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CompanionCubee
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CompanionCubee
8mo ago
> Public opinion in Minnesota in particular, is largely in favour of strict gun laws. Many anti-gun advocates claim that developing a militia against the government is futile and even counterproductive. So a "have your cake and eat
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CompanionCubee
9mo ago
> "Are there any countries that don't have undercover police?" In what countries do undercover police drive marked vehicles and wear insignia of their agency?
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CompanionCubee
9mo ago
>Sounds like a regime worth fighting if that's what you believe, but it seems you've decided it's futile. They both can and can't fight at the same time. The guns are weapons of war, but also useless in war. Make it m
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CompanionCubee
2y ago
>Another thing that has changed (which you haven't addressed at all) is that there are communities of mass shooting enthusiasts online who collect data on them, lionize the perpetrators, spread their manifestos Which is directly ena
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3y ago
> The PISA assessment by the OECD demonstrates that only 13.5% of American students age 15 were able to distinguish fact from opinion in reading tests. What's the distribution among public and home schooling? Also what is the rate f
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3y ago
It's just sparkling robbery.
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5y ago
But that will only justify more gun control measures. It's a win-win for them.
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5y ago
That's kind of how high priced artwork works too.
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CompanionCubee
5y ago
One of the benefits of having only one eye, you only see one side! :)
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5y ago
>I’ve seen this a few times on the net and it’s weird quote to me, because the nazis did incrementally come after more groups; Jews, gay, Gypsies, disabled, etc. >Is my takeaway that it didn’t happen or something else? It's suppo
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5y ago
>> While the riots of last summer were not characterized as terrorism, >You can see how this destroys anything that you're about to say, right? Not so much, unless you would like to dispute that riots count as violence. Or tha
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6y ago
> Framing protestors as “vigilantes” implies wrongdoing Wouldn't want to imply wrongdoing on the part of arsonists, after all.
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CompanionCubee
6y ago
It's a marketing term for a technique you could probably learn for much less in any wrestling or jujitsu gym for thousands of years, but isn't as defensible in court.
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6y ago
She was. The reporting had built up an inaccurate view of reality in her mind.
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6y ago
>So the taser is deadly? It can be, depending on how it is used. > How many times can a taser be fired? This depends on the model but ones which can fire multiple shots are issued to police. >Brooks is running away, are you serious
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6y ago
You tried to defend the irrationality of someone experiencing fear. Is assuming you're in a vacuum based on reality for someone on Earth who is experiencing symptoms of hypoxia like astronauts would?
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7y ago
> The eight recruiters allegedly helped create fraudulent records, including transcripts, that students could give to immigration authorities. Authorities said in the original charging documents that they collectively accepted more than
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7y ago
Don't forget fire extinguishers! There's no reason for a regular subject to have one of those, better to leave it to the professionals.
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7y ago
So you agree with the other poster that is is possible to pull a gun and point it at them without killing them. What a roundabout way of pretending to disagree.
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7y ago
That's quite a lot of pot calling. And your last paragraph is just a complete misunderstanding of what the poster said. My comment was not to denounce the rule about where you point the gun, but to note that your claim about killing wa
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7y ago
The degree of planning and preparation that goes into the infamous mass shootings does suggest that they are capable.
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7y ago
Or they are parents who believe in supporting the public school system, even at the expense of their kid.
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CompanionCubee
9y ago
There are 664,435 reported abortions in 2013, compared to about 33760 firearms homicides. There is a scale difference but not in the direction you anticipated.
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9y ago
>This is a consistant tactic used by gun rights advocates: exclude any gun violence they can to reduce the numbers. "This mass shooting doesn't count, it's gang violence", "These deaths don't count, they
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9y ago
Really? Then list which five you're referring to.
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CompanionCubee
9y ago
Ask yourself: Is it an accounting trick to recognize revenue before it has been realized?