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The Supreme Court has held that the right to bear arms is not unlimited and that the government may regulate the ownership of dangerous and unusual weapons, such as rocket launchers. If rocket launchers were as common as semi-automatics, would they be used in school shootings and drive-bys? Yes. Is a semi-automatic considered dangerous and unusual enough to have tighter regulation? I believe so, yes, and I own them for recreation. Others disagree on what is considered unusual. Where do you draw the line between my unrestricted right-to-own grenades versus rapid-fire rifles with large ammo capacity? I'd say self-defense, but mine are locked up and unloaded, and I have no concern about self-defense in the suburbs. When my kids graduate, I plan to buy and conceal-carry a handgun for self-defense in parts of the metro. It is the metro where I've encountered numerous crimes against me. I can support more gun restrictions while believing guns are not the problem. The problem is parenting, poverty, and the larger culture. It may seem crazy, but I'd support outright bans on handguns and semi-automatics with large ammo capacity for people under 25. And major consequences for people that are caught in public with illegal guns.

Bernie is smart and does share original thoughts. He listens to what I say and responds directly to my points with critical thinking.

It is always hideous—like the first well-known event on August 1st, 1966 at the University of Texas. What drastic gun control will address this?

The fear in 1945 and subsequent years was founded on data (and emotion), given WW2 killed 85 million alone against a population of 2.3 billion. Famine and disease were also a problem. The average life span in the 40s was 46 years compared to the 70s today; most people did not live long enough to die from cancer. It was logical to prioritize the top cause of death, specifically reducing the risk of weapons that killed hundreds of thousands of people at once.

Joseph Ossai is the new Dee Ford.

It is 50x more data-driven and logical to raise concern over drowning in swimming pools and falling furniture than school shootings. School shootings are awful, yet rare. The news covers it because of the emotional engagement it drives and profits. Unfortunately, the coverage causes more harm than good, including unwarranted anxiety and copycat behavior. Who profits from school shooting news? The gun manufacturer, security firms, news firms, and politicians.

It is silly that the emotions get the best of facts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/school-shootings-are-extraordinarily-rare-why-is-fear-of-them-driving-policy/2018/03/08/f4ead9f2-2247-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html Search it in https://www.removepaywall.com/article/current

The data is what it is.

In 2020, 20% of the country's counties had more than 50% of all gun homicides (~19K). https://wisqars.cdc.gov/data/explore-data/home And less than 1% of the city's population causes> 50% of the city's homicides. https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/files/nnsc_gmi_concentration_asc_v1.91.pdf There are some awful street/block segments to avoid in these counties. State - County Firearm Murder IL - Cook 862 CA - Los Angeles 524 TX - Harris 475 PA - Philadelphia 453 MI - Wayne 344 TN - Shelby 301 TX - Dallas 251 AZ - Maricopa 249 MD - Baltimore 243 IN - Marion 219 OH - Cuyahoga 209 FL - Miami-Dade 208 WI - Milwaukee 181 MO - St. Louis 180 MO - St. Louis 180 GA - Fulton 168 LA - Orleans 168 KY - Jefferson 160 MO - Jackson 160 DC - District of Columbia 157 OH - Franklin 157 AL - Jefferson 151 CA - San Bernardino 147 TX - Bexar 147 FL - Broward 146 FL - Duval 143 TX - Tarrant 140 NY - Kings 120 LA - East Baton Rouge 118 NV - Clark 118 CA - Alameda 117 MS - Hinds 113 CA - Riverside 112 MD - Prince George's 111 NC - Mecklenburg 111 GA - DeKalb 107 OH - Hamilton 103 CA - Kern 102 TN - Davidson 98 CA - Fresno 91 PA - Allegheny 91 FL - Orange 90 CA - Sacramento 89 FL - Palm Beach 81 IN - Lake 81 NY - Bronx 78 AR - Pulaski 77 FL - Hillsborough 77 OK - Oklahoma 76 CA - San Diego 71 WA - King 71 MD - Baltimore 70 LA - Caddo 69 LA - Jefferson 67 AL - Mobile 66 AL - Montgomery 66 NC - Guilford 66 CA - San Joaquin 65 NJ - Essex 65 MN - Hennepin 64 NM - Bernalillo 64 OH - Montgomery 63 MI - Genesee 61 IL - St. Clair 60 In Kansas, you can find a murderer back on Wyandotte County streets in 5 years. A little south in Johnson county, the murderer is locked up for 30 years, life, or whatever it should be. Or so says a cop.

I agree with most of what you say except gun murder is a relatively low stat to begin with, and it is concentrated to a relatively small number of neighborhoods in a small number of cities.

Originally I had you with this but no swimming is better

Guns are a problem in specific blocks of certain cities, so could you figure out how to improve it? First, do some proactive policing in the worst blocks. Overstaff it. Lock everyone up that is found with an unregistered weapon. We should copy the Singapore policy about using unregistered guns in crime, trafficking, and possessing unregistered guns in these problem areas. Give these city dwellers market value for all unregistered weapons over two years. Meanwhile, supply the government services in those terrible places. Paint over the graffiti. Fix the broken windows. Patch the potholes. Pick up the trash. Overpay the citizens to do this work. Enforce the curfews. Fund the schools and overpay the educators. Provide daycare and overpay the providers. Provide health care and overpay the workers. Subsidize the grocery stores to be cheaper than the fast food providers. Ensure these services are headed by competence. Give the citizens a basic income. Do what it takes to break the cycle. It only takes one-two generations to change the culture, and that is money well spent. Guns are really a problem in a few areas. Fix those areas.

It is barbaric, and it's a lower priority than obesity, elective abortion, drugs, and bad driving. Why isn't there outrage and action to address the underlying causes of all this? Citizens cannot meet their basic needs because they are in poverty. They lack the skills and character to achieve well-paying jobs. The education is inadequate, and while access to training is improving with wifi access, many do not have access and the knowledge of how to use it. Schools are underfunded and staffed by bad teachers. Their poverty prevents access to health care, housing, and food. No matter how many jobs a person works, they cannot make enough to break the cycle of poverty. Poverty begets crimes that get parents locked up. The fathers are in jail. The mothers work so much that they don't have time to parent. With the limited family time they have, they don't know how to model good character and mentor with education. It's a never-ending cycle of poverty. Meanwhile, the family that has $5M in savings can live off a 4% investment return ($200K) without working for the rest of their life. They can use their time to teach good character, educate, and advance while their savings snowball. So what does the government do about it? Not much. Let criminals off easy. Let more poor illegal immigrants come to the country by the millions (increasing poverty), subsidize corporations (reducing taxes), fund studies of salmon, and endlessly and unnecessarily fund wars.

@El Luchador Friendly reminder that you can customize other people's names and avatars. This is a sampling of what I see...

Teske wrestles the whole match defensively and then goes desperate at the end and gets pinned. Should have stalled out at the end. Should have gone aggressive in the first period.

Teske wrestling not to be scored on. Should have come out with no fear like Vespa.

This ref is a joke with these immediate potentially dangerous calls.

The government regulates how all/most land is used and developed, but it only owns about 30% of the land. Once, the government bought land from me at a price (eminent domain). I did not want to sell, but I was paid the market price. Being paid matters. I buy and sell my property at market-driven prices. The title has my name on it rather than the government's. I do question the right of a government to charge property taxes on the property I own. It seems I'm somehow leasing the property from the government rather than paying a contribution for government-offered community services. In end, taxes do not imply government ownership. I still own the property.

Woods could lose.

Public housing, rent control, land trusts, and subsidies can be considered socialist. However, I assure @Plasmodiumthat I bought an investment property with my own money, at my risk, and I set my rental/selling price based on supply and demand. Most housing is owned and controlled by private individuals and companies, and personal property rights are protected by the constitution (5th & 14th Amendments + Contracts clause).

Paul really was under threat but spoke in riddles and might have been drunk or have dementia. The phone call conversation with the dispatcher was weird. The way he answered the door and spoke to the police was weird. It seems a crazy guy broke into the house looking for Nancy and hit Paul over the head with a hammer. They should have released these videos immediately and avoided the conspiracy talk.

How long did you interact with LBJ on the old forum? LBJ exaggerates to make a point, and his opinions are based on an element of truth. A full-grown Lee did beat up on still-maturing boys passing through the weight. He did cut weight to make the world team because of Fix. Lee is a Brute. My partial definition of technical includes performing multiple moves and performing them with controlled precision. I don't have enough information about how technical Lee is in part because his relative strength is so high, and his matches are so short. Tilt much? I believe his best days are behind him, he still is the best 57kg wrestler in the USA, and he has the potential to be a senior world champion. It is a reasonable opinion to believe he will not even make the USA world team.