Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 7 hours ago, Meplat said: I'd rather see that for politicians and bureaucrats. Maybe with an added shock-collar, and the remote(s) in the hands of their constituents. This is the future. 1 hour ago, Toxn said: Ah, but who programs the AI? Because that person will be your king. Another AI of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legiondude Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 It's AIs all the way down! Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 5 hours ago, Legiondude said: It's AIs all the way down! Bastard.....That was my next line! Well played sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Right wing nutjobs are always talking about getting training and education when it comes to firearms, like THAT'S going to solve anything. Guns are guns and self defense is pretty fucking clear-cut. Right? Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Not sure this is gonna work: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/erie-bats-school-shooting.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=us&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&pgtype=article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 As ludicrous as it is, it is at least a step in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Why not give them real billy clubs or the kind cops used to carry the billy club with the little handle. You crack someone on the head with that toy and it will break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: As ludicrous as it is, it is at least a step in the right direction. I think giving all the kids rocks might have been smarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, Toxn said: I think giving all the kids rocks might have been smarter. Oh I agree. As this would also prep the next generation for a career in major league baseball. Which is undoubtedly safer than football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: Oh I agree. As this would also prep the next generation for a career in major league baseball. Which is undoubtedly safer than football. It's probably also safer than actual football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: Oh I agree. As this would also prep the next generation for a career in major league baseball. Which is undoubtedly safer than football. You'd think that, but how many Palestinian baseball players came out of the Intifada protests on the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Donward said: You'd think that, but how many Palestinian baseball players came out of the Intifada protests on the West Bank and Gaza Strip? All I'm hearing is that there's a massive untapped talent base out there that needs a recruiter or four. Collimatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: All I'm hearing is that there's a massive untapped talent base out there that needs a recruiter or four. Yeah it will be great. Some just haa to tell them homebase is not the detonation point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 I've been thinking this lately as well. Legiondude and Donward 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 A new look on studies conducted by the Centers of Disease Control regarding "Defensive Gun Use" by Americans. After slogging through the explanations, the author contends that the number of times a gun is used in a self defense situation is quite high and roughly matches the numbers cited by pro-gun activists Namely that about 1 to 1.25 percent of gun owners claimed to use a gun in self defense (these numbers don't include police or self defense against animals btw) which translated to about 2 million Americans. The CDC studies took place in the mid-1990s and had pretty large sample sizes. And the author states the results were suppressed due to the political stance of the Clinton Administration. Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect, Sturgeon and Meplat 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Donward said: A new look on studies conducted by the Centers of Disease Control regarding "Defensive Gun Use" by Americans. After slogging through the explanations, the author contends that the number of times a gun is used in a self defense situation is quite high and roughly matches the numbers cited by pro-gun activists Namely that about 1 to 1.25 percent of gun owners claimed to use a gun in self defense (these numbers don't include police or self defense against animals btw) which translated to about 2 million Americans. The CDC studies took place in the mid-1990s and had pretty large sample sizes. And the author states the results were suppressed due to the political stance of the Clinton Administration. Old news to some of us, but it still needs repeating. This is how figures are fudged to meet the narrative, with outliers (such as this study) being suppressed or obfuscated into obscurity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Oh boy, here we go again. FBI two for two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Meplat said: Oh boy, here we go again. FBI two for two. It's shit like this that makes people believe in conspiracy theories. Also that dad needs to be prosecuted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 22 hours ago, Meplat said: Oh boy, here we go again. FBI two for two. To be honest, the government has gotten a little better since Waco as far as their kill count goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said: To be honest, the government has gotten a little better since Waco as far as their kill count goes. That's not saying much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 That does look kind of bad. Governmental incompetence has been honed to a fine art in the English speaking world, it really has.....Either that or it really is all a conspiracy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 20 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: That does look kind of bad. Governmental incompetence has been honed to a fine art in the English speaking world, it really has.....Either that or it really is all a conspiracy! Honed to a fine art that is indistinguishable from conspiracy, at least to a casual glance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Collimatrix said: Honed to a fine art that is indistinguishable from conspiracy, at least to a casual glance. I think the differentiating factor is that incompetence always had a tinge of tragedy to it, while conspiracy always has a touch of farce. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Not entirely on topic, but close and it made me smile: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/25/customer-in-cowboy-hat-helps-thwart-armed-robbery-at-monterrey-butcher-shop.html Score one for the good guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 9 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Not entirely on topic, but close and it made me smile: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/25/customer-in-cowboy-hat-helps-thwart-armed-robbery-at-monterrey-butcher-shop.html Score one for the good guys. While amusing, the cowhands I knew would have "noped" then either shot the miscreant or broken his arm. Personally, having had a gun pulled on me more than once, I would have said "really?" then walked out. Last guy who pulled a piece on me is still in prison and probably still learning to write with his left hand. (Much boot was involved). Really, work toward local PD's co-operating with citizens. Hire locally. Insist that officers KNOW the neighborhood and it's residents, and PAY THEM. Saves shit like the fuckbag I dealt with demaniding to see the registration on my Colt AR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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