The Goat Pen

1) I am not at all satisfied with the deaths and injuries from cars and am very frustrated by the slow rate of adoption of self driving tech. It’s the same issue where people expect perfection and lose out on incremental improvements. This is a big issue in my professional life and I talk about it ...

but you wouldn't suggest getting rid of cars in favor of public transportation/mass transit getting rid of guns is not getting rid of violent behavior in the case of defensive gun use, it just makes the weaker prey to the strong Actually, I would be very much in favor of some day replacing our cars...

1) I am not at all satisfied with the deaths and injuries from cars and am very frustrated by the slow rate of adoption of self driving tech. It’s the same issue where people expect perfection and lose out on incremental improvements. This is a big issue in my professional life and I talk about it a...

The majority of the guns come from outside of the state and the guns from IL almost all come from out of Chicago. So, if it was harder to get guns in those places, a lot fewer guns would be in Chicago. Fewer guns = fewer shootings. Of course, the obvious answer is no guns at all but you gun fetish ...

You seem very bothered by the fact that I have changed my views on a number of things over the years. Not sure why. I can tell you that 20 years ago I was a young, inexperienced, know it all dumbass. I'm glad I've drawn upon my experiences that I've had over the years and changed. I'm better for it....

I didn't say that. I just think guns are completely unnecessary and having fewer of them around will lead to fewer shootings. But, you don't care about the shootings, you just want your toys.

Chicago, home of Cletus, and also the home of some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country, continues to be a festival of murders and shootings: 8 Killed and 26 Wounded in Memorial Day Weekend Shootings http://abc7chicago.com/8-killed-in-memorial-day-weekend-shootings-across-chicago/3...

Chicago, home of Cletus, and also the home of some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country, continues to be a festival of murders and shootings: 8 Killed and 26 Wounded in Memorial Day Weekend Shootings http://abc7chicago.com/8-killed-in-memorial-day-weekend-shootings-across-chicago/3...

Not sure where you got the idea that such a person exists. I just live in a normal house in the city. No guards and certainly no guns in our house.

Another school shooting today. I guess the good news is that the house that gun came from is probably very safe from home intruders.

trump is a pompous windbag but he does a lot middle America that agres with me when the media/both coasts constantly call you a shit bag because of your beliefs in bathroom gender separation or boyscout history letting them operate they way thgey always have-- or military transsexuals being more of...

I wish I understood what people like crash are getting from trump in exchange for believing this nonsense and talking like a crazy person.

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The Hill reports that a review of forms from 2006 indicate that Downer had “previously arranged one of the largest foreign donations to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s charitable efforts,” amounting to $25 million in aid from Australia to the Clinton Foundation to help combat the AIDS epidemic . What a ...

What's an order of magnitude among friends?

Shotguns are used for many purposes. The main purpose is for hunting and helping control the wildlife population. Home defense is most likely second. So Cletus, I will ask this. Say those kids are out on the playground or leaving school or something where a large group is together standing somewher...

crashcourse wrote:
800 murders by stabbing last year in London--I hope that muslim mayor bans knives soon

This is definitely not true.

It's still an unacceptable risk. Guns are an unnecessary tool and the fact that 116,000 people are getting shot every year is absurd. How this has become OK is beyond me.

There are 125 million households in the US which means that you have a less than 1 percent chance of suffering an invasion. That is a nonexistent threat. If you are really worried about that 0.8% chance that your home may be invaded, get a dog.

So, both you and Prof agree that shotguns are good for more efficiently killing birds and protect against a nonexistent home threat.

As I said, there isn’t any real need for these things to exist.