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The way the Tribune is hyping Darvish, you would think he makes the 2015 version of Jake Arrieta look like Dylan Covey.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 16, 2018 -> 09:12 AM) There is a reason florida has some of the most lax gun laws in the country... It's a weird state. A bunch of gay guys getting slaughtered may not move the needle for some of those people, but kids are a different story. But then again, as Paul Ryan states, now is not the time for knee jerk reactions. We still have to let the Sandy Hook incident settle into our systems. Maybe when he is done with politics and collecting money from gun groups he could see it might be time. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has been arguing against what he calls a “knee-jerk” political response to mass shootings for years. Ryan has presented an almost identical speech again and again — and again. He repeated it Thursday after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killed 17. “We don’t just knee-jerk before we even have all of the facts and the data,” Ryan said in an interview with Indiana radio station WIBC “If that sounds familiar, it is because it is,” Hayes said. Roll tape. Ryan used the “knee-jerk” argument after the California mass shooting in San Bernardino in 2015 that claimed 14 lives, and after the shooting at the Umpqua Community College in Oregon the same year, which killed nine. One thing Ryan did express concern about is mental illness. Last year, Congress passed, and President Donald Trump signed into law, a measure that rescinded barriers to gun ownership for the mentally ill. Ryan received $177,000 in contributions from the National Rifle Association in the 2016 campaign cycle.

Little Marco said yesterday stricter gun laws wouldn't have stopped this massacre. I really don't know how he can say that. Maybe it wouldn't, but to totally dismiss it is his NRA donations talking. I hope voters do something about him. These Florida shootings may be hitting close enough to home for them to realize what this dope is about.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 06:44 PM) Hand guns kill many more people than the AR-15. As I said in another post they are lucky he chose that weapon there are many more powerful semi-automatic weapons than that. The lawmakers will not do anything against semi-automatic weapons. They should focus more on keeping any legal weapons out of hands of people who shouldn't have them. Mass shootings happen more in America than in all other countries combined. The US has 4.4 % of the world population and 42% of the worlds guns. You can say that isn't a problem, but I thin the evidence is showing it is.

QUOTE (jerm13 @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 06:31 PM) I'm going to be flying to Chicago in September and will be going to my first White Sox home game. Which side would be best to sit in terms of avoiding any direct sunlight? thanks. First base side

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 06:04 PM) It sounds like it's a state problem not a national one. There is absolutely nothing wrong with owning a semi-automatic rifle. the weapon isn't the problem, it's how a kid with this many issues was allowed to purchase it. Being a former student and wearing a school ROTC uniform, there was no way any reasonable security would have kept him out of the school. I am pretty sure anyone who does something like this has some mental issues. I have no idea why AR15s are necessary weapons for civilians.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 05:49 PM) Gonna go out on a limb and say no meaningful or substantial change happens. As Paul Ryan so eloquently stated today, now is not the time to discuss it. Now is the time to count our blessings. I guess NRA donations are blessings.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 09:10 AM) Trump tweets this morning to blame the victims and the community for not reporting the shooter. Turns out he had been reported to Trump's FBI back in September. Trumps tweets today vs. One of Trump’s first actions in the White House was to quash former President Barack Obama’s recommendation for a new regulation that would prevent people with severe mental health illnesses from purchasing guns. Might not have stopped today, but might have. Pick a lane Orange one.

$300 million doesn't get you what it used to. Here is the Cavs payroll next year if they keep their current roster together. I think it would be an interesting discussion whether the Cavs owner owed it to the fans to take this big of a hit. I'd probably go with if they won a title, yes. If, not, even if it means Lebron flees, no. : 2018-19 Cavaliers Payroll + Tax Projection PLAYER SALARY LeBron James $35,607,968 Kevin Love $24,119,025 George Hill $19,000,000 Tristan Thompson $17,469,565 JR Smith $14,720,000 Jordan Clarkson $12,500,000 Rodney Hood $12,000,000* Kyle Korver $7,560,000 Cedi Osman $2,775,000 Larry Nance Jr. $2,272,391 Ante Zizic $1,952,760 First-round pick - BKN $4,403,280 Free agent: minimum $1,499,698 Free agent: minimum $1,499,698 Free agent: minimum $1,499,698 Salaries $158.9 million Luxury tax $149.2 million Total $308.1 million

Priebus is writing a book. He has a passage about Trump's inauguration crowd, and Donald thought many people were at the gates trying to get in, but it wasn't being reported. Also, Kellyanne's line to calm him down when he gets upset about what he thinks is a slight, "you're big, this is small". I wonder if she has a license for daycare.

God bless this girl Lyliah Skinner, a 16-year-old student who survived the Florida school shooting, said she wants to see lawmakers take action — and to stop offering thoughts and prayers. "As our legislators and leaders, they shouldn't be offering prayers and words, because those mean nothing. We need action, because action is going to change what's happening," she said. She said the US needs stricter gun laws and questioned teenagers' access to guns “I would ask them if kids aren't even allowed to have their first, if they're not able to purchase their first drink with alcohol, then how are we allowed to buy guns at the age of 18 on 19?"

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 12:24 PM) It seems like this guy had a pretty decent social media footprint all posted under his own name. How did the FBI fail in identifying him? That's what I don't get. This is some unsophisticated punk kid basically telling anyone close enough exactly what is going to happen. His teachers, fellow students, and people in contact on social media all red flag. I get the whole, but his rights thing, but Barney Fife could have been all over this.

It doesn't f***ing matter. Cadet Bone Spurs talks about this shooting, and fails to mention guns. I could only imagine what the loved ones of these poor kids think of this guy now Can't piss off the NRA. You don't even need a license in FL to buy a gun. You don't have to register it. You can have as many as you like. Awesome.

This may have nothing to do with how this kid got his gun, but why isn't this loophole shut? A legal loophole means that anyone, including criminals, can order a so-called “ghost gun” off the web without a background check – a gun with no serial number that can’t be traced. The guns are built from kits and arrive in pieces, so under existing law, when they’re shipped, they aren’t guns. When assembled by their buyers, they’re lethal – and legal.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 11:06 AM) If you have one because "it's fun to shoot," it should never leave the range. If I remember right, Australia's gun laws are something like that. Supposedly they use them for hunting as well. I am not a hunter, but that's like cheating isn't it?

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 09:59 AM) No, it means when they were negotiating Yolmer's agent was giving them a higher number, then they went with a lower number to the arbitrator that they thought could win. Yes, but they still could have negotiated after the numbers were submitted. Usually, they pretty much split the difference. In Yolmer's case, I don't understand why they went through with that over just a little more than what you pay a call up in September. And from most of the models, Avi's number seemed really reasonable. He probably could have still won filing a little higher.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 10:04 AM) Yeah people who don't just forget unsolved murders in the middle of a political scandal are crazy. What does Seth Rich have to do with Donald Trump?

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 10:03 AM) The ACLU would have a field day if the FBI obtained a warrant to search this kids house over a comment on the internet. Unless there was more that the FBI knew, such as interviews with students overhearing things he was saying, there's no way to legally get into his house to find his guns and/or take them away. The second this kid got mental health treatment he should have been flagged and prevented from ever owning/buying guns until he was cleared by a doctor. That should be some easy gun legislation that the majority of people could support. So they know he has talked about killing on facebook. Know he has an AR-15. Know he has been tagged trouble by just about everyone, know he has had mental health treatment, and yet there still is nothing they can do? Thoughts and prayers. Let's spend time, money and effort deporting pillars of the community instead. Make America Safe Again.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 10:00 AM) At some point school districts are going to go the way of airport security. One entrance, metal detectors, no more easily accessible open spaces, etc. A few years ago, my nephew's class had guests come in and read them something. He chose me, which I took as a huge honor. It's a school in Arlington Heights. When I got there, the doors were locked, I had to sign it, and get escorted to the classroom. No metal detector, but this guy would have just gone past that anyway, but if they had the same protocol, it could have maybe saved someone.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 09:47 AM) I think it's a lazy answer to say it's a culture problem, especially when no one ever points to something in our culture that explains it. I think they should be able to see he has an AR-15 for some reason, and he is posting this crap, and he has been determined to be a problem. So either you are going to take his gun away, or follow him around pretty closely, or wind up offering thoughts and prayers and say now is not the time to discuss gun control. Obviously, it's a needle in a haystack for a lot of these guys, but this guy should have been a bit easier. He wasn't exactly sophisticated. And if you can't see this one coming, it shows AR-15s need to be off the market.

Trump and Gov. Scott are working closely on this shooting. Can someone explain what that bulls*** means? Are they praying together on a 3 way call with Mike Pence?

I guess we now know where that woman's extra $1.50 a week will go. President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that a 25 cent increase in gas and diesel taxes would be needed to help pay for the administration's new infrastructure plan, according to Democratic Sen. Tom Carper.

Trump's budget director , Mulvaney, said if he were still in Congress he would vote against this budget. WTF. He also said Trump's military parade would cost $30 million. Can't afford giving the poor food stamps, need to send them a fruit basket and tell them to make it last. We have other things to spend money on, like making the rich richer, and showing the world all of the toys Trump gets to play with.

It's time for Little Marco to take his $3.3 million in contributions from the NRA and go home: Rubio rejected calls for gun control in an interview with Fox News after the Parkland shooting, saying it was the wrong time to discuss such efforts “because people don’t know how this happened.” “I think it’s important to know all of [the facts] before you jump to conclusions that there’s some law we could have passed that could have prevented it,” he said. “There may be, but shouldn’t we at least know the facts? I think that we can always have that debate, but ... you should know the facts of that incident before you run out and prescribe some law you claim could have prevented it.”

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 09:21 PM) I’ve seen it on the news, on twitter, etc. And I’ve seen it multiple times in this very thread along with other shooting-related threads. I’ve seen you yourself make this very claim on this website. I have no problem if someone is against guns, but the “let’s get rid all of guns” rhetoric isn’t going to accomplish anything. It’s never going to happen in this country. I want actual change and people right now should be demanding an assault weapons ban. That’s something that should theoretically be feasible. It won’t necessarily prevent mass shootings but it would sure as s*** reduce the death tolls. I just have no faith in the government or the people who elect it to the do right thing. Of course it won't. But more guns isn't the answer. Thoughts and prayers isn't the answer. I agree with you, It has to be tougher to acquire these weapons of mass destruction, no one is naive enough to think even a ban will totally stop it., but it is at least a start. And any politician, no matter what party, who thinks now is not the time should be called out by all citizens, no matter what party, and be replaced. There is absolutely no reason the NFA can keep winning on this.