Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Are we all just going to ignore that Dan Crenshaw looks like a Bond villain?

And while I don't like the guy, I don't believe he is being interpreted correctly. He's saying that universal background checks would mean he can't lend someone a handgun, because he would be required to do a background check first, not that he thinks they would fail it. I don't specifically know if universal background checks would actually require that because I have not looked into it, but that's what Dr Gun here is saying
 
Tress

Tress

AshburnerX said:
Yeah, this. If he has reason to believe these people wouldn't pass a background check, he has reason to believe they'd misuse the weapon.
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Oh, I read that differently. I took it as him saying if we required universal background checks to everyone before transferring possession, he wouldn't be able to loan it out to anyone because it would be a costly and time-consuming process, regardless of the person's record.

EDIT: What @Ravenpoe said.
 
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Ravenpoe said:
Are we all just going to ignore that Dan Crenshaw looks like a Bond villain?

And while I don't like the guy, I don't believe he is being interpreted correctly. He's saying that universal background checks would mean he can't lend someone a handgun, because he would be required to do a background check first, not that he thinks they would fail it. I don't specifically know if universal background checks would actually require that because I have not looked into it, but that's what Dr Gun here is saying
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This one bugs me a lot, because it's not that hard a read. I mean, I'm all for gun control (although I've given up arguing with gun nuts on the internet), but this one was a stretch, and the constant outrage over everything on both sides is just so goddamned exhausting.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Tress said:
Actually, yes it is. I don't really know why you two think this is a crime.
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Must be a MI thing. MI law states that if you possess are in possession of a handgun, you must also be the registered owner of that handgun.
Note I'm not saying "firearm," I'm saying "handgun."

--Patrick
 
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Tress

Tress

PatrThom said:
Must be a MI thing. MI law states that if you possess a handgun, you must also be the registered owner of that handgun.
Note I'm not saying "firearm," I'm saying "handgun."

--Patrick
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Well, it does certainly vary from state to state. I didn't look up Michigan law, only Texas law.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Yeah, she utterly dunked on him and she's really just echoing our point: if your friends couldn't pass a background check, why would you give them a gun? If the answer is to protect themselves, the question becomes "From whom and why can't you get a gun yourself? Why do you need a gun NOW?" Fuck... if you're asking someone for a gun for protection, why don't you just stay with them for a bit and let them use the gun if it comes to it? The whole thing is suspicious as hell.

Seriously... most mass shootings (so 4 or more people)? Family murder-suicides, by far. Someone (usually a white guy 18-35) feels like their honor or pride has been infringed and proceeds to knock off the people who they feel don't respect them, before turning the weapon on themselves. Most violent homicides involving a gun? Someone harming a loved one or someone they know. How many of these were enabled by someone lending out a gun?
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

I've been trying to think of some sort of semi-appropriate joke about being allowed to "hit it" at 18 y/o, but haven't quite managed to formulate it correctly.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

So a tariff that's not technically a tariff on top of the tariffs that are actual tariffs.
Just another way to "encourage" consumers and companies towards good ol' American products and services, b(u)y jingo.

--Patrick
 
Tiger Tsang

Tiger Tsang

jwhouk said:
You ain't the only one.
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So many things shouldn't be privatized. The thought of privatizing *profit* THEM should be anathema to any reasonable being with a soul. And when you look at the shitshows that Privatization has produced, and some folks keep pushing for it, they really don't have one * a soul*.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Tiger Tsang said:
So many things shouldn't be privatized. The thought of privatizing *profit* THEM should be anathema to any reasonable being with a soul. And when you look at the shitshows that Privatization has produced, and some folks keep pushing for it, they really don't have one * a soul*.
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Just a reminder, this happened.

tl;dr: judges in PA literally sold kids to a private prison.
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

Well in Israel its more him just saying he can still wrangle up a coalition to keep his spot, so the votes don't technically mean he's out. It doesn't look like he'll actually be able to though.
 
Frank

Frank

I mean, didn't he already do that when he won in 2016, claiming that quadrillions of rapists and bad hombres voted for Hillary.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Frank said:
I mean, didn't he already do that when he won in 2016, claiming that quadrillions of rapists and bad hombres voted for Hillary.
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He's still not over it. That one withered cell he calls a brain can't handle the fact that anyone would vote for someone else.
 
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