I guess the question then becomes what is worth the removal of a constitutional right? If it isn't 35k deaths, with a certain number of which are active shooter type scenarios, then when does it become worth it?

It wasn’t even really a threat.

Halvard is a piece of shit. He needs to go away.

Halvard is actually serving you large scoops of the shit you serve to others on a regular basis, by being really really sarcastic. I know him and a lot of the stuff he posts here is sarcastic, and to get under your skin. He does this, largely because you and a couple of others have done this.

So man up, and stop being a wuss. Don't dish it if you can't take it.

Well, he sure seems to have gotten under your skin now. I'll sit back, grab popcorn and enjoy you getting a nice little taste of the shitty medicine you've been serving others for a while now.

So this has devolved into the cat fight it was always destined to devolve into? How shocking! ;-)

Enjoy.

Hey, btw, has Halvard posted anything other than pot shots from the prone position?

It seems that the entirety of his contributions here is just being an asshole.

At least I’m good for some information, some laughs and some cat gifs in addition to being an asshole.

Yup. Plenty of stuff in the tri room. Although I think he doesn't realize that tri refers to triathlon not to cross country skiing.
And he's been here for a long while and has contributed greatly.
No cats though. I fucking hate cats.

and talking about yourself. don't forget you're good at that too.

No cats though. I fucking hate cats.

If you had half the fun as I do you’d never stop talking about yourself.

This one is way more accurate....

This is what puzzles me. You described in detail how someone you knew blew his head off after a heated argument with his wife, and implied (I think) that one of the problems was the easy access he had to a gun, and how effective guns are for suicides. I concur. A boy in my town tragically id the same not too long ago using his dad's gun. So clearly when it comes to domestic violence and suicide, one of the problems is the easy access to guns - often that are already in the home. And yet, AND YET, above you argue that you're in favor of arming everyone, maybe even making gun ownership mandatory. I'll ignore the mandatory ownership comment because clearly that's ridiculous, but how do you argue being in favor of arming everyone after talking about easy access being a major problem with domestic violence and suicides?

Without getting in to or commenting on the opinion she formed I'll say from my personal experience this is not accurate: "An AR-15 with a silencer is about as loud as a jackhammer. "

Whether that shows a bias in the reporting or not, I have a hard time not seeing a slant based on something that I know to be inaccurate.

Without getting in to or commenting on the opinion she formed I'll say from my personal experience this is not accurate: "An AR-15 with a silencer is about as loud as a jackhammer. "

Whether that shows a bias in the reporting or not, I have a hard time not seeing a slant based on something that I know to be inaccurate.

Sure, a suicide is tragic, but isn't the choosing of the time and method of taking your own life also the ultimate personal right? Who am I to interfere with my neighbor's decision to end his life? If my neighbor decided that he got a vote in my decision to end my life, I'd certainly be telling him to piss off.

So while suicide will always remain tragic, that doesn't form a basis for interfering with someone else's basic rights to make their own decisions.

My point is that the 35k gun deaths is misleading for all sorts of reasons. One of them being the inclusion of suicides in the statistic.

My own experience is that an AR is still noticeably louder. Basically, a can let's one safely go from muffs to plugs.