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Half of the registered guns in the united states are untrackable, because half of them are stored on a Legacy Database. Meaning the information on them is stored on paper in a file vault. Tracking guns, is like trying to control the internet and the things you can find on it.

Just recently the started tossing the gun registration on the computer, but they still mostly do every thing by paper. Which amazes me.

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>> ^HadouKen24:

Louisiana state law does not require gun owners to have permits. You only need a permit for concealed carry.


Interesting. How do they track stolen weapons? If you don't have a bill of sale, I guess you'd just be screwed?

I did a little more digging into Louisiana gun law. Found this great link which designates procedures for law enforcement officers when seizing and disposing of weapons: http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=97862

The officers appear to have violated section D of the code here which requires them to return the firearm if they can't prove it was used in violation of any law. I think what New Orleans will argue in court is that there was in fact a law put in place by the mayor that effectively outlawed all firearms in the city. Of course, those suing will argue this is a violation of constitutional rights. However, I'm wondering if New Orleans will counter with the fact that it is perfectly constitutional to declare areas such as schools "firearm free zones" and that the mayor merely extended that zone temporarily to include the whole city due to the emergency.


written by NordlichReiter  | 1 week 4 days ago | CH
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Gundam, let me say first that I'm trying like hell to get over my prejudices against this administration and to deal with my paranoid nightmares over the whole situation which continues today, rapidly multiplying the heartbreaking deaths that happened that day. You seem confident and well informed and I have much to gain in challenging you.

That said I want to make sure that you read the post I left on that thread this morning, in case you see it later and are surprised by my tone. It might have been a sarcastic early morning post for me. Not sure now. I think this stuff must frustrate the hell out of you. (below for easy clikin')

http://www.videosift.com/video/New-Testimony-WTC7-Survivor-Barry-Jennings-Account

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I do remember the Maine. I also remember that it was not used by McKinley as one of the reasons for declaring war on Spain. He did, in fact, try to oppose the war but in the face of overwhelming public and political pressure eventually acquiesced into declaring war for the purposes of freeing Cuba. Now, were there individuals in the government who saw the war as an excuse to grab Spain's other colonies? Absolutely. But that isn't proof that they set up an explosion on the Maine to start the war. You would need eyewitnesses or physical evidence to be able to make a plausible accusation.

That's all I'm asking for schmawy. Proof. Evidence. Something more than conjecture or coincidence. Say, for example, explosive residue found at the WTC site. Or verifiable videos of WTC 7's interior completely undamaged until moments before its collapse. Or corroborative testimony from several reliable witnesses that matches up. Like in the vid we're talking about, what does this guy's buddy have to say about the whole incident? What about the cops and firemen that were supposedly there? Where's their testimony? Surely they all heard these explosions too?

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Remember the Maine, my friend.



written by schmawy  | 1 month ago | CH
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Remember the Maine, my friend.


written by schmawy  | 1 month ago | CH
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thanks! Fixed (Now with bonus features )

http://www.videosift.com/video/My-Buddy-Commercial

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Your "My Buddy" vid appears to be dead.


written by rottenseed  | 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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Thanks for going charter Gundam!


written by dag  | 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH
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He played a role in Command & Conquer 3 too. Heh.

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Oh Billy Dee... how the mighty have fallen.


written by ant  | 2 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Very well said, I would of liked to hear more about that as well

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I'm amazed that no one's pointed out yet that the whole "Satan as a fallen angel" story is actually popular fiction mostly taken from Dante's "Inferno" and Milton's "Paradise Lost." It has very little Biblical basis, though people who want to believe the legend often twist interpretations of certain verses in the Bible (2 Cor. 4:4) to make it fit.

I think it's too bad they got caught up in this faux-theological debate, because Zimbardo's and Milgram's experiments clearly show that "evil" is something we are all capable of under the right conditions. I think if they had talked more about that, Colbert and Zimbardo would have agreed that determining whether the authority that you're obeying is acting ethically or not is extremely difficult when you're forced to make on-the-spot decisions. Like Zimbardo said, you need to be critical of why you're doing what you're ordered or expected to do. Otherwise you may wind up engaging in behaviors that seem rational at the time but in hindsight turn out to have horrific consequences.



written by Jordass  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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Nicely done.

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What utter garbage! This guy's a history teacher...


written by MycroftHomlz  | 9 months ago | CH
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One issue that no one has mentioned is the issue of power. When people talk about standard English in America, what they are usually really talking about is the English spoken by white, middle-class Americans. There's this unspoken assumption that if you don't speak like a white, middle-class American then you aren't educated. And that's really the tragedy of this story. Some of these kids might be capable of getting perfect scores on their SAT's but because they pronounce words differently than the minority group that is currently in power (white Americans) they'll be judged as somehow inferior on a job interview.

I just want to point out that there is no such thing as "standard English." There's British English, Australian English, Singaporean English, Indian English and a host of others. There's not even a "standard American English." There are many regional standards that have overlapping facets but still also have a lot of variation--the most important variation being pronunciation. Think about this--why is it in this clip the black children are considered uneducated for pronouncing ask as "ax" yet Boston children are not considered uneducated for pronouncing "car" as "ca-."


written by SDGundamX  | 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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