Just FYI: most hunting rifles are considerably more powerful as an AR-15. Examples: 30-30 (most popular deer caliber): ~1900ft-lb of energy. 30-06 (2nd most common): ~3,000ft-lb 5.56mm NATO (AR-15 standard round): ~1200ft-lb. In many states, the AR-15 is illegal to hunt with because it’s not powerful enough to…

He was cleared by the FBI (well, they closed the investigation without doing anything to him, so as cleared as you get), employed by a federal contractor which required FBI approval, had both a firearms and security license, etc.

I think you mixed up the total deaths (~31k in the US, including murder, suicide, and accidents) with homicides (firearms only = ~9k in the US). If the USA had Germany’s overall murder rate (0.9 vs 3.8), we’d have ~3,500 murders/yr vs 13k.

Wiki shows a total murder rate of 3.8 for the USA and 1.4 for Canada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c…).

That’s one thing I always find funny about the “left” (well, a certain, rather loud, subset of them): The police are horribly biased, can’t be trusted not to discriminate against POC, LGBT people, etc, up until they sit behind the “gun permits” desk. Then they’re perfect images of unbiased policework, just interested…

The “watchlists” referred to are “we think this person might be up to something, but have no proof, not even enough to bring them in for questioning”. There are a ton of false positives on there (including a sitting US senator at one time, though he got off the list), and there’s no way for you to appeal your…

No, I’d much prefer you agree. And yeah, I see your point on the “too dangerous to fly, but have a gun” bit, but let’s face it: most of these people are not “too dangerous to fly”. The “too dangerous to fly” judgement is more “too Muslim to fly” or “I don’t like their politics and want to harm them”.

The no-fly-list is an affront to anyone who believes in civil rights, anywhere. No due process, no way of knowing you’re on it (aside from “you can’t board, but we can’t tell you why”), no way to get off it (unless you’re connected, like the US senator that got on it), etc. I cannot in good conscience support any…

My parents sent me to the “integrated” public school.

It’s called SMIDSY (Sorry mate, I didn’t see ya!) on a motorcycle. Typically the same prosecution levels, too.

Stay classy, Pennsyltucky

If you don’t want to discuss it, be my guest, but you keep replying. Saying “I don’t want to talk about it” and then replying is a wee bit disingenuous.

Sure, but I’ll have to see why you’re not at some point. I don’t have a whole lot to go on here, being as I don’t know you from any other rando on the web (nor do you know me, as you said), aside from you taking some fairly mild anti-gun positions (though I agree with a few of those too).

May-issue laws can. Or they may not, she’s rich, maybe her sheriff thinks “rich” matters more than “black woman”. Maybe he doesn’t. Either way, with may-issue, he can simply say “I don’t want her to have a gun”, and nothing more can really be done, as that’s his right under such a system. I never understand why the…

What I’m talking about is bullshit “gun control” like CAs handgun roster, NCs pistol permit system (aka the “paper bag test” for handgun ownership), NYCs system of “well, you’re rich enough and white enough, I guess you can have a gun”, DC trying their damnedest to prevent anyone from having a gun even after the…

You may want to check out the doctors overseas. A friend of mine had hers done in Thailand, for ~$15k, and she’s thrilled with the results. Sucks that it has to be that way, but it’s a good option if you have less money. Still fucking hard to get a job if you’re trans (she worked for a federal contractor before, so…

Ok, that looks cool. Totally stopping by there at some point.

Don’t happen to remember the name, do you? I might have to check that out.

Waiting periods and training requirements are often used as “means tests” to prevent poor/minority people from having guns. Look at the long tradition of pistol permits in the South for examples, or the “may-issue” laws in places like NYC and CA today.

How exactly do you define that? An awful lot of gun control is the “death by a thousand cuts” or the “well, you look like me, I guess you can have a gun” shit that we know so well. More to the point, who the fuck do you vote for in that case?