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B00M

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  1. Of all the pitchers craig just listed as available I'm giving Southard the start
  2. Yeah guys lets go back to talking about our elite bullpen and getting run ruled
  3. Jesus what fucking inning are we in? It might take us all afternoon just to get run ruled
  4. Yeah the relievers we would send into this getting 9 outs could take all afternoon.
  5. 4 walks in 5 batters and hes still in. Might as well forfeit
  6. Eye opening graphic. According to USA Today, cited by AAS here: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/05/26/what-gun-used-texas-school-shooting-ar-15/9940849002/ AR15s have only been used in 12 mass shootings since 2012? That doesn't seem right? That line is also right when Facebook was created, then twitter, iphones in '07... The big purple dot at '07 is VTech. It was the most covered news event of the year: https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2007/04/23/pej-news-coverage-index-april-15-20-2007/ VTech was perpetrated using 22LR and 9mm pistols. 22LR is a tiny round with barely more kick than a pellet gun (see image for reference). These events consume people's attention in a way they simply couldn't prior to the approximately the red line. If the motive is infamy in the digital age, and ARs have only been used in 12 of those dots, an AWB would have limited if any impact. Raising the age of ownership of semi autos for young males, waiting periods for young males, criminalize failure to secure firearms, and red flag laws are where I'd put my attention. Negligent storage laws and red flag laws exist in a limited number of states.
  7. There are plenty of good reasons to crack open a door and this is certainly not any teacher's fault. The asshole was shooting through windows. He was going to find a way in. But protecting 10 year olds from covid.. today? Is "Joanne" just making that up? I can't find any other source suggesting it.
  8. Ah, yeah, I see now the CDC was only loosely involved. But to be fair, I listed the 500k to 3M range, I didn't go all curt schilling. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/18319/chapter/3?term=Defensive#15
  9. I disagree but at least you're willing to see the argument through to its logical conclusion. Background checks and banning a firearm that meets particular criteria will do absolutely nothing. Gun designers excel at adapting to and optimizing for new laws.
  10. This. If they wanna play military vs the general populace they're supposed to (but under no legal obligation to) protect and serve, they get military consequences. Court martials for everybody! If any of what's coming out is true, these cops need fired, pensions revoked, and they need banned from ever serving in any police force ever again, etc...
  11. Fair question and point taken. There's no way to know what percentage of the 10M+ new owners bought because of safety concerns related to riots. But your reasons fall into a similar bucket don't they? That when the shit is hitting the fan, the only person that will protect you is you. At this point, very few people actually trust the police to do anything but write a report.
  12. Wow, at least justify potentially burning people to death fighting for laws that might make a difference. I don't think burning shit down will produce the results you want. The riots during covid produced about 10 million 1st time gun owners.
  13. There are many examples of "good guys with guns" minimizing or preventing mass shootings. They just barely make headlines and certainly don't dominate them. Our society effectively celebrates the successful mass shooter and barely acknowledges the ones that were stopped. No one cares when a gunmen opens fire and gets dropped after only murdering 1-2. That doesn't even make the stat book. From the CDC:
  14. 100 feet is barely more than the distance between home and 1st base. Even the average morbidly obese American can cover that in under 10 seconds. Normal hooman can do it in 4-5. If he was between the police and the school, I can envision scenarios where shooting at him would have meant potential strays entering classrooms. Perhaps his intent wasn't clear initially and once it was, it was too late? Everything after he got inside the school was completely fucking bullshit though. Maybe we need to put million dollar bounties on mass shooters heads to help these militarized heroes work up the courage.
  15. https://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/sport/sport/usp-expert/usp-expert/overview.html
  16. Man, our fucking society. The family unit is the problem. Too many kids lack dads. Ban abortions!... These teachers are the devil teaching CRT and making my kids gay but they need to be armed to save my kids. We need more police with even better equipment. Everyone needs a gun. The police have no obligation to defend us, they murder unarmed people, raid the wrong houses, then puss out on mass shooters. Our government is rapidly becoming christofascist, controlled by the money of oligarchs. Only the government and police should have guns!
  17. FOMO is human nature. If it makes you feel better, the people that buy after events like this pay extra for everything.
  18. The boom started in 2009 when people thought Obama would reimpose the assault weapon ban. It's been high ever since but spikes when people think bans are coming. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/30-years-of-gun-manufacturing-in-america/
  19. What? We don't need the psycho's name and life story to learn any of that. Tangentially, do you think our government's slide into fascism is going to stop if American citizens no longer have guns?
  20. This isn't that complicated though and no one is asking to stop reporting on them at all. Agree as a society to stop saying the mass murderers name, stop exploring their motives and lives. They're all essentially the same. Exclusively focus on the victims and their families.
  21. This. NICS should be available to the public. Asking for a CHL is smart but your only alternative is to transfer through an FFL and pay a fee.
  22. Maybe. Maybe not. Black market machine guns are like one fifth the price of legal machine guns.
  23. For what? I still believe the best solution here is to keep semi-autos out of young male hands until they turn 21, and legally hammer fuck anyone that arms them intentionally or negligently. But you keep pointing out the 9th circuit ruled that unconstitutional... Perhaps that ruling deserves its own thread. You can cuss at me all you want but we all know drastic gun law changes are not happening any time soon.
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