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Mikey4

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  1. That's a distinction, but it's not a very principled one. A gun is not inherently more dangerous than those items, and guns have lots of uses other than killing people. I suspect that some very high percentage (99%+) of gun uses do NOT involve killing people but are instead focused on sport or hunting. A similar percentage of gun owners never use a gun to kill. I'm not sure why we would make parents strictly liable for a child's crime when the child uses a gun, but not when a child uses some other weapon.
  2. I was responding to a post that reads: My basic point is that a parent should not be strictly liable for a child's crimes. At a minimum, parental liability should require proof that the parent failed to use ordinary or reasonable care. So giving a gun to a mentally disturbed kid who then uses it to murder someone? That's grounds for criminal liability of the parent. Just having a sharp knife in the kitchen? Nah, nothing out of the ordinary there. Everyone seems to agree on those points. Here's where I see disagreement: What about owning a gun that is unloaded and locked, but unbeknownst to you, your child -- with no warning signs -- walks to the hardware store, buys a bolt cutter, finds the gun, breaks the lock, finds the ammo, and kills someone? I don't see how that's a basis for parental liability. The parent stored the gun unloaded and locked and had no reason to suspect the child would do those things.
  3. I allow my kids access to all sorts of dangerous instruments. I leave my car keys lying around. We have a drawer full of sharp knives. They know where to find matches and lighter fluid. The chainsaw is in the shed. Don't get me started on poisonous household chemicals. Should parents be responsible any time a child uses the parent's property to murder someone? Or is there something special about guns?
  4. The issue should be whether the parents/dad was negligent, not whether he bought the kid a gun. I have purchased guns for my minor children. The guns are unloaded, cable locked, and in my sole custody unless we are going to the range, in which case they remain locked until we get in a lane and I hand out keys. That's responsible gun ownership. But buying a gun and handing it over to a kid, especially one with mental health problems, is negligence. There's a difference.
  5. I can understand how a drunk on Rainey could wander into the brush to pee and fall in the water. Not saying that's what was happening, but it's one logical explanation. But the Utah guy in the video says they were at bars on 6th. That's at least a 6 block hike to the water, maybe longer (if he went east/west as well). How and why does an out of town guy get from 6th to town lake and fall in?
  6. I gotta admit, I was skeptical from the description, but that app is pretty fucking cool. I immediately saw a bunch of stuff I want to read from all over the web. It's like it pulls the most interesting stuff and puts it all in one place.
  7. Finished Fairy Tale yesterday and loved it. King is the GOAT storyteller, and I like how he merges themes found in so many classic fantasy novels. Here are some of the themes and the books of which they reminded me: Great book, would recommend.
  8. They talk like this guy in a top 35-50 player who only needs to have a good fall to jump up to a 5*. In reality, he's a 3* on 247 and a low 4* on the composite.
  9. Yes but they were not blue collar lunch pail guys with a chip on their shoulder!
  10. Spiteful Egotistical Crybabies: The SEC screenshot megathread
  11. The situation with Saban will force a change, but not in the rules. It will change the timing of firings and retirements so that a school is less likely to get worked over like this. The problem is not with allowing transfers after a coaching change. The problem is Saban retiring as the portal window was closing.
  12. There would probably be a fight about whether the court should seal the contract, but that would be an uphill battle in Texas state court, especially with statewide media organizations wanting to see the contract.
  13. I'd love to see Nolan take the money and run. Would aggy or its collective really sue? If so, the optics would be terrible for a&m. Talk about negative recruiting -- "they'll sue if you try to leave." Plus we might get the NIL contract in the public record.
  14. They're also conveniently ignoring on3's transfer rankings, which balance outgoing transfers against incoming ones. On that metric, they've been decimated by having to recruit bread to replace blue chip talent.
  15. They cropped out the part showing that their class is nearly ALL BREAD. Let's see the rest...
  16. "Texas Aggies United" What is a "Texas Aggie?" It's been a while since I graduated from Texas, but I don't remember this student organization.
  17. My response when aggy says Texas cannot handle the weekly grind of the SEC:
  18. Pretty please Ross, fire Ryan Day and hire Jimbo.
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