Why does anyone NEED an assault rifle?

[Cubik]

Is it? Why?

In practical terms you can't just suddenly and rapidly walk into a busy public space and easily kill multiple people with Fentanyl, heroin and cocain.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Are you an American?

Yes.

 

[HisArpy]

In practical terms you can't just suddenly and rapidly walk into a busy public space and easily kill multiple people with Fentanyl, heroin and cocain.

This is semantics because it assumes slow genocide is preferable. It also assumes (wrongly) that distributing things like fentanyl isn't "easy" even though the statistics prove that to be false.

Then there's ANFO, which will do exactly what you claim. And will do it far better than an "Assault Weapon" ever could. Yet not one cry from you about the horrors of readily available fertilizer that anyone can get their hot & grubbies on. Nor is there a misguided social movement to ban garden supply stores or put a special tax and insurance requirements on geraniums before you can plant them. And let's not forget about limiting the number of flower petals that you can have in your windowbox garden.

 

[Cubik]

This is semantics because it assumes slow genocide is preferable. It also assumes (wrongly) that distributing things like fentanyl isn't "easy" even though the statistics prove that to be false.

Then there's ANFO, which will do exactly what you claim. And will do it far better than an "Assault Weapon" ever could. Yet not one cry from you about the horrors of readily available fertilizer that anyone can get their hot & grubbies on. Nor is there a misguided social movement to ban garden supply stores or put a special tax and insurance requirements on geraniums before you can plant them. And let's not forget about limiting the number of flower petals that you can have in your windowbox garden.

Such nonsense logic.

The entire rest of the developed world see's the sense in not allowing any Tom Dick or Harry to own a lethal military assault rifle but not the USA?!

 

[Sean Renaud]

Certainly not an anarchist like yourself.

You really need to be consistent on if I'm an anarchist or a big government guy. I mean I still don't give a shit what the Supreme Court says aside from "them the rules" which is annoying but true that doesn't make them correct.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Democracies rot from the bottom, Monarchies/Dictatorships rot from the top. Obviously you prefer bottom rot.

In recent centuries democratic governments have been more stable than autocratic governments. This is because the majority of voters will not change their opinions dramatically.

When Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 the United States government turned to the left. Nevertheless, most of the people who voted for Herbert Hoover in 1928 voted for him again in 1932.

When Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980 the United States turned to the right. Nevertheless, most of us who voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976 voted for him again in 1980.

Under an autocratic government the ruler can change from Czar Nicholas II to Vladimir Lenin, or from the Shah of Iran to the Ayatollah Khomeini in a few months.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Democracies rot from the bottom, Monarchies/Dictatorships rot from the top. Obviously you prefer bottom rot.

As far as money is concerned, please explain, in detail, how you envision that may occur.

Currently the U.S. government is rotting because it has not imposed the heavy tax burden on rich people and corporations most Americans have wanted for years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pol...CeSAQsxLjcuMS4zLjIuM5gBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

 

[TrailerHitch]

You really need to be consistent on if I'm an anarchist or a big government guy. I mean I still don't give a shit what the Supreme Court says aside from "them the rules" which is annoying but true that doesn't make them correct.

And inversely I don't give a shit what you say because just because you say it doesn't make you right.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659353120562900992

 

[JohnEngelman]

Why is it any crazier than the general population having access to chemicals which kill hundreds of thousands every year (Fentanyl, Heroin, cocaine)?

A person who dies taking fentanyl, heroin, or cocaine does not harm me. A person who shoots me does.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Democracy is a pernicious evil.

The majority hold no firm grasp on truth or fairness and in fact when flush with power, do the most egregious things to those not in the majority.

A democracy is unlikely to feel durable hostility toward a minority that performs and behaves well. Jews and East Asians used to face discrimination and bigotry in the United States. Now they tend to be more prosperous than most white Gentiles. Those who dislike them resent them because most of them are intelligent, successful, and prosperous. This dislike does not prevent them from being successful and prosperous. Most of us admire them for those reasons.

Those whose opinions are in the minority sometimes long for a dictator who agrees with them. A dictator would be more likely to disagree with them, and to punish those who disagrees with him.

 

[Chobham]

Currently the U.S. government is rotting because it has not imposed the heavy tax burden on rich people and corporations most Americans have wanted for years.

https://www.google.com/search?q=poll+++tax+++rich&source=hp&ei=ZX9mZNmlJ-zj5NoPgoS1oAc&iflsig=AOEireoAAAAAZGaNdWwOruRM6mLFv2t86tarXt1dMd5i&ved=0ahUKEwiZ7LLrz__-AhXsMVkFHQJCDXQQ4dUDCAs&uact=5&oq=poll+++tax+++rich&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjoLCC4QgAQQsQMQgwE6BwgAEIoFEEM6DgguEIoFELEDEIMBENQCOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToICAAQgAQQsQM6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBENEDOgwIABCKBRBDEEYQ-QE6DgguEIAEELEDEMcBENEDOgUIABCABDoUCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QMQ1AI6CwguEIAEEMcBENEDOgsIABCKBRCxAxCDAToOCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEQyQM6DggAEIoFELEDEIMBEJECOggIABCKBRCRAjoICAAQigUQkgM6CAgAEIAEEJIDOhEILhCKBRCxAxCDARDHARDRAzoOCC4QxwEQsQMQ0QMQgAQ6BwgAEIAEEAo6CQgAEBYQHhDJAzoICAAQFhAeEAo6BggAEB4QDVAAWPhKYKlTaANwAHgBgAH5BIgBsCeSAQsxLjcuMS4zLjIuM5gBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

From a Federal tax standpoint 50% of the population pay next to nothing at all. The top 10% pay 73% of all income taxes. I have always contended that we don't have a tax problem, we have a spending problem.

 

[Sean Renaud]

And inversely I don't give a shit what you say because just because you say it doesn't make you right.

I tend to be right but that's fair. The reality however here is that you've got deep problems.

 

[TrailerHitch]

I tend to be right but that's fair. The reality however here is that you've got deep problems.

Again your opinion so who cares?

 

[Sean Renaud]

Again your opinion so who cares?

People who care about people. We get it, you're evil.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

In practical terms you can't just suddenly and rapidly walk into a busy public space and easily kill multiple people with Fentanyl, heroin and cocain.

Yes you can with Fentanyl.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

From a Federal tax standpoint 50% of the population pay next to nothing at all. The top 10% pay 73% of all income taxes. I have always contended that we don't have a tax problem, we have a spending problem.

This is correct. The power of incumbency provides a level of elective insurance freeing politicians from the people and beholding them to the deep pockets that fund their campaigns. This morning's headlines are about Tim Scott setting a spending record in two early primary states. Who does he owe? His voters or his benefactors?

 

[Chobham]

This is correct. The power of incumbency provides a level of elective insurance freeing politicians from the people and beholding them to the deep pockets that fund their campaigns. This morning's headlines are about Tim Scott setting a spending record in two early primary states. Who does he owe? His voters or his benefactors?

That's an issue without a solution as far as I can tell. All of the proposed legislation that I've seen for public funding weighted it even further in the incumbents favor.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

First Step: Enact the FairTax and eliminate all of the money going to Congress to manipulate the Tax code.

Therein lies the root of corruption and the power of incumbency.

Eliminate the power to pick winners (and be funded by them) and losers (and motivate them to send more money) and you eliminate a lot of the allure to the ambitious, ruthless and corrupt in the current system of purchased "indulgences" that only the richest can afford. This, imho, is what renders the average voter impotent and allows the political class to ignore them.

 

[Chobham]

Taxation is only half the problem, spending has to be brought under control.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

Borrowing has to be brought under control, this is what enables the spending (and fuels inflation).

 

[Chobham]

Borrowing has to be brought under control, this is what enables the spending (and fuels inflation).

Legalized counterfeiting.

 

[schism666]

This is semantics

no, it is not. learn your words.

derp.

 

[RobDownSouth]

From a Federal tax standpoint 50% of the population pay next to nothing at all. The top 10% pay 73% of all income taxes. I have always contended that we don't have a tax problem, we have a spending problem.

The "spending problem" is that Americans demand a certain level of government services, but serial child killing dirtbags such as yourself refuse to submit to taxation levels sufficient to pay the government's bills.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

Legalized counterfeiting.

That's all fiat currency has ever been; means for government to pretend it is spending within its means.

And out Liberal fries will assure us with due vehemence that money supply has nothing, NOTHING! to do with inflation which is merely too many dollars chasing too few goods...