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Ugh. Pugh has been brutal. 

At that time it was still only 0-7. I'm the guy that always wants to go for it and even I thought it was right just to take the 3 and kick off. 

Quote from: AYM on November 12, 2023, 06:58:39 PMI'm not impressed by Schoen or Daboll so far.

The bloom is definitely off the rose.

Quote from: AYM on November 12, 2023, 06:56:04 PMFalcons are up.

I just have this fleeting feeling we're going to finish 2-15 and pick third lol.

Cool, we can draft another slot receiver or a safety.

OMG a throw down the field.

I don't think he really ever had a chance. He was overdrafted to play in an offensive system whos architect was immediately fired, and then the situation got BAD

Quote from: uconnjack8 on November 12, 2023, 06:11:04 PMDeVito as a starter makes me think this is a tank job.

If DeVito throws a bunch of deep passes that get picked off I can live with that. But this team came out basically giving up. That wildcat was absolutely embarrassing. 

What an absolutely cowardly effort from the coaching staff. If this isn't a team deliberately tanking then I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to recognize it. Daboll had best say nothing about "trying to give us a chance...trying to win the game."  This is as embarrassing and putrid as anything Joe Judge ever put on the field. Has nothing to do with the quarterback. This team has a toxic spirit.

Ugh. Well this stinks. I would have attended the funeral had I seen this sooner. Jim and I got together a few tines and had developed a friendship, and then Covid happened so we didn't get to hang out as much. I am very sad.

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Quote from: MightyGiants on December 01, 2022, 09:16:18 AM@Slugsy-Narrows if "nothing" can be done to reduce gun violence, how do you explain why the US has so much more gun violence compared to other wealthy nations (I have already posted the graph)?

In fairness he didn't say "nothing" could be done. He said "no law" can prevent it. I might agree with this, but 100% do not believe that nothing can be done. 

Quote from: Slugsy-Narrows on December 01, 2022, 09:27:29 AMDue to that fact is why Japan never attacked the west coast! 


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If you're referring to the "every blade of grass" quote attributed to Yamamoto, that has actually been debunked. He didn't say it.

Quote from: MightyGiants on December 01, 2022, 08:10:12 AMI have a question for the pro-gun people on this thread.   If we play the game- if you were king

How would you stop all the mass shootings and reduce the number of single shootings?  What laws and rules would you change to make a country safer and save innocent lives?

Hey Rich,

For starters here's a post one of my best friends put together a couple years ago. He's a licensed mental health professional, a counselor, and owns and operates multiple homes for mentally disabled people. Not saying I endorse it wholesale but definitely worth considering.

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It is also not true that mass shootings are up - its a trick of statistics. If you dig into the incidents you will note that two officers drawing their guns on one subject and someone discharging a weapon is classified as a mass shooting.  What has become more sophisticated on all sides is tricking the data points and weaponizing them.   

Gun owners have been proposing changes for years and few from the other side listen because the options don't include banning guns.  So, here we go, once again a SIMPLE ten-point plan....

1. Background checks - instantaneous, on the web, anyone can access and free.(criminal proceedings for adults are public record anyway)

2. Make second OUI/DUI a felony.

3. Make all domestic violence assaults nationwide felonies.

4. Make bump stocks and other after-market modifications that allow a weapon to simulate automatic weapon fire subject to Tax Stamps purchases. 

5. Make habitual (5) operation of a motor vehicle after suspension of a license a felony.

And the less popular crime control measures (because most gun crime in this country is related to drug crime) 

6. Legalize marijuana

7. Actively work to reduce stigma for drug treatment, and expand methadone treatment centers (if you think the opioid crisis is a problem now, wait until what the next decade brings)

8. Deport criminally violent non-citizens. (both undocumented and on VISA - which is currently the law but not enforced due to all kinds of reasons that you see playing out on the nightly news).

9. Improve suicide training and reporting measures for all mandated reports

10.  Develop 'mental health' response officer training programs in all police departments nationwide.

Quote from: Slugsy-Narrows on November 30, 2022, 05:46:32 PMLenn

To give ya some info.  Then you can decide from there what you think......

There is no such thing as an assault weapon.  It's a made up term that has been politicized to scare people into believing that it is something it's not.

The type of firearm you are mentioning is probably a semi automatic rifle.

If you look at the picture attached the top rifle is a semi automatic in .223  very popular hunting and target shooting rifle.  This one is not one that the anti gun people go after and want banned. 

Yet...... The bottom rifle is also a semi auto rifle in .223.  That is a so called "assailant rifle" as the media and Government like to falsely claim.

The difference....... NOTHING!  Other then how it looks.

To add a semi automatic hand gun can hold as many rounds as some semi automatic rifle. 

So when they talk about assault rifles it's all just fear mongering to scare those that don't know the difference.

For the next question as why do you need 30 rounds or a large capacity magazine.

3 armed criminals kick in the front door of a single mother home at night with her kids.  As her son dialed 911 mom fought off the 3 attackers while waiting for the police to arrive.  If she only had a 6 shot Dirty Harry gun the 3 armed criminals would have overpowered her and or killed her and her kids!  Taken them and sold them into human trafficking.

Yes that is an extreme situation but the difference in 6 shots vs 30 could mean the difference between life or death.  If it's your daughter and grandchildren which option would you give them?

There are also reasons for hunting to have more then just a few shots but that goes into a different convo and scenario.




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The first so-called "assault rifle" was the German Sturmgewehr 44. It's introduction in the latter years of World War 2 marked a turning point in military armament as the battle rifle was gradually phased out over the next twenty years.

The battle rifle such as the M1 Garand and later the M-14 fired full powered cartridges such as the 7.62x63 (.30-06) and later the 7.62x51 (.308). These cartridges were heavy and more encumbering for soldiers to carry in quantity. Also most firefights occurred at ranges under 300 meters, so the longer range of the full powered rifle was unnecessary. Also as select fire capability (semi-auto as well as fully automatic mode by way of a control switch) was introduced to rifles, the intermediate power cartridges such as the 7.62x39 and later the 5.56x45 NATO provided greater controllability.

The modern AR platform rifle is not an assault rifle as it lacks the capability of fully automatic fire. It is a civilian semi automatic rifle. The 5.56 NATO round us essentially a .22 caliber cartridge with enough powder capacity to be effective out to 500 meters. It is an excellent rifle for varmints or for shooters of small stature who don't like recoil.