patrick.net

real, probably - we have peak idiocracy now

Rb6d says

real, probably

I've heard this too, but that's usual as there are no more violent people than those who profess to love peace.

NDrLoR says

I've heard this too, but that's usual as there are no more violent people than those who profess to love peace.

Question: Will there be the third world war?

Answer: No, but the struggle for peace will reach such degree that there will be no stone left intact on the earth.

http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan_Jokes

Life imitating sharts.

Rb6d says

http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan_Jokes

Hey, a lot of these are excellent! Too many to post here.

Once again I'm stuck at TrumpingTit's GIF for 4 minutes before I read any content.

End cash bail, confiscate firearms.
Any manner of self defense by oppressor's will be demonized.

They wasted no time:
HR 127 – Firearm/Ammunition Licensing, Registration, and Banning of “Certain” Ammunition
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr127/text

Robert Sproul says

They wasted no time:
HR 127 – Firearm/Ammunition Licensing, Registration, and Banning of “Certain” Ammunition
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr127/text

From the bill:

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Attorney General shall issue to an individual a license to possess a firearm and ammunition if the individual—

(i)has attained 21 years of age;
(ii)after applying for the license—
(I)undergoes a criminal background check conducted by the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and the check does not indicate that possession of a firearm by the individual would violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or State law;
(II)undergoes a psychological evaluation conducted in accordance with paragraph (2), and the evaluation does not indicate that the individual is psychologically unsuited to possess a firearm; and
(III)successfully completes a training course, certified by the Attorney General, in the use, safety, and storage of firearms, that includes at least 24 hours of training; and
(iii)demonstrates that, on issuance of the license, the individual will have in effect an insurance policy issued under subsection (d).

So if you want to exercise your 1st amendment RIGHT, you must take a 24 hour course, have liability insurance, be at least 21 years old, pass a criminal background and psychological test.

If you want to own a gun you must be crazy so not much risk of would be registered gun owners passing the psych test.

This was a joke a few months ago from the Babylon Bee. I guess it was 100% accurate.

https://babylonbee.com/news/blm-nominated-for-new-nobel-mostly-peaceful-prize/

Great news for Gunmakers. Likely none of this shit will get passed, or if it does, it'll go straight to the Supes who will kill it.

What about the millions of non-registered guns already out there? Stupid, time-wasting, Congress critters. Three USA states alone issue more hunting licenses than the standing army of the China: PA, TX and Indiana? Could be wrong about the states, but what hunter has just one gun, anyway? Mossberg celebrated selling their 500,000th Shotgun a few years ago. I don't think many have been disposed of.

rocketjoe79 says

Mossberg celebrated selling their 500,000th Shotgun a few years ago. I don't think many have been disposed of.

Guns pretty much last forever. People still dig up WW2 weapons and restore them into working condition. A gun sitting in some attic for the last 100 years will be as good as new after a brief clean-up, even if severely neglected for all these years.

rocketjoe79 says

What about the millions of non-registered guns already out there?

Gun grabbers will retroactively apply the rules and then grab the guns. I wonder how these politicians would respond to a demand to retroactively cancel all the amnesties of illegal aliens, retroactively cancel the anchor babies, and send a whole lot of people home.

I've been expecting gun grabbers to require gun insurance. I'm surprised it's taken this long. Also, the 14th amendment is well under attack, because, under states' rights within the constitution, it is states that should have control of gun insurance laws, given that the constitution doesn't specifically give gun law control to the federal government.

SunnyvaleCA says

Gun grabbers will retroactively apply the rules and then grab the guns.

How will they grab something they don't even know exists in the fist place?

SunnyvaleCA says

I've been expecting gun grabbers to require gun insurance.

For keeping at home and shooting on private property? Good luck with that.

FuckCCP89 says

SunnyvaleCA says

I've been expecting gun grabbers to require gun insurance.

For keeping at home and shooting on private property? Good luck with that.

I'm not saying it's a good idea. I'm not saying it's constitutional, either. I'm just saying I'm surprised it hasn't come down as an executive order. That way, if you do get caught with a gun (or using a gun to defend yourself in your own home), you can be hauled off to jail because you didn't have insurance.

Guns bought legally within California, for example, are registered to the specific purchaser. There are laws on the books in California about reporting stolen or lost guns. There are laws about the storage of guns even in your own private single-family home. Put that all together, and California would have an easy time forcing insurance (from a law standpoint) ... if you have the gun you must get insurance. If the gun was stolen or lost you don't need insurance, but then you either report that it was stolen or lost (and get nailed with improper storage of gun) or you don't report and then get nailed for not reporting. Or you proactively report it lost or stolen but then try to explain how you "suddenly" found your gun just before having to defend yourself against an intruder in the middle of the night.

SunnyvaleCA says

Guns bought legally within California, for example, are registered to the specific purchaser. There are laws on the books in California about reporting stolen or lost guns. There are laws about the storage of guns even in your own private single-family home. Put that all together, and California would have an easy time forcing insurance (from a law standpoint) ... if you have the gun you must get insurance.

It's a bit more nuanced: yes, pistols are registered since 1990 (iirc) and rifles are registered since 2014. (Before 2014 the only record wrt long guns was a paper entry in some FFL dealer's bound book, which is to be stored at their place of business and that's it.And all it says is literally "@username bought a long gun on mm/dd/yyyy", not even whether it was a rifle or a shotgun. And no state record whatsoever for rifles purchased through CMP and delivered to your door by FedEx.).

It's a one-time thing at moment of purchase and they have no fucking idea what you still have in your posession. If you say you took your guns out of state they have no way to verify that.

And if you use a gun in self-defense situation, not having some kind if "gun insurance" on it will be the least of your problems anyway.

SunnyvaleCA says

If the gun was stolen or lost you don't need insurance, but then you either report that it was stolen or lost (and get nailed with improper storage of gun) or you don't report and then get nailed for not reporting. .

Just say something like, "The Sherriff confiscated my AR-15 when he stopped me for speeding. Didn't they tell you?".

In keeping with the OP...
Truth or fiction?!

SunnyvaleCA says

If the gun was stolen or lost you don't need insurance, but then you either report that it was stolen or lost (and get nailed with improper storage of gun) or you don't report and then get nailed for not reporting.

You don't get nailed for not reporting because you didn't lose anything: you sold your hardware to some FFL holder at that gun show in Reno couple of years ago. Sadly, you don't remember the name of the buyer and since you are not required to keep any records you didn't.

Eric Holder says

Guns pretty much last forever. People still dig up WW2 weapons and restore them into working condition. A gun sitting in some attic for the last 100 years will be as good as new after a brief clean-up, even if severely neglected for all these years.

True, guns last forever but ammunition does not, and old guns may not have ammunition available. And ammunition is the key. No need to confiscate guns, old or new, if the supply of ammunition is shut off. I think controlling ammunition is the approach the government will take.

Is it my imagination, or does Zuckerberg look less and less human as time goes by? Black, soulless eyes, pale-greenish tint to the skin. Or is the media manipulating photos of him like they did with Trump (turn up the orange hue) and Bannon (make the face more pale, eyes more red).

HeadSet says

True, guns last forever but ammunition does not, and old guns may not have ammunition available. And ammunition is the key. No need to confiscate guns, old or new, if the supply of ammunition is shut off. I think controlling ammunition is the approach the government will take.

This is what CA Commies are starting to implement.

Still, ammunition can be reloaded (save your brass!), smuggled in from another state/country (there is no contiguous wall on that border, remember?), etc.

Then there is black powder weaponry, surprisingly capable even by modern standards. Walker Colt was the most powerful handgun in the world up until .357 Magnum round entered the scene. Still remains the most powerful military-issued handgun to this day. Nothing to sneeze at.

Karloff says

Is it my imagination, or does Zuckerberg look less and less human as time goes by?

He doesn't look healthy at all, that's for sure. For someone near my age he should be starting to pack on a few pounds even if he works out (doesn't look like it). He looks frail like he has AIDS or something. Maybe cancer?

BTW, this image is a face swap. The meme is how unnoticeable it is.

Tenpoundbass says

Those monks must have been so bored, they spent a lot of time playing 'hangman'.

HunterTits says

The Cistercian monks invented a numbering system in the 13th century which meant that any number from 1 to 9999 could be written using a single symbol.

try doing long division in that system.

HunterTits says

Parody!

HunterTits says

The Cistercian monks invented a numbering system in the 13th century which meant that any number from 1 to 9999 could be written using a single symbol.

Now that is goddamned interesting. This is the Ahmaric alphabet - it's used by Ethiopia:



Every character represents a sound. Learn each symbol and you can read and write, and the only way to make a misspelling is to make a mispronunciation. You can learn to read and write in a few weeks. It's genius idea.

HunterTits says

Noooooooooooo!

Onvacation says

Robert Sproul says

They wasted no time:
HR 127 – Firearm/Ammunition Licensing, Registration, and Banning of “Certain” Ammunition
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr127/text

From the bill:

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Attorney General shall issue to an individual a license to possess a firearm and ammunition if the individual—

(i)has attained 21 years of age;
(ii)after applying for the license—
(I)undergoes a criminal background check conducted by the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and the check does not indicate that possession of a firearm by the individual would violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 or State law;
(II)undergoe...

There’s always people behind these bills. In this instance, it’s this rancid, freedom hating, anti American cunt: