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5 minutes ago, Principled Man said:


 

These days, almost anything is worth a try.  

Like enforcing existing laws and not letting the DA just release those with long rap-sheets that are arrested for gun crimes.

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On 6/2/2022 at 4:33 PM, JohnRogers said:

Like enforcing existing laws and not letting the DA just release those with long rap-sheets that are arrested for gun crimes.

Yes and no, respectively.   People who lay claim to being civil libertarians can't have it both ways.  You can't say the state can't prohibit same sex couple from marrying but the state can lock up people accused of crimes until a jury can decide if they "did it."

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37 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said:

Yes and no, respectively.   People who lay claim to being civil libertarians can't have it both ways.  You can't say the state can't prohibit same sex couple from marrying but the state can lock up people accused of crimes until a jury can decide if they "did it."

I think I addressed my concerns in the other thread.

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4 minutes ago, JohnRogers said:

School shooting thread, is this misplaced?

Yep.   My bad.  I won't spend hours posting nonsense and digging a deeper hole.

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15 hours ago, JohnRogers said:

I think I addressed my concerns in the other thread.

I don't agree.  You're still talking about holding people in custody based on what they've been accused of doing.  

 

If I may, your beef is with how certain people are sentenced for crimes they are convicted of committing, and the prison system's method of determining how a convict can accumulate credit towards his or her sentence.  If someone convicted of murder gets out and kills another person, you're really complaining about whether the murderer should have ever been released after the first conviction.  Someone who is accused of committing a serious crime, with no prior record, has done nothing, at least in the eyes of the court.

 

And you're also arguing for some version of a "3 strikes," law, which many people with a liberal bent don't like.  But a term of incarceration isn't supposed to begin with your arrest.

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Three dead, 1 in critical condition.  Shooter and a police officer were wounded. 

Workplace shooting. Smithsburg, Maryland.  

 

“This stuff doesn’t happen here,” a Smithsburg resident said.   :facepalm:

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A close call in Duncanville, Texas.  Some nutjob with a handgun walked right into the local fieldhouse/rec center.  He was shot dead by cops before he could shoot anyone.  No one was injured.  

 

Staff members were on the ball, and the cops were there in two minutes to take him down.  

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Highland Park, Illinois.  Independence Day Parade.  6 dead, dozens wounded.  

 

:confused:  :confused:  :confused:

 

 

More hamburgers and brats, anyone?  Such a nice day for a holiday cookout.....

 

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41 minutes ago, Principled Man said:

Highland Park, Illinois.  Independence Day Parade.  6 dead, dozens wounded.  

 

:confused:  :confused:  :confused:

 

 

More hamburgers and brats, anyone?  Such a nice day for a holiday cookout.....

 

Between Supreme ISIS court, the incel rally in Boston and this, I'll just watch a live feed on Youtube of fireworks and Jaws.  Jessica Chastain was right in her middle finger tweet and I'll leave it at that.

 

"“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin

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17 minutes ago, invisible airwave said:

Between Supreme ISIS court, the incel rally in Boston and this, I'll just watch a live feed on Youtube of fireworks and Jaws.  Jessica Chastain was right in her middle finger tweet and I'll leave it at that.

 

"“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin

I believe the rally in Boston was white supremacists who are too cowardly to even show their faces. 

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1 hour ago, Principled Man said:

Highland Park, Illinois.  Independence Day Parade.  6 dead, dozens wounded.  

 

 

Very sad.  Saw a photo of the dude and he looks like a total Psycho methhead

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1 hour ago, BastillePark said:

I believe the rally in Boston was white supremacists who are too cowardly to even show their faces. 

You mean like antifa?

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4 minutes ago, BastillePark said:

Exactly. Cowards supporting a different agenda. 

We agree then.  :cheers:

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On 7/4/2022 at 8:22 PM, Principled Man said:

Highland Park, Illinois.  Independence Day Parade.  6 dead, dozens wounded.  

 

:confused:  :confused:  :confused:

 

 

More hamburgers and brats, anyone?  Such a nice day for a holiday cookout.....

 


Family members reported him for threatening to kill them in 2019.  
Police found lots of knives, made no arrest.  

Daddy sponsored his purchase of the gun.  

People knew about him, people helped him.  

 

Then he went to Madison, Wisconsin right afterwards, but decided not to kill people there.  He hadn't planned it out like he did back home.  That sure was nice of him.....  

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3 hours ago, Principled Man said:


Family members reported him for threatening to kill them in 2019.  
Police found lots of knives, made no arrest.  

Daddy sponsored his purchase of the gun.  

People knew about him, people helped him.  

 

Pathetic.  What an ugly twist on the adage "it takes a village".

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