Today in Guthrie, OK a 3 year old got a hold of a gun and shot himself in the head. So after all the media bombardment regarding guns, someone didn't think to put their gun where a toddler couldn't get it.
― *tera, Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
Shouldn't this debate be a national referendum?
You want to make guns harder to get, work on it at the state level and in the courts.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
state and local laws are kinda worthless when you can buy guns in a different state/district and bring them in
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 December 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
but Texas is so big
― iatee, Sunday, 16 December 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 16 December 2012 07:07 (eleven years ago) link
I had to do a Ctrl-F to check to see if I still agree with what I've said in the past. Yup. I do.
― Aimless, Sunday, 16 December 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
me either
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 December 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
this is as good a time as any for people to read stevens' dissent in heller:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZD.html
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 December 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
so so so so so so so many people, including liberals, just credulously absorb as fact the conventional wisdom that the second amendment gives people the absolute right to privately own guns and that the history of jurisprudence on the issue supports that. it's a much bigger problem than people being mean to 'liberal gun owners' (lol)
― k3vin k., Monday, 17 December 2012 04:47 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not talking about being "mean" to liberal gun owners, I'm talking about basic coalition building
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Monday, 17 December 2012 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/dk-production/images/12613/large/TMW2012-12-19colorKOS.png?1355584910
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Monday, 17 December 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
more gun shops than grocery stores, McDonald's
http://www.businessinsider.com/more-gun-stores-in-america-than-grocery-stores-2012-12
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
it's not actually true, only more than supermarkets ie grocery stores w/ 2m+ in sales
― iatee, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
assuming the figure includes big box chains that sell guns as well
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
If a big box sells guns, it is a gun store. (shrugs)
― Aimless, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i don't really disagree
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
bump
― sleeve, Thursday, 20 December 2012 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
you needn't
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 December 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
you shan't
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Thursday, 20 December 2012 02:10 (eleven years ago) link
Out of curiosity I looked at the Walmart site. Found this nifty gun:
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/79/86/81/44/0079868144115_180X180.jpg
Which it outright delineates as" for use in law enforcement, military operations, the sporting field and competitive shooting."
Notice the order there.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
should have added "and shoplifters"
― NINO CARTER, Thursday, 20 December 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
New York State Common Retirement Fund reconsidering how much of its http://news.yahoo.com/newtown-backlash-prompts-gun-investment-overhaul-032547862--sector.html50 billion it invests in gun manufacturers, Smith & Wesson stocks drop 10%
I'm not entirely clear as to the causality of those two sentences, but a 10% drop may well explain any new eagerness to find solutions by its spokesmen ie the NRA.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 20 December 2012 03:41 (eleven years ago) link
Haha thanks there auto-convert - the figure is $150 billion.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 20 December 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
Already interesting feature on "Fresh Air" focusing on the proliferation of assault weapons in American society. I guess guns like the AR-15 were designed c. Vietnam, following studies that revealed most soliders were not using their guns for accuracy but to simply spray bullets randomly in burst all over the place at short to medium range. Now moving on to the flaws of the '94 semi-auto assault weapon ban, and how/why Bushmaster flourished post ban...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
Interesting, Hunting has apparently been on the decline, which has emphasized the marketing of so-called "tactical" rifles that mimic military design.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
"Tactical" is just a marketing term in macho-world, correct? Otherwise, meaningless.
― rihanna, will you ever win? (suzy), Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
"tactless" doesn't have the same ring to it
― If I was a carpenter, and you were a douchebag (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
meaningless, for sure. it's mil-speak, so it has that battlefiled aura, but there isn't a firearm in the world that couldn't be called "tactical".
― Aimless, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
New York State Common Retirement Fund reconsidering how much of its http://news.yahoo.com/newtown-backlash-prompts-gun-investment-overhaul-032547862--sector.html50 billion it invests in gun manufacturers, Smith & Wesson stocks drop 10%I'm not entirely clear as to the causality of those two sentences, but a 10% drop may well explain any new eagerness to find solutions by its spokesmen ie the NRA.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:41 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Institutional investors probably make up a large percentage of the holders of gun stocks. If they're increasingly going to be considering dumping their holdings, that's going to drive down the stock a lot. Selloffs cause price drops, and, somewhat circularly, rumors of big selloffs cause big selloffs.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, "tactical" is just a word to sub for "assault."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
I'm more bothered by the implications of "tactical" as a marketing term than I am by the specs of the weapons actually.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
Tactical marketing.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
I mean I'm more bothered that there's an significant-sized demographic who sees "tactical" use as an important feature.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Thursday, December 20, 2012 12:11 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
not sure its an important feature to them as much as a cool sounding buzzword, which is equally troubling
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
I mean it definitely seems to feed some fantasy beyond just protecting your home against rapists or w/e
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
well i think it feeds the fantasy of home protection, but like home protection done in the most awesome badass way SEAL team 6 way possible. you're not some pussy reaching weakly for a .38 and hoping to fend off an invader, you're an ~operator~ who is neutralizing the threat before it even knows what happened, and then maybe i dunno sneaking up on the invader's buddies waiting in the driveway, might just say fuck it and go take out their leader
so yeah, it is basically fulfilling some desire to be more than a mere "self-defender"---it's giving you license to dream of societal collapse, and empowers you to believe that when the End Comes you'll be among the privileged and powerful
imo
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
while obv they don't account for much actual gun violence, the post-apocalyptic fantasies of preppers are o_O to the max, esp when tied to their not-so-subtle attempts to immanentize the eschaton
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
Josh, pretty much everything you wrote is somewhat wrong. Will explain when I'm not on my phone.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Those fantasies are just another form of racism dressed up in paranoid narcissism. It is the ultimate selfishness to think the world is ending in a way and at a time that is all. about. you.
How much extra insurance costs do people have to pay when they own guns? Because that's one area where there could be big/prohibitive charges for owning weaponry of any kind.
― rihanna, will you ever win? (suzy), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
bated
xp
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
Cool, waiting for Milo's correction. Just relaying what I heard on the radio, which I assumed was true/accurate, as I do everything I hear or see or read.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
the insurance question is a good one. looking quickly i see some people are urging mandatory gun insurance.
― goodbye normative genes (Hunt3r), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Absolutely. Anything to better regulate the militia, riiiiiight?
Also would create a new (and necessary) market for insurance companies and maybe distract them from trying to fuck up health care.
― rihanna, will you ever win? (suzy), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think you have to be an extreme nut or prepper to have some fantasies or enjoy some macho or military talk around guns.
― SHUT UP AND GET YOUR TURKEY SCIENCE BOOKS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
I guess guns like the AR-15 were designed c. Vietnam, following studies that revealed most soliders were not using their guns for accuracy but to simply spray bullets randomly in burst all over the place at short to medium range.
I thought there were some vietnam-era studies that showed that a lot of soldiers were intentionally missing or just shooting at nothing in particular.
― wk, Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
a national form of gun insurance (ie redistributive tax, where milo helps pay for things like newtown) would be a good idea, but if you wanted to create a large private insurance market changes in liability would be more important than just making it mandatory
― iatee, Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
wacky terbacky
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
OK, looks like the AR-15 was actually the root inspiration for the likes of the AK-47 and M-16. The Bushmaster adaptation specifically was post 'Nam, and of course only semi-automatic, but did take into account a general disinterest in accuracy, unlike its original '50s design. But Milo knows best!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
just a quick factiod: in general semi-automatics are less accurate than bolt action rifles or revolvers because some of the energy used to fire the projectile is used to mechanically reload the next bullet, so the velocity drops. physics!
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link