10-10-2020, 01:54
(This post was last modified: 10-10-2020, 01:56 by St Charles Owl.)
(09-10-2020, 22:34)0762 Wrote: What you are highlighting SCO is absolutely ludicrous from any outside observer's point of view. I've mentioned this before on this board why on earth extreme individuals can display assault rifles in public even with the US gun laws, and their rights under the US constitution, is beyond me. What is required is a "tweak" of the rules governing people who flagrantly practise this kinda behaviour and banning it to the point where said arms can be removed because it is a public threat to any community and worthy of confiscation of offending weapon(s) and possible arrest.
If you did what they did in about half the states in the US you would have been arrested, Michigan is whats called an open carry state which means you can openly carry any legal weapon when out in public. If you start pointing that weapon at anyone then the rules change and you can be prosecuted for doing that as we saw that couple in St Louis do, but carrying it is ok. But there should be no states or no circumstances where you can take your weapons into a building and menacingly watch government in action.
I have given up on the 2nd amendment and its various interpretations. It does not give people the right to bear arms, its gives people the right to form an armed militia in the event of it being required but the actual amendment is so twisted by the right that it is meaningless. The federal government has proved toothless when it comes to changing these laws so it comes down to individual states to make their own decisions and that why you get differing gun laws from one state to the next. The only way this will change is if the Dems get complete control for a period of time, most US citizens want tougher gun laws even though most do not want them banned, finding a government strong enough to deal with this has always been a problem in the US and with a SCOTUS that leans right more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa will mean it won't get challenged anytime soon.
(09-10-2020, 23:33)hibeejim21 Wrote: Trump rushing out his nut on drugs saying that the military will soon be delivering whatever drugs he took to get over the coronavirus to hospitals so people can get the same treatment he did for FREE.
Meanwhile he's ranting away about California, claiming he can't win there because people vote more than once
Read an article the other day about the cost of the cocktail of drugs for ordinary people and its over $10,000 per dose!!! Now if you have good insurance it will cover some of that but will still cost you a decent chunk of change. The pharma companies over here will never allow these drugs to be available for free nor can they produce them fast enough to be available for all. He is of course talking shit as per usual.