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Nobody would like my idea, but personally, I think Korea's 2 year mandatory service would do us good TyrReborn Send a noteboard - 30/05/2022 08:30:37 PM

Granted, I say this as someone the military said "thanks no thanks" to, so grain of salt yadda yadda


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I would go further, if it was up to me. If it were possible, I would make it very difficult for a male to buy a gun before he turns 25. There's a reason why male car insurance rates are absurdly higher than females until their 25th birthday. If 18-24 year old men are measurably more reckless when operating an automobile, why entrust them with a gun? Yes, we arm 18 year olds in the military, but they have pretty intense training and supervision.

If we can trust them to defend our nation we can trust them to defend themselves. That said, clearly, that only applies to those who are soldiers. That also said, this is precisely why I think mandatory service would be good.

Not to mention it would give a paper trail for people who are truly mentally unwell to be noticed, tracked, and hopefully helped.

There's 0 chance this happens though.



The late conservative Justice Alito wrote that like all rights, the Second Amendment is not limitless. The chances of national laws that resemble those in Connecticut are realistically not very good. But hopefully more states will tighten their laws. Connecticut, New York and California are examples of states who's strict laws have passed Constitutional muster.

So far. Aren't some of them being challenged currently? I don't own guns so it's not something I keep up with, but I seem to recall hearing something about the possibility of SCOTUS expanding gun rights, which, holy shit, wouldn't that be an awful look.

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If no one else wants to open this can of worms, I guess I’ll have to do it damookster - 26/05/2022 02:07:18 AM 2043 Views
Unfortunately, there's not much to say. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 04:26:10 PM 720 Views
You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:04:55 PM 762 Views
Re: You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:36:34 PM 736 Views
There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:03:10 PM 683 Views
Unfortunately every time there is a mass shooting, gun sales spike. damookster - 26/05/2022 09:26:09 PM 762 Views
Yes Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:55:14 PM 668 Views
Re: There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 09:56:23 PM 703 Views
You understand two things can both be true, right? damookster - 26/05/2022 10:19:56 PM 685 Views
In such a way Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:27:52 PM 697 Views
What Mookie said, Sense and Sensibility with Perspective Roland00 - 26/05/2022 10:29:04 PM 746 Views
Oh yes, everyone is to blame, and hence no one fionwe1987 - 26/05/2022 04:58:37 PM 708 Views
You obviously don't know anything about Canada's gun laws. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 05:20:25 PM 793 Views
Remarkable fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:55:54 AM 703 Views
4% PAL acquisition is, in essence, a ban. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:13:45 AM 696 Views
Well, that was a load of chickenshit fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:08:29 AM 697 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:19 AM 790 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:20 AM 647 Views
You are the RAFO poster child for inability to hold a rational discussion that includes disagreement damookster - 26/05/2022 06:50:11 PM 753 Views
No, we're just disagreeing on what is rational, that is all... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:42:23 AM 681 Views
You just don’t get it. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:22:55 AM 766 Views
I think the same of you... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:05:43 AM 691 Views
Article VI, Clause II damookster - 27/05/2022 05:17:40 AM 746 Views
You're like a broken record. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:23:52 AM 733 Views
Bro you literally come from a country that plays nuclear chicken with Pakistan. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:40:07 AM 710 Views
And? fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 02:24:09 PM 678 Views
Lol Parody account confirmed. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:04:56 PM 705 Views
Your repertoire of insults needs expansion. Keep trying. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 04:27:35 PM 641 Views
He said, not coming up with any retort of his own. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:30 PM 776 Views
whooops *NM* Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:03 PM 372 Views
Oh, fuck off. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:21:45 PM 736 Views
Why is liking the Constitution a binary thing? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:36:12 PM 756 Views
As you point out, it isn’t binary at all. damookster - 27/05/2022 09:16:18 PM 676 Views
*NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 09:55:28 PM 352 Views
Loyalty is to God, Family, Community, and only then State. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 09:55:58 PM 712 Views
The founding fathers have a dream, where dreams start and reality begin Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:39:07 PM 700 Views
This is wonderfully meandering and thought-provoking, but woefully insubstantial for understanding. *NM* TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:10:04 AM 406 Views
It is not fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 07:19:32 AM 671 Views
Re: Oh, fuck off. fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 06:53:38 AM 683 Views
That's a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 06:56:05 PM 671 Views
When you shut your eyes, of course you can only see nothing fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 09:43:13 PM 676 Views
A dead child for freedom is the choice made every abortion. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:16:18 PM 664 Views
Oh really? Then explain to me... fionwe1987 - 31/05/2022 08:41:09 PM 690 Views
That baby isn't a baby, but that man is a woman TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:57:40 AM 749 Views
How would the world be different Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:03:22 PM 727 Views
Yes and if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle damookster - 26/05/2022 07:14:08 PM 824 Views
I do not believe the original thread was made with curiosity or charity in mind. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:24:20 PM 676 Views
Well isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:33:12 PM 744 Views
Well it is about respectability politics you see Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:38:59 PM 681 Views
You're one of those men. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:27:53 PM 742 Views
Hypocrisy Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:42:17 PM 650 Views
I don't know whether English is your first language Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:00:04 PM 679 Views
Your attempt at mind reading is an abject failure. damookster - 26/05/2022 07:58:07 PM 697 Views
You started with Foreclosure Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:08:36 PM 677 Views
Foreclosure, huh damookster - 26/05/2022 08:48:50 PM 675 Views
My advice is listen to the podcast I linked Dragonsoul *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:05:13 PM 339 Views
One more thing Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:25:22 PM 708 Views
And I guess this post proves my point, lol. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:34:48 PM 662 Views
Did I trigger you? damookster - 26/05/2022 07:50:02 PM 607 Views
You screaming get off my lawn is inherently causes an urge to egg your house *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:05:48 PM 377 Views
~soaks Roland with the jet nozzle as I hose the egg off my front porch~ *NM* damookster - 26/05/2022 08:50:22 PM 333 Views
Never owned a gun, but I support gun rights. But... TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 02:51:26 AM 665 Views
I pretty much agree. damookster - 27/05/2022 03:18:38 AM 735 Views
Yep, what Tyr said *NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:27:33 AM 323 Views
The NY Yankees are now tweeting about guns. Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:26:45 AM 653 Views
Bah damookster - 27/05/2022 04:25:25 AM 717 Views
Baseball twitter is bad Roland00 - 27/05/2022 04:29:15 AM 597 Views
UPDATE on the shooter, Salvador Ramos damookster - 27/05/2022 03:27:59 PM 728 Views
Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:05:58 PM 662 Views
Re: Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:15:22 PM 681 Views
I disagree. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 10:02:23 PM 646 Views
And if one of the fathers went in and accidentally killed another child and not the shooter? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:46:17 PM 647 Views
Thats a good point, and something I didn’t consider when I wrote my response. Dragonsoul - 28/05/2022 12:08:48 AM 614 Views
Understanding with Madness and all that stuff Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:50:35 AM 695 Views
It's funny how the left thinks only cops should have guns, but also ACAB. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:15:23 PM 701 Views
They already lost their balls. damookster - 27/05/2022 06:52:52 PM 675 Views
I am glad you protect your family Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:46:05 PM 658 Views
But see, this is why the death of community and religion is bad for America. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 10:12:49 PM 679 Views
Charles Whitman took his rifles to the tower at UT Austin in 1966 and killed 14 random people. damookster - 27/05/2022 10:21:42 PM 709 Views
And in May 1928, a maniac bombed a school in Michigan, killing 44. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 11:46:34 PM 725 Views
I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:52:32 PM 676 Views
Reasonable, but even then, that's merely another condemnation for the modern world. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:06:30 AM 691 Views
I agree Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:56:10 AM 653 Views
I haven't said "bAn GuNs!1" Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:33:43 PM 694 Views
This is taken from the late Justice Scalia’s majority opinion in 2008’s DC vs. Heller damookster - 27/05/2022 11:50:40 PM 777 Views
Please do not relitigate Heller with me Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:59:21 PM 643 Views
I wasn’t and will not. damookster - 28/05/2022 01:01:59 AM 647 Views
We would scare them off that is what Roland00 - 28/05/2022 01:43:11 AM 624 Views
You chose wisely damookster - 28/05/2022 02:59:47 AM 674 Views
You did not. My apologies. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:03:43 AM 654 Views
Why not 'harden' all schools and kindergartens with armed guards ? AgentApple - 30/05/2022 03:40:06 PM 673 Views
You're completely right and I hate it. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:24:29 PM 650 Views
Another podcast I enjoyed Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:26:56 PM 653 Views
This thread is reminiscint of the classic Wotmania debates from the aughts. damookster - 29/05/2022 12:22:47 AM 754 Views
Nobody would like my idea, but personally, I think Korea's 2 year mandatory service would do us good TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:30:37 PM 689 Views
Yep there is zero chance that will happen. Roland00 - 31/05/2022 10:32:06 PM 754 Views
Interesting damookster - 31/05/2022 10:56:53 PM 676 Views
Re: Yep there is zero chance that will happen. TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:50:37 AM 692 Views
Believe it or not I am not always a Grump Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:38:16 AM 626 Views
Hot damn, Moolin Rouge was fantastic! *NM* entyti - 01/06/2022 09:36:04 PM 644 Views
What about trans-men entyti - 31/05/2022 10:07:21 PM 703 Views
an intriguing question damookster - 31/05/2022 10:34:39 PM 680 Views
It's all tongue-in-cheek, and isn't that dumb? TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 02:01:04 AM 673 Views
Can the 21 year olds Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:44:08 AM 669 Views
You know, fair enough. If they're old enough to smoke, and they have a doctor that'll rx it, sure. *NM* TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 03:59:17 AM 346 Views
Something tells me this won't factor in anyone's favor... entyti - 01/06/2022 09:08:31 PM 679 Views
Wait, the *late* conservative Justice Alito? fionwe1987 - 01/06/2022 03:56:19 PM 726 Views
my bad damookster - 01/06/2022 05:09:22 PM 688 Views
The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer Roland00 - 31/05/2022 11:45:32 PM 696 Views
The Uvalde police incompetence is totally indistinguishable from a cover-up at this point Roland00 - 04/06/2022 07:50:04 PM 734 Views
Until the existing gun laws are actually enforced, I am not willing to entertain any new ones HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 09:55:41 PM 809 Views
Oh yeah, and I am sick of the hyperbolic gaslighting by both sides HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 10:02:25 PM 767 Views
Anarchy, the State, and UTOPIA ! Roland00 - 10/06/2022 08:25:05 PM 635 Views
It gets darker and darker Roland00 - 22/06/2022 02:10:08 AM 706 Views
It's so bad dude. So bad. Those poor souls... *NM* TyrReborn - 30/06/2022 05:04:56 PM 353 Views
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