RichardR

Gotta be up close, the rifling spirals that shot out & spreads it really thin at any sort of distance.

Would be interesting to find out if the shotgun used in the video was a non-functioning replica or was airsoft or he was slanking snap-caps into it something.

Path of least resistance = federal recognition of secular civil unions/domestic partnerships if the ultimate goal is equal benefits for everyone. Path of most resistance = federal redefination of a traditional religious institution to include "blatenly sinful behavior" if the ultimate goal is to divide Americans along religious/secular lines. There is no other rational explaination for fundamentally transforming the institution of marriage at the federal level, at least not when viable alternate compromises were already implimented at the state level. America 2.0 is going to be a very interesting place after all of this dirty remodeling work is finally finished.

Some states do issue &/or recognize non-resident HCP/LTCH/CCW, however unfortunately I do not believe TN recognizes or issues TN HCP to non-residents. I believe FL permits non-residents & multiple states recognize/honor them, I can't recall off hand which though at the moment.

Same could be said about what is currently happening the institution of marriage, because of this forced rift that has been created between our nations secular & religious Americans by special interest groups America has become divided once again. The sad thing is that it was completely unnecessary, the secular alternatives were already in several states, civil unions / domestic partnerships provided the same contracts & benefits, without usurping traditional marriage. But of course this wasn't good enough because it didn't divide Americans into "hostile to each other" opposing ideological camps, as clearly demonstrated by some of the participants in this thread. The balkanization of America is going as planned, shame so many are so seemingly willing to engage in it.

Granted the prosecution wanted to keep any mention (or evidence) of Trayvon's illegal drug use from the jury, but it is pretty obvious that Zimmerman originally became suspicious about Trayvon because of his odd behavior as per his observation of "acting like he's on drugs or something" during his initial 911 description of Trayvon.

I'm a good samaritan, I will always be a good samaritan regardless of either physical or legal risks, doing the right thing isn't always easy or safe, but I couldn't stand idly by & allow harm to happen to someone, anyone, desperately screaming out for help.

Agreed, from what I've seen the vast majority of the name-calling, hateful, personal attacks (as well as threats of physical violence) in this thread have been coming from the homosexual activist side of this conversation/debate. So much for the claims of promoting "tolerance" eh? A trendy, hip new breed of politically correct zealotry is sweeping the lands, can't wait to see how it plays out, I'm guessing it ends badly.

Welp Robert, there is literally no answer I can give you, that will ever be "good enough" so iffin you you still have unanswered questions of faith, ask your local pastor, priest or preacher for clarification on sins & repentance, maybe even what the difference is between passing judgement & having an opinion.

I've not done anything of the sort, I've simply articulated my thoughts & opinions, as best as I could, on the topic at hand, from my own personal brand of traditional morals, in the interest of representing the other side of the issue. Determining another's eternal soul's condemnation &/or salvation is above my paygrade, expressing my opinion & viewpoints on the matter however is not.

I believe that responsibility belongs to Saint Peter :) *shrug* or maybe my opinion is simply not in lock-step with your viewpoint.

I guess that would depend on iffin they are repentant or not ... Therein lies the main crux of the issue.

I think I got the jist of it. I was being snarky & he wants to punch me in the nose because of it, it is not really rocket science.

Good question, I don't know if "the cause" of homosexuality has ever really been determined to be anything other than / aside from it's former mental illness classification, which of course has since been uncatagorized as a mental disorder due to political pressure from homosexual activist groups in the 70's. Chemical/hormonal embalance or genetics or mental illness, the actual cause doesn't seem to matter because if there is a cause, there could also be a cure, which that community doesn't seem to want explored. *shrug* personally I don't care what the cause is, only the divisive effects it is having on society at large concerns me, it has been purposely turned into a "wedge issue" and it is being forcefully driven into the heart of this nation.

Anger management issues + firearms do not mix. I'm not easily intimidated, so do us all a favor & take your "tuff talk" elsewhere, I'm simply not interested in exchanging blows because your fragile ego is the size of Montana.

Pushing legislation, filing lawsuits, being annoying, demanding the definition of "traditional marriage" be altered to suit your sexual proclivities is a voluntary choice, as is engaging in or supporting any other various social engineering projects.

Welp that would be unwise. Don't feel like being mocked? Than you probably should refrain from asking "seriously stupid" questions.

Is their being over-weight caused by sinful gluteny or a modern, sedentary lifestyle? I can't help but wonder just how many irrelevant silly strawman arguements are we going to waste time on?

Non-sequitur arguement, preserving the definition of traditional marriage as one man, one woman does not equal "theocracy", nor does it restrict the "freedoms" of anyone, especially when the benefit issues had been settled with civil unions/domestic partnerships. Irrelevant strawman arguements aside, your level of devotion to your personal beliefs, is only something you yourself could possibly know. I can say that they do not match my definition of deep devotion, according to my own personal understanding of scripture.

That's to broad a brush to paint anything other than the side of a barn with.

I can't think of any other sinful lifestyle choices that are celebrated, or even accepted by *devote* followers of any religious faith, members of the Christian faith included. Hence the irrelevance to the current discussion, devotion is an odd thing, it is easy to claim to be a follower of a religious belief, it is another to fully devote yourself to the beliefs, teachings & tenants of one though.. Casual believers will always be wishy-washy in their morality.

Probably because it is irrelevant & diversionary?

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Brass cases = revenue stream, small as it may seem it does add up.

It wasn't an attempt at anything, like many other folks I'm sick & tired of the lazy, purposeful intellectual dishonesty coming in the form of "bigot/homophobe/racist" insinuations every time a disagreement occurs when having a discussion on certain issues, especially when those issues carry with them the issuance of tax-dollars or "protected status" to specific, special interest, voting blocks. Not in complete lock-step with XYorZ subversive special interest group's agenda? You're automatically labeled as a "hater" of some sort, because there is no other rational reason for anyone to have an objection. Take comfort in knowing that you're not the only one guilty of it, it's infected the public discourse in this nation like a plague, a poisonous & liberty stiffling "thou shall not object or disagree" neo-blasphemous politically correct disease that should had been stomped out as soon as it reared it's ugly head. It is a cancer & I fear that the damage it is causing is irreversable.