Chucktshoes

Pretty much.

I’d mostly agree with this except for one snag. It doesn’t apply to our situation. That’s why I brought up having different worldview. For it to apply we would have to assume that folks have the same end goal in mind and that a common path forward can be found to that goal of only we think hard enough about it. I no longer believe that. The world I want to live in and the world leftists want to live in look very little like each other and no amount of critical thinking will get folks working at cross purposes to the same place. They are thinking very clearly, they just don’t want what you want.

No, it isn’t. It makes folks feel good to think that the other side is dumb or unthinking, but the truth is that many of them just have a worldview that is diametrically opposed to yours, or mine (which are very different from each other). A lot of these folks may intentionally ignore things that they don’t want to see, but that doesn’t make them unthinking, just human. Most all people do that to some extent or another. I do my best to never allow myself to fall into the trap of believing my opponents are dumb. Some of them may be crazy, or just plain evil, but they aren’t dumb.

The thinking left really is upset with Robert Francis because he is laying the truth of what they’ve been after out there. After decades of denial, one of theirs was dumb enough to be honest. I say the more we can signal boost his words, the better. Don’t let them get away with the lies that they don’t really want to confiscate and ban them all again. Make them wear Robert Francis and his words like a millstone around their necks for all of eternity.

Spicy times are coming folks.

I was just trying to crack a joke, I wasn’t fishing for compliments. Seriously though, thank you. It’s an honor to be able to serve this community that has given me so much for over a decade.

I had to read a bunch of posts from folks cranky about the subject on both sides in this thread making sure everyone behaved.

No.

Welcome back.

http://www.captainsjournal.com/2019/10/13/atf-drops-lower-receiver-case-for-fear-of-doing-damage-to-other-atf-regulations/ A little commentary on the story.

I found this initially shocking to read because the Hydra Shok is such a well respected and effective bullet design. Then I checked out the gelatin tests for it and was flabbergasted at how terrible and erratic its performance was in a snub nosed .38. I guess it just goes to show that not every design works in every capacity.

I don’t know, and I don’t agree with your prediction on what TN would do so I can’t really give you any sort of answer on that one.

Pretty much.

The first clause is the dependant clause, not the second. “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,” is not a complete sentence and cannot stand on its own as it doesn’t convey a complete thought. “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” is a complete sentence that does convey a complete thought and can stand on its own grammatically. There is plenty of documentation from the Founding Fathers at the time regarding who and what the milita were according to them. Probably the one I like the best is from George Mason while he was arguing for changes to the Constitution that would eventually result in the Second Amendment. “Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia of the future day. If that paper on the table [the Constitution] gets no alteration, the militia of the future day may not consist of all classes, high and low, and rich and poor.” George Mason A bit of a detour into the arguments that can be made both ways admittedly with the Mason quote. To reiterate and return back to topic, your grammatical reading is reversed from correct order.

No, it isn’t. The language of the second is pretty clear and all forms of gun control are an infringement. Only through heavy mental gymnastics have any of them been justified.

These are the good old days.

That is really interesting.

Only thing I think you got wrong in this post is which one of us is more obnoxious.

I wasn’t impressed with his appearances here, that’s for sure. Maybe in the time since the Zimmerman trial he’s learned how to self promote without being completely obnoxious.

I have a sneaking suspicion rent is about to be dropping at that apartment building. I don’t know about y’all, but I’d be moving out at the end of my lease.

I don’t see why anyone would move laterally from one to the other, but it does present another option for the high capacity, baby 9.

I feel like there’s a joke in there somewhere about using that information to pick them up for a song at their estate sales, but that might be a little dark.