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No they fucking didn't. They said it *can't be* matched. That is a very different thing to "it doesn't match". It's the difference between "we can't tell you what gun it was" vs "we can tell you it wasn't this one". "Ballistics can't match the buckshot to the suspects shotgun" does *not*...

So, then we control it too. Nobody sails through there without our permission either. You have to pick one standard and stick with it.

So, if anyone who can shut down the straight controls it, then obviously we control it. Along with every other significant naval passage anywhere in the world. Because Iran might be able to make that passage more risky than the ship owners want to chance, we sure as hell could eliminate...

The straight of hormuz is recognized international waters, and has been for a long time. It is a specific exception to the normal 12 miles rule. And even if it wasn't, the more general rules would put the border between Iranian territory and Oman at exactly the half way point. So ships could...

Looks fake. The mushroom clouds are moving way too fast for that scale. The fluid dynamics is all off. Plus, the explosion was way too small to cause a cloud that big.

Bullet probably looks like this. Anyone claiming the fact that it can't be matched to a specific rifle means something needs to stop watching CSI reruns.

"Their shipping lanes". It's international waters. What makes that their shipping lanes ?

Saw the absolute perfect quote about the state of modern news.

Wow, you really don't understand any of this do you ? "Ghost guns" that show up with gang bangers are regular guns with defaced serial number. They aren't out there 3d printing stuff. Defacing the serial number is a major crime, and nobody is talking about changing that. You're falling for...

It should have been the rule since 1776. And it was until '92. People should have hung for that.

Obama's purge of the military was legendary.

You're proud of that aren't you ? You would have called the cops on Harriet Tubman and then patted yourself on the back for your civic virtue too wouldn't you. “When tyranny is law, rebellion becomes duty.” -Thomas Jefferson

You absolutely can. Assuming you own that stretch of land anyway. If you don't own it, then that's just stealing someone else's land. Everyone but the anarchists and communists agrees that stealing someone's land is wrong.

To be fair this *is* a gun forum.

We shall see. It was a good day when Monkeyface was removed from the governors office, but his replacement wasn't an improvement.

I have no idea what really happened. But I do know that Tyler Robinson will be convicted of the crime and sent to prison for a long time. The defense is entirely performative at this point. They might as well bring up the fringe on the flag.

They are after all the #1 sponsor of things being added to the Geneva conventions. Their motto should be "it's not a war crime the first time".

"Milady doth protest too much" is a thing for a reason.

I have no idea if any of this is true or not, and quite frankly IDGAF. The interesting part is that the people trying to make a big deal about it are the same ones who will yell from the rooftops that it's perfectly normal. But, as far as his personal life, if he's not claiming to actually be...

Governments spend a lot of effort hiding secrets. But they all know that their enemies already know most of them. The real goal of all the secrecy is to keep the public from finding out what's really going on.

More oil on the market lowers the price of oil. High oil prices are one of the major political obstacles for Trump to continue the operation. It makes perfect sense once you acknowledge that the Iran deal is a higher priority than Ukraine for Trump. Also with Russia no longer getting drones...

It disingenuous to say "the bullet doesn't match" when that bullet can't be matched to any rifle at all because of it's condition. That phrase makes it sound like there is evidence that it *wasn't* fired from that rifle, there isn't. The prosecution can track down the other 6 people and just...

They'll just borrow against it as collateral or something like that. Then eventually they defaults and it disappears. Since nobody ever prosecutes government agents when they break laws like that, they have no reason to actually worry if it's illegal or not.

It's like having ants. You'll never get rid of them if there's food out no matter how many you kill or how much poison you spread. But clean up the mess so there's no food and they'll just magically disappear.

The thing about moochers is that you don't *have* to kick them out. If you cut them off they will leave on their own.

Not surprising. How many guns do you think are laying around with only one set? You think this guy deep cleaned the rifle right before this ?

And we might finally get peace in the middle east out of this. What did we get in exchange for the Biden's price spike ? What were we even *trying* to get ?

You really need to find more diverse sources of information. Nobody claimed there wouldn't be temporary increases in oil prices. It's obvious that would happen, but it's necessary in the long run.

Don't you find it a bit odd that Europe is clutching their pearls and calling for us to surrender to stop the fighting while the Muslim Arabs that are actually in the middle east and are actually getting hit are saying "finish Iran off so we can be rid of them" ? Also, since modern European has...

In other news, the sun set in the west last night...

They would undoubtedly target NYC, DC, or LA. I'm not sure they wouldn't be doing us a favor TBH. I don't know what that country would look like when we were done though. Imagine trying to explain 1980s Japan to someone from the 1940s LOL.

Which is interesting because the actual muslim majority countries that are in the middle east are generally supportive. Sort of like the white liberal women who think blacks are too stupid to get an ID, and the actual blacks are like "no, it's not that hard"

If their definition of "cannot lose" is "if you die a martyr, then you win" then I believe we can reach an agreement.

Yes they have: https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-condemns-iranian-aggression-urges-strong-global-response/

Don't wait till they're at your door to do something about it. Any officers participating should be worried about who is going to knock on *their* door. I have no illusions about any Canadians having the balls to actually do something about it though. I do wonder how many "collection squad"...

"The constitution is not a suicide pact". It was written by the same people who's slogan was "give me liberty or give me death". If you can't handle that, then GTFO of the country and go live in the UK or Canada or something. Because eventually you ilk are going to keep pushing this until...

It's always easier to embezzle money from a failing enterprise than a successful one. Whenever you see something run so poorly that you can't imagine how anyone would think it was a good idea, consider that maybe none of the leaders even intended it to ever work. The Rochester fast ferry is a...

Aren't you supposed to be *less* likely to get shot with them around ? Imagine if he'd hit her LOL. I guess they're "helping" keep her safe in the same way the department of education is "helping" educate our kids.

The real criminals we need to lock up are in Albany, and many of the DAs and Judges.

More chins than a Chinese phonebook.

"The beatings will escalate until morale improves"

Once the corruption hits a critical mass it starts to reinforce itself in a positive feedback loop. Crooks protect crooks and actively try to force anyone out who presents a threat to corruption. It's an inevitable consequence of any long lasting bureaucracy. The only solution to that is a...

Why on earth does *anyone* get the government to pay for their criminal defense, outside of a public defender ? There is no job anywhere in government that "breaking the law" is part of.

It's not harder to buy an illegal gun in NY than it is to buy illegal drugs. Which is to say, not very difficult at all.

Market is down = bargain hunting time.

As bad as the US government is, China is *far* worse.

If they drop the requirements for new engines, then they kinda have to drop the prohibition on deleting them from old ones too. At least at the federal level.

Should just go back to Persia, I think the locals would prefer that. Then forget all about that unfortunate time they were called Iran.

You're not wrong, but I think limiting the ban to China is going the wrong direction. I think they should expand the ban to anyone who can't certify a fully domestic supply chain.

Isn't that the guy who played Palpatine?