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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTwnwbG9YLE

What, an 18th century rifle? Story must be apocryphal, they couldn't hit an elephant from that distance. That made me laugh more than it probably should have Nah, it was perfect!

Even one man alone with a gun could be an effective weapon against an invader. General John Sedgwick was shot and killed by a Virginia farmer using a flintlock Long Rifle from over 400 yards at the Battle of Spotsylvania. That was a hell of a shot for that time. Sedgwick was the only experienced leader in the Union army 9th Corps. The other general Gouverneur Warren was a congressman and civil enginner. He had no clue what he was doing. After Spotsylvania and the rest of the Overland Campaign Lee turned north for his date with destiny at Gettsyburg. Had Sedgwick survived Spotsylvania might have ended in a Union victory and it's very possible the invasion of Pennsylvania and Gettysburg never would have happened.

Longknife, I'm sorry but you missed the point entirely. It is hubris to say guns won't keep you safe because it-does-not-matter if the statement is true or not. If you had solid statistical evidence my guns will come to life in the middle of the night and shoot me it still does not matter. Because I have not broken any laws and complied with the reasonable restrictions we now have, nothing and no one can tell me I can not own them. It is a right, granted not by the founders. It is a right I had the moment I was born. All the statistics in the world changes nothing. I have the right to the defense of self and property and the tools for that defense. Any argument for the abrogation of that right based on a "it's for your own good" argument immediately fails. Even if it were true (not a point I am conceding by the way). This changes in just two ways: The Government ignores the Constitution and we lose that freedom through legislative or judicial fiat. The former is more likely than the latter. The Supreme Court is unlikely to reverse Heller in the future because the court has traditionally adhered to the principle of Stare Decisis. In the case of the former i expect that will lead to a violent insurrection if not a full blow schism. I will say with absolute seriousness, the day they come for mine will be the day I die. And not alone if at all possible, Constitutional Amendment: Convince 2/3 of your fellow Americans to surrender a piece of their freedom and their private property by passing a 28th Amendment to repeal the 2nd. If that happens, then I'll go along with it peaceably. I may hate the outcome but it would have been done openly and fairly.

What if someone paid for you for everything..would you go then? You're buying? I'm there.

Okay thanks GD ..monosyllable responses always clear things up I find Happy to help!

I don't go to strip clubs because i have a moral objection to paying more for a single glass of beer than i'd pay for a whole 12-pack at the grocery store.

Has anyone seen the new Kindle Oasis first hand? I use the 1st version of the Paperwhite and I was considering upgrading. But it looks like the resolution is the same (300 dpi) and the functionality is the same. More memory, more LEDs in the display and longer battery life don't seem to justify a $300 price tag for just an e-reader.

Panthers lost game 5 last night in the 2nd OT. Just heartbreaking. The Islanders goalie Gasse must be made out of rubber or something. But every bounce seems to just go against us. Just bad luck. Game six tomorrow night.

Once we start talking about statistics we start to lose sight of what this discussion is really all about. When the United States became the United States we designed a government that understands there is a set of basic rights that every human is entitled to. Our Constitution specifically forbids that government from infringing on them. We all agree we have the right to speak freely, worship as we choose, assemble or associate freely, petition the government, bear arms to protect our nation and ourselves. We all agree that our homes, our money, and our property are ours and that we have the right to be secure in them and defend them. If charged with a crime we have the right to fair and open treatment, and protection from self-incrimination, continuous prosecutions, or cruel punishment. No one can be forced into servitude, and all of us are equal before the law. The government cannot take these rights away from use because the government did not give them to us. They are ours the moment we are born. But God knows they are trying. Whatever you might think about firearm ownership by private citizens understand this: it is a right. Now that right is not absolute. There is room for reasonable restrictions. It reasonable to place limits on the types of weapons that may be owned. It is reasonable to prohibit ownership by felons because they have already forfeited some of their rights. It is reasonable to place regulations on how weapons may be carried and where. And we have done all those things. As Val pointed out a few pages ago we have bent as far as we are willing to bend. Restrictions after this are only steps to prohibition. That cannot be allowed because this is a right we are discussing. It is the height of hubris and arrogance to assert as so many politicians do (and many of the people on this board do) that “you don’t need firearms” or “guns don’t make you safer”. They do not get to tell you what you need. Only YOU get to do that. It’s a funny thing about freedom. So many talk about it but truly very few actually believe in it. If you don’t like guns you can choose not to own one. But so many argue the choice should be taken away from everyone. And why? Because evil people did evil acts? So the solution is to seize the freedom and property of millions of people who did no wrong? Punish the innocent for the acts of the guilty? Is that a society any of you want to live in? It was in the news last month a gay couple in Chattanooga has been arrested for sexually abusing the son of one of the parents. Should gay couples be forbidden to have children because of the evil acts of just two people? Some of the most horrifyingly evil acts ever committed by the human race begin when one group of people believes it knows better how another group of people should be living, or think they have something they shouldn’t. You will understand why I am unwilling to surrender my freedom, any of it, just because someone does not think I should have it. We all decided in the beginning that there are a set of basic rights that all of us have. Did that suddenly become untrue. If so what rights do any of us have if they can be taken away for no reason other than a group of people has decided we shouldn’t have them? None. That’s all I have to say.

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Blake Snell is making his MLB debut against the Yankees right now. Time to watch!

Sirius XM has turned channel 58 into an all Prince tribute channel. I hate to say it but it does get old kinda fast.

Cone time

That was sweet wasn't it?

Ah don't sweat it. You are hardly the first person on this board whose career and life did not turn out the way you envisioned it. Look at it this way, for the rest of eternity at least some small part of you will always be running out Nipton shouting about winning the lottery. That;s probably a lot more then most of us will leave behind!

I'm not sure that the government is really all that committed though. The Assault Weapons Ban expired and has not been able to get back through the senate. The background checks are the big new thing, and those are facing plenty of resistance within the government itself, so who knows how it will end up looking under new leadership? Whatever happens the House will probably not change. So even if the Senate does there is little chance of anything new coming down the pipe no matter who is in the WH. As for background checks this is a red herring if ever I say one. Eight states require a background check on any class of firearm purchase, all but 11 require one on everything other than shotguns, and all 50 require one for a handgun.

So far the Rays biggest strength, starting pitching, has been the biggest weakness. And the Marlins have shown flashes of brilliance in between long periods of crap. All the pieces of a winning team are there, they just haven't put them all together right. Ichiro is just 58 hits from 3000.

No dont even joke like that, we going out in 2 weekends. There teacher will be with them....it may sound weird but at least they can trust me Is the teacher hot? That might be an in.

You guys will be missing Bruce for real later tonight because he'll be in the Johannesburg jail for fooling around with an underage girl.

And you would be correct aluminiumtrioxid. Let's look at this logically. Let's accept the premise for the moment that the folks in governments do not care a whit about crime, or gun violence as a public safety issue altogether. Just throw that out for a moment. Why would they try so hard to disarm the citizens then? If it's not for the citizens safety then why?

Two questions. What is the age of consent and should we set up a Go Fund Me for bail money?

Give up our guns? That is what you call a compromise? No, much stricter and effective gun control ownership laws and a TOTAL ban on automatic rifles We have restrictions on ownershipand automatic weapons are already illegal.