CompanionCuuube

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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> Lets reduce gun deaths. They are tragic and often unnecessary. And we can do that by addressing the motivations behind them through social programs. > Also, fear of The Other, Technically, what was demonstrated in that comment was c
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> OK. I think you heavily overestimate your own level of knowledge and understanding on this topic. This comment of yours is just another example of that when you ask "Do you need an assault rifle (I didn't mention semi-auto ri
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> But studies that show cross time correlation between homicide and gun ownership also exist. So do you believe we could apply that criteria with all of the other correlated variables with firearm homicide from the AJPH article, concludi
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
You put them in locked boxes that are controlled by a kiosk. Unlock your box by scanning the code or typing it in.
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> Uh, ... wow. "Luckily?" That is what one would say if they were grateful for the deaths, isn't it? Isn't it just a bonus that it happens to The Other?
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
It's solid numerology. Like if you add up all the ASCII values for Bill Gates III, you get 666. /s
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
Being truthful is not bold. Or maybe it is from your standpoint. If you don't think that the category of semiautomatic longguns that have detachable magazines is not overreaching, then more power to you. Sorry, I mean bless your heart
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
Not inaccurate: > The original AWB proposals were sane and straightforward: they intended to regulate any semi-automatic long gun with a detachable magazine.
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
Two numbers are similar. Obviously they must both be fictitious. Such a sound argument of the highest caliber. Or maybe it was just money laundering for an ad hominem .
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
The Medium article covers why using that correlation to assume causation is a problem, using other experimental variables that were shown to have a correlation with homicides.
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> a major critique of this methodology remains unanswered: that the increased risk of completed suicide is so tightly coupled with military servitude that the role of guns cannot be convincingly established in either the univariate or mu
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
Imagine if you bought a strawman into your comment. Or maybe we don't have to imagine. How many people do you know who brought a gun into their house solely for protection against someone with a gun?
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> Which is to say the significant majority of all rifles. So straight forward but not sane, because it would be enormous overreach rather than anything that could actually pass or survive judicial review. I'm amused that this is an
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
The Post 9/11 security theater is not a good model to follow, and to compare your plans for gun control to that in any sort of positive association is a good reason for any person who has the slightest of care toward civil liberties to
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
Many atheists see the state as the secular alternative to religion.
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
That's a rather strong case for taking the law into our own hands, rather than essentially subcontracting it out to someone who you effectively don't have management power over. Putting trust in myself and my neighbors rather than
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> Your first points is obscured by snark. What is obscured about the observation that your comment doesn't recognize the differences between self-defense and mass shootings, and how the qualities of the weapon affect the benefits fo
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
So what are those results, normalized for active users?
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
I keep training equipment in my car which is not allowed in my workplace. Unless work changes to allow them, not having a car to keep them in just isn't tenable. I was informed in an earlier HN discussion that in some states, they woul
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
It isn't. That's an important part of having a diverse and less myopic perspective.
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> So why are you worried about gun bans? You can just use a knife instead. You seem to be confused about the concept that self-defense is a different use case than mass shootings. Why is that? > I think you must know, really, that gun
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
You said "caused by people with mental health issues" but what the evidence supports is only "caused by people with clinically-diagnosed mental health issues".
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> Instead, they went all the way to the Supreme Court to try to defend their bans. Their current tactic is to revoke a law that makes it too far into the judicial system to avoid having it receive constitutional review by the Supreme Cou
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> "...to be secure in there persons", then later: "...and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized" Exactly, that protects the state from it's persons being searche
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
No, it really isn't. The majority of the gun deaths in the US belong to suicides compared to homicides.
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
In that case, the 4th amendment is also a right afforded not to individuals because it uses the same wording that the 2nd does regarding "right of the people". If you want to argue that the "persons" part means the indiv
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
Just wait until narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher make it onto that list.
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
Maybe you should reread the comment you are responding to in order to understand why your objection is meaningless in the context of the discussion. All mass shootings in schools are school shootings, but not all school shootings are mass s
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
I wouldn't call washing machines/dryers/dishwashers "home cleaning gimmicks".
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by CompanionCuuube 7y ago
> Police officers only ever say that to lay the groundwork for a legal self-defense argument. Or on the other hand, being afraid for your life is one of the motivators for resorting to deadly force. > On the one hand, maybe, but on th

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