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  1. Kikicaca

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    Kikicaca, May 27, 2022
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  2. Kikicaca

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    What if Ramos had 3 of one of these with extra clips? Ban them?
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    Kikicaca, May 27, 2022
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  3. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Man I wish I could. I wish there actually was "realistic training" that could prepare us for shit like that. Unfortunately there just isn't aside from using actual ammo and no commander is going to risk not only their commission but their life on it because they would go to jail.

    What we do is train to a circumstance and use drills and sop's and do it so many times it becomes muscle and brain memory. In training! When you lock and load and its real bad guys with real bullets on the other end shit changes real fast for a great many of people. To truly be "effective" as you say there needs to be a little bit of crazy in ones head. You have to know "I just might die" but still go through with that shit.

    Call it what you will but that is my .02 fight or flight is real and for most you couldn't drive a buttered needle up their ass with a sledge hammer, the others say "game on" let's get er done. That isn't to say none of them are scared. That would make them robots. Fear isn't always a bad thing as it often times will keep you alive. Just have to find the balance.
     
    shane0911, May 27, 2022
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    A coincidence, I'm assuming, that "The Day The Earth Stood Still" was on TV this morning. Klaatu's final speech:
    "I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly. The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all, or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly. Your ancestors knew this when they made laws to govern themselves and hired policemen to enforce them. We, of the other planets, have long accepted this principle. We have an organization for the mutual protection of all planets and for the complete elimination of aggression. The test of any such higher authority is, of course, the police force that supports it. For our policemen, we created a race of robots. Their function is to patrol the planets in spaceships like this one and preserve the peace. In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us. This power cannot be revoked. At the first sign of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor. The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk. The result is, we live in peace, without arms or armies, secure in the knowledge that we are free from aggression and war. Free to pursue more... profitable enterprises. Now, we do not pretend to have achieved perfection, but we do have a system, and it works. I came here to give you these facts. It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet, but if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder. Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you."

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    mctiger, May 28, 2022
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  5. Kikicaca

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    Would be nice if the world had no wars and people all got along and no evil. However it's fantasy to think that will ever bennthe case. We can make it better but till then maybe we need Gort to protect our children if the DEMOCRATS won't let us.
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    One of my 2nd favorite 1950's sci-fi movies, War of the Worlds was the best.
     
    Kikicaca, May 28, 2022
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    fanatic Habitual Line Stepper

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    Remember this guy and his impassioned speech in front of a Greensboro, NC city council?

     
    fanatic, May 29, 2022
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  7. Kikicaca

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    Oh boy better watch this quickly before it's scrubbed by YouTube. Saw this guy give a speech at the NRA convention, love that guy. My oh my what is the scum on the left going to do with this guy.
     
    Kikicaca, May 29, 2022
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  8. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Isn't he now Lt. Governor of NC?
     
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  9. Kikicaca

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    He is. Trump went out of his way to give kudos to this guy at the NRA convention. Keep an eye out for him to move up in politics.
     
    Kikicaca, May 30, 2022
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  10. Rex

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    Every gun owner is a "law abiding citizen" until he commits a crime, Salvador Ramos a prime example.
     
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