Government excesses like that are the reason I am grateful that we have a Constitution and it protects the inalienable right to self-defense through the 2nd Amendment and its protections of the tools necessary to protect life, liberty, and property

@AntiFish03 I like that.

the attitude

@Doc Yeah I could never be a politician... lying is not something I tolerate

Everyone tolerates lying, for the most part.

@AntiFish03 Well, only the autists are incapable of lying. You might want to revise that?

Depends on the lie, of course.

The average human lies between 20 and 50 times pr. day according to the people who measure such things.

@Doc And most of them do it in a way that's otherwise positive, most likely.

@Maw a spectrum

@Maw @Doc ok I grudgingly tolerate liars...

@AntiFish03 most of us prefer lies sometimes.

I am entirely lie intolerant. They give me gas.

Tolerance and Capabilities are two very different issues.

But try to be as genuine as possible with people. Its way easier...

"If you have nothing good to say."

If you spend some time around autists with verbal skills, you get very tired after a while from the lack of lies.

@Doc Yep.

Brutal honesty is just that.

@AntiFish03 I disagree somewhat. The autists-ward is extremely exhausting due to the massive honesty.

How is a bump stock not considered semiautomatic?

It used to be... bATFe reclassified it as a Machine gun 2 or 3 years ago.

@Doc Is it the TMI or insults?

TMI?

Too much info

both

"How do you feel today?"
"I want to strangle a nurse!"

Which is utter doodoo as the recoil resets the trigger mechanism which is completely different than a full-auto trigger mechanism.

"I will be your doctor during this stay"
"Not true. The use of genetive suggests ownership. My surroundings indicate I am the one being owned"

Just joined the discord, introduction Hi.

@IamFLAGG welcome, mr. Flagg

A bump stock is an Aid to pull the Trigger. It does not change the Trigger Mechanism.

or mrs

it is also an aid to lose aim

Absolute truths outside the brain and various ways in which it can be obfuscated, misconstrued, reconstructed, and intentionally or non-intentionally applied before being processed within.

I can only imagine... I don't have to deal with that very often so its not as big of a deal. And since there are times I show signs of falling on the spectrum, its something I also ignore most of the time.

@inwa still not entirely true. Your brain can absorb data that constitutes fractions of a truth. And those data will mostly be contaminated by artifacts.

A truthful statement is not necessarily accurate.

Talking about honest lies

A Lie requires Intent.

I understand your concerns and, unfortunately, I don't know how to bridge the divide on this one, so I will think it out. Both sides ultimately want the same thing: to live their lives without fear of random violence, provide for our families, leave a better world for our kids, etc. Nobody should have a problem with law abiding citizens owning guns, if that's what they want.

I think there has always been a limit on the types of weapons citizens can own (i.e. bombs, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, etc.) So, I would have to imagine that there is somewhere between AR's and Nukes that is an acceptable limitation. We just need to figure out what that line is, quantify it, and set it in stone.

I also think education will be key. The state requires a certain amount of training in order to drive - is there a minimum amount of education that we can agree on that the state can require before a person can own a gun? Some countries with permissive gun laws mandate comprehensive training.

Is this a ridiculous approach?