For The Record
SGI Challenges?
*snicker*
Hope they’ve upgraded those suckers. My laptop is probably faster.
278 GB RAID? heheheh
Sad, but it dates to 2000....
NRA Institute For Legislative Action has some good information on gun laws by state.
http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/Default.aspx#The law banning large capacity magazines (not clips), lapsed.
Are you any the less dead after being killed with a bullet from a 10-round magazine? Is a Thompson Contender (single-shot) any less lethal than a Glock 19 with a 15-round mabazine? A large capacity magazine allows the home defender to resist home invasion from multiple trolls.
Why can’t we concentrate on allowing us to defend ourselves? I don’t think that everyone should carry, but those of us who have been trained and certified should be allowed as we see necessary.
We need more sheepdogs.
Woof!
Posted by MAJ Mike
04/20/2007 at 09:52 AM
Gotta nit to pick there Maj ... I don’t think “trained and certified” should be required. Granted, it makes good sense, and if it was voluntary few people would sign up. But I ask “certified by whom?” and “who sets the training standards?” and I see both as the big hand of government intruding on my natural, God given rights. I have the right to keep and bear arms even if I’m an uncoordinated dummy. On the other hand, your point does touch on the original 2A meaning of “well regulated”.
And for the millionth time I will say that this “and persons who have been subjected to certain restraining orders or who have been convicted of a misdemeanor offense involving domestic violence” is utterly wrong. The first part denies an individual his basic rights without any form of due process because a restraining order is issued without the target person’s awareness or participation, and the second part is doubly unconstitutional - it is excessive punishment for a misdemeanor crime, and it is unequal treatment under the law because the exact same transgression (beating on somebody) in other circumstances (ie, not who lives with you) does not carry this penalty.
The dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces part might need looking into as well. Can you get kicked out for less than felonious reasons? If so, then this shouldn’t apply.
Oh, and I wouldn’t be surprised if by now the hard drives in that system are bigger, but if all they’re storing is reference links, then 2K per person might be sufficient. Flat data is tight; it’s only the pictures and fat-format files that take up lots of space.
Drew: I agree.
I’m over 21 (well-over), never been arrested much less convicted of a crime, no history of mental illness (never even voted liberal), so why must I be certified by a state-mandated trainer?
I do this because its the law. Concealed Carry folks follow the law even though we disagree with it because we want the ability to legally defend ourselves. You might relate this to being “...well-regulated...”!
That murderous little troll at Virginia Tech didn’t follow the law and look at what it got us—32 body bags.
Just got my renewal in the mail—so I may again be a properly equipped sheepdog.
Posted by MAJ Mike
04/21/2007 at 06:19 AM
