Phil1111

You must have done well in high school drama classes.You don't need semi-autos or high capacity mags for self defense. If you think you do you need some more range time and less time on the x-box.

Your logic, your misuse of historical perspective is so fatally flawed as to defy reasonable response.

IMO training is a smaller segment of the issue. I would have no issue with Brent owning the aforementioned full auto AR as long as his mental stability precludes misuse. With Brent's training should he decide to kill as many people as possible. He could likely formulate a plan to do so without guns. The problem with high capacity magazines and mental instability is that dangerous public outcomes are far more lethal. Western countries have kept high capacity magazines and more lethal guns under tight restrictions. The US hasn't. Thats why in France there are knife attacks instead of mass killings. In Germany vehicular assaults. In Canada attacks with lever action rifles and not the AR with 30-60 round mags. There seems to be an acceptance that the will of the majority will be defeated by the gun lobby during Biden's administration. Brent objection noted. That may change with the next mass shooting. Which seems overdue given US history. What won't likely change is the power of the gun lobby in the US.

A new action in the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, has been filed by tenants in trump owned properties. The scam was started by trump's daddy, Fred, who increased the cost of renovation materials at least 20% above the cost of purchase. All to increase the cost of rents in their buildings and circumvent rent control laws “You try so hard, and to hear something like this, it breaks my heart, because I believe they are just taking advantage of poor people,” Leonie Green, a Westminster Apartment tenant for over 22 years, told The Times. This one is obviously different from the "Consulting Fees" fraud investigation by the SDNY. Into the entire trump crime family. Perhaps a pardon for daddy is also in the works?

Once again the GOP, the NRA prove that the will of Americans is trumped by the minority of the gun lobby.

"The researchers also show there was no statistical difference in the surge in background checks between Republican-leaning and Democrat-leaning states. This differs from November months during election years and months following mass shootings. Following these events, background checks increased significantly more in Republican states due to uncertainty about changes to gun laws, a subject of great concern to many Republican party members. These findings reinforced the idea that firearm enthusiasts worried about changes in gun policies were not driving the increased sales in 2020." "President Donald Trump—after a lobbying blitz from gun rights groups—issued guidance that gun shops should be considered essential businesses and allowed to remain open, even as states were forcing other retailers to close their doors in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. Many state governors complied, and some even reversed previous orders to have gun stores closed, citing Trump’s guidance. The National Rifle Association filed lawsuits against local jurisdictions that forced gun stores to shut down, including the states of New York and New Mexico and two counties in California." This is the type of fearmongering that the NRA is best known for.Covid = unrest = fear so buy a nice little full auto.

Apparently. Because this whole story/thread is FAKE NEWS! The NSSF is the US firearms industry trade group. It stated: "2020 has been unlike any other year for firearm purchases—particularly by first-time buyers—as new NSSF® research reveals millions of people chose to purchase their first gun during the COVID-19 pandemic....Thanks in large part to the work done by NSSF’s legislative team, the firearms industry was deemed essential in most states, and firearm retailers were allowed to stay open to conduct business. And conduct business they did, with NSSF-adjusted NICS figures showing year-over-year increases of 80 percent in March and 69 percent in April 2020." So fear, trump and the NRA was responsible. Thanks Brent.

Federal Officials Project 450,000 Dead in U.S. by February Deaths by Country United States WW II United States 416,800 418,500

Cash for pardons. Gotta hand it to trump and the GOP. Soon America will be bananas from sea to sea. Hannity urges Trump to pardon himself

and along that same line of thought. The Lincoln Project's latest.

trump will employ the best of the best legal minds. To answer that question. Ivanka, Don Jr., Eric and trump himself. Depend upon it.

Its called Leadership:

Evidently more good is to come: "Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer who has led the most extensive efforts to damage his client’s political rivals and undermine the election results, discussed with the president as recently as last week the possibility of receiving a pre-emptive pardon before Mr. Trump leaves office, according to two people told of the discussion. It was not clear who raised the topic. The men have also talked previously about a pardon for Mr. Giuliani, according to the people. Mr. Trump has not indicated what he will do, one of the people said." Gosh! with all the pardoning to come perhaps America should be renamed "America the Good!"

Agree, Dr. Fauci laid it out perfectly. Don't travel for thanksgiving and about eight million said F*&k to that. So there will be a thanks(for me)giving(now I'll give it to you) wave. A x-mas family wave, a new years party wave. Until there is a second needle into those who trust science. There will be wave after wave. For those who are anti-vaxers, anti-science, etc. This time next year there will still be dozens a day dying. The Covid freedom sounds like gun control freedom logic.

Under Covid education: "Police broke up a house party in Mississauga on Sunday that resulted in more than $47,000 worth of fines being issued to some of those attending...He said 27 fines of $880 apiece were issued and the two hosts of the party were each given a Part 3 Summons that carries a minimum fine of $10,000."

Hurricanes shatter records, 250 percent more than typical season. The season just ended on Monday.

WTF, trump's behavior has changed? Before or after he was elected in 2016?

So your morals and conduct is based upon laws and not internalized standards of behavior?

Donald Trump is considering launching his 2024 election campaign on the day of Joe Biden's inauguration, it has been reported - weighing up how to keep the spotlight on him in his post-White House life. Mr Trump, who is yet to concede defeat, and may not ever, was asked on Thanksgiving whether he would attend Mr Biden's inauguration on 20 January. "I don't want to say that yet," he replied. "I mean, I know the answer.  I'll be honest, I know the answer." More bananas to come evidently.

So why do you favor the death penalty then?

According to the pleadings in the link the plaintiff...er sucker. Got exactly what he paid for. Nothing more and nothing less. Although settling for more than the $1 million offered may be in the best interests of both parties. The carnival barkers and the sucker.

1. Conservatives tend to focus on the negative. 2. Conservatives have a stronger physiological response to threats. 3. Conservatives fear new experiences. 4. Conservatives’ brains are more reactive to fear. Above from Can brain differences explain conservatives' fear-driven political stances?

Damn, you stole my post. The GOP and the the Sackler family. The Sackler family are the owners and manufactures of OxyContin. They are substantially responsible for a large portion of up to 450,000 dead Americans in the opioid crisis. They knew their product was being abused and used consultants to sidestep the laws. To increase their profits, they destroyed evidence to conceal their crimes all to line their profits. "Documents released last week in a federal bankruptcy court in New York show that the adviser was McKinsey & Company, the world’s most prestigious consulting firm. The 160 pages include emails and slides revealing new details about McKinsey’s advice to the Sackler family, Purdue’s billionaire owners, and the firm’s now notorious plan to “turbocharge” OxyContin sales at a time when opioid abuse had already killed hundreds of thousands of Americans." They will never see a day in jail while the state executes a 18 year old for co-participation in one death.

trump knows his base. Christians to the SC. Executions for the religious masses, a christmas present from donald trump: "Two-thirds of white mainline Protestants (66%) favor the death penalty, Seven-in-ten white evangelical Protestants in the U.S. (71%) support the death penalty, a position held by many of their churches. Two of the largest U.S. evangelical denominations – the Southern Baptist Convention and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod – teach that the death penalty is acceptable., The other religious group in favor of the death penalty, Islam" All above from PEW research US surveys.