New threat to 2nd A?

[406dn]

Possibly.

In chess this is called check mate.

 

[44hunter45]

My uneducated guess would be opening fire on a group of people that have assault weapons pointed at another group of people with assault weapons is a no win situation. A officer feeling threatened and dispatching a single armed perpetrator is a total different scenario. I don’t say it to argue the facts of that shooting but I’m sure that how the officer felt at the moment

I'm not a Bundy fan, But it would appear the FBI MO there was to wait and gun down an old man when he was alone.
Before ICE there was HRT.

 

[mtmuley]

Pot is still Federally illegal. I bet a large number of HTer are right now breaking this FEDERAL law. Should they be worried?

State by state regulated. And no, I pass on grass. mtmuley

 

[brymoore]

I'm not a Bundy fan, But it would appear the FBI MO there was to wait and gun down an old man when he was alone.
Before ICE there was HRT.

Bundy came out against ICE and it’s Minnesota actions.

Strange times.

 

[44hunter45]

Bundy came out against ICE and it’s Minnesota actions.

Strange times.

Maybe he will chain himself to a rolling chair in the capital again. That was damned entertaining.

 

[406dn]

State by state regulated. And no, I pass on grass. mtmuley

While various states have legalized weed, the feds still consider it a controlled substance.

The form filled out to pass a background check is a federal form. So, there are likely millions who have fudged their answer on the question of whether they use a controlled substance.

 

[mtmuley]

While various states have legalized weed, the feds still consider it a controlled substance.

The form filled out to pass a background check is a federal form. So, there are likely millions who have fudged their answer on the question of whether they use a controlled substance.

And I don't care. Much less of a threat than alcohol that has been and will continue to cause exponentially more issues. mtmuley

 

[BAKPAKR]

Pot is still Federally illegal. I bet a large number of HTer are right now breaking this FEDERAL law. Should they be worried?

Ask Ali Hemani.

 

[406dn]

And I don't care. Much less of a threat than alcohol that has been and will continue to cause exponentially more issues. mtmuley

I don't disagree.

 

[SaskHunter]

Pot is still Federally illegal. I bet a large number of HTer are right now breaking this FEDERAL law. Should they be worried?

My face when I get caught on HT with an American VPN:

 

[Oak]

Speaking of Bundy:

Bundy discussed the Pretti shooting in an interview with The Atlantic, saying, "It's sickening to me, just to see the parallels of history repeating itself."

He added, "When it comes to the more humanitarian side of it, I think the left has it much more correct than the nationalist right."

Right-wing militia leader blasts DHS agents' behavior—"History repeating"

Ammon Bundy, who led a 2016 occupation of federal land in Oregon, described the shooting of Alex Pretti as "sickening."

www.newsweek.com

 

[Oak]

5 months ago:

 

[BuzzH]

Guns no longer allowed in DC? Has it always been this way?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018426379910484183

Just send Pirro a case of cheap wine, she'll settle down.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

The problem with barrels is that gang bangers and others can keep the gun they used in a crime or to commit murder and just swap out the barrel. Maybe still questionable but I wouldn't say there is no valid reason to regulate.

What concerns me with some red flag laws is not that you can't face the accuser but that done wrong they can discourage someone with mental health concerns from seeking help.

In my state family members. attorneys, and Law enforcement can petition to have guns removed. Two of my kids are therapistts and they all have mandatory reporting requirements but only if they deem the person an imminent threat to themselves or others--and they can't petition to have guns removed, family or LE has to do that. It's up to a judge to decide and it's not permanent--I think the max is up to one year, and the person whose guns are taken can petition to have the order rescinded--but the burden is on them.

With the barrels, they are claiming it will prevent the usage of “ghost guns” in firearm violence. Ghost guns were banned in the previous 2 dozen gun laws the Dems passed with their near supermajority. Not a real strong case for it being a necessity for public safety.

In Colorado any medical or educational facility will be able to petition for confiscation of firearms-ERPO. So any school counselor who believes you own firearms in your home and that your child could be a danger to themself or others can have every firearm removed from your home. Without your knowledge, without a hearing, and without ever speaking to you. Regardless of any safe storage precautions you might have in place, which is also another CO gun law. And then the burden of proof is on the gun owner parent to prove there is no longer any danger before their rights can be restored.

Shouldn’t the burden of proof be on the petitioner? Generally the burden of proof is on the state to strip away a citizen’s rights and seize private property, especially for an extended period of time.

But hey the CO Dems gotta keep the billionaire NY oligarchs like Bloomberg happy.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Ugly times. Would be pretty cool if the GOP abandoned the requirement to be a Trump puppet to stay in office and emulated Thomas Massie instead. Puppet masters wont let it happen.

 

[Irrelevant]

Ugly times. Would be pretty cool if the GOP abandoned the requirement to be a Trump puppet to stay in office and emulated Thomas Massie instead. Puppet masters wont let it happen.

Niall Ferguson: Trump, the Midterms, and the Six-Year Itch

Nearly every two-term president, from Truman to Obama, hits a wall in year six. Niall Ferguson asks: Can Donald Trump avoid domestic-political disaster?

www.thefp.com

Makes a pretty compelling argument that it doesn't really matter what he does at this point, history says year 6 is a really bad year for your presidency. Only Bubba was able to avoid it.

 

[Bonasababy]

I think the traditional ghost gun definition refers to guns made from parts with no trackable serial number.

The difference barrel swapping adds is you can use a gun that is traceable with a different barrel to kill someone...get rid of that barrel...and be unable to use ballistics technology to match the gun that was used to kill someone.

How does requiring facing the accuser work when facing that accuser pits a tilted ex or a dangerous stalker who has threatened to kill against the person they have threatened?

 

[Wind Gypsy]

The barrel tracing thing seems like at least a partial farce to me that it is reliable enough.

I'm pretty sure pistol barrels are rifled on a longer blank and cut into multiple barrels. You're telling me someone can identify exactly which chunk of that blank shot a bullet that's smashed through stuff at high speed? Sure, obvious differing rifling from different manufacturers makes sense but it doesn't seem like something that could be that accurate if a manufacturer builds good barrels.

Seems more like another impediment to firearm ownership than useful tool in reducing/prosecuting crime.

 

[westbranch]

I think the traditional ghost gun definition refers to guns made from parts with no trackable serial number.

The difference barrel swapping adds is you can use a gun that is traceable with a different barrel to kill someone...get rid of that barrel...and be unable to use ballistics technology to match the gun that was used to kill someone.

A lot of forensic science has little basis in science:

The Field of Firearms Forensics Is Flawed

The matching of bullets to guns is subjective, and courts are starting to question it because of testimony from scientific experts

www.scientificamerican.com

Existing studies, however, count inconclusive responses as correct (i.e., “not errors”) without any explanation or justification. These inconclusive responses have a huge impact on the reported error rates. In the Ames I study, for example, the researchers reported a false positive error rate of 1 percent. But here’s how they got to that: of the 2,178 comparisons they made between nonmatching cartridge cases, 65 percent of the comparisons were correctly called “eliminations.” The other 34 percent of the comparisons were called “inconclusive”, but instead of keeping them as their own category, the researchers lumped them in with eliminations, leaving 1 percent as what they called their false-positive rate. If, however, those inconclusive responses are errors, then the error rate would be 35 percent. Seven years later, the Ames Laboratory conducted another study, known as Ames II, using the same methodology and reported false positive error rates for bullet and cartridge case comparisons of less than 1 percent. However, when calling inconclusive responses as incorrect instead of correct, the overall error rate skyrockets to 52 percent.