They are not the end all. If they were, I would be an NRA life time member. I generally DONT VOTE because I don't find a way to reconcile my my views and the views of a candidate. I took a chance on Obama, and that honestly seems to have flopped big time. Why is buying a rifle important? Because it'...

I am not going to get into a debate about wound ballistics. You can talk about your in laws and their experiences, but I will continue to take my advice on wound ballistics and firearms from those whose occupation is enforcing the law, instructing military and law enforcement, and generally recogniz...

I will look up and see if I can find the link, but I have a PDF with an autopsy of a guy who fought the law. He engaged about four cops with a pistol, the cops shot him around 30 times with their .40 Smith and Wesson, and another 30 or so time with Ar15s. He was still resisting when they handcuffed ...

I am doing that thing, where k point at you, then point at me, Mike. I am in 100 per cent agreement with you. My problem is: when the next school shooting or whatever happens, the same people will be putting on the media blitz, and I need some hardcore assurances we ain't gonna collectively lose our...

A) man sized or largest natural predator or dangerous wildlife in the area. Multiple assailaints is not an unreasonable threat level to expect. Whether that means a couple of crackheads, rapists or muggers, I think that is a reasonable precaution to take. Criminals do operate in groups, hence the le...

*shrugs* I don't care. I refuse to take firarms advice from people who don't own firearms, who don't use firearms, and who apparently have an unreasonable fear of firearms. I am not going to debate firearms with people whose idea of "not taking firearms away" and "common sense gun law...

"run towards the sound of gunfire" apparently isn't a thing for them

Walrus: I read what you said, and I am pointedly not going to respond. We did this dance already and got nothing meaningful out of it after a dozen pages. Have a great time, but I don't see this being a constructive use of my time to rehash what has already been said. Peace. Now, Mike. Private sales...

My fear is that people are fundamentally lazy. And if it takes more effort to make good laws, and Les effort to just listen to the loudest voices. Assault weapons bans are easy. The NRA has rolled over on us before. Thank God the shooter wasn't a black guy with an AR, or the world, from past experie...

People with violent backgrounds. I am not sure if I wanna say convictions or just charges. But, well, an excellent example: George fucking Zimmerman should not be able to have a gun. But I have been charged with both assault and assault on a female. No convictions, and those charges happened over a ...

What's the criteria for "developed". I would argue that our high income disparity, badly leveraged labor, and, lack of social support networks make it odd for us to get lumped in with countries like Germany or Belgium. I also think ignoring our absolutely massive participation in the drug ...

Is this complicated? Assault weapon bans, magazine restrictions, and most other proposed "something's" that we should try, won't work. They have been proven not to work. Do we remember Columbine? Yeah. FEDERAL ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN WAS IN EFFECT. San Bernardino, Sandy Hook? Both had laws ban...

Again, assault weapons account for... 3 to 5% of firearms homicides. I don't know why they receive 100% of the focus. I can only assume that's what a "gigantic bazooka" is, because actual bazookas are fairly regulated, and even where you can buy grenade launchers, the laws for their ammuni...

First: never carry in your purse. Purses can be snatched away, and a kid could always accidentally grab your pistol and shoot you with it. It happens, tragically. The issue with mass shootings isn't that no one wants to do anything about it. It's that there really does appear to be no solution. It d...

:flame: surprise trick with Japan: don't invade Pearl Harbor. We have seen that story play out. Hit the Pacific coast. Taking western United States should slash the US players IPC budget dramatically. It will force him to commit to fighting you. Japan really has to shoulder a lot of the burden for t...

I have grown up around florists all my life. So I have seen the messy commercial side from a young age. I never cared for it.

Oh. Damn, yeah, gas masks or full face respirators kinda pit a bummer on that.

Frat boys. Ugh.

This was all a ploy by the geeks who work for old spice. They purposefully did this to give piazo the ability to extory money out of old spice, in order to bring awareness and finances to them. Bam.

Conspiracy theory.