NoBanStan

Coolest thing I've see you post my dude. Hope you're recovering well.

So God can do anything. Creation of the universe or causing a shooter to miss his intended target. He could very well have turned the bullet into dust if He so desired. Our point isn't to say God didn't do that or couldn't do that, it's to say that we simply don't know. Faith his taught me that knowledge of God's work is positional. When it's time for you to do His bidding, you'll know. Others around you may not however, because it's not theirs to know. That's your personal relationship with Him at work. Example.. recently I was in Phoenix AZ recently, having breakfast in a hotel with my son. It's just the two of us at a 4 seat table. The room fills up pretty quick and a family comes walking out with their plates looking for a seat. I overheard them talking about splitting up, so i offered to move us to a 2 seater nearby. Just common courtesy stuff. As we're sitting there, i kinda felt this draw to talk to the gentlemen, so i asked where he was from. Turns out he's from foothill ranch CA. I said "huh, that's funny, that's the only place i've ever been in CA". He chuckled and went back to eating. Oddly, i feel this pull to hear more from the guy, so i offered up "yea we're from TN" to which he replied, "oh wierd, we just got back from there. A little town in Wilson County".... which is where i live. I asked why he's in Pheonix and it turns out his family is there because his sister is undergoing her last chemo treatment from breast cancer. I just casually said "Oh man, I'll be praying for her" and to my shock, he says "OH THANK YOU SO MUCH, COME ON MOM!" and jumps up to have my pray over them. I am NOT a people person. I chat on here a fair amount because i like the community, but that pull.. i just couldn't describe it. It was like I HAD to know more about this guy. That was God at work, through the holy spirit. I have no doubt. Did I work some kinda miracle? absolutely not, but was I a tool to help this family with their journey? Yeah, I believe I was the tool that God used at that moment. His sister rang that bell btw.

Grabbed the first link on google about it. https://reason.com/2024/07/10/the-2024-gop-platform-offers-only-a-passing-reference-to-the-second-amendment/ I've seen this in a few places though, including on the forum. Working at present, so i'm not gonna track it down. *edit* From my lens, if the GOP isn't bolstering support, they aren't doing enough. IMHO

I'm not sure how it would take away Trump votes though. The republicans MIGHT be less 2A friendly now. But we KNOW the democrats are.

Here's to hoping

Someone took the time to sync up the various videos.

This. Trumps knee jerk to Vegas was to ban bump stocks. The republican party has recently ditched 2A as part of their proposed platform and now their lead candidate nearly took one of the dome. It ain't looking good for us peaceful folk who happen to have firearms.

I think a common misconception is that "something bad happened, so where is God?", asserting that he doesn't exist because things didn't go their way. God is always working, but that doesn't have to mean sunshine and rainbows through all things. The bible details immense amounts of suffering by even the most devout. We were given free will by the creator on high, but that's here, on earth. God saved a lot of people that day, but didn't save that firefighter/father. Why? I don't know, but God does. Always working doesn't mean we will always understand the plan. God doesn't owe us an explanation. That said, I would say its crazy to think that Trump has some personal protection order that prevents death from God himself. He's just a man.

Dr Ruth the day before. She had an amazing backstory if you haven't read up on her. RIP for these folks. Comfort for their family and friends.

Ouch! My feelings! I sincerely hope your day improves.

You assume I'm a boomer. I'm Gen X. But thanks for playing.

Maybe it's Trump trying to connect with the millenials. He'll get one of those large loops in his ear up top.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-host-scolds-trump-saying-fight-immediate-aftermath-assassination-attempt Wha??? CNN claimed Trump said "fight, fight, fight" Sorry if someone else mentioned this. I'm mobile at present.

I'm making this as a separate thread because I don't want it to get lost in the larger discussion. When you are looking up information on yesterday's events, please be careful and validate where you're getting your information. Just like what happened with COVID-19, there are groups capitalizing on the subject matter by standing up fake websites that contain malicious software packages. There were countless fake John Hopkins websites for instance. Clicking a random link is a surefire way to get malware/Trojans/spyware, etc. If it looks fishy, it probably is.

Lots of misinformation on the shooter. He's a Republican, he donated to Blue PAC, he's 21 but registered as Republican 3 years ago. He's antifa. That's actually him wearing a demolition ranch T-shirt. It's all just noise for now

Then next week, he'll host SNL

Not to play mediator or anything, but i "think" the BLM comment was meant as "people escalating things without fact" and not a direct shot at you for being a black guy. Hug it out fellas. Back to our nations duress.

Earlier you said "Don't BLM it up". or something to that effect in response to his post. Maybe you didn't mean it in that context, but it certainly read that way. Just sayin...

If it was, it wasn't by anyone who actually wanted him dead i don't think.

He's pretty far down from the apex of the roof as well, where he could have supported. Maybe to avoid printing against the sky? I doubt it though. Probably didn't even support the rifle. This wasn't a well planned OP.

This is my thought. How in the world is there an unsecure rooftop ANYWHERE near this event? This is a MAJOR screw up

People who want a new civil war to kick off are morons looking for an excuse to larp around town in their gear and possibly shoot someone. Let's see how you feel when it's your neighborhood and family getting shot up. I swear...

time to break out my last gif again.

angle i guess. maybe the shooter was better at planning than windage.