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An interesting compilation of videos. http://youtu.be/jafkVM-jnbE

You're going overboard. Double barrel shotguns are not well suited for combat/defense, but they're also not some antiquated technology that you only buy if "that's all you can afford." That's absurd. Competition over/under models can set you back 10 times what a remington 870 costs. Example: http://www.berettausa.com/products/imperial-montecarlo/ Not an over under, the price is why I posted it.

well, that's one question. don't be shy about the other one Good luck!

How it come across if someone said that they think you ought to not have your job, that half of the people at your company should just be fired because you don't agree with the way it does business, consequences be damned? Not very nice, I'd say. I am sorry but you don't have my sympathy. Lots of people in the private sector get laid off all of the time. Why are you special?

Here is an interesting take on Obamacare. http://www.nomiprins.com/thoughts/2012/11/10/real-danger-of-obamacare-insurance-company-takeover-of-healt.html

Funny, don't you think, that people and institutions are still willing to lend us money at these absurdly low interest rates. Or maybe you're just wrong. Just because the US can borrow at low interest rates doesn't mean it's a good idea and doesn't mean it will last forever. Also it's no indication of the ability of the US to repay the debt. The Fed is currently monitiziing the debt and there is no way for them to unwind their balance sheet with out causing problems.

I don't disagree. The US is practically bankrupt already. The debt can't be paid down and the interest rates can't be allowed to go up. That would increase the amount of interest payments on the debt dramatically.

No, I was referring to your video. I know. I hate having to paraphrase something I really didn't watch all that carefully and am not certain whether or not I agree with. The basic point I got from it was that hospitals have a monopoly on health care so they take advantage and charge what ever they want, along with pushing small doctors out of business. I only watched it once. It's not an issue that I really care about too much. Nothing I can do about the rising health care costs and I think ACA will make it more expensive, not less.

It's not very long.

http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,2178453595001_2136781,00.html

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-19/presenting-college-whose-graduates-have-62-student-loan-default-rate Which college you go to does matter.

There are too many different definitions of the word God. It's much more interesting to just follow the evidence where ever it leads to and this is much more interesting then an imagined god.

It depends on what the degree is in. If you graduate college with a sociology degree and $200,000 in student loans, it's not likely to be better off then someone with no degree and very low debt. It's more of a debt to income ratio, rather then education level. If you get a degree in electrical or mechanical engineering you are much more likely to be better off, although the hi level of debt is a big drag that needs to be dealt with.

More support for that view: Since Obama has been in office, more than 60 million gun background checks have been done. That's more than the entire population of the UK. That's 20% of the population of America. And yet with all those additional guns sold, crime rates are still going down. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics/reports/20130205_1998_2013_monthly_yearly_totals.pdf And, JohnR, the homicide RATE in the US is still way higher than that of any other western developed nation including the UK. There is no indication that new gun laws will change that.

Has it done anything to reduce crime? Iowa tends to be a low crime state to begin with I did however (to be honest) find out yesterday that private sellers are asked to see permits to purchase or weapons permiits (what is required by an ffl) but private sells would suffer no consequenses should they not do so Everyone I know DOES do this But it is not required by law It just shows there is no direct correlation between crime and gun control laws. I personally suspect that gun laws have little to no affect on reducing crime. Iowa is a low crime area and would probably remain that way no matter what the gun laws are. I don't think the availability of guns causes people to be more or less violent then they would normally be. But the availability does affect those who follow the laws and their ability to defend themselves against the criminal elements in society. No matter what the laws are criminals will still have access to firearms.

Someone is Shoddy logic (as I expect from you) combined with a self-serving strawman. Reserves don't prevent every skydiving death completely, yet I'm sure you jump with one. Seat belts don't prevent every senseless traffic fatality completely, but I'm sure you wear one. And dozens of other examples where just because we can't "prevent every [fill in the blank] completely" doesn't mean that we can't make an improvement. You use very poor logic in attempting to compare gun laws to reserves and seat belts. There is no direct correlation between gun laws and lowering crime. Another self-serving claim from someone who's afraid his access to his toys is threatened. Wow! stooping to insults. Very impressive! Should I post the link to the Harvard gun control study or the one from Austria?

Someone is Shoddy logic (as I expect from you) combined with a self-serving strawman. Reserves don't prevent every skydiving death completely, yet I'm sure you jump with one. Seat belts don't prevent every senseless traffic fatality completely, but I'm sure you wear one. And dozens of other examples where just because we can't "prevent every [fill in the blank] completely" doesn't mean that we can't make an improvement. You use very poor logic in attempting to compare gun laws to reserves and seat belts. There is no direct correlation between gun laws and lowering crime.

You missed my point entirely. Creating useless laws that don't work is worse then not creating any new laws. There are things that can be done. I gave one example, but you, among others seem to think the only solution is more laws.

I didn't say it didn't, you were the one making the claim and I asked how you knew that. It doesn't stop anyone from buying a gun threw other means.

How do you know that?

Has it done anything to reduce crime?

The police are there to respond to crimes and investigate them not to be our personal body guards. We are each responsible for our own safety. The police can not respond quick enough to save the average person.

Laws are only as good as the people enforcing them or that are willing to follow them. We can't stop people from doing things that are against the current laws. An example of this is all of the drug laws on the books and yet we can't stop people from using heroin, cocaine or any of the other drugs deemed illegal. Why do you think more gun laws are going to make any difference? We can't stop felon's or crazy people from getting guns. We already have laws for that and they don't work. So any new gun laws really only affect those willing to follow them, the law abiding people. Do we really need to disarm those people? Wouldn't they generally be the targets of the criminal elements of society? Does that really make sense to you? Why would we care how many rounds the magazines of law abiding citizens hold? Does it really matter? Banning things doesn't work. Just think of Prohibition of the 20's. It didn't solve any of the problems they wanted it to and it created problems they never thought of.

Have you ever seen all of the container configurations that Bill Booth built before he got to the Wonderhog? I think most engineers would disagree with your comment. JerryBaumchen In that context I would agree. But creating new laws that won't fix the problem or even help is not the same thing.

"Curing better than prevention"??? Not even sure what you mean by this. The new laws that have been proposed wouldn't prevent anything. The only people they will affect are those willing to follow the laws.