10 dead, 3 wounded. 18 year old white male suspect wearing tactical gear. Drove several hours to this location. Being investigated as a hate crime. So far they haven't mentioned the type of firearm, but I'm sure they will label it an AR 15 ot AK 47 no matter what it is. Let's see how long it takes the Dimocraps to call for an assault weapons ban.
Strident calls for guncontrol and clamp down on social media after Buffalo shooting
headlines below.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that social media companies have to address and track down extremism on their platforms, after a gunman who reportedly espoused white supremacist ideology opened fire at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday, killing at least 10.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that social media companies have to address and track down extremism on their platforms, after a gunman who reportedly espoused white supremacist ideology opened fire at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday, killing at least 10.
I see an option in each post on the upper right corner, 3 dots. Under that we can select REPORT. I tied it once and nothing happened. Maybe a few more would get some attention.
Moderators read posts and I would let it go at that. I rather tell someone directly to their face in a civil manner rather than the knife in back that liberals typically pull against me.
Well he's achieved his objective of completely derailing the thread and changing the subject to something unrelated.
Don't report him, just ignore him.
Of course they are, both are a threat to the Democrat way of life (the "f" is silent). I try to stay out of politics here because my unwavering support of Donald Trump has cost me "friends" in the real world, I have neither the time nor the inclination to fall into that trap here. Personally I was much better off under the presidency of the Donald than I am under Joe. It seems to me the only thing that ole Sleepy Joe can fix is an election. Where I live in GA, the number of Trump signs and flags still outnumber the Biden flags about 25-1; 2 years into his presidency and his predecessor is still more popular? Yeah, he got more votes than the first black president in history, sure. Where's my tinfoil hat?
Can I offer you a ladder so you may climb down out of our *** when it comes to US politics/our second amendment?
Thanks mate.
What startles me is the number of anti gunners on a gun forum.. Some of the same names that routinely defend the gov in their choices to further strip gun rights away.. Semi autos BAD.. body armor BAD.. basically anytime Joe Sippy Cup or ATF says or does anything anti gun, this same group is on A. Defending it and B. Bringing up some unrelated event like Trump, Jan 6th or the price of tea in China.
I don't doubt these people own some old surplus bolt actions, I don't doubt they truly enjoy collecting. But it's clear to them guns are a "privilege" and not a right.
#77 - the response rather proves the point. The comment was interpreted as an attack on the 'right wing' section of the forum. Perhaps it was intended to refer to the extremes of US politics.
With Roe v Wade and other attitudes to social issues, the various States will soon be doing more than snapping at each other.
"A house divided against itself, cannot stand".
Once again.. You're from another nation involving yourself in something that is fixt to the USA exclusively and it's not your place to sway opinion to alter/change(however miniscule it might be) in my nation.. Anymore than it would be my place to go onto an Aussie gun forum and do something similar. And before someone retorts "gunboards it an international community" indeed it is. RKBA however is not.
The real problem as I see it is that one side wants to post quotes from the founding fathers, the other side wants to label those people extremists and have them censored/on a list/jailed for doing so. So I agree with you "a house divided" and indeed one side wants the constitution as written.. the other side apparently wants a King to tell them how to live. They are two completely different mindsets.
So I agree with you "a house divided" and indeed one side wants the constitution as written.. the other side apparently wants a King to tell them how to live. They are two completely different mindsets.
Think most of the world has moved on from Kings as a political entity and, in the western world, have some form of elective democracy, even unpalatable to some.
By the by , Lincoln paraphrased Mathew 12:25.
The real problem in this country is not just there is political division of large urban areas from less urbanized areas and also a split of white working people from the democratic and to some extent the traditional aspects of the republican party, there has been a tremendous concentration of wealth world wide into the possession of a very few. They really do call a lot of the shots as to what happens.
I think big western money wants more access to Russian natural resources. Russia currently is in control of major sources for gas into some parts of western europe. I am sure that many there are not happy with that state of affairs.
Oil and Gas Pipelines
Russia has some of the largest natural gas and oil reserves in Europe. The future of European development may rest on Russia's energy supply to the heart of the continent.
N.Z . Colonial history goes back beyond the Maori wars and not all tribes were hostile to European settlement.
The Musket wars between 1807 - 1830's were tribal conflicts in which those tribes trading with the British, caused a restructured the tribal power base in N.Z.
Again in the later Maori wars there was no unity between the various groupings in opposing settlement.
It should not be forgotten, U.S. expansionism/colonialism also continued into the late 1890's, Hawaii, Cuba and Philippines.
But, I suppose, colonialism had somewhat mellowed by that time when compared to earlier times.
"What did the Romans do for us"? vide Monty Python.
Tribes of native peoples were seldom united against outsiders like the Europeans coming in and as often as not fought each other also. If they were friendly they often did not last too long except for those that became part of the spanish missions.
Cuba was not exactly a colony and large numbers of peoples from the US did not migrate there. But the big sugar companies got in and operated huge plantations and I do not know how that was done.
Puerto Rico did become a possession of the USA and they are allowed to enter the USA freely and vis versa. But they are not a state of the USA. The Philippines was similar to Cuba and that after we finally conquered or I should say temporary suppressed the moros we also did not send huge numbers of settlers. They are now an independent country. The native population of Hawaii did get submerged in immigrants from asia and some from the USA and it is now a state. Those people still exist and are at the bottom of the social scale. We took some other island chains that if it was not for military installations would have very little value to the USA.
The thing is we took half of Mexico and quietly the Mexicans do want it back.
But that is very small potatoes compared to what Queen Victoria Ruled.
In general for organized countries, if they did not let colonists in, they tended not get colonized. Japan is an example of such. They allowed the Dutch the tiniest dock where they were required to stay at.
Ethiopia being Christian, Inland, with a strong civil authority finally only had problems with the Italians. If the Aztec or the Incas had massacred the men of cortez or pazzaro when they first landed, the would have lasted a lot longer.
But huge countries like China and India were readily taken over.
Surreptitious arms supplies from France initially and active beneficial participation by their Army plus Navy.
Sam Neill the actor did a TV programme on Cook and his voyages, in which he did 2 episodes on N.Z. In the 2nd, he was rabbiting on about colonialism generally in discussion with a Mauri Professor of Indigenous History. There were at least 26 major tribal groups in the north island alone and more than 40 if the hapu are included.
He was tut tutting that a member of the ship's company had swopped his white linen undergarments for a native head. She smiled and replied the Mauri had the better deal. He would be the only Mauri with white linen dacks, enhancing his Mana, and there were plenty of heads to be had.
Give Neill credit for not having the exchange cut.
A study of the traditional 'pa' and the transition to the 'modern pa', as a consequence of the wars is instructive.
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