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FOURTEEN DEAD IN DENVER SHOOTING !

by Phizzy in

more than one gunman seems to be involved in this terrible act.

families were attending mid-night showings of the dark knight movie.. the media should not give publicity tothe names of the perpetrators, they often crave the fame.

give them that fame and others will crave it too.. my thoughts are with the families of all that are affected, a horrific and pointless act that will bring so much pain and sorrow.. edited to say, seems as though it was a lone gunman..

NCO

FlyingHighNow, understood.

The term "assault weapon" is a hype-up up invention of hoplophobes. I encourage you to research the term "assault rifle" to learn more.

I have yet to see what level body armor the insane maniac was wearing. Body armor isn't some magic protection that covers the whole body. In the case of this shooter, the best bet would have been to aim for the hips and destroy his mobility and hope for a bleed-out. Gruesome but the primary objective is to eliminate the threat so that casualites can be evacuated. The notion of a head shot in that environment, forget it.

Care to define what constitutes an "assault weapon"?

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FOURTEEN DEAD IN DENVER SHOOTING !

by Phizzy in

more than one gunman seems to be involved in this terrible act.

families were attending mid-night showings of the dark knight movie.. the media should not give publicity tothe names of the perpetrators, they often crave the fame.

give them that fame and others will crave it too.. my thoughts are with the families of all that are affected, a horrific and pointless act that will bring so much pain and sorrow.. edited to say, seems as though it was a lone gunman..

NCO

Folks, if I may, this is not a time to stand on the bodies of innocent victims as a soapbox to argue politics.

Gun control, or what some say is the lack thereof, is not to blame for the deaths and injuries. No political party is to blame. The tea party, occupy movement, nor any other group of people who engage in the diverse and divisive political discourse in the United States is to blame. Talk radio, blogs, the internet, video games, movies, TV shows, and our sometimes truly tasteless entertainment industry is not to blame. I'll even go so far as to say that parenting (or the all-too-frequent lack thereof) is not to blame.

The guns used and the guns owned by Americans, legally or illegally, are not to blame. They are merely tools and the good or bad intent is in the user. Ammonium nitrate wasn't to blame for Oklahoma City and box cutters weren't to blame for 9/11.

The blame for this rests on the head of ONE PERSON who made the decision to take innocent lives. No gun control law would have stopped him. No law against deploying improvised chemical munitions in an enclosed area would have stopped him. No law against improvised explosive devices would have stopped him from booby-trapping his apartment.

Would an armed citizen present in the crowded theatre have been able to stop the massacre? Possibly. If the armed citizen were highly trained to operate in a dark, chaotic environment with an active shooter in the presence of a chemical weapon. Yes there would still have been innocent casualties. Just as likely at the hands of the citizen as the terrorist. And I'll call him a terrorist because that's what he was. He inflicted terror upon the populace, regardless of why.

On the subject of citizens being armed, this is not in itself a reason why that should not be allowed by law. If anything, it should be a reason for those of us who choose to exercise our Second Amendment right to increase our training and consider where we carry because should we suddenly be confronted with the inherent duty to act in defense of those around us, the potential casualties would be something we would all have to live with.

If you pray, pray for the victims and their families. If you don't pray, put aside your pre-programmed beliefs and once again examine all that you have been taught or told to believe with the same critical thinking that got you out of the JW's instead of accepting what you are told.

Hooah to Maryland Defense Force

by NCO in

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friends

i'm sure there's some from maryland here.

in the aftermath of the recent derecho or whatever they call it when power was out for days, the maryland defense force put boots on the ground and deployed to provide support to those affected.. http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/the-maryland-defense-force-delivers-water-and-food-to-people-without-power#ixzz1zz3akn1c.

i serve in georgia state defense force and we've deployed after tornadoes hit georgia in 2011. my cap is off to my brothers and sisters in mdf for their hard work without pay.. when a disaster strikes, that's when you learn how overwhelmed your state's ema really is and how the local law enforcement can be stretched so thin.

NCO

I'm sure there's some from Maryland here. In the aftermath of the recent derecho or whatever they call it when power was out for days, the Maryland Defense Force put boots on the ground and deployed to provide support to those affected.

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/the-maryland-defense-force-delivers-water-and-food-to-people-without-power#ixzz1zz3akn1c

I serve in Georgia State Defense Force and we've deployed after tornadoes hit Georgia in 2011. My cap is off to my brothers and sisters in MDF for their hard work without pay.

When a disaster strikes, that's when you learn how overwhelmed your state's EMA really is and how the local law enforcement can be stretched so thin. It falls to the people to volunteer and keep their community together. Your state's National Guard may not even be called out at all. They weren't in Georgia, it was GSDF who deployed in Lamar County, working around the clock clearing debris, cordoning off disaster areas, sending patrols to supply isolated homes cut off from aid, even deploying full medical units.

We put close to 200 troops on the ground, sleeping in a gymnasium, working 6 hours on/6 hours off shifts (which meant maybe 3 hours sleep at a time if at all), and fed by either MRE's or the Red Cross and church groups.

If you want to help your community, there's no better way than to volunteer and begin training now. The Red Cross is a great way to start. Your local Emergency Management Agency is always looking for volunteers for Community Emergency Response Teams. I'm CERT-tabbed and help train local CERT's, love them! And of course if you want to help in an even bigger way, your state may be one of the 24 in the country with a State Defense Force. SDF's are a step above because they're a part of your state's Department of Defense. You don't serve in a t-shirt and jeans, you serve in uniform, as part of a well-trained military force. Trust me, there's nothing like it, it would be the experience of a lifetime if you have never served in the military before.

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Rumors-that circulated about you ( when you left.)

by Pitchess Co-Gen in

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friends

it seems they can't even let you get disfellowshipped in peace !

i've been out for three years now, and i heard that i'm a whack job, i'm gay ( i'm married with a son ), that i lied on a judicial committee, and these rumors were started by my ex-fiance and her meddling congregation.

when i heard about these things i called my p.o or c.o.t.b.e ( mind you i'm disfellowshipped when i called ) .

NCO

I'm sure there was plenty of talk when I got fired. I prefer the term 'fired' over the proprietary term 'disfellowshipped' because I was no longer considered an unpaid volunteer employee of a publishing company run by a group of grouchy out-of-touch old men in Brooklyn.

I'd had plenty of talk about me in the years leading up to my firing so by the time I finally did leave, which happens to be 20 years ago this month, I haven't bothered to care what any of them had to say about why.

Only time "talk" got back to me after my firing was back in the 90's when my mom called me in a panic to see if I was ok. Um yeah mom I'm fine, why do you ask? Seems someone in their congregation saw a news report from Atlanta where some one with a name somewhat similar to mine was shot and immediately did the assume thing and created a panic.

I told someone recently that the JW's gossip network is worse that that of the U.S. Army. When was the last time you heard about smurfs in an Army Chapel?

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Andy Griffiths Died

by mouthy in

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friends

NCO

Sad loss. I grew up on the Andy Griffith show and you just don't find good TV like that any more. Andy and Barney could keep you entertained and make you laugh without cussing, dirty jokes, shock content, they just used good acting and comedy.

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Do You Think That You Should Be Punished For Letting Drivers Know There Is A Speed Trap Along Their Route?

by minimus in

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friends

a houston woman made up a sign warning motorists of a speedtrap and she was arrested!.

in my area we often alert fellow drivers of speed traps by flashing our lights.

do you think there should be a law against this?.

NCO

Warning other drivers is protected freedom of speech. It warns them to slow down, which is the legal goal of speed enforcement. And getting motorists to obey the posted speed limit and pay closer attention does nothing bad, it makes that stretch of road safer. Unfortunately, traffic laws have become yet another revenue generator for local governments. When someone messes with that by letting other drivers know that they should either follow the law or pay a fine, the corrupt revenue-hungry enforcers get a little upset.

Back in the 1970's, the town of Ludowici in Georgia was a notorious speed trap. Governor Lester Maddox finally had enough and paid for billboards to be put up warning motorists of the speed traps.

If the Governor of a state can warn motorists, there is no reason at all that anyone else can't do it!

Now on that note, ya'll slow it down! You'll still get where you're going eventually.

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Did you used to be an assembly food rapist?

by yourmomma in

i confess proudly that i was one of the biggest assembly food rapists when it switched to the donation arrangement.

in fact, i would roll up to the counter with a fake list and pretend i was getting food for a huge family, lol.

"uh, yes, hello sister, what a fine morning program that was, may i please have 6 roast beef sandwhiches, 6 chocolate puddings, 6 apple danishes, 6 sodas....etc" and i would eat throughout the entire fking program, as it was so boring there was nothing else to do.

NCO

I got fired from the JW's before the food service was "simplified" out of existence. I was in back in the day when we had full food service. The fruit, Shasta colas (I don't even see that stuff at the ghetto Kroger any more!), and those awful hoagies. For some years I ran the big industrial coffee machine at the Macon Coliseum, making sure several thousand people had enough caffeine to stay awake. Or was it Awake! ?

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Would you support "Open Carry" legislation in your state?

by Glander in

many states have such laws.

it is being considered in many others.

if legal, would you openly carry a firearm?.

NCO

Okey dokey then, Justitia. Good luck on your exams.

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Would you support "Open Carry" legislation in your state?

by Glander in

many states have such laws.

it is being considered in many others.

if legal, would you openly carry a firearm?.

NCO

Justia, you didn't profile, you stereotyped. Were you to actually profile as law enforcement or military profiles, you'd have backed up your profile with verifiable statistics showing how the group you described is the most likely to open carry and engage in the behavior you described.

Given your example of how the military profiles, let's say I'm deployed on a DSCA (Defense Support to Civilian Authorities) mission following a natural disaster. Say a tornado like I was last year. My platoon is pulling security on a neighborhood that got slammed and is in ruins. We're manning checkpoints at all entrances and running patrols 24 hours to prevent looting.

I advise my squad leaders to pass on to their soldiers to pay extra attention to the following profile: black, teens-20's, saggy pants, and 24" wheels on their Chevy sedans because they're exactly the type most would think of to loot.

Did I just profile or did I stereotype?

They were exactly the "type" most would think of to openly carry a weapon: white, late-30s, John Deere caps, wife-beater t-shirts, gun racks in the truck...

I see no difference between my hypothetical "profiling" and your stereotyping and both are wrong.

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Would you support "Open Carry" legislation in your state?

by Glander in

many states have such laws.

it is being considered in many others.

if legal, would you openly carry a firearm?.

NCO

@ Botch

Nope, not a Ranger. Just a REMF E-5 in a State Guard unit. But the Army lets us train on and play with the fun stuff at taxpayer expense anyway.