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hornmpa96

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  1. 17 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    Yeah but the terror was real!  My parents would take me to eat at those places, and you’d remember the whispers of other kids talking about it.  “Yeah so and so’s dad works for the city and he said when they checked the smokestack, a big wad of maggots fell into the chopped beef! I mean it was possible, but not probable.   Yet it constantly ruined dining out experiences as a kid.  

    Eating at Mikeska’s ruined your dining experience. The maggots may have been an upgrade. 

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  2. 5 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    True mass shootings in the USA -- some randomly going on a rampage and killing multiple people and not counting domestic violence -- result in around 50-75 deaths a year in a country of 330 million.  I don't think much of anything outside of outright confiscation of most firearms is going to move the needle much on that.

    AHB already mentioned the ones which could have been prevented with an appropriate red flag law: Parkland, Sutherland Springs, Sandy Hook, etc. Certainly we won’t stop everyone short of confiscation. Have we decided it’s not worth the effort to try and come up with something that would save a few school kids a year?

  3. 9 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

    I'm probably very biased due to my work in psych pharm but the idea that we can stop mentally ill people from getting firearms while protecting the second amendment rights of average citizens seems paradoxical. I remember around the time of the OKC bombing we were talking about the motivation some people have to harm someone. Whether it be for personal gain or revenge, there was always a reason. But what if there isn't? Look at the Vegas shooting. Maybe there's info we're not aware of or that hasn't been made public but as it stands today we have no idea why he did what he did. We knew why the Columbine kids did what they did. We knew why the Virginia Tech guy did what he did. This guy didn't have a manifesto. No suicide note. No social media posts. He didn't talk politics. He allegedly had depressive episodes but mostly kept to himself. How are you supposed to find these urges to kill out? Are we going to require gun owners to spend a year in therapy? Two years in therapy? Physician sign off to buy a gun?

    How do you stop the next Stephen Paddock?

    To me your post reads as follows:

    We won’t stop all of the mass shootings so let’s not try and stop the ones where it may be possible.

    AHB already mentioned all of the mass shooters who were on the radar of law enforcement and mental health providers.

  4. 1 minute ago, The Royal We said:

    This, along with holding owners responsible if someone else uses their firearm to commit a crime is where I am on this issue now. 

    There needs to be a major focus on training and gun saftey.  I'm uncomfortable going to a crowded range with people I don't know and even with hunting with a group that I don't know.  A lot of folks seem much more casual with safety than when I was growing up.

    I have to have a license to sell insurance, drive a car, be a contractor, etc., but not to own a gun? 

    Completely agree on holding gun owners responsible 

  5. I’m fairly close to the point where I’m OK with a licensing process for gun ownership treating it similar to concealed carry laws. 
     

    Want to own guns? Get some education in safety and proper storage, a mental health check and get licensed.

    I know a lot of fellow gun owners will hate this, but we need to find a way to weed out the irresponsible and mentally ill from having easy access.

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  6. 22 minutes ago, Both Tacos said:

    Contact Texas Youth Hunting Program through TPWD as they set up kids that don't have a place to hunt with landowners wanting pigs or does taken off their place. 

    I second this recommendation. I had a youth hunt earlier this year at my place run by the Texas Youth Hunting Program and it was extremely well run and managed. We had 4 kids and they took 7 does and a few hogs off the place. It was also a lot of fun to guide the hunters as well. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

    "Doe" ended up being a yearling spike in the field.  Boy seem non-phased, didn't phase his smile. I'm a little disappointed in his spotter though.  Took a buck this morning to round out the trip. Didn't make it a yard from his spot.

     

    23-F308-CA-B41-E-4451-ACA5-0-D5389518-F0

     

     

    149-A16-AA-18-A4-4-A57-BAAF-B3-F0997-FAD

     

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    My first deer was a spike that was originally thought a doe. I still have those tiny antlers in my home office 30 years later.

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  8. 2 minutes ago, Bravo said:

    I think most here would say he was retarded for being down there. Anyone at that riot was retarded for being there.  Being stupid though doesn't mean you forfeit your right to self defense. 

    As I said dumbass, the correct legal verdict was rendered. Stop pretending he’s a good kid. He’s a piece of crap and him showing up at a violent protest open carrying resulted in deaths.

    Was your UT degree in basket weaving?

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  9. 7 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    He’s better than the scum that attacked him.  And did the country a favor taking out the trash.  

    He’s still a piece of shit every day. You lose credibility defending him. I don’t give a shit about the people he killed and he shouldn’t have been there in the first place. 

    The correct legal verdict was rendered but can we please stop acting like this piece of crap is a hero?

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  10. Just now, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

    He had Kennedy killed. At least that’s what Oliver Stone told me.

    Ahh similar to Dick Cheney running the Iraq war? 
     

    Still looking for any positive accomplishments from a sitting VP
     

     

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