SCOTUS doing SCOTUS things.
Context:
The Las Vegas shooter fired 95 rounds per minute for 11 straight minutes. That includes time spent reloading and swapping guns. 95rpm is 1.5 shots per second. PER SECOND!
ā¦āmore than one shot, without manual reloadingā¦ā
Who let this dipshittery get into the dissent? It just adds to the gun nutsā talking point of āthese people donāt know anything about guns yet they want to regulate themā
Sure. But at the same time when the Constitution was written (and amended), they sure as shit were not considering bump stocks.
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A healthier debate revolves more about what a weapon can do, rather than oneās knowledge of the machinery.
As an aside, I donāt understand your point, but it reminds me of an argument I had with a buddy back in the āassault weaponā ban in the 90s. He would ridicule me for not knowing what the fuck I was talking about, but I know enough to choose what weapons Iād like to ban and what weapons Iād like to allow. His type have controlled the debate since then, and nothing has gotten better, which was likely his goal.
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Always dangerous to put any kind of gun in the hands of a crazed radical Democrat.
Iād be happy if the debate included why weapons are allowed by the 2nd amendment in the first place; i.e. the first line of a two line sentence.
Itās ludicrous to argue that bump stocks are necessary for home defense, but itās also ludicrous to argue that the āsecurity of a free stateā includes personal protection in any way, shape or form. But here we are.
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Howās your Friday?
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Better than the Bidenās.
The last cursed object with a chain of custody that shady was the One Ringā¦
Iām reading more reports of Republicans trying to get Trump to withdraw from debating Biden. I think itās now better than even money that he will chicken out.
Taylor Swift diatribes and ābattery vs sharkā soliloquies may not play well to a non-cult audience. That and the fact that thereās a pretty good chance that one of the debaters will drool and shit himself, and it wonāt be Joe.
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Iād have bet foldinā money that he was never going to debate Biden.
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My basic point was, as a gun owner/user (itās pretty much a necessity in my little world) who is also an advocate of gun regulation that goes way beyond what we currently have, it pisses me off when people āmyā side of the argument say dumb things (I was referring to the āwithout manually reloadingā part, which is nonsense in the literal sense of the word)
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Iām not even sold on the need for semi-auto, but Iāve never stood in front of a charging javelina, either.
I think a big problem is the combination of things. A ban on semi-autos would mitigate partially the threat from 100-round butterfly magazines. A ban on expanded capacity magazines would mitigate the threat from bump stocks, etc. etc.
The problem with the gun lobby - and where I think they lose most people - is that its philosophy is every gun, everywhere all at once.
Except at the NRA convention, of course.
If you were really serious about curbing gun violence in America the first thing you would do is ban handguns.
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You could argue that long guns are more important to the security of free state than handguns.
Youāre thinking of feral pigs, in all my time in South Texas, I never saw a javelina do anything other than ignore you or run away
That will never happen. Nor should it.
The Jonad files, but for you know who.