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Just now, tigol said:

He must not have been a real man if he didn't have an AR.

Should have added, the pistol was a .22 long revolver.  He owned nothing semi auto. 

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11 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

but the Republicans will keep lowering my taxes.

Yeah, that doesn't happen either.

For past shootings, many GOP pols including I believe Ted Cruz have hung their hat on the statements that if you show them one potential gun control law that would have prevented the shootings, they would pass it. That statement is strangely missing from Uvalde especially in light that an 18 year old buying the weapons 1 day after he was legally allowed to make the purchase.

change the law to being 21 years old to buy and 21 victims would be alive today. Maybe just maybe even the shooter would turn his life around in the next 3 years especially if the mental health help that Abbott always promises, but never delivers, becomes available to him.

today we have Cruz and Abbott moving the goal posts that any new gun control has to guarantee to prevent ALL school/mass shootings. You know, the same requirement that we have with 0 other problems.

I still want to know why other countries don't have this problem.

Because they’re not the greatest nation in the history of ever. Duh. Freedomeaglegunflagtrump out front shoulda told a ya.
29 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I still want to know why other countries don't have this problem.

They still say the Pledge of Allegiance in school every morning and allow school prayer

40 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I still want to know why other countries don't have this problem.

Cause they ain't free

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This will be the stupidest thing I see all day.

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By saying make it 21 years of age, you give GOP the “ammo” to try and anchor your negotiation back to why 18 is fine. Demand 30 and see where they end.

22 hours ago, David Dennison said:

And living in rural Texas exposes one to the equally toxic conservative inferiority complex.

I know I should read further than this, but I can't. 

In the middle of a discussion about our chronic problem of mass slaughters, somebody goes all Rush Limbaugh by lumping whatever he wants believe the illusory homogenized liberal monolith into an enemy he presumes to speak for.

These imagined Austin libs are toxic! I've been among the minorities a little bit, so I know!

Derailment ensues until brought back on course by next inevitable slaughter.

I don't have a sense of Bateshorn being an ideologue or troll. Nothing personal, but this time your post serves a bad end.

On this topic, the ebil libs hold the high ground even if they can't manage to exploit it. Their difficulty is largely because the hate engine has convinced the rubes that any move from the left is by definition an assault on our precious bodily fluids.

Fuck Rush and his anti-republic legacy.

 

15 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

I think I have turned a corner. Many of y’all probably did a long time ago. But after this shit, between the response by right wing politicians, right wing citizens (including the posters here) and the silence of the middle, I am starting to consider them the enemy. Straight up. Not people to compromise or negotiate with. They don’t want it. Fuck them. They are cowards of the highest order. Most can’t even rub two brain cells together. Gun worshiping, religious nut jobs, hateful nationalists. Fuck them all.

Contact Brisket for The Ledge starter pack.  Welcome aboard!

1 minute ago, Michael Knight said:

“Our personnel have displayed the utmost commitment to our community (except during that hour on May 24, 2022) . . . .”

6 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

[strike] Uvalde PD [/strike] Police seems a lot like the Afghan military.

I wish we still had html so I knew what I was doing .

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32 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

And Chattanooga last night.
 

Pardon me boy,

Is that the Chattanooga pew pew?

1 hour ago, Bama Chick said:

Too many doors at outdoor events?
 

 

39 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

And Chattanooga last night.
 

This damned counter just can't get off zero.

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https://massshootingtracker.site/

 

2 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

Who is?

Someone who's never going to get to play a venue in the American south, that's who.

On 5/28/2022 at 9:05 AM, scottsins said:


Yep. That’s why, IMO, magazine capacity limits across all platforms are the way to go.

What's the number and why do you think it will make a difference? Parkland psycho used 10 round magazines because they fit better in his duffel or whatever

1 minute ago, B00M said:

What's the number and why do you think it will make a difference? Parkland psycho used 10 round magazines because they fit better in his duffel or whatever

Uvalde shooter used one door…

1 minute ago, B00M said:

What's the number and why do you think it will make a difference? Parkland psycho used 10 round magazines because they fit better in his duffel or whatever

It will depend on the platform as well. Enfield holds ten.  A .22 tube feed holds well over ten in most. It's not one size fits all.

But,we can't even get to the discussions much less legislation because one party is determined to do their best or worst to obstruct any change other than the loosening of the regulations.

 

19 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Someone who's never going to get to play a venue in the American south, that's who.

Sex Pistols played the Longhorn Ballroom. Poorly, but it did happen.

I mean he's not Natalie Maines.

i like three rounds. Comfortable number. Like the limit for bird hunting.

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41 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Damn, wish I thought of that.

Why are we all so fucking blind?  I'm with you.  We've made the point before, but not in such a compelling way.  The logic pretzel is absolutely infuriating.

48 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

Who is?

Yungblud.  He actually participated in the March for our Lives and some of the post-Floyd marches.

 

I wonder how all the “originalists” on the Supreme Court interpret “well regulated”. 
I am sure they will find a way to say more guns are needed. 

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What these kids would actually say would be much more heart-breaking.

There’s just not a reason a weapon that can do this kind of damage should be available to anybody outside of the military:

An assault rifle is designed to deliver fatal wounds to multiple individuals within a short time period; it has no other purpose. The AR-15, the civilian version of the military assault rifle (M16 or M4), has become the most commonly used rifle in US mass shootings; the recent shootings in Parkland and Las Vegas, for instance, testify to the effectiveness of this weapon’s design. It was made for the military, to allow members of the armed forces to better dispatch multiple enemies in short order; in the hands of civilians, it not only clearly serves the same purpose for some individuals, but it’s unclear what other purpose it could serve, given how and why it was made.

Given that, there is no reason that these weapons should be broadly available to the civilian population. But, given that they are, let’s all understand how they are designed to kill people, not simply to shoot targets for fun.

The effectiveness of these weapons comes, first and foremost, from their ability to deliver relatively small sized, high velocity bullets in rapid sequence into a body, inflicting lethal damage.

The killing potential of a gun is primarily based on the amount of energy imparted by the bullet when it strikes the body. The bullet’s kinetic energy is equal to half of the bullet weight multiplied by the speed of the bullet when fired, squared — in other words, the velocity that a gun can impart on a bullet is the dominant factor in determining its killing potential.

 

The 9mm handgun is generally regarded as an effective weapon; its bullet travels at 1,200 feet per second and delivers a kinetic energy of 400 foot pounds. By comparison, the standard AR-15 bullet travels at 3,251 feet per second and delivers 1300 foot pounds.

Tissue destruction of the AR-15 is further enhanced by cavitation, which is the destruction of tissue beyond the direct pathway of the bullet; this occurs with high velocity bullets because their kinetic energies are over 2,500 foot pounds

We’re not likely to be able to institutionalize every person who might be willing to commit a heinous crime, but we can take away their access to the most lethal weapon for doing so with a stroke of a pen.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/parkland-shooter-s-ar-15-was-designed-kill-efficiently-possible-ncna848346

17 minutes ago, Satchel said:

There’s just not a reason a weapon that can do this kind of damage should be available to anybody outside of the military:

An assault rifle is designed to deliver fatal wounds to multiple individuals within a short time period; it has no other purpose. The AR-15, the civilian version of the military assault rifle (M16 or M4), has become the most commonly used rifle in US mass shootings; the recent shootings in Parkland and Las Vegas, for instance, testify to the effectiveness of this weapon’s design. It was made for the military, to allow members of the armed forces to better dispatch multiple enemies in short order; in the hands of civilians, it not only clearly serves the same purpose for some individuals, but it’s unclear what other purpose it could serve, given how and why it was made.

Given that, there is no reason that these weapons should be broadly available to the civilian population. But, given that they are, let’s all understand how they are designed to kill people, not simply to shoot targets for fun.

The effectiveness of these weapons comes, first and foremost, from their ability to deliver relatively small sized, high velocity bullets in rapid sequence into a body, inflicting lethal damage.

The killing potential of a gun is primarily based on the amount of energy imparted by the bullet when it strikes the body. The bullet’s kinetic energy is equal to half of the bullet weight multiplied by the speed of the bullet when fired, squared — in other words, the velocity that a gun can impart on a bullet is the dominant factor in determining its killing potential.

 

The 9mm handgun is generally regarded as an effective weapon; its bullet travels at 1,200 feet per second and delivers a kinetic energy of 400 foot pounds. By comparison, the standard AR-15 bullet travels at 3,251 feet per second and delivers 1300 foot pounds.

Tissue destruction of the AR-15 is further enhanced by cavitation, which is the destruction of tissue beyond the direct pathway of the bullet; this occurs with high velocity bullets because their kinetic energies are over 2,500 foot pounds

We’re not likely to be able to institutionalize every person who might be willing to commit a heinous crime, but we can take away their access to the most lethal weapon for doing so with a stroke of a pen.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/parkland-shooter-s-ar-15-was-designed-kill-efficiently-possible-ncna848346

How would you define an assault rifle?

 

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Absolutely.  If Satchel cannot define "assault rifle" to Vibes' satisfaction, then the obvious conclusion would be that no action should be taken at any level.

I think Surly should start the National Bazooka Organization. The stated goal should be to put a boozka into every child’s hands 

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How would you define an assault rifle?
 

Its result requires a DNA swab from a relative to identify the victim. Start with that.
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to head off the obvious retort, he did the math

 

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3 hours ago, tigol said:

Why are we all so fucking blind?  I'm with you.  We've made the point before, but not in such a compelling way.  The logic pretzel is absolutely infuriating.

Well, damnit. Since it’s the weekend and you asked for it.

 

35 minutes ago, Immaculate Vibes said:

How would you define an assault rifle?

 

Hahahahaha. Forest, or trees, bootlicker?

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