The effect of the drones has been exaggerated to discourage others in the future, would be my guess. A helicopter could just fly right through the fucker, who cares if a drone is in the way?

Something doesn’t seem right here: Did the authorities not see the potential intersection of wildfire and freeway far enough in advance to stop traffic and then, I don’t know, send in those red truck things with the sirens that spray that wet stuff on fires?

So, you’re the tech site. Let’s see the story about the civilian drone that can effectively chase an air tanker flying over 130 mph!

Was there even a reason for all the Star Wars stuff? I mean, I don’t really care that they’re in there but why? And honestly, these photos aren’t even that interesting or funny. Sure, they make sense but you’d think someone like amy Schumer would push the comedy bar a little with this rather than making the most…

This is obviously a major breach of copyright law, isn’t it? How the hell did they think this wouldn’t warrant legal action of some sort?

We are all so wonderfully intelligent and rational creatures....until we aren’t.

As of the first of this month, my state allows conceal carry with no training or permits. While it’s been less than a week, I haven’t seen any uptick in shootings, accidental or otherwise. Also, while I am a gun owner and enthusiast, I’ve never been in a situation where I felt the need to carry a gun.

Side note because this argument pisses me off: pit bulls are no more dangerous than any other dog breed. AT ALL.

Most potentially dangerous things are 1) regulated in some way and 2) insured. Pools are usually accompanied by local codes that mandate things like fences. They add to your home owner’s insurance. Even a dog can add to your homeowners. Some communities have banned certain breeds altogether. I’m pro-gun control, which…

I went to a CHL class with my wife after having had mine for over a decade within the last month here in Texas. The course was much better and well taught compared to the one I went through years back.

That said, I could tell some people in the class were pissed with the instruction because he very strongly advised…

Well thank heavens for that. I mean with driver’s ed being mandatory, clearly there are no traffic accidents at all!

Ah, yes. That thing where facts become bias because it doesn’t do what you want. I’ve seen that so much lately. Sigh. Please explain how such a large percentage (17%) is a corrupted number. Remember that you’ll need to provide your own statistics because, otherwise, you haven’t got an argument. You can’t just say it’s…

I live in working class part of Baltimore (you might have heard of it?). Our city has had almost 150 murders since January. Having a gun would in no way make me safer. It’s way more likely that it would be stolen, since most home invasions happen when someone isn’t home, or it would be weilded by someone with more…

And the majority of localities have laws that require swimming pools to be surrounded by no less than a five foot fence, with no crossbars or anything that could be used as a step up facing outside the fence. We had to install lattice fencing OVER our neighbor’s fence because theoretically, his children could step on…

I’m not so familiar with the firearms community, but would you say many support required safety courses in order to purchase a firearm? It always made sense to me to treat firearms like cars- required courses for safety and proper use, licensing of the driver/shooter and the vehicle/gun, special courses for other…

Dude, it’s not just a comment. It’s SEVERAL studies conducted on a random selection of people - people like your friend who claim to be perfectly safe and rational with their guns. Until actually something happens, and then all their rationality, “training” and reasonableness flies out the window.

Can you please explain further how the interpretation of correlating child death via guns with gun ownership is conflating the data or bad statistics? Thanks, I’m really interested.

I’m sure that you, clearly as a rational, thinking person, know that anecdotal evidence (e.g. “some of my pals!”) is not statistically significant.

It’s not disingenuous if it’s factually true. Guns make households more dangerous, especially if there are children living in the home.

A gun in a home isn’t dangerous because plenty of other things are more dangerous? I like this logic.