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Agreed that a non-cop could get out of this situation without charges, though I think a cop is more likely to. Also, I can't help but notice a few things that potentially indicate preferential treatment: 1. He wasn't arrested 2. His guns were not taken 3. His name has not been released That...

One hundred percent, she should have kept control of her dogs. But, watch the footage, and in particular the body language of the GSDs. Those dogs were not attacking. Charging, barking, yes... but not attacking. I'll give you that we can't expect everyone to be able to read dogs as easily as I...

Or, remember how Bill Clinton ran for office and one of his policy goals was to increase taxes on the rich, which he defined as households making $250k or more... then, when his wife ran 24 years later, one of her policy goals was to increase taxes on the rich, which she defined as households...

Back when I was living in Binghamton, about once a week I'd be driving to work and it would smell like there was a dead animal under my hood. Sure enough, ten miles down the road, I'd catch up to a semi hauling trash from NYC/NJ, presumably heading to that landfill. And the smell would finally...

"A right not exercised is a right lost" I understand your point that folks that do this kind of thing are putting themselves in harm's way regardless of the fact that they are exercising their Constitutional rights. That said, the fact that these rights were paid for in blood certainly suggests...

Not sure where you're getting the 75% number. All stats I find say that about 20% (4.5m) of NY residents are gun owners, so that'd be 40% or so of the voting population, of which only 1.2m voted in the last gubernatorial election. If we could boost that to 3m of the 4.5, we could see a radical...

Waiting periods are so dumb. Maybe, MAYBE, they have an effect on a first-time gun buyer. But certainly no benefit in relation to the purported purpose of these waiting periods. (We all know the real purpose is to impose more hurdles to jump over and hoops to jump through for law-abiding gun...

Quite true, particularly given that you are automatically registered to vote on transactions with the DMV, unless you specifically opt out. Interestingly, the state passed legislation that automatically registered people to vote (unless opted out) for many transactions with the state, but...

I've seen sources that suggest that less than 1/3rd of NYS gun owners vote. Here's an example. I can't speak to the validity of this data.

They'd be stupid to do it. One successful attack on any of those companies on US soil will erase practically all resistance to the war. We'd have more Americans in Iran than Iran has Iranians.

I think one of the biggest faults we've had with military engagements is not going full-bore right from the get-go. If you're going to go to war, throw everything you legally can at it. Our military is incredibly powerful, but they're always restrained by politics. Tossing million-dollar...

Same happened to me, though with a swifter resolution. I had failed to disclose an "arrest" (appearance ticket) on my application that had happened when I was 16, with charges that were eventually dismissed. I hadn't forgotten about it, but I did not know at the time that an appearance ticket...

Correct, though it was more like a decade-plus ago. I don't know if it has changed back since then, but I highly doubt it.

IIRC, PA does not honor non-resident licenses from other states. Maybe that's changed, and of course you can still car-carry on your NY license and open carry outside of your car. One other thing to note, the easiest way to gain exemption from Gun-Free School Zone laws is to possess a license...

VERY interesting. I see they have a new sheriff, it sounds like this one may be better at following the law than the old one. I first obtained my LTCF from Susquehanna County in 2011, no issues. When I went in to renew in 2016, their webpage stated that they were no longer accepting...

I often wonder what the impacts of single-payer will be on people who invested in their future healthcare - for example, people socking money away in HSAs, or teachers who accept lower income in exchange for post-retirement health insurance options. The former might see some recovery, such as...

The liberals make a lot of noise, but noise doesn't necessarily turn into votes. What matters is the economy, and in that respect, I agree that there needs to be a turnaround in order for a Republican to win in 2028. Everything has gotten ridiculously expensive. I don't know that it's actually...

Of course it's a pipe dream. NYC will never release their stranglehold on upstate. If we put that aside and assume we did somehow separate NY into two states, however, I wouldn't consider it a pipe dream. Our votes would actually count, and we could elect representatives who actually...

That's what I mean. NYC drives the government, and makes us have social services at a level we wouldn't have if we ruled ourselves. We wouldn't need to. They'd self-deport once we stopped the free shit gravy train. Likely to NYC.

I don't think so... that's always been an intentionally misleading statement. Yes, on balance, NYC taxes "support" upstate. But that support is necessary to fund liberal policies that wouldn't exist if they weren't shoved down our throats. A separate upstate would have a much smaller...

I agree with this sentiment.... but... it becomes a problem when this is accepted as the norm, and the purported "bad guy" isn't a bad guy at all. Like, say, a lawful concealed carrier doing nothing wrong at all meets a jumpy cop with an itchy trigger finger. As has happened many times. It's...

There's a significant difference, in that it's fairly easy to prevent a kid from accessing a physical item you possess. That's something that is entirely under the control of the parent. Restricting who the kids associate with isn't. Not that I agree with prosecuting parents in either case...

...and property taxes...

Definitely agree with the sentiment, though I think this case was an easier win (for the wrong side) than the Crumbleys (parents of the Oxford High School shooter). In their case, they failed to secure their firearms, and they possibly missed some warning signs. In this case, the father was...

Not a fan of this trend of convicting parents for the crimes of their children, though I will admit this was a pretty egregious case. His son outright idolized school shooters.

So, then, you are opposed to alcohol being made legal? It is a drug, it was once illegal, and it was made legal by the same people who ripped many of your gun rights away. You seem to be hung up on marijuana, not realizing or intentionally disregarding the fact that all of the same arguments...

I kind of wish they'd do that near me, though it would be an eminent domain nightmare. I've seen too many Amish traveling late at night on dark roads in dark buggies. They are required to have battery-operated lights now, which helps a lot, but I still see accidents waiting to happen all the...

I'll second this. I didn't start working to support myself until the early 90s, but I was constantly working 2-3 jobs while attending school just to barely scrape by. What got me out of that cycle was picking lucrative majors in college that had excellent job prospects, and working my ass off to...

That would almost make one think that mental illness is something we should be concerned about! But, nah, must be the guns.

Eh, this is a twisting of words. Read the article and what he really said. He's not saying that students should be required to protest, he's saying that this is a situation that needs to be protested against. Big difference.

Blatant first amendment violation.

I could get behind mandatory gun safety training, but certainly not like this. Make it a requirement to graduate high school, like the Economics or Participation in Government classes were when I was in high school. That way, no government gating to exercise a right. There's other issues that...

Huh. You know, now that you mention it, I bet that's why I have to replace stuff in my For 8N every couple of years. It was definitely not built for ethanol.

Word now is that it was apple cider vinegar. So... it was acid!

We have those all over the place where I live now. Was really handy when I first moved here and had no well yet... would fill up buckets for flushing the toilet, and occasionally do a side-of-the-road scrub-down of myself. My daughter was fascinated by this and decided to wash her hair there one...

Radically unconstitutional, of course. But there is one option that would be legal and seems pretty obvious... ban CC (only allow OC.).

I'm pretty optimistic regarding this case. I've lost track, what's the status of the similar law in NY? Last I remember, it was struck down in a district court. I don't remember hearing of any appeals. Regardless, it will be good for SCOTUS to definitively strike down that bullshit.

It's gotten so bad that Rural King won't even send me empty ammo cans anymore.

I'd suggest keeping an eye open on rural areas you'd want to move. Keep in mind that houses are less expensive in rural areas, so the equity you have in your home could enable you to make the move today. My wife and I were in a substantially similar boat as you about 2 years ago... house bought...

I don't really think that investment firms buying homes is really a problem. They're just part of the market. If they push things too high, demand will plummet and prices will drop. Frankly, I think we're on the verge of that point right now. There are a lot of other things going on that I...

There's no way that $190 million figure is correct. As the article points out, Maryland in its entirety is allocated $193 million, and that is spread across thousands of day cares. Two possibilities here: Sperry got his facts mixed up Or, he intentionally used the lowercase 'm' (which means...

Re-certified for my wife and I this past weekend. All of the listed pistols were correct, but my address was our previous address (we moved 1.5 years ago) and my county was still listed as the previous county. Same for her, but her home address was completely wrong. Apparently some kind of...

At first blush, it sounds great, but I shudder to thinik what a Democrat-designed gun safety curriculum would look like. "Guns are bad, report your parents to the government."

That cop is lucky the perp didn't carry condition 1. And, from what I can see, doubly lucky that the perp failed to rack the gun properly on his first attempt. If you watch carefully, right before he points the gun at the cop, he attempts to rack the gun, points, then pulls the trigger - you can...

You greatly misunderstand what I meant by "we are not a nice presence." I wasn't talking about our manners. I was talking about the rapes, robberies, beatings, murders, and all sorts of other shit that occurs and are rarely held to account, or in some cases are even sanctioned. Particularly and...

I dunno about that. Bin Laden's primary (and explicitly stated) goal was to get the US out of Saudi Arabia specifically, and the Middle East in general. In other words, he was motivated almost entirely by our lack of isolationism. When we put soldiers in other countries, we're often not very...

I think that, regardless of whatever tomfoolery took place before the video, this would be a good shoot... in a free state. In NY, though? He could have driven off by going around the right side of the stopped car. I'm not saying that's right - I support Stand Your Ground - but we don't have...

I agree that the government should not be in the business of marriage, that their authority should end at civil unions. But let's be realistic here: we're playing semantics. Civil unions would bestow all of the same legal benefits, and plenty of religions support gay marriage, plus anyone can...

Should have and would have, sure. Could have? I dunno, NY has been dominated by liberals for as long as I can remember. Any exceptions - such as Pataki, or when Republicans controlled the NY Senate - seem to have just been RINOs.

lol... no shit, Sherlock. That doesn't make it any less disgusting, and it completely misses the point. The proper answer to a large landmass ruled by a concentration of population is to separate the two to ensure adequate representation of interests. The reality is that upstate and downstate...