ArdmoreRyno

Home defense? All the time.

Nearly EVERY SINGLE so-called "mass shooting" listed are gang related. The FBI doesn't count those, nor should they.

Google is a pretty cool search engine. Might give it a try! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11964843/New-York-man-bail-shooting-three-cops-charged-killing-two-men-Easter.html

Maybe the most 'beta male' I've ever seen. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just can't get into the new phase crap. It's been horrible so far. I haven't been able to finish the new Black Panther movie, I could barely get through one episode of Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk looked so HORRIBLE in the trailers... I never bothered starting it. The last Thor movie was PAINFUL to get through. I mean, painful. I'll still watch the Ant-Man, Guardians and the Spider-Man movies, seeing Daredevil in the last one made me so damn excited. I so hope Disney doesn't screw Charlie Cox's character. I can't wait for The Punisher with Jon Bernthal to come back. Netflix made masterpieces with Daredevil, The Punisher and Jessica Jones (season 1). I even liked Luke Cage (season 1). Some of the Disney+ shows they have come out with, aside from Loki, Moon Knight and WandaVision, have been pretty awful IMO.

I wish it would jump back to the October 2021 prices! My account is still 1/3 of what it was, but still up a ton since I first started investing in early 2018. ETC was around $120 back then. BTC was $8000

Some states already have a 'wait period'. Here's my counter argument to the time delay deal: I have two girls... both adults. If either of them are in an abusive relationship (that I don't know about because then this theoretical scenario is moot") and fear that their partner will hurt them, kill them, etc. and want to buy a gun to protect themselves... I don't want them to have to wait 3 days, 10 days, etc. I want them to be allowed to go in and take home their firearm THAT DAY after their NICS check comes back. There has been times in states with delays, someone is killed by their partner before the were able to get their handgun/shotgun/rifle. In 2022, 55,000 firearms were bought legally last year PER DAY. There were around 60 'mass shootings' in total in that time-frame. 20,000,000 purchases in a year to 60 shootings. Dude who in going to be on trial for attempted murder, released w/o bail... shoots 3 people with a handgun... so let's ban the AR-15. That's NYC for ya. The New York City DA helped add another "mass shooting" to the media/liberal narrative.

Every semi-auto can. Colt 1911, Glock 17, Ruger 10-22, etc. As fast as you can pull the trigger. The ban only changed the “looks” of the AR. It didn’t change how it functioned or the lethality. So the drop is purely coincidental. A 5.56/.223 and firing rate didn’t change with the ban. They removed dumb things like the bayonet lug, the muzzle device, removed adding a “grenade launcher” (LOL!), collapsible stock, etc.

Congress made it a federal law. NFA was passed in 1934. Made it illegal to own several weapon types without a $200 approved tax stamp.

I need to get it out of the way saying, it would never be possible IMO. That said... are we talking "ban" as in you can no longer own one (not grandfathered... call it "total ban") or you can't buy/sell/give one after X date? Total ban: You'd have to tell people to turn their rifle in for X amount of money by a certain date. If you don't, you are now a felon. Grandfathered: Would require people to register their rifle with the ATF and no more could be bought, sold or given to someone. Most LEO in the nation would never go door-to-door to demand confiscation of their rifle. They would likely ignore the federal government to go grab them. Right now, hundreds of sheriff dept's across the country have come out to say they will not comply with the ATF new "pistol brace" rule. I'd imagine if federal LEO tried to go door-to-door, you'd have chaos and the loss of life would be huge. There are people would would fight back and believe it's Civil War II. This then all goes back to the fact, no criminal will care. They will keep doing illegal crap on the street with their illegal gun... just like they are doing today. That's what all of us legal gun owners continue to scream... it only harms those who follow the law to a "T".

^^THIS^^ is the correct answer. That's the reason people want it banned. They wouldn't care about this because it's got wood furniture instead of scary black furniture.

Not trying to beat a dead horse here, but you do know this is basically ALL center fired weapons that come out of a rifle? Center fire = uses a primer like a .308, 5.56 even 9mm Rim fire = .22LR, .22 short, etc "High Power" is normally concerned to be the bullet, rather than the weapon. You can buy an AR style rifle (I call AR platforms) in a .22LR, it's defiantly not high power. Removing those weapons would mean, you are removing virtually ALL rifles in the United States today, other than a .22LR. So .308, 30-06, etc. are all now banned. People can no longer hunt with a rifle other than shooting small game with a .22LR. This rifle and the round it fired (300 win mag) has 3x the energy as the AR-15 round (5.56). It is 200 grain vs 62 grain for a 5.56. 300 win mag is a very popular caliber to hunt with. That's now banned?

The Omen The Howling (scared me as a kid) Prince of Darkness (corny as hell, but parts of it FREAKED ME OUT)

Not sure what you mean by "less lethal weapons". We have 400 million firearms in the country and a 2A which gives us the right to protect ourselves. As for mental health... this is where the problems start. Here is a good list of mental health regulations in regards to gun ownership, by state. How do you expand upon this? The loon in Louisville... he showed nothing that would have kept him from buying a firearm. He ranted about Trump online, but we all do that. https://www.ncsl.org/civil-and-criminal-justice/possession-of-firearms-by-people-with-mental-illness

Well, a few things... It isn't. You don't do background checks to get your DL. You simply pass a test and pay whatever the fee is in your state. As for the mentally ill not being allowed to buy a firearm... okay... what does that mean? What diagnosis' are the cutoff point? I've talked about this many times on his thread as well... we do have laws that are supposed to stop certain mentally ill people from buying/owning a firearm. Every state has a different law, but all have the standard if someone is a threat to themselves or others, they are not allowed to own a firearm.

I'm a mental health counselor... and a huge proponent of marijuana/THC for several things. Would MUCH rather have my patients smoking or having an edible over taking a benzo that they'll get hooked on and that could kill them.

Yes.... it's after the Rebels TV show (must watch). Many of the characters in the trailer are now 'live action' characters from Rebels, just like Ahsoka is now live action from The Clone Wars.

That's the thing... they haven't been used in every mass shooting. Handguns & shotguns are just as powerful and do as much damage (if not more in some many cases) as an "assault rifle" (again, which is really only burst or full-auto weapons. AR-15 is not one of those). Va Tech (worst school shooting in American history): Pistols (9mm and .22LR) Luby's: Pistols (two 9mm) San Ysidro McDonald's: Shotgun and two pistols UT Tower: Remington 700 (bolt action) Ft. Hood: Pistols (5.7mm and .357) Edmond Post Office: Pistols (.45 and .22LR) Binghamton shooting: Pistols (.45 and 9mm) These are 7 of the top 16 worst "mass shootings" in American history. You're just incorrect. You can try to ban a weapon used in around 350-400 deaths a year and what's going to happen? They'll just use a pistol and/or a shotgun. Or they can do what the guy did in Austin, get at a high vantage point with a bolt action and do a massive amount of damage with a round 10x more powerful than a 5.56 (AR-15). And as for the AI... sorta like Facebook when it comes to their "Community Standards"? You make a sarcastic post and get banned for 2 months? I know a guy who replied to a thread in a local "Rants and Raves" when someone complained that a teenager 'left his trash' on the local creek beach. This person just ranted and ranted. Then the guy I know said "Maybe we should just kill them!" as a joke. BANNED for 2 months.

Huh? What is a "high-powered rifle"? You think we are going to ban the Remington 700? Henry 30-30? Etc? Not going to happen dude. Ever. I don't think he knows what a "high power rifle" is. Every hunting rifle in the WORLD is a "high power rifle".

Not a "gotcha" at all, a real question: Where did he say he was going to "Commit a shooting"? I've already talked about, at length, what I'd do to help protect our kids in school on this very thread. That includes more 'in depth' backgrounds for those under a certain age, expanding NICS to go back to sealed juvenile history.

Are you pro Patriot Act? You are not only against our 2A but now you're against the 4A? WOW

AI? You want a software program make a decision on what rights we can have or can't have? Again, what do we know about the Louisville kid that would warrant LEO going into his home and removing his 2A rights? His anti-Trump posts? I guess you're in support of US Government invading our privacy more than they already are? You're good with the Patriot Act? Listening to Americans in their homes? Communism?

LEO already said that the guns they used were stolen.

Are lawn darts protected by the Bill of Rights? Ones in 'real' mass shootings? Some were taken from parents homes, others were bought legally after a background check. What would you want to do to try and stop someone like Connor Sturgeon (Louisville bank shooter)? Figure out how to create a real precog like in Minority Report?

AH, okay. Man, blame the right when there is a shooting, blame the right when the shooter is trans, blame the right when the killer is black, blame the right when the evil is a clear socialist, blame the right when the murder is a registered democrat and takes the GOP. Interesting concept. Convenient for your narrative. Maybe the person pulling the trigger? The person thrusting the knife? Swinging the hammer/fist? Maybe the person pushing down on the accelerator?