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That's what makes it interesting. If America is just an idea then it's easy to define who is American. If America is a nationality with a bloodline then it becomes much harder to define, perhaps even impossible. However it gets you thinking much more about what truly makes someone American vs...

So nationality is just a legal status?

The ancestry test my brother did said we were like 40% or 60% European, I can't remember then we had some Iberian, a decent amount of Mediterranean, some Arab (from the Italian side of the family) some Asian as well iirc (could be Russian). Anyway based on that, on what you've said and what I...

Imo it's the muddying of bloodlines. I can trace my grandfather's family on my father's side back to Italy they got here in around 1917. My grandmother is much harder because we believe she has been here longer we think she may have come from Austria or Poland. On my mother's side it's even more...

A Norwegian tomorrow coming here wouldn't just become American. He'd be a Norwegian living in America. He can pay taxes and love this country but that doesn't make him an American somehow. Being a citizen doesn't mean you are of that nation you just live there and support it and participate in...

The child is African just as it would be African if born in any other country in the world. Your place of birth has nothing to do with your national heritage.

This would be the same as saying considering oneself something other than a man or woman is just a state of mind. We are what we are based on our genetics. An African and all of their kin will always be African regardless of where they live. Same for a Mexican, German, French, Chinese, Korean, etc.

Is that so wrong? Other people can still come here and live here and be citizens but they are still nationals of wherever they hail from just as I would consider myself an American even if I lived in and supported Norway and was a citizen. Nationally I am not Norse, but legally I would be in...

By my own standards I'm not 100% American. My fathers side came here around 1917 from Italy. My mother's side however can be traced back to the 1800s in Virginia. You also have to look at the potential for mixing of bloodlines in Europe. The Roman's had control of the continent at one time...

So citizenship and nationality is just an idea and legal status? And I never said I'm not welcoming to other people and cultures I just said they aren't American. I don't understand why many claim the US to be more of an idea than a true nationality. Why are we the only country that is based...

While I agree that during its creation America was an idea and I also agree that no matter ones race or beliefs they can be great people there is another question. If you were to go to Mexico, Britain, China, Germany or Saudi Arabia and you learn their language embrace their beliefs do...

From my understanding of what they have written is they are pro USA as the nazis were pro Germany. As bad a rap as the nazis have is being pro USA really a bad idea? I also believe different cultures thrive in different lands just like elephants thrive in different lands than Prarie dogs.

Damn, good eye.

I was out for a jog the other day and saw this up outside my local Tops. Seems fairly spot on to what many of us believe.

My favorite line is "everyone deserves to live" well if you allow people to go on welfare they will continue to take as much as they can for free. If you noticed the democrats during the SOTU and also the black caucus looked angry/disappointed that African American unemployment is at an all...

I saw this happen first hand with my younger brother. It's rather unsettling. He went to Potsdam and came back a full on Marxist. Also Marxists are all about getting rid of tradition and culture. "A people without a heritage are more easily persuaded" - Karl Marx...

The thing is, it's not just about safety or what's faster. It's about what you are most comfortable doing everyday because if you can't do it day in and out then why bother at all? Yes there are pros and cons for every carry location but in the end the position that you carry everyday is the...

Another thing to consider with hip carry is that if you say slip on ice and land on the gun the force can cause severe injury like a broken hip. I know the guys at my LGS know people who have had that happen.

And those are some reasons why I am saving money to move out of this state.

They are supposed to keep the curb appeal of the neighborhood up and thus resale value up. In the end they just nit pick little things and make people hate them. People also say, "they keep people from having yards full of garbage" I feel like being respectful to your neighbors can accomplish...

Hoa's suck for the most part from what I hear about them. My father and I had plans to fix up his 85 rx-7 but since it was a long expensive project and the hoa was on our ass because "can't have a vehicle in your driveway with no registration." he ended up selling it.

All valid points. Zero firearm safety from these folks.

Not surprising to see the people doing this lack basic trigger discipline.

I like shows to see what things I might want to buy later. Plus if b&d shows up I can get some cheap brass.

Sure seems like they would rather people leave for other states than stay in this one...

You're absolutely right. However those others become much easier to get rid of once you disarm the population. That is why many appear to be hung up on just the second amendment. The entire bill of rights is important but the right to bear arms exists to ensure that the other rights do not get...

Our country is working to get rid of the second amendment, meanwhile the Czechs are working to pass a similar amendment to protect their rights to own firearms...

It means it wasn't planned by this Stephen Patsy guy and was planned by someone looking to create a reason to infringe on our 2nd ammendment rights more.

It gets pretty confusing, eh?

Don't you know? It's racist to not give free stuff to the lazy and inept. They didn't choose to be that way, it's not their fault.

Since we're talking about mossberg specifically here's this Home makes it so the mini shells feed reliability from the tube iirc.

As I've only fairly recently gotten into firearm ownership I'm not a member of either nra or goa but I will be joining the goa soon as they appear to be a much better organization than the nra. From what I've read anyway.

At the ranges you're likely to be at inside the home from my understanding of the mini 12g rounds (having never fired them) is they are going to still be lethal. Past that they start to perform poorly. I've read about them being a viable option in the Shockwave for home defense inside the home.

I agree goa is better.

Well you see, they didn't have to because they weren't going to be deported. Now that they are going to be because they are breaking the law they think because they have been breaking it for so long its "unfair" to kick them out. I say, tough, you had your chance and you blew it.

DACA is unconstitutional and thus illegal meaning anyone who is a part of it is breaking the law and illegally living in the USA. I don't understand why these picks want to spend money on foreign nationals instead of their own citizens... I guess it's easier to import votes than to actually...

Another video regarding how this works.

Dats raysist... Hopefully we can get them all out. You want to be a member of our country we have a due process.

My guess being it came from the msm to say look at all these places people could have guns and be scared. However they always fail to mention that the legal gun owners for the most part are not the problem.

Why are those cities nicer than the rest of the area around them? Oh, right. Western civilization exists somewhat in those cities...