What ever happened to "no politics" ?
What ever happened to "no politics" ?
Could you be more specific? I have re-read the entire thread and fail to see any post (including my own) that should be deemed "political".
Careful.
I haven't gathered stats from non-biased sources so I dont have any to give. But the following reflects my frustration with this sort of thing.
"Once we understand these facts, and do not cling to bizarre xenophobic views about how everyone outside the "developed" world is too dysfunctional and/or subhuman (although few gun control advocates would ever admit to the thought) to bear comparison to the US, we immediately see that the mantra "worst in the developed world" offers an immensely skewed, unrealistic, and even bigoted view of the world and how countries compare to each other."
Source: https://mises.org/blog/mistake-only-comparing-us-murder-rates-developed-countries
What ever happened to "no politics" ?
I ran for RSO. . .
Jump in the nearest...
Recycling bin and...
Shelter in place...
I live in a safe neighborhood and have a near 0 risk of needing a gun around the home. I provide security at a place I volunteer which is in one of the highest crime areas around. Pretty unable to do that without a CCP.
One of my earliest memories is walking up a mountain trail behind my mother on our way to an old mine. On her hip was her .357. She had previously used a gun in self defense against a brown bear. All the men around carried as well - for the same reason.
Being that way and being raised that way guns are never unfamiliar nor cartoonish to me. I am struck by the number of people who express how they might behave if they had a gun as a cartoon:
"I would probably shoot someone for (way less than justified reasons)"
"I would probably mistake my family member as a threat and shoot them"
Both of these cartoons are possible indications of character flaw in the speakers, and support their choice not to arm.
Both of these cartoons get projected onto folks who have accepted the role of tools in self defense, and that is generally slander.
My advise to all because I care, whether they arm or not, is to not sully yourself by speaking these kinds of cartoons.
how ready for some perceived apocalypse they are.
Do what you have to...if not packing, hide and get ready for the shooter to reload and all attack. Alternatively, get into a car and mow the sucker down. Spear him with a launch rod or throw rocks if you have to (I regularly practice throwing rocks at trees every time I go hiking - laugh if you will and then please volunteer to be my target ).
Also note that cars are quite deadly...I believe we're all much more likely to die in an auto accident than anything else. Be careful out there!
Finally never say never (ex. Katrina & LA riots)...as rocketry practitioners, we should always be thinking of WCGW (What Can Go Wrong) and WCS (Worst Case Scenario). Keep safe!
Well, I wouldn't be able to defend myself with a car at either of my clubs, because the speed limit on both farms is 5 MPH. I think the shooter could just step out of the way.
I'll give a sincere answer from "the other side".
I will probably die in a hail of gunfire. However, I will not spend every day between this one and that incredibly unlikely day (were it be at a rocket launch, restaurant, school, church, etc.) worried about such things. Just as I don't spend every day worrying that I will be killed in a car accident...which being I commute 50 miles a day in DFW is almost certainly a far higher likelihood event.
Well, I wouldn't be able to defend myself with a car at either of my clubs, because the speed limit on both farms is 5 MPH. I think the shooter could just step out of the way.
+1... oh, and I know that other fellas I launch with carry... so, I'll hide behind them. Maybe drop a load in my pants, but I can always buy new pants.
And in Washington DC it is a crime to use any firearm in self defense:eyepop:e, even to defend your lifeI know most these car comments in jest but Here in Indiana it is a felony to use your car as a weapon regardless of life in danger or any situation. Of course I prefer to be living to fight that versus 6' under.
Preface:
Last comment since 1991 the homicide rate has been cut almost in
half. So what has caused that? Police budgets are down (adjusted
for inflation) but concealed carry is way up. Even Illinois has CC
now these days. I wonder if it is down because criminals don't like
armed victims? Cheers!
So............
Rockets are cool.
I like rockets.
I never feel a need to defend myself against armed people.
I've faced down Cthulhu. He's frightening. Had to give him my soul in order to walk away.
Once you sacrifice your soul to Cthulhu, you're pretty well screwed no matter what happens. Active shooters or no active shooters...
PS, I'll be building a rocket named Cthulhu. Eventually. When The Old Ones deem it time to begin, I will begin.
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