Decoy73

The first paragraph you conveniently left out. Shoplifting in California may get a lot easier, after the state Senate passed a controversial bill on May 31 that would make it illegal for store employees to confront thieves. simply not true. It’s misleading garbage and you know it. And don’t be a d!(k and accuse me of being pro shoplifting. I’m anti bulls#!t. Which means I’m anti-posts like this.

I took the bait and researched California SB553. It would prohibit employers from requiring employees to confront shoplifters. Are you against that? Because this garbage site, zerohedge.com completely and intentionally misrepresents it stating that the bill makes it illegal to confront shoplifters. I recommend avoiding posting crap like this and your posts could get more respect.

He’s always been this way. Many just couldn’t or wouldn’t see it.

I get the feeling that the government supports (maybe unofficially) this whistleblower coming out with this. I’m not sure why. Just a hunch.

I agree 100%. Well stated.

You can’t be serious.

It’s weird. 20-30 years ago people would be freaking out about this revelation. Now it’s almost like, hmm yeah not really too surprising. Then again the skeptic in me thinks all this UFO stuff over the years since probably the Roswell Incident, could just be some ongoing misinformation program by the government in order to keep our enemies thinking we are reverse engineering some crazy stuff. I would think some pictures or physical evidence would have leaked out by now. I don’t know what to believe. It sure is interesting, though.

Why do they pick the AR?

There you go again dodging a simple question. The truth is inconvenient, isn’t it?

I'd comfortably wager the majority of the "regular" posters of this thread are here because of gun violence as it relates to mass shootings. Not to minimize the terrible problem of other types of gun violence, but that's not the focus of the thread. Pointing out these other types is fine, but not when doing so to dodge direct questions about assault weapons in the hands of private citizens. Of course the brokenness of shooter is relevant, but so is tool of choice for the deed. Why do they grab the AR instead of the S&W 6 shot revolver when they want to shoot up a school or a workplace? Are you willing to answer that question?

Despite the generality of the name, this thread is about mass shootings. They are what provoke all the postings. Not gun violence in general. If you want to discuss guns as they relate to gang violence, suicides, robberies, and other forms of gun evil, etc. that needs its own thread. Or maybe a thread for each one would be better. No gun problem will ever be solved by grouping all forms of gun violence together. Back to your question, though. Get rid of the AR's and the high capacity magazines and mass shooting deaths will go down. Oh sure, assailants can still use other guns and there will still be shootings and deaths, but anyone with just a decent understanding of ballistics knows that AR's and other high capacity rifle/pistol firearms are far and away the most deadly if were talking about taking as many lives as possible, which sadly, appears to be the goal of these deranged murderers. I'm pretty certain you know all of this, but chose to continually pivot to gun violence in general terms to further your defense of the AR-15.

That would be a big mistake. Hopefully this isn't the case.

https://omaha.com/news/national/why-so-many-mass-killings-families-experts-seek-answers/article_cb733576-a3f6-5746-9be4-f749b40a8d94.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Why is a simple question so difficult to answer? Why is the United States the only country that a broken individual can walk into a gun store and walk out the same day with a high capacity weapon designed for killing people efficiently? And why when this person does just that, often soon thereafter and to often innocent people and in mass quantities, do seemingly reasonable people not realize how we can fairly easily fix this problem or at least reduce its occurrence in the short term while we tackle bigger picture items involving human psychological health that are important but may take years to resolve?

I’ll bet he wasn’t even “mentally ill”…..until he was.

I still think people should vote regardless if nothing else, to show the opposing party they’re not giving up. Plus I think more states should split up their electoral districts like Nebraska.

I was referring to the presidential election. I don’t recall true sure losers in recent history. It usually ends up being pretty close. The polling prognosticators incorrectly predicted Trump as a sure loser in 2020 and that ended up being a close race. The D’s have a numbers advantage and the R’s have an electoral advantage. For the foreseeable future I expect close races. So yes, much different than writing in a candidate who has absolutely zero chance of winning.

If you can accurately predict the future, then sure. Why not? But, no that’s not what I said at all. I only said “why vote” if you’re going to just write in a non- viable candidate. It’s not hard to understand. The R or the D is going to win. Vote for the one you either like the most or dislike the least. If you refuse to vote for candidate A theN vote for candidate B.

When it comes to "writing in" fruitless candidates, IMO it's only done to make oneself feel better. And if that's all that matters to you the voter, then go for it. It's a free country. But, it does nothing to help anything or anyone else, and IMO the practice is akin to doing nothing at all. There's no shame in voting for the "lesser of two evils." These are all just my opinions and others may differ. I would like to hear other points of view. In my younger years I often shunned voting with the attitude of my vote really not mattering in the grand scheme. I now regret that stance and think it is important to get out and vote. If nothing else, to set a good example for others (especially younger generations).

Do you feel that voting for a candidate perpetually ties the voter to all the candidates decisions (assuming they win)?

Lots of people do this, but unless this third candidate is viable, which in 2024 they will not be, how is this not a self fulfilling exercise in futility? Why even vote?

Agree. Some people may need to temper their lofty expectations a bit for this season. Maybe we'll get pleasantly surprised. Some key dudes didn't even play yesterday and fumbles can get cleaned up. I am optimistic about DC White and his defense for the future. CT vs Sims QB comp in the fall should be good. Haarberg needs to switch to WR or hit the portal. 1000% on the OT portal shopping.

TFG is in for a very unpleasant 2-3 years. The GA case and the DOJ special prosecutors potential (and I'd say likely) case laid out against him will likely dwarf Bragg's NY charges I have a feeling. I've heard it may be up to a year before the NY trial even gets started so these two (assuming they will result in Trump indictments) will still likely be even further out. When he loses the next election, either in the Republican primary (unlikely) or the 2024 general (very likely) he should pretty much be screwed as he'll have limited options to shield himself.

The Minnesota game just won’t die.

Sounds like PJ may have snatched the opportunity to avoid a low fan turnout embarrassment.