Politics Thread

[paulxu]

I know the precautions schools take now, with locked doors and resource officers are natural responses.
But watching the glass being blown out of the door in Nashville kinda makes one of the issues almost moot.
Remember all the discussion around whether the doors were locked or not in Uvalde? Would only slow down an AR15 armed person about 10 seconds.

ps. our nuns had cloak rooms behind their desks where we left our stuff in the morning. Then, during the day, that room turned into Gitmo if you went in with them, and their ruler, to discuss your behavioral issues.

[94GRAD]

I know the precautions schools take now, with locked doors and resource officers are natural responses.
But watching the glass being blown out of the door in Nashville kinda makes one of the issues almost moot.
Remember all the discussion around whether the doors were locked or not in Uvalde? Would only slow down an AR15 armed person about 10 seconds.

ps. our nuns had cloak rooms behind their desks where we left our stuff in the morning. Then, during the day, that room turned into Gitmo if you went in with them, and their ruler, to discuss your behavioral issues.

I can only imagine the water(chalk)boarding you and your classmates had to endure.

[Xville]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nashville...185247133.html

Yes I know, yahoo, but the info is factual here.

How is anyone ok with this? Obtained the guns legally because our system is so completely fucked up. Also, shockingly the parents sound like complete idiots.

I’ll also say big pharma is a big fucking problem in this country and needs to be addressed. Instead of fixing the issue, we put a bandaid on it or a pill. Have some trauma? Oh here’s a pill. Fat? Take a pill. Depressed? Take a pill. Can’t get it up? Take a pill.

My assumption is this person had some trauma at some point and was on a cocktail of medications.

[paulxu]

I can only imagine the water(chalk)boarding you and your classmates had to endure.

Good prep for the service though.

[STL_XUfan]

, their arsenal is bigger than billy bad ass with his couple of ar 15s

I have never heard any justifiable reason for why AR15s are legal. They are shit guns for hunting. They are shit guns for home protection. The only thing they appear to be good at is causing mass casualties, and I guess making you look like a bad ass cause they resemble M16s.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Can’t get it up? Take a pill.

Hey, be careful, or you might just unite Paul and MOR (our resident "longer tenured" Xavier fans) on an issue against you!


(Kidding, kidding!)

[xuphan]

I have never heard any justifiable reason for why AR15s are legal. They are shit guns for hunting. They are shit guns for home protection. The only thing they appear to be good at is causing mass casualties, and I guess making you look like a bad ass cause they resemble M16s.

I will try key word is try to argue why they are legal. They are legal for the sole purpose of fighting off tyrannical government whether domestic or foreign. If the government take all your weapons, what are you going to use to protect yourself from them when that time comes? Maybe the bigger issue is why aren’t all guns legal. Doesn’t the second amendment give me the right to own a Tommy Gun or AK-47?

[paulxu]

Where can I order a tank? I want to be ready.

[STL_XUfan]

I will try key word is try to argue why they are legal. They are legal for the sole purpose of fighting off tyrannical government whether domestic or foreign. If the government take all your weapons, what are you going to use to protect yourself from them when that time comes? Maybe the bigger issue is why aren’t all guns legal. Doesn’t the second amendment give me the right to own a Tommy Gun or AK-47?

If that is the logic, then why aren't tanks, RPGs, long distance artillery, and fully loaded fighter jets available for purchase. Cause if you think you are taking on the US Government with an AR15, good fucking luck.

Or we can agree that 2nd amendment is an antiquated concept that needs to go the same way as the other parts of the constitution that no longer made sense.

[GoMuskies]

I'm FAR from a gun nut, but I don't think the argument that the government has bigger weapons is a particularly persuasive one. Sure, if we the people ever decide to enter into a conventional war with the government it won't go well. But it's not likely to go very well for the government that is using tanks, RPGs, long ranger artillery and fully loaded fighter jets on its citizens, either. That country is done.

It's harder to effectively enforce your will on an armed citizenry in a way that doesn't completely destroy your country. Of course you can kill all (or a big chunk of) your citizens at any time, but it's probably not the preferred path.