This is also the worst possible way to remedy the situation. Telling the cop who took a bullet at Santa Fe HS (and others like him) that he’s a bad cop is not going to convince the actual bad cops that they need to change.

HIFR is faster than landing and refueling. Also you might be able to refuel on a ship that you can’t land on due to size constraints or other problems.

It’s much faster than landing and refueling. If you’re tracking an enemy submarine, you want to refuel and get back to your job ASAP, before the ship you belong to is gone.

Quick reminder that Obama nominated John Brennan to CIA Director, who was just as complicit as Gina Haspel in the Bush-era CIA.

If (and it is a big if) this summit actually leads to some kind of reconciliation or denuclearization, Trump will have done more to earn it than Obama did in 2009.

It’s just the language used to describe how the amendment has always been applied. Machine guns? Uncommon (in civilian hands) and few (if any) lawful purposes. Sawn off shotguns? Few (if any) lawful purposes. Semiautomatic rifles? Common and with many lawful purposes.

Actually the current interpretation, which is based on previous rulings, uses weapons in “common use for lawful purposes” as the distinction.

Same here. I was walking home from school and saw an airliner flying unusually low in my area. Then I heard the sonic boom and screeching of afterburners. I looked up to see two NG F-15s hauling ass. One was doing a barrel roll (why not I guess?). They covered 300 miles in less than 3 minutes.

Because that’s exactly what some people are advocating.

Just air. The reactor heats the air drawn in from the intake.

“You have a tiny dick” has to be the dumbest part of the whole gun control argument, and immediately discredits the party that brings it up.

The 2007 Colorado Springs shootings were stopped by a retired LEO who was volunteering as security. The shooter had already killed two people at another location, then came to the New Life Church and killed two more in the parking lot on the way inside the building. Jeanne Assam was the former cop who approached him,…

The Texas church shooting was defused by a civilian who was willing to engage the shooter and distract him. So instead of going to his truck for more ammo, the shooter was engaged, injured, and fled.

He’s 56 I think. This was his “pre-retirement” gig I’m sure.

As long as any GVRO legislation is carefully written, it won’t violate due process any more than a typical restraining order (possibly less due to better oversight).

A pump shotgun loaded with buckshot or flechettes (much nastier) could do just as much damage to fleeing victims, at least in the ranges associated with school shootings. But, like semi-auto rifles, shotguns have practical civilian uses. There are no such practical civilian uses for burst or full-auto assault rifles.…

This specific situation is why I support GVROs.

You asked a question so I was trying to provide you with the information you requested. I had no idea Ted Cruz ever said that. Of course most of them are not deliberate and warrant prosecution, but there are apparently plenty that are since convictions are increasing.

Feel free to start a campaign to repeal the 2nd Amendment. It would require a 2/3 vote in both Houses of Congress, and 3/4 of the states must ratify it in their legislatures.

“Isn’t being prevented from purchasing a gun for failing to pass the background check evidence that the law is being enforced? Being able to purchase a weapon despite not passing the background check would be a failure of the law or a failure to enforce the law.”