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> It seems like an Uber driver is charged with a violent crime nearly every day. Every. day. > [...] just three days ago, we reported on a driver who was arre

by cdubzzz 10y ago

> It seems like an Uber driver is charged with a violent crime nearly every day. Every. day. > [...] just three days ago, we reported on a driver who was arrested for strangling a college student in a dorm parking lot. Three days ago... > A month ago, a Hawaii Uber driver was arrested for raping a teenage passenger. Over a month ago. But every day!

cmdrfred 10y ago
> After placing Mr. Hemming in handcuffs, officers also found a needle cap, a prescription vial, a syringe, rubber tie off straps, live shotgun shells, live handgun rounds, a pill bottle, a metal pill holder, a handcuff key, garden clippers and a pocket knife in his pants pocket. I see he was also wearing his pants of holding +1, great journalism guys.
- CydeWeys 10y ago
  The way he wrote "live shotgun shells" and "live handgun rounds" signaled to me his intent to be alarmist rather than factual. Live as opposed to, what, inert? Inert rounds are way harder to get your hands on. Live rounds cost cents each and can be bought at tens of thousands of store with nothing beyond proof of age. Having ammunition means nothing and is completely routine to a very large swath of the country. Clarifying that it's "live" is using alarmist scare words.
  - dsfyu404ed 10y ago
    I've yet to see anything in the "tens of thousands" in a retail setting except maybe .22LR on a pallet being delivered to Walmart and no round is cheap enough that an individual buys tens of thousands for personal use in one transaction. I totally agree that the language came off as alarmist but find it amusing that you're alarmist in your response.
    - CydeWeys 10y ago
      Can be bought at tens of thousands of stores. I wasn't saying anything about quantity of purchase. And the reason I said that was to illustrate how utterly mundane it is to be able to purchase ammunition, including in Walmarts across most of the country. How am I being alarmist? Be specific.

by cdubzzz 10y ago

cmdrfred 10y ago

> After placing Mr. Hemming in handcuffs, officers also found a needle cap, a prescription vial, a syringe, rubber tie off straps, live shotgun shells, live handgun rounds, a pill bottle, a metal pill holder, a handcuff key, garden clippers and a pocket knife in his pants pocket. I see he was also wearing his pants of holding +1, great journalism guys.

CydeWeys 10y ago
The way he wrote "live shotgun shells" and "live handgun rounds" signaled to me his intent to be alarmist rather than factual. Live as opposed to, what, inert? Inert rounds are way harder to get your hands on. Live rounds cost cents each and can be bought at tens of thousands of store with nothing beyond proof of age. Having ammunition means nothing and is completely routine to a very large swath of the country. Clarifying that it's "live" is using alarmist scare words.
- dsfyu404ed 10y ago
  I've yet to see anything in the "tens of thousands" in a retail setting except maybe .22LR on a pallet being delivered to Walmart and no round is cheap enough that an individual buys tens of thousands for personal use in one transaction. I totally agree that the language came off as alarmist but find it amusing that you're alarmist in your response.
  - CydeWeys 10y ago
    Can be bought at tens of thousands of stores. I wasn't saying anything about quantity of purchase. And the reason I said that was to illustrate how utterly mundane it is to be able to purchase ammunition, including in Walmarts across most of the country. How am I being alarmist? Be specific.