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NotActuallyALonghorn

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  1. This seems appropriate.
  2. The 6mm Flobert isn't regulated as a firearm in the Czech Republic because it is an old parlor gun cartridge that is basically a percussion cap with a projectile without any powder for indoor target shooting. I assume the 9mm Flobert is the same. In those cartridges, at least, it is basically the equivalent of a CO2 pellet pistol.
  3. We went ahead and bought it. I figure the kids will want to watch it at least three times a week, so I guess it's worth it.
  4. I didn't realize only fans is a fortune 500 company.
  5. We could also service a lot of that debt if we got rid of the Boomers who got us into it.
  6. East Texas never has much problem with green stuff on the ground, but we definitely don't have near the number of deer as y’all do out further west. And getting them to survive long enough to be worth shooting can be a challenge. I'm thinking the one in the second picture may have been this guy I saw crossing the oilfield road on our place last year about 300 yards out when I was hunting with my flintlock.
  7. I'm not aware of any homeless shelters around here that don't have a religious affiliation. But I'm not in a big city, so I can't speak to how things work out there. But I would surmise that what you are asking for is already happening in many places and the homelessness problem we as a society are dealing with is a bit more complicated than that.
  8. With this whole writers strike and all, some studio should commission some recent immigrant writers (obviously this is not likely to happen, because if they emigrated based on their writing skill they are probably a member of the union) from somewhere like Vietnam or South Korea to write a love story about say a black jew from New Jersey (not sure those exist) falling in love with an old southern belle from South Carolina and how their families deal with it. But from the perspective of someone who hasn't grown up here and doesn't really "get" US culture. Basically make it about the stereotypes of how the rest of the world sees us. Kind of like we used to and still do with other minority groups here. If it was done right and in a friendly "this is how we see you" way it could be entertaining and poignant at the same time.
  9. El Dorado all the way. But I have a special attachment to the film because I used to love watching it with my grandad back in the day.
  10. Yeah, my last name is Danish, and I sometimes make jokes about how my ancestors raped and pillaged other folks ancestors, but the reality is that most of my ancestors are scots-irish with a smattering of just about every country in western Europe because most of my family has been here since before the revolution and it is just happenstance that my last name came from a late comer who got here in the 1820's. But those are jokes in poor taste (but still definitely grounded in history) and the reality is that most of the world has grown beyond that instead of embracing it.
  11. Cliffs notes? That's seems like a lot of random stuff to look up just to understand what you are saying. Just kidding. Kind of. But you just said a bunch of other stuff to look up, lol. Maybe I should have said ELINAE (explain like I'm not an egyptologist). I gather that this dude is pushing the traditional view, but new stuff has come and is coming to light that challenges the traditional view? I guess I have some reading to do if I get time to get around to it, because I do find things that challenge our traditional view of prehistory interesting.
  12. Apostolic succession had a legitimate purpose two thousand years ago. It was supposed to ensure that the leaders of new churches had received proper instruction from a chain of leaders that ultimately led back to Christ. But there have been a few things that happened in the mean time which significantly diminish its importance. The first was Constantine's conversion to Christianity. Christianity became mainstream and a state sponsored religion. This opened the door to the corruption that ultimately led to the reformation. There was good money to be made being a church leader. Next, we have the invention of the printing press. It is no secret that the rise of protestant denominations correlates with the availability of a local printing press. Church leaders could suddenly communicate directly with constituents instead of with other church leaders who would hopefully convey the same message, etc. And then we get to the reformation itself. Martin Luther had no intention of starting a new church. He merely wished to reform a corrupted church from within that instead kicked him out, spent years making war on his followers, and then ultimately decided that he was right and they needed to reform themselves. If that's not a ringing endorsement of the current legitimacy of apostolic succession I don't know what is!
  13. I mean, I grew up in Longview, but I'm probably too young to be him. Still, you should PM me some pics of those burnt orange bongos just to be safe.
  14. Meh, looking at it from a perspective of who or who doesn't pay their fair share might make you feel better personally, but it's much more practical to look at it from a holistic perspective of how it works out for society. I'm pretty libertarian philosophically, but I recognize that that isn't exactly how the world works realistically. There are plenty of examples of where social programs (roads, education, etc.) Actually make it easier for everybody to live and succeed, and those social programs are worth pursuing both because they help my fellow Americans and they help me to be able to make more money. Poor folks have enough trouble making enough money to keep food on the table for their families, and, yes, some of that is due to the fact that they make poor decisions. Doing our best to educate them goes a long way towards making society as whole more successful. From a cynical point of view, we at the very least need people capable of taking our orders correctly at whataburger and giving the correct change. Covering a bit of extra cost for that education pays dividends.
  15. On the one hand, Russia can go fight Bob Stoops for breakfast and part of me hates to even support a show that spins them in a bit of positive light (but does it really?). But on the other hand it's a great show that I want to finish and they aren't exactly trying to make us like Russia or anything.
  16. Man, I need to go back and finish BOtW. I stopped chasing the main story for a bit where you have to sneak through that dungeon without getting spotted and went looking for more shrines and stuff, and then life/three little cretins got in the way and I don't really get around to playing by myself anymore.
  17. Back in the day I had a .44 mag lever gun I bought for my 18th birthday, and I would buy ammo for it all the time from Walmart. I just told them I was buying it for a rifle and there was no problem. That was almost 20 years ago, though. Pretty much any pistol round is also a rifle round, so there is really no way to enforce it unless things have changed.
  18. Couple candidates coming up...
  19. Based on how much of the blue circle is left, the timer was set for 30 minutes. Also, that's an android.
  20. I saw this guy lots on the cam at this location... I have a nice sequence of his stalking his way across the frame from left to right and then running back the other way, but I apparently selected my file management app as the default app for selecting pictures to upload and the previews are way to small to select anything and not sorted in any redeemable order, so you will just have to use your imagination.
  21. On your first point, I meant to say that it would ban them for those under 21. To suggest that a legal adult who can be drafted into or volunteer for the army should not have the right to a freaking Ruger 10/22, which is probably the most popular rimfire rifle in the US by sales, is a little overboard. It's not exactly the choice of mass shooters by any stretch, and nor would it be effective for them. To your second point, So, yes, in some cases, they can. Whether it is successful or not could be up in the air, as they do have what on the surface appears to be a decently designed law. But they may also get into a situation where the evidence is the professional opinion of the person who initiated the whole thing, which can easily allow for personal biases. However, this article throws up a few red flags, yet conveniently doesn’t really delve into the data behind them. While we all agree that people should exercise their civil rights responsibly, attempting to strip someone of them for that reason seems a bit orwellian. What other civil rights should we be allowed to strip from others because we don't think they are exercising them responsibly? So their implementation seems to be a bit racist, with black people being almost twice as likely as white people in some jurisdictions to be stripped of their rights. This is also concerning. The article lists possible reasons, such as individuals not having proper representation to make them stick, but the fact that a group of people who have proven themselves to be untrustworthy time and time again has such a disproportionate success rate should raise some questions. So that thing you claim doesn't happen actually does happen. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you mean that it isn't successful. And that's fair. But how many of those frivilous cases have been pursued by the law to enforce penalties on those false accusers? I'm guessing the number is something close to the number of cases that are pursued against people living on their form 4473. Which is close to zero. I would like to see some statistics on that if anybody can find them. There is plenty of evidence out there that these laws have the potential to be abused, and gun owners can have a legitimate concern about it. This is why I suggested the model I suggested. It allows for the law to be tailored to meet those suggestions and gain more trust from gun owners and develop a system that everybody except the most fringe elements can work with. The alternative is to keep saying there is nothing to worry about while nothing ever happens.
  22. Shoot, I need to rewatch The Wire, Deadwood, Clone Wars, and Battlestar Galactica anyways.
  23. I'm not sure it's the best, but it is the one I enjoy rewatching the most.
  24. Also, if you made universal background checks under the Coburn model mandatory after a five year trial period, you could incorporate a red flag law with it that would prevent transfers to those who have been flagged with proper due process instead of outright taking any firearms they already own away from them. This would also prevent fresh 18 year olds from acquiring guns, without preventing current gun owners from being afraid to seek help with mental health because of the risk of losing their rights. So a veteran who is experiencing PTSD wouldn't have to worry about whether or not their therapist is an activist anti gun type who might lean towards confiscating their guns just because they have nightmares about Afghanistan.
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