StrangeSox

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 23, 2012 -> 09:07 AM) So where does the $60 million go to? Where does the $60M come from? Odds are good of it impacting academics imo.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 08:13 AM) Zimmerman: Shooting 'God's Plan' This interview has been entered into state's evidence.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 06:49 PM) Lot's of unknowledgeable gun people on here (not a slam by any means). StrangeSox was correct...you don’t need a license to own an NFA weapon...or a large capacity mag. Full-auto machineguns (not the other NFA devices) can only be owned by civilians if they are registered as such BEFORE May 19, 1986...they are transferable...and yes...lots of red tape. But...you can walk in and walk out with any AR or AK from any gun dealer. Hell...if you have 9-10K you can get a Barrett M82A1 50 BMG (which is my dream gun to own btw). He seemed to have a clean background check. And as far as large capacity mags...I'd be surprised if he had "several" 100-rounders. He was using an AR which you can get 100-round drum mags for. An AK can get a 75-round mag. Most AR and AK's come with standard 30-round mags. If he bought 6000 rounds and all these mags he's spent a big chunk of money. They do have things called "Slide Fires" which is replacing the stock on an AR or AK with a combo stock and grip. It's based on centrifugal force or "bump firing"...which basically makes your weapon an automatic...and it's completely legal. They go for around $350. And to answer a few responses...you can say CCW people in the crowd wouldn't have made a difference or made things worse...but I don't see it that way. And yes he was covered in Kevlar...but being a novice you're still vulnerable. We'll never know...but I can't imagine that situation. And btw...in Arizona you don't need a CCW permit for concealed carry. I just find it odd that something like this happens with all the stink about the UN Arms Treaty talk going on right now (which is gonna cause a HUGE stink soon)...kind of a CIA "false flag" scenario IMO...like a healthy Andrew Breitbart dropping dead of natural causes at 43 (who said he had bad video of Barry)...and I'll stop now with my other theories. I've only ever heard of complaints about those 100 round mags. And his jammed.

QUOTE (northside sawx @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 06:15 PM) What full autos are legal in this country? Maybe a semi auto like an AR you could mod, but I can't think of any fully automatic rifles that are legal in the country but I don't know much about guns. Sure you could go to a gun convention and find someone whos got what your looking for but thats under the table. Not trolling, serious question. There was a bill in 1986 or so that restricted them so that you could only purchase ones made before 1986. But they are otherwise completely legal. My former boss has a few.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 03:00 PM) If the wife, the actual victim in this situation, has forgiven him then I don't see any reason why a 3rd party like the people on this forum can't do so too. Assuming the guy is a terrible human being who beats his wife on a habitual basis seems like conjecture to me. It's not uncommon for abuse victims to blame themselves and make excuses for the abuser. It's not like a woman staying in an abusive relationship is some incredibly rare thing. Hope he pitches well since he's here.

QUOTE (northside sawx @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 01:21 PM) Look for a guy wearing a gas mask and kevlar, dressed in all black. And aim for the head Ok seal team six Edit: look at the recent incident at the internet cafe for example. Well-lit room, easily identifiable assailants who are robbing and not shooting or looking to kill. Yet how many times did that guy miss at point blank range? Now put that into a dark, packed theater full of panicking people and some sort of gas. Odds are not good.

QUOTE (northside sawx @ Jul 21, 2012 -> 12:11 PM) How the HELL can you buy 100round clips off the internet, legally? Outside the fact that a 100round clip is made for a fully automatic weapon (all of which are illegal obviously, for good reason), im pretty sure a clip that big itself is ILLEGAL, just like other modifications such as silencers, extended clips, etc... Gotta call bullsh-t that he got it legally. It's 36 hours after the incident occured. I understand the feds have unlimited resources in pursuing information like that but that seems highly unlikely to me. Large capacity magazines are legal. You can also purchase automatic weapons but there's a bunch of red tape and they're very expensive. Edit: large capacity mags used to be restricted under the awb but that expiried like six years ago. This came up after either the giffords shooting or one of the college shootings if not both.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 09:33 PM) Are you serious? So in Arizona, had the guy not set off the tear gas, he probably would have been killed before killing or injuring many at all? no, it would have taken at least several seconds for anyone to realize what was going on. Then they have to realize that people were being shot in the theater, draw their weapons, and find the assailant in the dark theater. Then they would need to fire at him in a dark theater, hopefully hitting him and no one else.

The point is just about every commercial product can be traced back to pretty terrible s***.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jul 20, 2012 -> 02:18 PM) so by eating the food you're supporting the politics... but that doesn't matter to you? every single electronic gadget we own: likely incorporates materials gathered by child slaves forced to work in mines by bandit militias

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I heard 71 people injured, which might include injuries from the tear gas in addition to gunshot wounds.

But they do believe that they are unrepentant sinners, which would mean that they're going to hell.

It has been. My guess is that some pro-gay rights group is campaigning about it.

My old polling place was about 200 ft from the entrance to our condo building. Now it's about 4 blocks. Public transportation or something like a church-organized bus ride to polling places doesn't require any ID. However, Republicans have conveniently shut down early voting on Sundays in some states, which is a big time for voting drives among African American church-goers. Total coincidence, though, I'm sure.

They get by now without it.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 04:36 PM) Yea, I kind of agree with this. It's 2012...and I know all of the excuses, such as it's too far, costs too much, etc...which I find to be exactly that...excuses. There's no requirement that someone possess a photo ID. Getting one would otherwise be useless for hundreds of thousands and represents an unnecessary expense and burden. Of course, it'd primarily hit Democrat-voting demographics and it's pushed by Republicans to fight a non-existent problem. Some have explicitly said that these laws will win elections for Republicans and other studies show a strong correlation between support for these laws and racial animosity. Unnecessary regulations to fight non-existent problems that have real, measurable impact on eligible voters.

Nope! It's the disenfranchisement of those people in order to combat non-existent voter fraud.

Boehner, Rubio distance themselves from Bachmann and her bats*** crazy letter.

IIRC the story was based on speculation and his missing records.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 01:16 PM) I recall at least one guy was in the boat with Kerry and another officer was leading a group of boats on the night Kerry was shot. The point remains that they think one thing, other people disagree. Whether that's because they don't like Kerry or they think Kerry is anti-American is irrelevant. Clearly they didn't like his politics and they were rebutting his credibility. That's political ads 101. They were hardly the first group to do that, and they clearly haven't been the last. There's a reason why their campaign quickly became synonymous with 'smear campaign' by both dems and reps. They were on the same level as Secret Kenyan Muslim guys.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 01:14 PM) So some of, but not all, of the Swift Boat guys can't really back up what they allege because they didn't witness what they say they witnessed. That doesn't mean their claim that Kerry received medals without earning them, thanks to his social background, and general anti-American views as expressed after the war, are wrong. I don't think that argument works, does it? Their claim was and remains completely unsubstantiated and contradicted by others who were actually there. The burden of proof is on them and they failed to provide any evidence. edit: the thrust of their campaign wasn't that Kerry was critical of Vietnam later. It was to delegitimize his claims as a war hero by lying about how he received his medals. Do you remember the Purple Heart band-aids at the convention? That was the point: slander him as a coward and a phony.

QUOTE (Indy_Soxer @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 12:37 PM) Plus I have never heard anyone asked if they are gay while at CFA, nor turned down being served. I don't think that would even be grounds for a legal discrimination suit since sexuality isn't a protected class. I could be misunderstanding the law, however.

QUOTE (Indy_Soxer @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 12:35 PM) Yes, but the Management is what is making those views. The employees may not hold the same views as them. I was speaking more broadly there. I don't believe it's mentally possible to hold negative views about a particular group and not treat an individual member of the group differently. That doesn't mean you'd be consciously aware of it or doing it deliberately.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 19, 2012 -> 12:28 PM) Go read the wiki page SS linked and there are people in the group that were there or in the same area at the time of some of those claims of heroism. Yes, other people piled on and the whole thing got discredited, but not all of them. There was one guy who actually served with Kerry but IIRC wasn't actually present for any of the incidents Kerry received medals for. The rest had zero first-hand knowledge of the incidents. No independent source has ever corroborated their claims. It was a complete smear campaign from start to finish. You were saying in several posts that you didn't think it was fair that it was a synonym for "smear campaign," that they were honest and legitimate ads, etc. They weren't. They would have made Lee Atwater proud.