I guess yesterday people tried to explain why the first assault weapons ban was ineffective. Tons of questions about what is meant by "cosmetic features". If you're going to try to explain this aspect, you need pictures. The people you're talking to don't know the part names.
The rifle on the bottom was made during the ban. Gun people know the ban couldn't have contributed to any declines because all it did was make rifles look weird to them. (Keep in mind the one on the bottom would accept any of the hundreds of millions of 30 rd mags out there).
the best example for non gun people is probably looking at a picture of the AK-47 vs the MAK-90.
Or maybe the Tec-9 evolution under the ban. The ban succeeded in making that one more easily concealed.
AK-47
Totally not an AK made during the ban.
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I'm extremely detached from deaths in conflict. I don't normally have an emotional reaction.
Just watched the footage of an unconscious man beat to death at the Capitol. One of the implements was a pole with an American flag on it.
I can't tell you how many times a contractor or consultant headed overseas is told by somebody like those in the crowd what "they" (meaning foreigners) would do if they caught an American. As if Americans somehow were different.
The greatest evils in the world are always committed not by people as thinking individuals, but by groups of tool using primates tricked, indoctrinated, and pitted against each other by some idiotic power structure.
Re: Biden doesn't have the power to just let them out
"I, President Joe Biden, hereby pardon all people accused of unlawful entry who did so for the purposes of seeking asylum from Jan 2016 to the present day."
He literally does have that power.
Executive order (number)
Those seeking asylum shall not be deported until their asylum claim is processed.
Executive order (number)
No asylum claim will be processed until a full review of asylum procedures is conducted.
The Insurrection Act is for use during.... insurrections. Alternatively, when normal judicial process isn't available. These cases have made it to the Supreme Court. It's available. Aside from that, troops can't interfere with an election: law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18…
It's up to five years for interfering "in any manner" with an election official attempting to perform their duties.
If this was to be done (snatching voting machines), it would have to be done by federal law enforcement... who would need a warrant... which would require probable cause... which would need evidence.
Me watching the @jimmy_dore /@AOC mess.... @professordarwin was just talking about the drama loop and how it only helps the opposition.
In this case, I don't think people are communicating very well.
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Should we try to push establishment people to more progressive positions? Absolutely.
Would a M4A vote be cool to see rep's positions? Also yes.
Is it worth expending post-election political capital to see? Depends on whether it can really win.
Can it win? Depends on Georgia.
With the uncertainty, would that political capital be better used elsewhere? Depends on how you look at it. (This is the actual point of contention. Nobody believes AOC suddenly doesn't want M4A.)