Should school kids be issued guns in America?
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I worked with a guy who was setting up a landmine in a bit of a dirty war, had dug two holes and while covering one in the ground, the 2nd ready for placement some yards behind him next to it's hole was landed on by Africa's fastest flying* jackal buzzard**
It was a miricle the one in his hands did not go.
Really, arms are a lot more than mere guns and there are so many great stories to come from these also landing in the hands of children and fools.
* about 1500mph vertical take off.
** it had become too accustomed to poachers burying kills so saw the dirt and thought it was lunch time was the theory. Or it fancied meerkat and had bad eyesight.
It was a miricle the one in his hands did not go.
Really, arms are a lot more than mere guns and there are so many great stories to come from these also landing in the hands of children and fools.
* about 1500mph vertical take off.
** it had become too accustomed to poachers burying kills so saw the dirt and thought it was lunch time was the theory. Or it fancied meerkat and had bad eyesight.
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Insurance isn’t a deterrent, it’s for accountability. Being a victim of gun violence extends way beyond the victim. The amount of gun violence often gets discussed from the perspective of the 40,000 or so people killed each year but there are tens of thousands more that survive and live with life long impairments and disability. Innocent deaths need to be compensated but so do life long disabilities, etc.
You’re walking down the street and get hit by a car and end up paralyzed and there’s a compensation route for you but you catch a bullet on your way down the same road you’re out of luck.
And to be fair here all car owners spread the risk just like gun owners should.
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The guy needed a loaded firearm nearby on the counter to protect himself or to guard his fried chicken against a crazy cat ???
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Never saw that story. So where was the firearm stored? Under the bed? Under a pillow? Just laying around on the floor?
People are so damned stupid when it comes to firearm safety it is disgusting. Firearm safety training should be mandated at the federal level for all states for all firearm sales to all people. This includes law enforcement, military, and priests.
Don't care your lot in life. You want a gun, you get firearm safety training. Even BB guns. Fuck it, it's time.
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That's not all we do...
As for the dude that got a bad case of lead poisoning from what we assume is his child, well, that's just a little bit of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory playing itself out in the material world.
There's an award for that.
https://darwinawards.com/darwin/
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The folks in the lab finally figured out what it was, and pieced together the events that led up to its demise.
It seems that a former Air Force sergeant had somehow got hold of a JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) unit. JATO units are solid fuel rockets used to give heavy military transport airplanes an extra push for take-off from short airfields.
Dried desert lakebeds are the location of choice for breaking the world ground vehicle speed record. The sergeant took the JATO unit into the Arizona desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. He attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, accelerated to a high speed, and fired off the rocket.
The facts, as best as could be determined, are as follows:
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The Chevy remained on the straight highway for approximately 2.6 miles (15-20 seconds) before the driver applied the brakes, completely melting them, blowing the tires, and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface. The vehicle then became airborne for an additional 1.3 miles, impacted the cliff face at a height of 125 feet, and left a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
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Ironically a still-legible bumper sticker was found, reading
"How do you like my driving? Dial 1-800-EAT-SHIT."
Was dubunked three times by Mythbusters.
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