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originally posted by: howtonhawky
a reply to: network dude
oh come on not all military weapons are full auto but most are. If we are going to get picky then we must use facts but i agree that soo many people relate the look alikes for the real thing but there is a reason for that. If i dress up in a black panther outfit then people will assume i am a racist. scratch that it is a bad example. If i dress up in a kkk outfit then people will assume i am in the klan.
originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: network dude
Oh really? They dont have semi and fully automatic on a switch? Maybe you should stick to networks, but to be certain let's see the security videos. Oh wait, we can't. Just like Orlando, Vegas and the one that we can't say here but may rhyme with handy book. I don't need the gore. I just want to see the hallways on all 3 floors simultaneously. I want to see the kid walking the path described by the times in the report.
You do know that the defense withdrew Cruz's guilty plea, right?
If I hang a NASCAR body on a Honda Civic that doesn't make it a race car.
originally posted by: Athetos
I cant really believe that parents are sending first graders to school with guns. The level of stupidity for that to even be seen as a viable option for someone means the bar is lower than ever before.
Any data to show that there is indeed a uptick in this behaviour due to this event?
This data is a few years old but it shows the high school kids have always been packing.
www.childtrends.org...
Some people are loosing it collectively.
a reply to: howtonhawky
originally posted by: howtonhawky
a reply to: face23785
i think you should reread my whole post cause you missed the point but i will continue.
If I hang a NASCAR body on a Honda Civic that doesn't make it a race car.
it is not equivalent
you would have to have a race car that is street legal and then have a governer on it in order to be close to the same thing
if you drive around a car with the same platform but has been governed then you will get much looks and be stopped alot.
people will assume that it is a race car until you explain it to them. Insurance companies will not give you fair rates because of the mentality that comes with driving a real race car around. it would change your life much in ways you or i at this time can not fully perceive...
originally posted by: Quauhtli
Not to be in his defence, but I wonder if this officer was ever trained on how to deal with an active shooter who’s armed with military grade firearms. Or if he has actually ever been in a firefight during his career.
I don’t know enough about the circumstances to really weigh in, but if his training and experience were lacking, it doesn’t seem too much of a reach for him to have froze up and act negligently. Most people without military experience, even law enforcement officers don’t really know how they’ll react in a situation like that. Especially if they haven’t had sufficient periodic trading for these types of situations. On top of that, the buddy system is extremely important. The confidence level drops extremely low when you face situations like this alone, even with experience.
You're talking about regulating something based on the way it looks instead of the way it functions.
AR-15s are not a military weapon, and pretending they are does indeed make you sound like a gun control nut.
"But that's how people perceive it" is incorrect. That's how people who don't know anything perceive it.
originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: network dude
You do know that the defense withdrew Cruz's guilty plea, right?
Confessed Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is withdrawing his preliminary not guilty plea and instead will enter no plea at all, his lawyer said in court papers.
Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill said in the papers filed Thursday that Cruz, 19, “stands mute” before the court, and that the not guilty plea was entered “prematurely.”
On Wednesday, Cruz was formally indicted on 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the deadly Feb. 14 shooting rampage at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.
Cruz’s public defender has said he’ll plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table, which would mean life in prison.
Possessed by ignorance? I’ve never even heard of that term. Besides I’ve seen your other post in the religious threads, so i know you have some peculiar beliefs.
originally posted by: howtonhawky
a reply to: Woodcarver
the possession could have just been ignorance
you said demon not i
you infer too much while wishing bad things for me and that is not looking good for you.
try reading and being nice
originally posted by: Woodcarver
Possessed by ignorance? I’ve never even heard of that term. Besides I’ve seen your other post in the religious threads, so i know you have some peculiar beliefs.
originally posted by: howtonhawky
a reply to: Woodcarver
the possession could have just been ignorance
you said demon not i
you infer too much while wishing bad things for me and that is not looking good for you.
try reading and being nice