The General Political Thread

[Harald Wulfstan]

2 russians were executed by isis recently :O

[Theodin]

Even the NRA is now calling for additional legislation on bump stocks...

When people dump the bodies of the victims on the NRA before they even say anything and then they say something reasonable but fuck the NRA anyways amiright

[Toffee]

Yes because the NRA might have changed their opinion now but they've still lobbied against gun control. People are just pointing that out.

[Edwin]

Good luck closing Pandora's box 

[Karth]

 bump stocks are selling like crazy now.  Pretty sure most distributors are already sold out

But for real, it's just like with Trump, media only points out his 'outbursts', never his good side.

[Duuring]

Like publically not giving a fuck about an American territory with over 3 million American citizens? Damn media.

[Toffee]

how somebody acts at their worst is a good way to see their true character. Trump acts like a cunt at his worst.

[Riddlez]

Even the NRA is now calling for additional legislation on bump stocks...

When people dump the bodies of the victims on the NRA before they even say anything and then they say something reasonable but fuck the NRA anyways amiright

Not at all my intention. It is comepletely out of character for the NRA to be for any type of gun control measure. Why this? Why now? Why not call for legislation against large-calibre rifles? What is it that makes bump stocks so special that it warrants legislation? And why not something else?


Bottom line, I am suprised they 'started caring' suddenly about bump stocks... I applaud it, though in this case, I think it is just fighting the symptons.
And it is ironic, because you could use the NRA's main argument against them now:

Why ban bump stocks? Bump stocks don't kill people, people with bump stocks kill people.
Yes, but a bump stock certainly fucking helps, doesn't it?

[Phoen!x]

Less about the availability than the culture of the usage of the guns. Switzerland is quite liberal as well but the related deaths per capita are not comprable. It's an important discussion but I don't like how Las Vegas is used to keep the arguments very emotional.

[Edwin]

Like publically not giving a fuck about an American territory with over 3 million American citizens? Damn media.

Spoiler

[close]

Yeah, it's just the worst.

[TheBoberton]

Not at all my intention. It is comepletely out of character for the NRA to be for any type of gun control measure. Why this? Why now? Why not call for legislation against large-calibre rifles? What is it that makes bump stocks so special that it warrants legislation? And why not something else?

It is in the hopes of finding that "compromise" that gun control advocates prattle on about. We give them the useless range toy that found literally the one manner in which it could be marginally useful (Elevated position and pointed at a crowd of twenty thousand), and we get national CC reciprocity.

Fat chance it'll work, but it's worth the attempt.

[Karth]

Because if they compromise on this they can use it as leverage against gun control advocates for years to come.

[William]

Trump hinting at calm before storm --> Reports of North Korea testing a missile capable of hitting mainland U.S. soon. My body is not ready.

and apparently some fuckers in the military leaked that we only have a months worth of smartbombs in the Korean Peninsula. Whoever leaked that needs to be court-martialed because that is something of extreme strategic importance and should never be leaked to the press under any circumstances.

[Duuring]

In the Netherlands we'll finally have a government at the end of this month. Yay.

[Toffee]

How long has it been duuring?