I live in Rhode Island and I am 100% sure you are incorrect.

Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting piece, and I'm in no way saying that police should have so much military-grade equipment, but it's a pet peeve of mine when people use the term "machine gun" to describe something that is not actually a machine gun.

Yes, but I'm pretty sure police forces aren't being issued M249 or M240 machine guns, which are belt-fed weapons capable of firing hundreds of rounds in a minute.

It doesn't matter that the average person doesn't care about the difference. There is a difference and if you fail to use the correct term in your informative article then you are at the very least failing to properly inform your audience.

Like you alluded to, there's a big difference between a Police Officer using an…

Sorry, I don't feel bad. If you're reporting about football, mixing up those two terms would immediately undermine your credibility. If you're reporting about equipment that police are using, you should be held to the same standards.

To use a football analogy, calling a "rifle" a "machine gun" is like calling a "linebacker" a "defensive lineman"

5.56mm and 7.62mm rifles are not machine guns. They are...wait for it...rifles.

And Mississippi, Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Also, it's apparently protected under the first amendment:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/lobbying.htm

Because the people who have the power to make lobbying illegal are the ones receiving all of the favors from said lobbyists. Taxpayers are going to pay their salary regardless of whether or not they actually listen to their constituents.

I found this: http://0314c3a.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/wp-…
which claims that a baseball loses approximately 1 MPH for every 7 feet that it travels, and thus on a MLB diamond it will have lost ~ 8 MPH when it reaches the plate, and on a LL diamond it will have lost 5-6 MPH when it reaches the plate.

In other words, yes…

I'm pretty sure this has more to do with Steroids/HGH than players being fatter.

Titanfall was a pretty huge one

I thought they already had a new system where they just give the #1 pick to Cleveland 75% of the time. I guess now that LeBron is back in Cleveland and they won't finish in the lottery, they need a new system now, though, don't they?

I'm pretty sure what you're describing by "interlocking of microscopic imperfections" is literally just the cause of friction.

Especially when the person who replies defensively isn't even the one who was called out for ignorance.

I agree that the Modern War shooters are getting stale, but one thing we do not need more of is WWII shooters. Sorry.

But not to woman.

Oh, I've re-calibrated it about a dozen times, with varying volume levels.

I have my cable box piped through my Xbox One, but just to play devil's advocate, maybe people don't like yelling at their Xbox repeatedly.