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Obama and his speech in the Oval Office

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  • Yeah I think we're (me and you chris - won't speak for Logic) in roughly 95% agreement. Common sense would be remarkable and a true breath of fresh air. Instead we have lawyers.

    Mass shootings w/ "traditional" hunting rifles: hard to say without really googling. My point was that the weapons used and reported as used are more about inciting and provoking fear than their capabilities.

    For the walking / driving in a dodgy (gonna start using that word. I dig it) neighborhood my point is about preparedness for the unknown. Again the amount of bullets I *need* may only be 4. Or 6. Or 10. I'd prefer not to find that out if I was limited to 3 or 5 or 9. And yes staying in the car and driving away is option 1 always. Sometimes that's not feasible (breakdown, accident, victim of road rage, etc). As reliable and infallible as I believe my Glock's to be, semi-autos can and do jam. So i practice clearing jams (drop the mag, clear, load new mag, chamber a rd). Again I'd prefer not to be limited to the magazine in the gun if it jams. I know in about 1-2 seconds I can clear & reload if necessary.

    Also these are all obviously what ifs and worst case scenarios. My goals of self defense and carrying a gun are that I *never* have to use it. Or leave the situation, call for help, contact law enforcement etc. But, people are shitheads so i make sure that I can do my best to get home safely and get my family home safely. Someone made the remark about law enforcement being minutes away when seconds count. Our law enforcement here is among the best, and that remark isn't a knock on them, but it is the truth. I'm not the type to be victimized if there's something I know I can prepare for. It's the same reason I always read before class, studied for exams, practiced dental procedures on fake/extracted teeth before on real patients, etc..

    Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. -Don Shula

  • Yep, common sense and level headedness would go a hell of a long way in these things. That starts with, what? Good education, acceptance of others, good parenting, imo.

    Absent common sense in a lot of people, though, it falls on the government to try to legislate common sense in to people, and those *with* the common sense already see themselves being forced to jump through hoops to continue living their lives as they were.

  • The only hunting rifle mass shooting that comes to mind is probably the first one. Charles Whitman.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • I hate getting jostled in dodgy neighborhoods

    Pip pip cheerio. Jolly good show

    Colour

    😉

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
    gftChrisG C 2 Replies
  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody

    I hate getting jostled in dodgy neighborhoods

    Pip pip cheerio. Jolly good show

    Colour

    😉

    @mld-woody said:

    I hate getting jostled in dodgy neighborhoods

    Pip pip cheerio. Jolly good show

    Colour

    😉

    Neighbourhoods.

    Nobody says pip pip. I have been known to say cheerio. And jolly good. Though, never good show.

  • C'Mon you don't really say jolly good do you?

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    C'Mon you don't really say jolly good do you?

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    C'Mon you don't really say jolly good do you?

    Honestly, it comes out of my mouth more than it should.

  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    C'Mon you don't really say jolly good do you?

    Honestly, it comes out of my mouth more than it should.

    @gftchris said:

    Honestly, it comes out of my mouth more than it should.

    Hahaha. That's fantastic

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody

    I hate getting jostled in dodgy neighborhoods

    Pip pip cheerio. Jolly good show

    Colour

    😉

    @mld-woody said:

    I hate getting jostled in dodgy neighborhoods

    Pip pip cheerio. Jolly good show

    Colour

    😉

    that was awesome.

  • Shiite cunt though is my favorite british euphemism.

  • nothing degrades another man like being called a Shiite cunt

  • Shiite as in the muslim variation? Or just shite?

  • gftChrisG gftChris

    Shiite as in the muslim variation? Or just shite?

    @gftchris said:

    Shiite as in the muslim variation? Or just shite?

    ah good catch, for some reason I thought it was spelled the same. No just "shite". lols

  • when you british say it, it comes out like "Shiite coont". I love it.

  • When is it appropriate to put "right" infront?

  • C Clevfan4life

    When is it appropriate to put "right" infront?

    @clevfan4life said:

    When is it appropriate to put "right" infront?

    "right" just means "very" so any time.

  • Tosser.

    :neutral_face:
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