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midtown

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  1. This will only add to the argument that citizens need guns to protect themselves when you have scenarios where the police won't do their job. Unless of course you are an unarmed african american.
  2. Football London has an article saying Bale unlikely to return due to injuries and inability to handle Conte's conditioning regiment.
  3. Where do we stand on the homegrown players? Esp if Winks goes
  4. Lol at the dude about the hammers. Guns aren't even our problem at this point. It's morons and brainwashed people like that dude who is probably armed to the teeth
  5. If you exempt a few firearms like shotguns and bolt action rifles (which are not really part of the problem) you can avoid the "I need and have the right to protect my property and family" objections. If you really want to have a home defense gun a shotgun is pretty much the best choice anyway.
  6. Is there any academy youth or anyone on loan that might be ready to come up? Also Spurs official
  7. And Bale? Media/twitters says way more sales. Doherty. Royal. Regullion. Rodon. Bergwjin are all transfer candidates
  8. I think most people are missing the reason that Mbappe stays at PSG has more to do with him being able to play an extremely easy domestic schedule which probably adds years to his longevity.
  9. Almost had a pretty nice little disaster today. There is a park here in SA called McAllister park. It's got several very nice shaded easy to medium loops. Perfect for the wknd warrior or mom types or in my case a nice little hour ride to get in a workout without getting too technical. Because of that it brings out all kinds and today there were TONS of walkers on the trail. IMO the walkers are welcome on the traill but unlike the cement; riders have the right of way and most people step off the trail for bikes. Of course a ton of them wear headphones so you can "heads up" all day and they dont hear shit. Anyway thats not the main issue. I was dropping into a creek and at the same time and couple with a probably 40 lb dog had just gotten to the bottom on the other side. The see me coming and they split with one going left and the other right. The dog goes right with the guy so I assumed he was on a leash. NOPE! Right at the last min the dog goes the other direction. I took a quick jog away from him and missed him by inches. The woman screams at this point. "OMG" At that point I was just happy not to be on the ground with a very injured dog. I was tempted to give them a "leash your fucking dog you fucking idoits".
  10. My friend has two. He takes them to his ranch and just lets them go. Those dogs will run that 200 acre property for 5 hours straight. So I agree with the above that they have some serious energy. Also they are great with his young kids
  11. I will fully admit I was wrong. I am shocked that the Supreme Court had never ruled on the second amendment in history. Have they ever not heard a case that was 2nd amendment related in order to leave a ruling in place from a lower court? Is it possible or likely that there simply have not been many cases that even made it that far because the 2nd amendment is so accepted as fact?
  12. I don't follow constitutional law as much as I used to. I had no idea that legal firearm ownership started in 2008. How did I aquire a firearm in 1994?
  13. I bet the same percentage would also agree that even though we clearly need more regulation they also support the 2nd amendment and although some don't agree, the Supreme Court has upheld it for 100s of years.
  14. It's not their feelings. Its their support and votes that you want
  15. This is when the debate or any compromise breaks down and the middle of the road firearm owners say "well we better just keep letting the NRA protect our rights." As soon as someone says this I think you lose support from a very large percentage of Americans who do feel as if the 2nd amendment and the right to bear arms is constitutional.
  16. I think you can apply that to many parts and amendments to the constitution. There are lots of things that we use the constitution to keep or protect that did not exist in 1789. Freedom of speech has limits of course; and we've determined as a society that the right to bear arms does have limits like automatic weapons, bazookas, grenades, mortars etc. I don't think its a jump at all to include other firearms that are clearly very dangerous while still protecting the 2nd amendment. We seem to have three sets of people IMO. Those who think there should be pretty much zero public ownership of firearms vs those who don't think there shouldn't be any restrictions on firearms and last those like me and I expect the majority of Americans, including firearm owning Americans, who are in the middle and want stricter gun acquisition laws. I think and hope this middle ground group is making its voice heard.
  17. The only real reason is that they are fun to shoot. And a few people can say they are great way to kill hogs. My son and I have rented them and even debated buying one but seemed like a lot of money for something to use for target practice and to shoot hogs at my buddies ranch. But just to be clear. People and the media need to stop saying that automatic weapons are legal. They are not unless you have a federal license. I stated above that if they do want to keep them legal then at least put them in the same category as fully auto and add all the barriers to ownership.
  18. The fact that you have to go back over half a century to find an example proves my point
  19. Because it's going to be hard to get any compromise from the gun nuts. Let them have those. Let's focus on the semis.
  20. I think you can very easily exempt shotguns and bolt action rifles IMO. No one is committing mass murder with an over and under or .270. Just anything semi-auto
  21. Yup. Hitting Twitter pretty hard this AM
  22. I sent this email to my house rep Chip Roy. But he's about as right as they get.so I assume my email will be largely ignored. Chip. I am a responsible firearm owner. I own shotguns, rifles, and handguns. I have a CHL and I keep my guns locked. I am a firm believer in the 2nd amendment. But more than anything I am parent with a 15 and 12 yr old in public school. We as a country and a state have to makes changes. The NRA does not represent me you do. I want universal background checks. I want the age to buy a firearm increased to 21 or even 25. A 5 day waiting periods on handguns and assault type rifles does not take away anyone's rights nor does it keep them from protecting their property or family. If it saves one persons life its worth the time. Thank you
  23. midtown

    EPL 2021-22

    So in other words. Refs made incorrect calls for Arsenal and VAR had to correct their cheating biased ways. Such a stupid article
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