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Northwest · M
I read the entire thread. Interesting.
I would like to note one thing though. This [b]not[/b] about the AR-15. Massachusetts did not ban the AR-15, it banned high capacity magazines. This was challenged, and the judge ruled that high capacity magazines are not constitutionally protected.
Some other interesting parts of the thread:
1. Meat costs $5 per pound? I don't eat meat, but where I live, the last time I saw $5 per pound meat, it was in the 1990s.
2. Someone believes a .22 caliber rifle is useless. It's not about the caliber, it's about the buller, the load and the design. The AR-15 fires the same ammunition as the current previous versions of the military rifles. It is designed to cause maximum damage, when it hits its victims. Not only that, but it travel through one person, and another and another. It can only travel through walls, and hit one or more people across the street, or across the neighborhood.
People may think an AR15 (or a variant) is good for home defense, but you are more likely to kill your neighbor, than the perpetrator. You are better off with a handgun or a shotgun. That is, if you don't kill your kid, as he's sneaking into the house, past curfew.
3. You may need an AR15, if you're hunting bears, or lions, but perhaps you can apply for a special rifle license, if you want to do that.
4. Yes, focusing on mental, is the best defense. If someone is intent on harming others, they can do a lot of damage, before anyone can respond, and that includes well trained people.
5. Those who want to collect 200 guns, can do so, if they apply for a license as collectors, and only after they pass a serious mental background check.
6. The NRA is not the friend of the casual hunter. It serves, now, as a political extension of the extreme right, and feeds some people's paranoia. Specifically, the irrational fear, of the government "knowing" where your guns are, and the playground of irrational militias.
We can deploy technology, to help us pinpoint where guns are, but that does not play well for the conspiracy nuts, who think they need to "hide" their guns, to defend against a tyrannical government.
I would like to note one thing though. This [b]not[/b] about the AR-15. Massachusetts did not ban the AR-15, it banned high capacity magazines. This was challenged, and the judge ruled that high capacity magazines are not constitutionally protected.
Some other interesting parts of the thread:
1. Meat costs $5 per pound? I don't eat meat, but where I live, the last time I saw $5 per pound meat, it was in the 1990s.
2. Someone believes a .22 caliber rifle is useless. It's not about the caliber, it's about the buller, the load and the design. The AR-15 fires the same ammunition as the current previous versions of the military rifles. It is designed to cause maximum damage, when it hits its victims. Not only that, but it travel through one person, and another and another. It can only travel through walls, and hit one or more people across the street, or across the neighborhood.
People may think an AR15 (or a variant) is good for home defense, but you are more likely to kill your neighbor, than the perpetrator. You are better off with a handgun or a shotgun. That is, if you don't kill your kid, as he's sneaking into the house, past curfew.
3. You may need an AR15, if you're hunting bears, or lions, but perhaps you can apply for a special rifle license, if you want to do that.
4. Yes, focusing on mental, is the best defense. If someone is intent on harming others, they can do a lot of damage, before anyone can respond, and that includes well trained people.
5. Those who want to collect 200 guns, can do so, if they apply for a license as collectors, and only after they pass a serious mental background check.
6. The NRA is not the friend of the casual hunter. It serves, now, as a political extension of the extreme right, and feeds some people's paranoia. Specifically, the irrational fear, of the government "knowing" where your guns are, and the playground of irrational militias.
We can deploy technology, to help us pinpoint where guns are, but that does not play well for the conspiracy nuts, who think they need to "hide" their guns, to defend against a tyrannical government.
EllaDisenchanted · F
@Northwest Yeah, $5 is the going rate here because tiny town, in the mountains and 27 miles to the nearest option. Some people take advantage but meh, free market.
That being said, I want to steal your account pic.
That being said, I want to steal your account pic.
Northwest · M
@EllaDisenchanted Around here, it's about $7 per pound for burger meat and about $12 if you want grass fed beef. I did have a family of deer living on my property, they've grown from 3 to 8 over the years, but that belongs to my ex wife.
The world is cruel, and I'm sure your experience only confirms it. To have your rapist waiting, in your home, must be horrible, but how/why that person ended up there, must be horrible by itself, but that's a different story.
The account pic is free :-) it's a Quasar.
The world is cruel, and I'm sure your experience only confirms it. To have your rapist waiting, in your home, must be horrible, but how/why that person ended up there, must be horrible by itself, but that's a different story.
The account pic is free :-) it's a Quasar.