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will you two quit your bitching?? Marc, you got trolled... you responded. John, quit trolling. Go back to your classroom work, or get your TA's to do more work for you. (considering it's probably between sessions, go fly one of your multicopters and produce us some more video to watch) -- Rob

But THIS case isn't the only case, as we saw prior to the last election. That's a very "sciencey" approach to extrapolation there prof. Is that what you're teaching? -- Rob

I don't think they understand how numbers work. Sounds like the Million Mom March from a few years ago. -- Rob

keeping government out of personal business. how very libertarian of you to agree :) -- Rob

ah... mine was just the lucky last post that he hit reply to. oh well... -- Rob

Nope. The rifle is a PSL with a PSO-1 scope. I pulled it out and it's not offset much. a little less than half an inch. http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii191/Grantman_album/2-1.jpg (not my picture) -- Rob

Pretty much. The downside is that it adds complexity to the distance adjustments. I own a romanian rifle with an offset slightly to the left. I don't find it a major issue because I don't shoot competition with it. I like to go hit the steel targets at the 250yd range. I zeroed the scope at 100yd (it's offset maybe 1.5in left). So at 250yd, with no wind to compensate for, the POI is left of the target. The steels I shoot are large enough, and the cheap com-bloc surplus ammo I shoot gives me a large enough grouping, that I really don't notice. But if I were to get picky about it, I'd have to dial in windage and elevation to compensate for distance. It's really not that bad. You put your cheekbone on the stock (or on the pad on the stock) such that your face moves with the rifle stock (cheek weld) and having your cheek bone and eye out over the stock already, you're almost in-line with the centerline anyway. I put a custom pad on my stock so it feels more natural. I don't find it to be a big deal. -- Rob

which is the battle cry for all liberals. Sandy Hook? I thought it was "think of the children" no wait... both sides abuse that one. -- Rob

never let a crisis go to waste. -- Rob

Hey.. don't forget about this asshole... that's not rust -- Rob

what is it with people taking themselves so seriously here. Look up thread. Lots of "stupid fucking idea". This is not a serious debate forum. When the moderators and their pets are some of the biggest shit-stirrers, it's clearly all just a troll-fest. You don't teach him anything about guns because you don't think you'll have much luck. Try. At 5, I'd try to teach that it's one of those things that he can ask about, but not touch or handle on his own. That's what I did with my kids. Autistic or not, if they can reach (through climbing or other means) the means to open the gun cabinet/safe, then they need to be educated to the point they're not curious, or the firearms need to be better secured. If you want to have the security of having a firearm handy, education or one of the many already available biometric safes with a combo backup might be the thing you're looking for. I still don't think it's a good idea not to talk to a child about guns. But if you'd rather buy a smart gun, go right ahead. I won't be buying one. I don't worry that my kids will be curious about my guns. I know they respect them. You want to buy a smart-gun and leave it on your bedside table? Let's hope he doesn't wander upon a non-smart gun and try playing with it to because he was never taught respect for firearms. -- Rob

no, because as a responsible gun owner, my kids know about guns, so rather than be curious about them, they're respectful. But if you don't want to teach your kids about guns and how to respect, not fear, them. That's your call Stupid fucking idea. -- Rob

Meaning they won't read the report either :) -- Rob

He's just shit stirring. His grad students are doing all his work and he's bored. -- Rob

fucks sake... This is speakers corner. It's not like it needs to be accurate. This is where opinions go to die. It's not like it's the evening news... oh wait. I see your point. -- Rob

Put whatever label you want on it. You equated it with the individual mandate. You were wrong. You'd made assumptions about the content of the law based on what you'd read on a forum somewhere (whose posters are known for gross exaggerations). I educated you as to the facts. That is all. As an educator I thought you might appreciate that viewpoint. Unless that is you let your grad students do all the work. :) -- Rob

you're so fond of berating people for their lack of reading comprehension. "beliefs or religious doctrine" Does that mean belief in religious doctrine? No? It means beliefs OR religious doctrine. Just as in Kennesaw if you believe you don't want to own a firearm, nobody is going to make you. -- Rob

https://library.municode.com/HTML/12813/level3/PTIICOOR_CH34CIEM_ARTIIFI.html Kennesaw, Georgia, Code of Ordinances >> PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES >> Chapter 34 - CIVIL EMERGENCIES >> ARTICLE II. FIREARMS >> So if a similar exception were added to ACA I don't think you'd find many complaining either. -- Rob

Uhm no. You don't need a conviction to prove a crime. You need a conviction to prove somebody committed a crime and that person can be sentenced. A crime is a crime, whether somebody gets convicted of committing the crime or not. In other words: if a murder goes unresolved, a crime has still taken place. I won't claim semantics here... How about pedantry? -- Rob

It's more reliable -- Rob

as a condition of employment they don't carry while working. -- Rob

still cherry-picking statistics? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4624330#4624330 -- Rob

this. Saying something about it is different from making threats that we'll either screw ourselves trying to back up, or screw ourselves by backing down on the threats. -- Rob

A good boat race is fun to watch. -- Rob

We send Kerry over there to make vague empty threats. Then deploy a whopping 600 troops on a "training exercise". That's funny right there. exactly. Not much we can do without being "team america world police again" yet we make threats and deploy troops to the area. It's their civil war (or about to be). Let's not be world police for a while. -- Rob