Tripnsweep

There's no substitute for live rounds. My wife had never touched a gun until she came to this country, where she's from the process to buy a gun legally would make anyone who believes strongly in the 2A to swear it was a communist plot and cause their head to explode. She practiced at home on the draw frequently and dry firing, and even she said there's a big difference when live ammunition is involved.

You just answered your own question. Most people don't go to the range to fire off rounds to become proficient enough with their weapon to use in a situation where it's needed. She spent over a month learning on a daily basis for work, and has a yearly qualification to meet. Most people aren't going to be trained to shoot like that, but they also don't go to the range often enough to be proficient, and their gun becomes more of a liability than anything. People drastically underestimate guns and overestimate their own abilities to handle one safely.

You won't. If somebody is determined enough to rob or mug you, they will, regardless of whether you're armed. Also most people who own guns aren't proficient enough with them to really do more than intimidate anyway. My wife is at the range at minimum 2x a week. In her words she doesn't think she is a very good shot. You end up in a situation where it's more Bernie Goetz than John Wick.

The Swiss don't have a gun culture that treats guns like toys or fashion accessories like in this country. People here largely don't respect guns. They just see them as toys and don't take them seriously. That's a part of why we have mass shootings so frequently. Guns are instruments of death. The purpose of a gun is to kill. If you don't take that seriously or believe it, that should disqualify you from ever touching a gun.

https://apnews.com/article/austin-texas-target-shooting-add7dbd3dca58a4a8bfb543b7954e119?taid=689a5f265029200001b32e11&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter Send the national guard to Austin, Texas.

KFC (now having officially dropped its slave name "Kentucky Fried Chicken") decided in May of 2009 to promote its new grilled chicken by giving it away for free. Wanting to keep their promotion subtle and discreet, they did the announcement on the show of a little-known entertainer named Oprah Winfrey. With a hilariously tragic lack of foresight, KFC underestimated both the all-encompassing influence of Oprah and the subtle racism of using a black spokeswoman to sell chicken. They apparently didn't realize the Mighty O reigns over the kind of media empire previously only seen under the thumb of Richard Dawson in The Running Man, so when she told viewers they could print out a voucher for free lunch at KFC on the May 5th episode of her talk show, America *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* a rainbow so large it could be seen from space. Approximately 16 million people printed out the Winfrey-approved coupon and showed up at KFCs nationwide to pry their free chicken from Colonel Sanders's cold dead fingers. The fast food chain was overwhelmingly unprepared and ran out of product before lunchtime (evidently their market research suggested that the average citizen doesn't like chicken and hates not having to pay for things). Angry customers in New York, outraged that their demands to complain to Sanders directly were dismissed as both "impossible" and "moronic," responded by starting mini-riots and sit-ins. Managers at some locations maneuvered around the debacle by telling customers they couldn't accept any coupons ending with the serial numbers "1234," which incidentally consisted of every PDF copy of the coupon in existence. KFC also hilariously included the arbitrary restriction that the coupons couldn't be used on Mother's Day, which makes us think their CEO is in some kind of wacky Major League situation where somehow he makes a fortune only if he ruins the franchise. The Backlash: Rival chain, El Pollo Loco, officially turned KFC's grilled chicken cluster***duck** into tender-roasted lovemaking when they announced that they'd accept all six million rejected KFC coupons that coming Sunday (which just happened to be Mother's Day). KFC President Roger Eaton tried to wipe some of the egg off his face (pun completely intended because we're talking about chicken) by issuing a public statement, but the damage had been done--his company sunk a ***duck** ton of money into Oprah only to have their customers scooped up by a rival chicken shack. Generally, this is not part of a good business model.

Once people realize they would have to buy prescriptions on the black market or something that would cause huge uproar.

Still waiting for Mexico to pay for the wall. And the Ukraine war to end.

https://www.complex.com/sports/a/gavin-evans/lawrence-taylor-crazy

Not only that, but LT was a heavy coke head for years.

What criminal acts? Who has been charged with a crime? This sounds a lot like the various things that Trump and the right have promised. They would prove that cheating happened in 2020 (it didn't). The Epstein files and QAnon would be proven true. (They're not). The war with Ukraine and Russia would be over in 24 hours (longest 24 hours ever). Mexico will pay for the wall (They're not). And so on.

He is still a convicted felon many times over.

Make Americans Sick and Unhealthy Again https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2025/08/11/tariffs-medicine-prescription-drug-ingredients-arizona/85552226007/?tbref=hp

He was found guilty of 34 felony counts. Whether you like it or not.

Tell me which part of that isn't true.

"Man with 34 felony convictions launches authoritarian takeover of Nation's Capitol despite historically-low crime rates in desperate effort to distract from his sexual abuse of children."

So peaceful. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-preparing-national-guard-activation-washington-dc-officials-say-2025-08-11/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=twitter

Most teams don't own the arena. The big money comes from TV and media rights. That's how soccer teams can threaten to play in empty stadiums if fans get out of hand.

Ticket sales make money for the arena. But even that barely covers operating costs. It's the markup for beer, soda, etc. that's where arenas cash in.

This has happened plenty of times in other sports if fans can't behave. My favorite soccer team has had to play to empty stadiums in the past because their own fans have caused riots and large scale fights that threatened player safety. If people can't behave then too bad. Also it's hilarious you think ticket sales make money for the teams.

"I'll show you what weaponizaton of the justice department looks like!"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.azfamily.com/2025/08/07/man-accused-throwing-sex-toy-fans-during-phoenix-mercury-game/%3foutputType=amp

Some guy got arrested for it here. His defense was that it was just a prank.

Obama wore a tan suit though. That's clearly on the same level as being found responsible for sexual assault and committing fraud.

Reserve officers aren't required to be certified. They exist in support roles, they don't make arrests or investigate.