1.     Don't be a dotard!
    Read these "rules" AND introduce
    yourself     before your first post
  2. A healthy approach to understanding measurements
    Being true to what the artists intended
  3. After being asked for the 308th time, Merv lists top 5 headphones
    (opinion / entertainment piece)
    Dismiss Notice
  4. $1000 to the first to design a headamp using discrete components with better measurements than Magni 3+
    Dismiss Notice
IMPORTANT: New Members Read This Don't Be a Measurement Fascist Merv's Top 5 Headphones - 2023 Edition $1000 Challenge

Bang, bang, bang

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by m17xr2b, Aug 21, 2019.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
Page 4 of 4
  1. BillOhio

    BillOhio Friend

    Pyrate
    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2017
    Likes Received:
    2,398
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Location:
    Glendale CA
    Home Page:
    ...or literate.
     
    BillOhio, Aug 21, 2019
    #61
  2. ColtMrFire

    ColtMrFire Writes better fan fics than you

    Pyrate
    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2016
    Likes Received:
    6,231
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Austin, TX
    [​IMG]

    Edit (more appropriate?):
    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Aug 21, 2019
    ColtMrFire, Aug 21, 2019
    #62
  3. OJneg

    OJneg The Most Insufferable

    Pyrate BWC
    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2015
    Likes Received:
    3,923
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Grand Rapids, MI
    No
     
    OJneg, Aug 21, 2019
    #63
  4. Senorx12562

    Senorx12562 Case of the mondays

    Pyrate
    Joined:
    Oct 26, 2015
    Likes Received:
    3,279
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Bird-watcher's paradise
    We should start selling beer to anyone old enough to buy an AR15.
     
    Senorx12562, Aug 21, 2019
    #64
  5. mitochondrium

    mitochondrium Friend

    Pyrate
    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2017
    Likes Received:
    1,116
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Location:
    A Cell
    When I was working in the UK I had an American colleague (NRA member) and friend and from time to time we hit the subject of guns and after some conversations we both understood where the other was coming from (on an intellectual level) yet I could not understand why he would feel safer with a gun in his downtown apartment in the UK and he could not understand why I felt safe being in the streets late at night. We couldn’t even agree to disagree because you cannot disagree about feelings. We had a lot of respect for each other both on a professional and personal level. I cannot imagine that this thread will lead anywhere when a lot of the comments show a lack of respect.
     
    mitochondrium, Aug 21, 2019
    #65
  6. OJneg

    OJneg The Most Insufferable

    Pyrate BWC
    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2015
    Likes Received:
    3,923
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Grand Rapids, MI
    Why should we have any respect for people who want to disarm us?

    The correct answer is "f**k you", as someone has already said. I appreciate honesty.
     
    OJneg, Aug 21, 2019
    #66
  7. YMO

    YMO Chief Fun Officer

    Pyrate Contributor
    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2018
    Likes Received:
    10,581
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Palms Of The Coasts, FL
    And adding another Trillion Dollars in debt! Here's from the LOL Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/...rillion-next-year-budget-office-predicts.html

    On topic: NRA has too much power. If I ever want to join a gun group, it won't be them.
     
    YMO, Aug 21, 2019
    #67
  8. Senorx12562

    Senorx12562 Case of the mondays

    Pyrate
    Joined:
    Oct 26, 2015
    Likes Received:
    3,279
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Bird-watcher's paradise
    Those two positions are not mutually exclusive. I both feel safe being in the streets late at night (unarmed) and safer in my home with a chokeless 12 ga. than without one. False dichotomy I think. As is the idea that I must respect the views of one for whom I have respect as a person.
     
    Senorx12562, Aug 21, 2019
    #68
  9. shotgunshane

    shotgunshane Floridian Falcon

    Staff Member Pyrate Flathead IEMW
    Joined:
    Sep 26, 2015
    Likes Received:
    6,358
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Clear, clear water
    What the flying f**k is this shit. Create a thread and the first post is nothing but a shove down a shit spiral of calling each other names. There’s no real discussion. Everyone’s mind is already made up in this thread. The rest of the internet is infected with this shit. Don’t bring it here.
     
    shotgunshane, Aug 21, 2019
    #69
  10. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

    Staff Member Pyrate BWC
    Joined:
    Sep 24, 2015
    Likes Received:
    89,997
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Padre Island CC TX
    I'll answer your questions in a non emotional way in a little bit. This is from an immigrant's point of view, observations and so forth. When I think about it I actually think it is quite fascinating with rationales that are not quite as ridiculous as it may seem to an outsider non-American.
     
    purr1n, Aug 21, 2019
    #70
  11. ultrabike

    ultrabike Measurbator - Admin

    Staff Member Pyrate MZR
    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2015
    Likes Received:
    8,960
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Irvine CA
    You are assigning a human problem to a particular subset of the world population (Americans), and assume it does not exist in your own backyard.

    As an example, the Kingdom of Great Britain used to be an Empire. This was not accomplished by "fist fights", "trial by combat", or no-guns "honourable" means. England is not known as a pacifist country, and has seen a fair share of internal violence and crime.

    As far as the law, Mexico considers civilan gun ownership illegal. And the cartels did not give a shit (nor did many of the population).

    People will own guns for a simple reason: They exist.

    I believe the best defense is to avoid crime infested areas as much as possible, but there are no guarantees. I also believe gun ownership can provide a certain level of security, and in some situations save lives. In some other situations, gun ownership will not help much. Many folks hit by crime organizations (all over the world) had their guns close to their corpses.

    BTW, my parents live in El Paso, where that Walmart incident happened.
     
    Last edited: Aug 21, 2019
    ultrabike, Aug 21, 2019
    #71
  12. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

    Staff Member Pyrate BWC
    Joined:
    Sep 24, 2015
    Likes Received:
    89,997
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Padre Island CC TX
    purr1n, Aug 22, 2019
    #72
Page 4 of 4
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page