Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

Professor Tiger · Post by **Professor Tiger** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:20 am

You C&P'd my post on the Tennessee thread.

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:21 am

Didn't see it.

Professor Tiger · Post by **Professor Tiger** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:22 am

IMHO, this is worse than the death penalty.

What they did to SMU was like a fatal car wreck - quick and decisive. This is more like Alzheimer's - slow and humiliating.

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:25 am

Looks like i beat you by about 20min.

Professor Tiger · Post by **Professor Tiger** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:36 am

10ac wrote:Looks like i beat you by about 20min.

Re: Tennessee Volunteers

Postby Professor Tiger » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:56 am
Congratulations to Bobby Bowden, the winningest D-1 coach in CFB history.

Re: Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread
Postby 10ac » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:48 am
Congratulations Bobby Bowden. Winningest CFB coach in history!

Not 20 minutes. Within the margin of error.

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:20 am

A win is a win.

sardis · Post by **sardis** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:32 am

You have to blame the heat wave making Chicagoans agitated and thus prone to violence. Another example of how global warming is devastating us...

Professor Tiger · Post by **Professor Tiger** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:36 am

10ac wrote:A win is a win.

ROFLMAO!

bluetick · Post by **bluetick** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:12 pm

Rioting PSU supporters flipped a TV news van to show their displeasure with Joe Paterno's firing.

All those chants of Fuck the Trustees! left a mark, as the school administration apparently sided with the NCAA in neutering the football program.

10ac · Post by **10ac** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:59 pm

How many lives were saved this weekend by banning masks at the theaters? We don't need gun control, we need mask control.

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:32 pm

Why does anybody need to own an assault rifle / machine gun anyway? Is Bambies father really that tough to bring down?

Professor Tiger · Post by **Professor Tiger** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:04 pm

The 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired on September 13, 2004, codified the definition of an assault weapon. It defined the rifle type of assault weapon as a semiautomatic firearm with the ability to accept a detachable magazine containing more than 10 rounds, and two or more of the following:

Folding or telescoping stock
Primary pistol grip
Forward grip
Threaded barrel (for a muzzle brake or a suppressor, commonly called a silencer)
Barrel shroud

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle

So, according to this legal definition of an "assault weapon," which features led to the deaths of those movie-goers? The obvious answer is none. The fact is, the legal definition of an "assault weapon" is 99% aesthetic, 1% function.

And "machine guns" (i.e. capable of fully automatic fire) are already illegal, and have been since the '30's.

Toemeesleather · Post by **Toemeesleather** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:25 pm

Jungle Rat wrote:Why does anybody need to own an assault rifle / machine gun anyway? Is Bambies father really that tough to bring down?

Not a question of need. It's constitutional issue of freedom and what limitations we choose.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:27 pm

So people should be allowed to own rocket launchers, etc?

Toemeesleather · Post by **Toemeesleather** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:30 pm

good lord....

AlabamAlum · Post by **AlabamAlum** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:38 pm

I would be willing to bet that crazy guy did not own an assault rifle legally.

In the end, he murdered people. We should just make that illegal: problem solved.

Professor Tiger · Post by **Professor Tiger** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:07 pm

Holding the criminal responsible for the crime. That's such a radical concept I wish journalists would try it sometime.

Toemeesleather · Post by **Toemeesleather** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:13 pm

Just stop looking for the nearest teabagger would be a start for our ethically challenged friends on the left.

bluetick · Post by **bluetick** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:34 pm

Journalists get shot all the time and all over the world. They oughta come strapped or stay home, ain't that right?

especially down in Mexico and Colombia... aye carumba!

bluetick · Post by **bluetick** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:59 pm

Says here, according to the leftist-sounding International Federation of Journalists, that violence accounted for 106 media members being killed in 2011. Those lefties are now pretty much living-and-breathing challenged, I guess you could say.