There’s a huge difference between someone putting a webcam on their house for personal security and an AI driven face tracking camera that purposefully records every person that wanders into its field of vision being setup in a public park and on every street corner in the country.

I just bought a new laptop for school as we are required to use windows. So thanks so much for this.

To add to that, the whole short barrel rifle/shotgun thing is a mistake anyways. When they were first hammering out the national firearms act in the 1930s they were going to outlaw handguns entirely. To cover their bases they wanted to ensure that no one would simply cut down a rifle or shotgun to make a “pistol” they put in a section outlawing those too. After a lot of lobbying from the gun industry they ditched the legislation on handguns, but more or less forgot to remove the parts about SBRs and SBSs.

Pistols also have maneuverability on their side. Moving around a house is more difficult with something as long as a shotgun, which is fine if like you said you post up at the stairs or a choke point. But I have kids, if someone comes in my house, getting to them and ensuring they’re safe is my priority. Pistols also give you more rounds and easier reloads. It all depends on individual preference and situation. You’re right pistols take more practice to use effectively, but they’re way more versatile.

I didn’t think it was your take, I was just adding to it. But yea, people do as they do lol.

Yea, the whole “sound of a pump action” is really the last thing you want in an SD situation. Its always better to have surprise on your side.

Modifications generally don’t make a gun more dangerous, they’re generally about making them easier to operate for the user. Different grips to fit bigger or smaller hands, flashlights so you can see what your shooting in a dark house, different sights for different situations or eye conditions etc. I for one have astigmatism so many standard sights don’t work for me and I’m also very tall so a longer butt stock enables me to be more accurate and stable.

I’m a leftist and life long gun owner, I go to the range every other weekend and enjoy it greatly as a hobby. I shoot competively in both long range and pistol competitions. I also think we are in dire need of much strickter gun control here in the US. I would say a full 80% of gun owners should not be allowed to have them due to a lack of training and understanding of firearms and their use.

If you’re thinking about buying a gun I would suggest first going to a range and taking a basic firearms class. I would suggest finding one of the corporate owned chains simply because your less likely to run into the wrong (far right wing) type of gun enthusiast. RangeUSA is a good option. But really any range will have classes available for first time gun owners, usually for under $100. They also offer rentals once you’ve familiarized yourself with safe operation and handling. For home self defence purposes I always reccomend a mid or fullsize 9mm handgun. They have relatively little recoil, are plentiful, cheap, and easy to handle.

If passed, this would effectively ban trans healthcare. It would cut funding to any hospital or medical facility that provides gender affirming care. That means only private practices would be able to offer gender affirming care, and most of them would probably have to stop providing it. If they continued to, they would be ineligible to receive payment from medicare or medicaid for any other patients they see, not just the trans ones. The administration is talking about labeling all trans people as terrorists, why would you think they wouldn’t ban trans healthcare with a smile on their shitty faces?

200 yards is anything but masterful, with even a low-end scope its an easy shot if you’ve spent more than a day or two practicing at a range. The armys qualifying target is a human silhouette set at 300 yards and they are using open iron sights with no magnification or aid whatsoever.

I sincerely hope someone doxxes the little snitch so they can catch all the karma they have coming their way.

Fritz? Are you implying I’m a fascist because I have sense enough to know that not every single military member is an imperialist?

Yea I saw that she served during the war in a cryptology service group as a code breaker, not exactly evil stuff. What I was asking for were any examples of some wrong doing she has been accused of, ya know, something more than just your vibe check. BTW, calling everyone who serves in the army an “imperial officer” makes you sound like a moron.

Why is she a ghoul? Like what did she do? I looked at her wikipedia and didn’t see anything that stood out to me. Idk anything about her past that though.

Nauru has been an independent country since 1968.

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I have a Framework 14 for my school laptop and it really is a great little piece of hardware. Can’t wait to see what they come up with next.

Yup, its a terrible design. Every other automaker uses some form of lidar with the cameras, but elon says “HuMaNs DrIvE wItH jUsT eYeS”. So we get this bullshit.

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Part of the problem with teslas is they will sometimes do the phantom braking even when not on autopilot. My gf has a model 3 we bought back before F-Elon went full mask off, and there’s a certain road we occasionally drive where the car will just slam on the brakes for no reason wherever another road joins the main one. We both refuse to use autopilot but it still does it with even normal cruise control active and sometimes even under full manual control. Its a serious problem. We’d replace the stupid thing if we could afford it but its devalued so much that its more affordable to just keep it.

I feel like if he wanted to he could out right buy half the GOP congress people though. Money holds a lot of political power when the politicians are for sale.