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As you point out, it isn’t binary at all. damookster Send a noteboard - 27/05/2022 09:16:18 PM

I can fully well believe that it is a flawed document. If it were perfect, we wouldn’t have 27 ratified amendments. At the same time, I understand that it supersedes all other laws and the only way to change that without overturning our system of government, is by adding more ratified amendments.

Understanding the status quo does not equate to worshiping or in any other way clinging to the status quo. Hoping our system isn’t overthrown doesn’t make me a reactionary who loves everything about my country.

Though we often disagree I appreciate how we do so respectfully, for the most part, and with understanding for the complexity of life in 2022. For good, bad and everything in between.

Mook

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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 1979 Views
Unfortunately, there's not much to say. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 04:26:10 PM 680 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 640 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 691 Views
There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:03:10 PM 648 Views
Unfortunately every time there is a mass shooting, gun sales spike. damookster - 26/05/2022 09:26:09 PM 718 Views
Yes Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:55:14 PM 637 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 663 Views
You understand two things can both be true, right? damookster - 26/05/2022 10:19:56 PM 643 Views
In such a way Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:27:52 PM 643 Views
What Mookie said, Sense and Sensibility with Perspective Roland00 - 26/05/2022 10:29:04 PM 666 Views
Oh yes, everyone is to blame, and hence no one fionwe1987 - 26/05/2022 04:58:37 PM 672 Views
You obviously don't know anything about Canada's gun laws. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 05:20:25 PM 735 Views
Remarkable fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:55:54 AM 663 Views
4% PAL acquisition is, in essence, a ban. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:13:45 AM 647 Views
Well, that was a load of chickenshit fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:08:29 AM 657 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:19 AM 647 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:20 AM 614 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 712 Views
No, we're just disagreeing on what is rational, that is all... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:42:23 AM 649 Views
You just don’t get it. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:22:55 AM 717 Views
I think the same of you... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:05:43 AM 656 Views
Article VI, Clause II damookster - 27/05/2022 05:17:40 AM 684 Views
You're like a broken record. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:23:52 AM 672 Views
Bro you literally come from a country that plays nuclear chicken with Pakistan. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:40:07 AM 676 Views
And? fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 02:24:09 PM 647 Views
Lol Parody account confirmed. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:04:56 PM 675 Views
Your repertoire of insults needs expansion. Keep trying. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 04:27:35 PM 615 Views
He said, not coming up with any retort of his own. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:30 PM 667 Views
whooops *NM* Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:03 PM 350 Views
Oh, fuck off. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:21:45 PM 683 Views
Why is liking the Constitution a binary thing? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:36:12 PM 655 Views
As you point out, it isn’t binary at all. damookster - 27/05/2022 09:16:18 PM 644 Views
*NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 09:55:28 PM 333 Views
Loyalty is to God, Family, Community, and only then State. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 09:55:58 PM 667 Views
The founding fathers have a dream, where dreams start and reality begin Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:39:07 PM 658 Views
This is wonderfully meandering and thought-provoking, but woefully insubstantial for understanding. *NM* TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:10:04 AM 355 Views
It is not fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 07:19:32 AM 640 Views
Re: Oh, fuck off. fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 06:53:38 AM 637 Views
That's a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 06:56:05 PM 645 Views
When you shut your eyes, of course you can only see nothing fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 09:43:13 PM 650 Views
A dead child for freedom is the choice made every abortion. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:16:18 PM 625 Views
Oh really? Then explain to me... fionwe1987 - 31/05/2022 08:41:09 PM 656 Views
That baby isn't a baby, but that man is a woman TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:57:40 AM 690 Views
How would the world be different Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:03:22 PM 668 Views
Yes and if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle damookster - 26/05/2022 07:14:08 PM 773 Views
I do not believe the original thread was made with curiosity or charity in mind. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:24:20 PM 632 Views
Well isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:33:12 PM 676 Views
Well it is about respectability politics you see Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:38:59 PM 650 Views
You're one of those men. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:27:53 PM 684 Views
Hypocrisy Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:42:17 PM 619 Views
I don't know whether English is your first language Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:00:04 PM 651 Views
Your attempt at mind reading is an abject failure. damookster - 26/05/2022 07:58:07 PM 649 Views
You started with Foreclosure Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:08:36 PM 630 Views
Foreclosure, huh damookster - 26/05/2022 08:48:50 PM 637 Views
My advice is listen to the podcast I linked Dragonsoul *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:05:13 PM 325 Views
One more thing Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:25:22 PM 640 Views
And I guess this post proves my point, lol. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:34:48 PM 627 Views
Did I trigger you? damookster - 26/05/2022 07:50:02 PM 581 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 339 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 315 Views
Never owned a gun, but I support gun rights. But... TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 02:51:26 AM 629 Views
I pretty much agree. damookster - 27/05/2022 03:18:38 AM 697 Views
Yep, what Tyr said *NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:27:33 AM 308 Views
The NY Yankees are now tweeting about guns. Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:26:45 AM 620 Views
Bah damookster - 27/05/2022 04:25:25 AM 654 Views
Baseball twitter is bad Roland00 - 27/05/2022 04:29:15 AM 576 Views
UPDATE on the shooter, Salvador Ramos damookster - 27/05/2022 03:27:59 PM 691 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 612 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 653 Views
I disagree. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 10:02:23 PM 622 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 623 Views
Thats a good point, and something I didn’t consider when I wrote my response. Dragonsoul - 28/05/2022 12:08:48 AM 594 Views
Understanding with Madness and all that stuff Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:50:35 AM 653 Views
It's funny how the left thinks only cops should have guns, but also ACAB. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:15:23 PM 657 Views
They already lost their balls. damookster - 27/05/2022 06:52:52 PM 650 Views
I am glad you protect your family Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:46:05 PM 622 Views
But see, this is why the death of community and religion is bad for America. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 10:12:49 PM 632 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 675 Views
And in May 1928, a maniac bombed a school in Michigan, killing 44. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 11:46:34 PM 677 Views
I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:52:32 PM 644 Views
Reasonable, but even then, that's merely another condemnation for the modern world. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:06:30 AM 646 Views
I agree Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:56:10 AM 618 Views
I haven't said "bAn GuNs!1" Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:33:43 PM 658 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 695 Views
Please do not relitigate Heller with me Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:59:21 PM 623 Views
I wasn’t and will not. damookster - 28/05/2022 01:01:59 AM 612 Views
We would scare them off that is what Roland00 - 28/05/2022 01:43:11 AM 604 Views
You chose wisely damookster - 28/05/2022 02:59:47 AM 630 Views
You did not. My apologies. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:03:43 AM 616 Views
Why not 'harden' all schools and kindergartens with armed guards ? AgentApple - 30/05/2022 03:40:06 PM 637 Views
You're completely right and I hate it. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:24:29 PM 623 Views
Another podcast I enjoyed Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:26:56 PM 617 Views
This thread is reminiscint of the classic Wotmania debates from the aughts. damookster - 29/05/2022 12:22:47 AM 714 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 636 Views
Yep there is zero chance that will happen. Roland00 - 31/05/2022 10:32:06 PM 704 Views
Interesting damookster - 31/05/2022 10:56:53 PM 648 Views
Re: Yep there is zero chance that will happen. TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:50:37 AM 644 Views
Believe it or not I am not always a Grump Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:38:16 AM 606 Views
Hot damn, Moolin Rouge was fantastic! *NM* entyti - 01/06/2022 09:36:04 PM 618 Views
What about trans-men entyti - 31/05/2022 10:07:21 PM 665 Views
an intriguing question damookster - 31/05/2022 10:34:39 PM 651 Views
It's all tongue-in-cheek, and isn't that dumb? TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 02:01:04 AM 642 Views
Can the 21 year olds Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:44:08 AM 641 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 326 Views
Something tells me this won't factor in anyone's favor... entyti - 01/06/2022 09:08:31 PM 654 Views
Wait, the *late* conservative Justice Alito? fionwe1987 - 01/06/2022 03:56:19 PM 682 Views
my bad damookster - 01/06/2022 05:09:22 PM 640 Views
The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer Roland00 - 31/05/2022 11:45:32 PM 673 Views
The Uvalde police incompetence is totally indistinguishable from a cover-up at this point Roland00 - 04/06/2022 07:50:04 PM 689 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 736 Views
Oh yeah, and I am sick of the hyperbolic gaslighting by both sides HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 10:02:25 PM 724 Views
Anarchy, the State, and UTOPIA ! Roland00 - 10/06/2022 08:25:05 PM 615 Views
It gets darker and darker Roland00 - 22/06/2022 02:10:08 AM 665 Views
It's so bad dude. So bad. Those poor souls... *NM* TyrReborn - 30/06/2022 05:04:56 PM 325 Views
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