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BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

American Firearm Association of America

The Gun Nerds

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Madurai
Jun 26, 2012

So... that's a thing. Fifth Fleet commander found dead in Bahrain

mods changed my name
Oct 30, 2017
Airduster, autoasphyxiation or SEALs?

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

mods changed my name posted:

Airduster, autoasphyxiation or SEALs?

Killed by SEALs with airduster while auto asphyxiating.

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
False flag Saudi SF guided Iranians

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

mods changed my name posted:

Airduster, autoasphyxiation or SEALs?

Based on his command photo... yes.

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
https://twitter.com/ocasio2018/status/1069007012044918785?s=21

Slim Pickens
Jan 12, 2007

Grimey Drawer

BigDave posted:

Maybe we need to form a alternative gun group, the American Firearm Association or something.

Be gay do crimes shoot guns

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
https://twitter.com/fpwellman/status/1068999411831848960?s=21

Kawasaki Nun
Jul 16, 2001

by Reene

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

The DA files the charges, and decides what the charge is. Not the Grand Jury. And a Grand Jury win doesn’t mean poo poo really since they only see and hear what the DA has to say and show. They have a 95%+ win rate at the Grand Jury in a lot of jurisdictions. Also in some jurisdictions the accused has the right to appear before the Grand Jury.

"I truly believe that she inflicted tremendous evil on my son," Jean's mother, Allison Jean, said to reporters on Wednesday. "From the very start, I knew that she murdered him. I was not satisfied at the manslaughter charge. I look forward to the next step, which is a conviction of murder of Amber Guyger. And more so, of a penalty, the proper penalty that will cause her to reflect on what she has done and the pain that she has caused not only [to] my son, but my family, my church, my country."

Do you think the DA got the parents in on this dastardly plot to bring a more serious charge in order to get the officer off scott free? How insidious!

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
Neil's released a statement on the accusations, I feel like he gives a good account of it, but we'll see how his accusers respond

https://ascienceenthusiast.com/neil...1139gVhS3SqU8oo

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Kawasaki Nun posted:

Do you think the DA got the parents in on this dastardly plot to bring a more serious charge in order to get the officer off scott free? How insidious!

Appealing to the family's emotions while coming up with a charge that's impossible to prove seems like win-win for a DA to me

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!

Fallom posted:

Appealing to the family's emotions while coming up with a charge that's impossible to prove seems like win-win for a DA to me

Doesn't seem impossible to prove to me, but I clearly don't have your expertise

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
JFC.

https://twitter.com/gin_and_tacos/status/1068933825282142208?s=21

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Duzzy Funlop posted:

I know it's not a rational thought, so I don't plan on really commenting on it in the course of a discussion, but even the image of putting numbers on immigrants' forearms conjures up something so visceral in me I'm loving beyond myself

Yeah, I know. I just started screaming out loud when I saw it.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Yeah, I know. I just started screaming out loud when I saw it.

It's not either of you, it's them. Felt the same thing.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

I wanna marry this lady.

mods changed my name
Oct 30, 2017
listen just because he has "arbeit macht frei" on his tailgate it's intellectually dishonest to compare this man to the Nazis

M_Gargantua
Oct 16, 2006

STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES

Exciting Lemon

That car looks wonderfully flammable...

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

M_Gargantua posted:

That car looks wonderfully flammable...

Cut their social security off and see if work sets them free.

Viva Miriya
Jan 9, 2007

BigDave posted:

Maybe we need to form a alternative gun group, the American Firearm Association or something.

I'd be down.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

BigDave posted:

Maybe we need to form a alternative gun group, the American Firearm Association or something.

Then in a couple of decades they can merge and have a playoff.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Eugene V. Dubstep posted:

Doesn't seem impossible to prove to me, but I clearly don't have your expertise

I'm just worried the cop will get off on murder charges, is all. The defense is probably going to get a lot of mileage claiming the cop made a simple mistake and overreacted, which reaches the bar for manslaughter but not murder.

Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Dec 2, 2018

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one
G20: US and China agree to suspend new trade tariffs

Okay, the key to Trump is that he's such a coward, that if you get him face to face you win every time. How the hell does that man breathe.

e: I'm fairly good at this business negotiation poo poo these days for someone trained as a mathematician, I reckon I could best him.

Vasudus
May 30, 2003
:lol: the 10% tariffs are still on, get hosed

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Fallom posted:

I'm just worried the cop will get off on murder charges, is all. The defense is probably going to get a lot of mileage claiming the cop made a simple mistake and overreacted, which reaches the bar for manslaughter but not murder.

Can’t you charge someone for both at once? Or one after the other?

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones

FrozenVent posted:

Can’t you charge someone for both at once? Or one after the other?

Manslaughter might be included in jury instructions.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

FrozenVent posted:

Can’t you charge someone for both at once? Or one after the other?

If they beat a murder charge you don't get to just change it to manslaughter and try again. There are ways that the jury could convict on manslaughter instead of murder, but I don't know how the laws are written in TX so that might not be an option there.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

Godholio posted:

If they beat a murder charge you don't get to just change it to manslaughter and try again. There are ways that the jury could convict on manslaughter instead of murder, but I don't know how the laws are written in TX so that might not be an option there.

This is pretty normal everywhere and why you try to prosecute a charge of manslaugher over murder if you aren't sure.

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Viva Miriya posted:

I'd be down.

Firearm Owners of America

Our contention is that gun owners are mostly immature history nerds who target shoot for fun.

We support universal background checks, a ban of the sale of bump stocks, reducing the NFA stamp tax to $25, and re-authorizing the importation of US firearms.

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

The International Marxmanship Association

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones

BigDave posted:

Firearm Owners of America

Our contention is that gun owners are mostly immature history nerds who target shoot for fun.

We support universal background checks, a ban of the sale of bump stocks, reducing the NFA stamp tax to $25, and re-authorizing the importation of US firearms.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

BigDave posted:

Firearm Owners of America

Our contention is that gun owners are mostly immature history nerds who target shoot for fun.

We support universal background checks, a ban of the sale of bump stocks, reducing the NFA stamp tax to $25, and re-authorizing the importation of US firearms.

Something like the UK model would work, though it'd have to not be police based. The basic idea is "Do you need it?" (you get it, this is a rifle rarely, mostly a shotgun or a pistol if you're in the middle of nowhere), "Do you want it?" (don't ask for a goddamn machine gun, in this case, it's pretty much fine if you want a rifle, depending). Pistols are a no, shotguns are a yes, and if you've got one of those, just be careful because if you gently caress up we'll be annoyed.

I'm not 100% happy with it though as I've always wanted to go rifle / target shooting and I can't. My parents used to back in the day. It used to be a working class sport.

Kawasaki Nun
Jul 16, 2001

by Reene

Fallom posted:

Appealing to the family's emotions while coming up with a charge that's impossible to prove seems like win-win for a DA to me

Sure is impossible to prove that someone who broke into another person's apartment and shot them to death committed murder.

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Also note this is from, of all places, the notorious Libertarian rag Reason Magazine.

That's not surprising. Libertarians are shitheads, but at the heart of libertarianism is the ability to vote with your feet, and that means also relatively permissive immigration laws between countries. Also, they are generally even less fond of onerous regulations and bureaucracy than the average conservative.

After all, how can John Galt and his posse form the perfect libertarian/objectivist paradise, while leaving the socialist masses behind, if immigration laws are too restrictive?

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Kawasaki Nun posted:

Sure is impossible to prove that someone who broke into another person's apartment and shot them to death committed murder.

A cop murdered Philando Castile after he stated he had a legally concealed firearm and made no threatening move yet the jury couldn’t even find enough reason to charge him with manslaughter. Pardon me for being skeptical.

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost

Torrannor posted:

That's not surprising. Libertarians are shitheads, but at the heart of libertarianism is the ability to vote with your feet, and that means also relatively permissive immigration laws between countries. Also, they are generally even less fond of onerous regulations and bureaucracy than the average conservative.

After all, how can John Galt and his posse form the perfect libertarian/objectivist paradise, while leaving the socialist masses behind, if immigration laws are too restrictive?

In the purest sense, this is accurate. But it turns out libertarians IRL are often Republicans who also want to be able to legally smoke weed and have sex with kids and underpay their employees.

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE

mlmp08 posted:

In the purest sense, this is accurate. But it turns out libertarians IRL are often Republicans who also want to be able to legally smoke weed and have sex with kids and underpay their employees.

Oh, absolutely. But the folks at Reason are mostly "real" libertarians, and it's not rare to see articles voicing genuine criticism of the current immigration laws.

Just don't read the comments, which are infested with Trump fans.

The only worthwhile part of Reason is mostly the Volokh Conspiracy. Especially the "Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions" articles. These are often interesting, sometimes funny summaries of what's going on in various federal courts.

AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

Hexyflexy posted:

G20: US and China agree to suspend new trade tariffs

Okay, the key to Trump is that he's such a coward, that if you get him face to face you win every time. How the hell does that man breathe.

e: I'm fairly good at this business negotiation poo poo these days for someone trained as a mathematician, I reckon I could best him.

But I thought trade wars were good and easy to win?

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BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Hexyflexy posted:

Something like the UK model would work, though it'd have to not be police based. The basic idea is "Do you need it?" (you get it, this is a rifle rarely, mostly a shotgun or a pistol if you're in the middle of nowhere), "Do you want it?" (don't ask for a goddamn machine gun, in this case, it's pretty much fine if you want a rifle, depending). Pistols are a no, shotguns are a yes, and if you've got one of those, just be careful because if you gently caress up we'll be annoyed.

I'm not 100% happy with it though as I've always wanted to go rifle / target shooting and I can't. My parents used to back in the day. It used to be a working class sport.

I've always thought Minnesota is a good system to emulate. For bolt action and lever action rifles and pump / breach load shotguns, you can buy them with a photo ID, no restrictions.

Anything semi-auto or a pistol, you need a purchase permit from your local police or county sheriff.

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