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B00M

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  1. All good dude, you ask interesting questions. So in my opinion you can't plan around mitigating a negligent discharge. You have to prevent it by securing your firearm and teaching firearm safety to your kids. Biometric safes give security and quick access. There are no accidental discharges. Failing to secure your firearm is negligence. Discharging a round in your house or creating a situation where someone else can is negligent. If there is a ND, the hollow point might actually save your ass by getting stuck in a wall. Off topic but it would be great if schools taught firearm safety. Maybe in late elementary when it can leave an impression and maybe save lives. Especially in school districts that allow teachers to carry.
  2. About to see new top gun. Had to instruct babysitter how to record this on sling and I'm bummed not to get to participate in this glorious thread. BRING THE FUCKING HAMMER
  3. Hollow point without a doubt. If you're having to shoot in your house, you use HP to minimize penetration to reduce the chances of a round going into a bedroom or entering a neighbor's house. FMJ is a practice* round and in a home defense scenario, just makes the situation more dangerous for your family and neighbors.
  4. All that damage you see is the hollow point dissipating energy that would otherwise cause it to penetrate further. Full metal jacket rounds used in self defense are more likely to exit the threat and keep traveling with still deadly potential. Bystanders are at greater risk if people are forced to use FMJ for defense.
  5. The 10 round magazine limit is a poison pill that takes this bill from having from a small chance of getting through the senate to no chance. That was either foolish or intentional.
  6. Dust up at the capitol... And we're gonna make that a major deal?! Can't fucking wait to see this shit tomorrow night. Please GOD tell me they're bringing the heat!
  7. I was under the impression most 4473 crimes aren't pursued because of low conviction rates because it's extremely difficult to prove someone knowingly and willingly made a false statement. ATF investigated like 13k cases in 2017 to get 12 convictions? Maybe they just mail in the investigations. Some states appear to be taking over these investigations and getting a lot more convictions. Of course Texas is not among them.
  8. Do you have any thoughts on this?
  9. Argh, where is Psaki going? Can I still watch her answer the fuck out of dumb questions somewhere? Onlyfans?
  10. Yes. That's how divided we are. Look, the right doesn't listen about guns (or anything?) when establishment Dems speak. MM is a credible centrist. If he'd called for a ban on 100+ year old technology that's already in half of american households, he would have lost that. It's unrealistic to ban all rifles and pistols, and that goal is exactly why the right is unwilling to compromise on basic shit. Ride the MM wave and take the 1st down the defense is giving you. Or throw downfield into triple coverage, your call corch.
  11. 3 days in a row? Brutal. He's mailing it in, totally content speaking for the white supremacists and needlessly stressing out the ignorant elderly: his audience
  12. Maybe I'm naive too but I think MM is a much better spokesman for this than anyone else.
  13. Ok yeah that's fair as fuck. Retrospection and self awareness will be in short supply.
  14. Young and dumb. He'll probably grow up to regret doing shit like this while he was in the spotlight.
  15. That MM speech is making the rounds. I'm the lib (yeah I know right?!) in the group chat with my dad and uncles. And MM has them all on board. Toomey Manchin with very minor tweaks would be a slam dunk
  16. The full version of this is very worth a watch. Fuck the governor, dude should run for President.
  17. Wow, timely. Fuck that dude. 4 years isn't enough.
  18. I'd never thought about that. The only FFL I knew personally was a straight shooter and never would've risked his freedom like that. But I looked it up 130,525 active FFLs {ONLY} 5,827 firearm compliance inspections in FY 2020. Given such limited inspections you would hope they target the FFLs that raise flags. Is this decent compliance or a big problem?
  19. Some background. If you engage in the buying and selling of firearms for profit, you're a dealer. If you're a dealer, you must be federally licensed (FFL) and conduct background checks. If you only sell guns occassionally, you're probably not a dealer. But per the ATF, dumb fucks have been convicted after selling as few as 2 firearms because they present themselves as dealers. Anyway, the legitimate, occasional, dude to dude sales are the only sales today that don't require background checks. As just dudes, they don't have access to the database to run a check. Per politifact, 13% of firearms are sold this way. So there are 2 ways to get expanded background checks: 1 - give everyone access to NICS? Maybe every SSN is allowed to run a free criminal background check once a year? NICS was established in '98 when this shit was nearly all done over the phone so only giving FFLs access to NICS made sense. Given the internet, it seems like it could be expanded without requiring more man power. 2 - (this is what's commonly proposed) require every sale to go through a licensed dealer. This will cost $25-$35 and be added to the purchase price paid by the buyer. Seems reasonable. Some will argue it's unenforceable without a registry. They're currently largely correct: Today if an investigator finds a firearm used in a crime and they want to trace it, they contact the manufacturer who tells them which wholesaler or dealer (FFL) it went to. Then the investigator contacts the dealer to see who bought it. He finds the relevant 4473 form. Then they contact that dude to see what he knows... Texas does not require a person to report lost or stolen guns. Only ~11 states did as of 2017... So unless that changes, the dude could simply lie. That's a lot of effort for what may be a dead end. But of course there's more! When an FFL dies or goes out of business their pile of 4473s go to the ATF. The ATF has allegedly been digitizing these. Annually, FFLs are subject to inspection. The right wing claims the ATF is taking pictures of 4473s during these inspections to digitize recent purchases. That may all be total bullshit but the ATF is providing FFLs with an eForm 4473 so if they're not already digitized, they will be one day. It's not exactly a huge leap to see how the ATF could end up with a database that's maybe 1 year behind new purchases. And that's exactly why gun owners want to retain the private sale. It makes it more difficult to create an accurate database. So let's say universal background checks pass along with a new AWB. It grandfathers in existing firearms, and the actual impact of these new laws is small... So then there's another terrible school shooting that requires more laws. The ATF has a pretty accurate database now. The AWB is amended or the ATF simply changes one of their definitions so a certain firearm or fire control group or whatever is now considered a machine gun and must be turned in... It seems crazy but this is where many gun owners are when it comes to trusting the ATF. So thats why there will be big push back against something seemingly very minor like universal background checks. If that sounds fucking dumb to you, Google AutoKeyCard to see a recent example of what can be considered a machine gun. ALTERNATIVELY, If you simply require lost or stolen firearms to be reported AND give the public limited access to NICS you can require universal background checks without any additional concerns (warranted or not) of an ATF registry.
  20. Regardless of whether or not his shooting was justified, there's a 0% chance he brings good attention to your school.
  21. The violent nature of human beings will still be here in 1000 years. Like greed, it's just never going away. You can minimize it by improving education, job opportunities, healthcare... quality of life. Income inequality and poverty are the biggest predictors of crime and violence. The countries the US compares to unfavorably socioeconomically are the same ones with less violence. When government removes the right of law abiding firearm ownership for self defense without already having largely corrected the socioeconomic issues, especially when there's already a huge number of guns in the country, you're more likely to see violent crime outcomes like Mexico or Brazil than you are Finland.
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