek Cressman
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Ell. Oh. Ell.