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While finishing up a work project at a high school north of Houston, I saw 3 female students ...

Silver1wun comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Teen pregnancy, treated in our time as a problem, is nothing new. It is in fact more the rule than the exception in human history and Nature. What IS the exception, of late, is designating young adults as children until they reach the first day of their nineteenth year. Along with many other ...

dahermit replies on Feb 24, 2018:

There has to be some arbitrary point of adulthood for legal purposes. I had to be 21 to be considered an adult...now it is 18 for some things. When I think back to how I was before 21, I did not have it together enough at 18 to be responsible. If it were up to me, the age of majority would revert back to 21 years of age...no voting, no buying alcohol, no gun owning, no entering into contracts, etc. No everyone matures at the same rate. However, being that there is no test of maturity, the arbitrary 21 was as good as a place to have the age of majority...and certainly better than the currrent 18.

If we're serious about drawing distinctions between "acceptably dangerous" and "unacceptably ...

Captnron59 comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Once they decide to take our guns we are all in for the fight of our life... literally! Tyranny always takes away people's right to defend themselves so that they can control every aspect of life within said country. It's happened too many times in the past.

dahermit replies on Feb 24, 2018:

@Davesnothere According to your theory that technology trumps the efforts of a people armed with only conventional firearms seems to ignore that fact that a primitive third world country (Vietnam) defeated the most technically advanced and powerful country in the world.

There's lots to complain about okcupid and such dating sites but I'm REALLY glad they include ...

orange_girl comments on Feb 23, 2018:

I was continually shocked by men who would answer questions like "Does anyone ever owe you sex?" in the affirmative. There were quite a few, actually. Of course I can't remember any of them now that I'm trying to remember.

dahermit replies on Feb 23, 2018:

Not even when someone loses a bet? :)

If we're serious about drawing distinctions between "acceptably dangerous" and "unacceptably ...

dahermit comments on Feb 23, 2018:

"Bump stocks are a workaround designed specifically to exploit vagueness in the 90s legislation." Specifically, what 90's legislation?

dahermit replies on Feb 23, 2018:

@jayneonacobb The Brady Bill/Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act, as far as I could determine when I read it, does not have anything relative to automatic weapons and therefore the "Bump Stock" (and other devices like the crank attachment that could simulate autofire), could not be what he was referring to. I think he made an error.

Define miracles!

DerekJ63909 comments on Feb 23, 2018:

A miracle is a fictitious belief that something supernatural happens to prevent or change an undesired outcome to a situation. It is comparable to luck. You recovering even though the doctors said you wouldnt is something to be grateful for for sure, but there was really no miracle maker. Your ...

dahermit replies on Feb 23, 2018:

I agree.

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

atheist comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Only guns with the max capacity of 3 bullets should be manufactured & sold. If you're such a shitty shot that you need more than 3 bullets to kill anything then you shouldn't own a gun of any kind. Period!

dahermit replies on Feb 23, 2018:

"Only guns with the max capacity of 3 bullets should be manufactured & sold." How would you limit a gun to only three 'bullets" [Sic, cartridges] especially semi-automatics? By restricting magazine capacity to three rounds?

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

Charlene comments on Feb 22, 2018:

How about we just Ban All Assault weapons and the NRA..

dahermit replies on Feb 23, 2018:

@Charlene I am going to post something that I think you may not be able to understand: If the engine of your car throws a rod and is destroyed, does it fix the problem by putting in a new transmission?

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

atheist comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Only guns with the max capacity of 3 bullets should be manufactured & sold. If you're such a shitty shot that you need more than 3 bullets to kill anything then you shouldn't own a gun of any kind. Period!

dahermit replies on Feb 23, 2018:

@atheist My apologies...I must have put my post in the wrong place. It was indeed meant for the original poster.

Arming public school teachers.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

NO. It's just crazy Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements. It's insane, when other countries that passed sensible gun laws stopped mass shootings. The GOP has the silly alt-right by the nose, using religion. Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting ...

dahermit replies on Feb 23, 2018:

@birdingnut JUST AS I POSTED...He got money from the NRA. How the f...k does that translate into, "shilling for the NRA", "kickbacks for endorsements"? You used a whole lot of words, unrelated to a simple: "NRA gave him money."

Why

Jameson comments on Feb 22, 2018:

I couldn't be in an open relationship. I'm not a big fan of marriage but one partner at a time is all I'm interested in.

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

Me too. One at a time...one right after another and then dump them after about a year. If they won't go, I feed the poison mushrooms. :)

Arming public school teachers.

andygee comments on Feb 22, 2018:

I support the right to arm bears.

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@birdingnut Did Australia have 315,000,000 guns in civilian hands before the ban?

Arming public school teachers.

birdingnut comments on Feb 22, 2018:

NO. It's just crazy Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements. It's insane, when other countries that passed sensible gun laws stopped mass shootings. The GOP has the silly alt-right by the nose, using religion. Australia hasn't had a fatal mass shooting ...

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

"Trump shilling for the NRA, who pays him millions in kickbacks for endorsements." What does "shilling for the NRA" mean? And, "kickbacks for endorsements."? What the hell does that mean? Trump likely got a sizable chunk of change for his presidential campaign, but I have no idea what your statement means. Would you mind explaining in plain English?

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

Charlene comments on Feb 22, 2018:

How about we just Ban All Assault weapons and the NRA..

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@Charlene Has making murder stopped murders?

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

atheist comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Only guns with the max capacity of 3 bullets should be manufactured & sold. If you're such a shitty shot that you need more than 3 bullets to kill anything then you shouldn't own a gun of any kind. Period!

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@atheist Hardly naive? Or just plain too unintelligent to figure the cost of retrofitting 315,000,000 existing guns with GPS and where the money would come from for the retrofitting and the manpower for monitoring. More likely the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Consider of the 315,000,000 guns, there are many different types with no place to put a GPS device. Where would one find a place in a 1911A1 to put a GPS device? Where in a .30 Caliber Carbine, where in a S&W M60, where in a P08? Installing such devices in those hundreds of different guns is a fool's errand. Devices that will need batteries that will have to be replaced from time to time. If the device could be put in, a device can be taken out. Consider the thousands of guns that are not known to the government. In all, a suggestion that is obviously ridiculous.

OK.

stinkeye_a comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Because we have to be able to physically resist a potentially tyrannical government, which in no way already has far more advanced weapons, technologies, tactics, and strategies (that we probably don't even know about) that would render our guns useless or ineffectual. In a world of GPS, drones, ...

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@wordywalt Show me where I used the word "guerilla".

OK.

stinkeye_a comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Because we have to be able to physically resist a potentially tyrannical government, which in no way already has far more advanced weapons, technologies, tactics, and strategies (that we probably don't even know about) that would render our guns useless or ineffectual. In a world of GPS, drones, ...

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

But then the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising knew they could not hope to win...only that they wished to die fighting. Your willingness to not fight should not affect my access to guns so that I may.

Why

Pixiechick comments on Feb 22, 2018:

I just usually end up as sidebitch.

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

I absolutely love your answer. :) "sidebitch"...ha, ha, ha!

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

MarqG comments on Feb 22, 2018:

From https://www.snopes.com/trump-sign-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-illnesses/ CLAIM President Trump signed a bill blocking Obama-era background checks on guns for people with mental illnesses. RATING MOSTLY TRUE ORIGIN In the wake of a horrific school shooting in ...

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@jayneonacobb Alas, they will never believe it. They are too emotionally invested in the irrational fear of guns, just like some quake in fear at the sight of a mouse.

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

atheist comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Only guns with the max capacity of 3 bullets should be manufactured & sold. If you're such a shitty shot that you need more than 3 bullets to kill anything then you shouldn't own a gun of any kind. Period!

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@atheist As a Canadian you have no more right to suggest solutions to the "gun problem" in the U.S.A. than I have a right to suggest solutions to uniquely Canadian problems. Hmmmm? As a machinist and gunsmith, your "solution" is ridiculous as well as nieve.

Teenagers leaving schools to demonstrate for an assault rifle ban.

Ktcyan comments on Feb 22, 2018:

These kids are being forced into maturity by the experiences they are having to live through. They will never be the same after these events. I applaud them trying for make sure it's not forgotten and they are trying to make positive change for all of us. They are Americans and have every right to...

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@Ktcyan There is a flaw in your reasoning. Grammer school kids have been put in the very same position. Do they have the right to walk out of school and go to protest also? How about kindergarteners...they have been put in danger and have "rights" also. The element you have ignored is that, until they reach the age of majority, they are children in the eyes of the law and must obey their parents and teachers (in loco parentis). Yours is a slippery slope. Arbitrary as it may be, high school children are children and do not have the expectations or the priveledges of adults including walking out of classes without permission. That is what is wrong with that picture.

Teenagers leaving schools to demonstrate for an assault rifle ban.

Ktcyan comments on Feb 22, 2018:

These kids are being forced into maturity by the experiences they are having to live through. They will never be the same after these events. I applaud them trying for make sure it's not forgotten and they are trying to make positive change for all of us. They are Americans and have every right to...

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

They have every right to express their rights on Saturday when there is no school. "Expressing their rights" on a school day is more of a protest than an expression of rights and if it was on a Saturday instead, I doubt that there would be as many attending.

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

MarqG comments on Feb 22, 2018:

From https://www.snopes.com/trump-sign-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-illnesses/ CLAIM President Trump signed a bill blocking Obama-era background checks on guns for people with mental illnesses. RATING MOSTLY TRUE ORIGIN In the wake of a horrific school shooting in ...

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

President Trump did NOT sign a "bill" blocking...etc. He signed a "Presidential Decree" blocking Obama's "Presidential Decree" which violated people's right to due process of law.

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

Charlene comments on Feb 22, 2018:

How about we just Ban All Assault weapons and the NRA..

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

How about banning murder and be done with it?

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

atheist comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Only guns with the max capacity of 3 bullets should be manufactured & sold. If you're such a shitty shot that you need more than 3 bullets to kill anything then you shouldn't own a gun of any kind. Period!

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

315 million guns in the U.S. Almost all of which have a capacity of more than three rounds. How long do you think it would take to affect the number of shootings if a Manufacturing ban of only three rounds where to be enacted? Ten years? Twenty years? Note, the Brady Bill forbade the manufacture of magazines with more than ten rounds...the ban was in effect for ten years...had zero effect upon the availability of more-than-ten-round magazines in that there were so many in circulation and warehouses that it only cause the price of those magazines to rise somewhat. I bought some "high-cap" AR-15 and Browning H.P. magazines during the "ban" with no problem finding them.

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

hlfsousa comments on Feb 22, 2018:

GPS would only give false positives because ill-intentioned people would remove it. Are you saying that crime committed with modified guns would have lighter punishment?

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

@Gohan How many more citizens do you want to be incarcerated in a system already bursting at the seams?

How about a GPS safety device placed on all new guns that engages in proximity to any public ...

atheist comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Only guns with the max capacity of 3 bullets should be manufactured & sold. If you're such a shitty shot that you need more than 3 bullets to kill anything then you shouldn't own a gun of any kind. Period!

dahermit replies on Feb 22, 2018:

You have to give the context. Deer hunting? Self-defence? When a single police officer is involved in a shooting, the average number of shots he will take is 3.59. In all your post is typical of those who know little about guns and shooting and instead of doing the research and learning, offer an opinion on which they know nothing. So, it begs the question: What are your credentials relative to the subject?

The gun 'debate' as I see it. Gun Control Supporter: Did you hear?

Crimson67 comments on Feb 21, 2018:

Insert a lecture on the constitution and the meaning of militia and you nailed it.

dahermit replies on Feb 21, 2018:

Please do post your interpretation of the meaning of militia and purpose of the Second Amendment.

School Shootings.

Akfishlady comments on Feb 20, 2018:

There were police officers at both of the last 2 shootings, obviously that is no deterrent or help. And what many think is the answer is starting to found more like prisons than schools. Ugh, this is a discussion that has been beaten to death. And no answers have really emerged.

dahermit replies on Feb 20, 2018:

@Akfishlady How long do you think we should ponder about "something else we can do"...how many more shootings?

School Shootings.

Ktcyan comments on Feb 20, 2018:

I don't like the idea of having armed police around schools. I work part time at a school and when I see the on duty officer here toting his gun I feel very unsafe. One or 2 kids could disarm him so fast, his wouldn't have a chance. In MN an elementary kid touched an in school officers gun a couple...

dahermit replies on Feb 20, 2018:

You are right. We should have more candlelight vigils after the shootings...you will find them more palatable.

School Shootings.

PhoebeCat comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Kill the two officers at the entrance of school. Problem solved. Seriously, police are scared of their own shadows. Do you think they'd do well surrounded by loud, obnoxious teenagers? The answer is to prevent shootings, not provide more opportunities to kill.

dahermit replies on Feb 20, 2018:

@PhoebeCat So then, while you deal with causes, you are going to ignore school shootings? You do know of course no one is actually going to do anything about "causes" even if they knew what they were?

School Shootings.

Akfishlady comments on Feb 20, 2018:

There were police officers at both of the last 2 shootings, obviously that is no deterrent or help. And what many think is the answer is starting to found more like prisons than schools. Ugh, this is a discussion that has been beaten to death. And no answers have really emerged.

dahermit replies on Feb 20, 2018:

Sorry, I was too general in my post. Two police officers, Kevlar helmets and vests, armed with M4 Carbines in staggered sandbagged emplacements, inside the doors which have built-in metal detectors. If you do not want that because it "looks more like a prison than schools", then you have decided it is better to have students shot than to have it look like a prison. Which is better?

How about a non-hysterical discussion about guns in the US?

PeppermintDreads comments on Feb 20, 2018:

While the numbers we’re dealing with here are astronomical in comparison, Australia did it. It’s not impossible, extremely difficult, but not impossible.

dahermit replies on Feb 20, 2018:

"not impossible" based on what experience with firearms and what logic. Or need we just take your word for it?

School Shootings.

PhoebeCat comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Kill the two officers at the entrance of school. Problem solved. Seriously, police are scared of their own shadows. Do you think they'd do well surrounded by loud, obnoxious teenagers? The answer is to prevent shootings, not provide more opportunities to kill.

dahermit replies on Feb 20, 2018:

As I said in my post...put cops there and see if they have any effect. Armed guards are what our military uses in all their bases in all combat zones. If you do not think the common cop can handle the job, put swat trained police there.

How many level 10's?

El-loco comments on Feb 18, 2018:

None. Reckon it'll be a couple of months before I reach level 7. But, seriously, what does it matter?

dahermit replies on Feb 18, 2018:

Exactly...who gives a rip.

Massive study of Australia's gun laws shows one thing: they work

David1955 comments on Feb 18, 2018:

The big difference between the US and the Australia on this are, firstly, we never had the saturation and proliferation of firearms that they have in the US. There are so many guns in the US one wonders how they could ever deal with it, but even then starting with those hideous assault weapons would...

dahermit replies on Feb 18, 2018:

@Varn What do you propose? Gun owners turn in semi-autos for free or a buyback? How much per gun? What do you do to get compliance...draconian methods? What do you do with the people who believe that the Second Amendment gives them the right and just flat-flat out refuse? How many gun owners will refuse and turn to violence? How will the police know which houses have guns? How many people are yo willing to incarcerate for gun violations as their only felony? Where are you going to get the prisons to put them in? I suspect you have not put too much thought into what you propose.

How many of you Lost a Relative or a Loved One to Gun Violence on U.S.A

LeighShelton comments on Feb 16, 2018:

My uncle was shot by a German protecting a tank factory in WW2

dahermit replies on Feb 18, 2018:

Explain, please. I don't know of any U.S. tank factories in Europe in WWII. Was your uncle a Brit?

Massive study of Australia's gun laws shows one thing: they work

David1955 comments on Feb 18, 2018:

The big difference between the US and the Australia on this are, firstly, we never had the saturation and proliferation of firearms that they have in the US. There are so many guns in the US one wonders how they could ever deal with it, but even then starting with those hideous assault weapons would...

dahermit replies on Feb 18, 2018:

@Varn There was no "ban on assault weapons." The Brady Bill/Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act did not ban assault weapons. It only changed what features could be part of any particular gun. The features were: A bayonet lug, detachable magazine, and a pistol grip. You could have two of the three on any particular gun. It also prohibited the manufacture and sale of any magazine with capacity over ten rounds, but existing high-capacity magazines were still allowed. It was quickly noted that some Chinese manufactured semi-automatic copies of AK47's started being imported and sold with thumb-holes in the stocks to get around the no pistol grip rule. Also, there were so many high-capacity magazines still in existence that they were still available at stores and gun shows during the whole ten years until that law expired. To sum, the law was thought to be a ban by the nieve anti-gun population, was merely an annoyance to those of us who used AR-15's in target competitions (AR-15's are the dominant rifle used in formal rifle competitions) in that we had to pay a few dollars more for high-capacity magazines than before the "ban". Also noteworthy is the fact that despite statistics showing otherwise, Brady Bill supports claimed that it had cut down on shootings. In reality, it had no effect whatsoever.

I see a lot of debate and memes on Facebook about guns.

Aenith comments on Feb 17, 2018:

What legislature exactly is going to fix this problem? Guns are illegal for minors to own in all 50 states, and handguns are illegal for those under 21 in 48. Background checks are required in all states (yes all states, a federal background check is required in all 50 states) All but 4 states...

dahermit replies on Feb 17, 2018:

@SteveB The Second Amendment is not about guns for " ...or hunting, sport shooting...".

I see a lot of debate and memes on Facebook about guns.

ChrisR comments on Feb 17, 2018:

While I'm broadly liberal and in favour of freedoms and gun ownership, the bottom line is something has to change because what you guys have got now just isn't working. Seems to me that the procedure for buying a gun is easier in some States than getting your driver's licence. Why is there no ...

dahermit replies on Feb 17, 2018:

How about tighter controls on free speech? Read the Second Amendment...it is not "the law" that allows semi-automatic rifles, it is a Constitutional Right. If you cannot abide that, get a two-thirds majority of states to amend the Constitution relative to that. By the way, the Second Amendment does NOT give a person the right to own weapons suitable for hunting.

What is the real problem (about guns)?

LucifersPen comments on Feb 16, 2018:

When I was younger, I owned an AR-15. I know firsthand how dangerous that much firepower can unleash. Why do we need to make it easier for someone intent on killing? I remember a few years back, when we had another mass killing (sad that they are blurring together in my head) that on the ...

dahermit replies on Feb 16, 2018:

"Do you know that the technology already exists to have DNA locks on firearms, meaning only the registered shooter can make the gun work? But that feature has been blocked by, you guessed it, the NRA." All guns come with a free trigger lock. No need for a sci-fi system...the problem now is that gun owners do not use them. Also, you seem to be oblivious to the fact that an estimated 315 million guns exist already in the US...making the adding of a super-duper DNA lock system from the manufacture of new guns much of a waste of time. Holly advanced system no one wants, Batman!

Another f@!king mass shooting here in America! At least 17 dead, 23 injured.

SteveB comments on Feb 14, 2018:

The NRA lines the pockets of the politicians. The only real votes that matter are dollars to campaigns. I think Republicans would change their tune if there were an NRA drive that included minority groups. It’s happened before.... “The Mulford Act enacted in 1967 under Ronald Reagan ...

dahermit replies on Feb 16, 2018:

@Hugh "gun laws", unlike other laws should be subordinate to the Constitution (Second Amendment). If one cannot abide by the Constitution, one should endeavor to change the Constitution via an Amendment, passed by two-thirds majority of the states. Changing the Constitution via gun laws de jour opens a can of worms. For example, during the G.W.Bush administration and "Groupen Fuhrer" Chaney, they nefariously changed the meaning of the Fifth Amendment by redefining torture to "advanced interrogation techniques".

Thoughts and Prayers and NRA Funding

Trajan61 comments on Feb 15, 2018:

If it wasn’t for the NRA gun owners would have already had our Guns seized especially with gun control nuts like Obama being elected. The gun is just a tool. What if we outlawed cars just because some idiot misused them and killed a bunch of people. Have you ever noticed that most of the mass ...

dahermit replies on Feb 16, 2018:

@jayneonacobb Yes, we are in agreement on the issue of gun control/Second Amendment.

Thoughts and Prayers and NRA Funding

Trajan61 comments on Feb 15, 2018:

If it wasn’t for the NRA gun owners would have already had our Guns seized especially with gun control nuts like Obama being elected. The gun is just a tool. What if we outlawed cars just because some idiot misused them and killed a bunch of people. Have you ever noticed that most of the mass ...

dahermit replies on Feb 16, 2018:

@jayneonacobb I can assure you that my views on the Second Amendment are very strict constructionist. I am avidly against gun control despite my far-left political stance. It is one of the two issues that the far-left are on the wrong side. The Second Amendment's purpose was to enable civilians to operate as a military unit to counter anticipated and unanticipated threats to the country.

Another f@!king mass shooting here in America! At least 17 dead, 23 injured.

SteveB comments on Feb 14, 2018:

The NRA lines the pockets of the politicians. The only real votes that matter are dollars to campaigns. I think Republicans would change their tune if there were an NRA drive that included minority groups. It’s happened before.... “The Mulford Act enacted in 1967 under Ronald Reagan ...

dahermit replies on Feb 16, 2018:

@Hugh The point was that "common sense" gun laws are supposed to lower the murder rate, or what is the point of passing such laws. So as a "common sense" gun law, did the Mulford Act result in a lower gun-murder rate?

Thoughts and Prayers and NRA Funding

Trajan61 comments on Feb 15, 2018:

If it wasn’t for the NRA gun owners would have already had our Guns seized especially with gun control nuts like Obama being elected. The gun is just a tool. What if we outlawed cars just because some idiot misused them and killed a bunch of people. Have you ever noticed that most of the mass ...

dahermit replies on Feb 16, 2018:

@jayneonacobb What are you talking about? My side? What is "My side"? Please post using coherent sentences. Your posts are too cryptic for me to get your meaning. For instance. "isn't gun control argument based on modernization?", makes no sense whatsoever.

Thoughts and Prayers and NRA Funding

Trajan61 comments on Feb 15, 2018:

If it wasn’t for the NRA gun owners would have already had our Guns seized especially with gun control nuts like Obama being elected. The gun is just a tool. What if we outlawed cars just because some idiot misused them and killed a bunch of people. Have you ever noticed that most of the mass ...