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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Sotomayor's concern appears to be that the definition of "domestic abuse" is potentially too broad to be a justification for a lifetime gun ban - the definition could reasonably stretch to household incidents such as dropping a pot in someone's foot for example.
Trump: Texas would never secede if I'm president cause Texas loves me.
Where's a facepalm meme when you need one?
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Texas will never secede because they will go from the second most powerful state to the least powerful state.
Non Indicative UsernameSouth Carolina , Virginia, Georgia and the like are still states, aren't they?
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Of course. I'm not sure what point you're making, though.
Oh, you mean Civil War Part II? Yes, that would happen; Texas would not be allowed to leave quietly, and it would lose said war quite badly.
edited 28th Jun '16 7:56:49 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"With the Second Amendment ruling, it upheld a Federal law stating that anyone convicted of domestic abuse is stripped of their right to own guns
because of the risk of their using it to escalate a situation. And given how many stories pop up of guys getting a gun through person-to-person sales and then using it to kill the person they'd abused, I can't say I disagree with the intent.
That said, Sotomayor brings up a valid point regarding how broad the language is - Thomas, however, does not by taking the Slippery Slope Fallacy to new heights and postulating that someone who injured a family member while texting and driving could get stripped of their gun ownership rights. I can't recall ever hearing of someone getting charged with domestic violence due to a fucking car accident, unless they willfully ran over someone.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Yeah, the reading of a domestic violence conviction is being done so broadly there that it loses all meaning. When was the last time anyone was convicted of domestic abuse as the result of a car accident?
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Well, is there a breakdown on what kind of domestic violence accusations are bogus and which aren't? I know police and prosecutors sometimes abuse the discretion that broadly defined criminal statutes have, but with the exception of police shootings AOC matters are the only ones where I am partially familiar with the data.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman- Texas: We have NASA. We are willing to make a deal. Withdraw your forces if you ever want to see your precious space program again!
- America: Go ahead, do it. We didn't want NASA anyway. You have no bargaining chip!
Bad jokes aside, I support SCOTUS's decision on this. I know the Second Amendment is sacred to a lot of people, but it really is out of control. Denying firearms to domestic abusers seems like a no-brainer.
This is a victory for everyone except people who think murdering your spouse is a God-given right.
Just one question: is it that domestic abusers cannot purchase firearms or that they cannot own them? Because there's a difference and if it's the latter, I'm curious about what happens if a domestic abuser already has a gun.
edited 28th Jun '16 8:15:48 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.@Tobias: Our national polarization is not simply defined at the state level; Texas has a minority Democratic voter base, but it's in the 45% range, not the 5% range. There is no way that a state referendum on secession could succeed in that environment, and even if it did, there would be no stomach for war among a vast portion of its populace. You'd have some yahoos with guns wandering around shooting at the Feds; the army would squash them, and that would be that. To fight a war for secession, Texas would need an army — its own army, not the U.S. military and/or the National Guard. Where's it going to get one?
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"From misplaced confidence in the Second Amendment. The people pushing for secession are cut from the same cloth as the people who all but worship the American Revolution and honestly believe that, in this age of modern warfare, their gun rack would even make a dent in the United States Army.
edited 28th Jun '16 8:47:51 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.And that band of militant gun nuts would be shredded in a matter of days. It wouldn't even be a contest.
edited 28th Jun '16 8:50:27 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It's especially distressing when these people are veterans who know first-hand how good (or bad) the US military is at asymmetric warfare.
But what if part of the military sides with them? The Secession War happened partly because a disproportionate number of officers were Southern.
Also, again, I don't get why DC can't be a state unto itself. Plenty of capitals have their own administrative zones where the national legislative or executive do not decide how the city is run. Freestate Amsterdam. The Land of Brelin. The Comunidad of Madrid. The Îlde de France Region. The City of Lonfon Corporation.
If it can't be a State and needs to remain a Special Snowflake, it still doesn't seem like it would cost much to make it self-governed rather than relying on Congress.
edited 28th Jun '16 8:59:14 AM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Thank God. That should hopefully save a lot of lives.