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1  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What's your opinion of gun control? on: April 25, 2018, 07:16:22 PM

So, what is Granny supposed to do? Sneeze at her antagonist and hope that will stop him? Holler "help! help!" and wait for the police to arrive? Use a squirt gun?

Years ago there were a whole lot of cowboy shows on TV. Often there were gunfights where gunfighters faced each other on the street. Whoever was the fastest draw and the best shot was the winner. There are still scenes and shows of gunfights being portrayed in different cities in America for show.

Now imagine in one of those shows that the good, law-abiding guy didn't have a gun because of gun control. He is out there on the street in a gun-drawing stance, but doesn't have a gun. The bad guy has a gun, because he is a bad guy.

You are kinda ignorant, aren't you. Granny may not have a chance under any circumstances. But she has far less of a chance if she has no gun. If she only wounds her assailant before she dies, it's much easier for any witness to pick the guy out from the line-up. Granny has a far better chance with a gun, and with a gun she is helping all the innocent people who are attacked, by example, even if she dies.

Cool

The most ignorant people are gun nuts who equate having a gun as having a chance at survival, this is nonsense based on lies gun companies feed you this a GOOD PERSON WITH A GUN SAVES INNOCENT PEOPLE. You live in some make believe world where everyone is carrying a gun on their hip to protect their lives. The real danger with many guns end up as a cost on small children, family members, and other members of their community thru rage and carelessness rather than danger caused by a thug.

Again it all goes back to fear, you think you live in a world where this granny is constantly looking around for someone to attack her so shes ready to point her gun at anyone who looks threatening to her and she will help all the innocent people who are attacked. How the hell is a granny going to differentiate in a gun fight who is right and who is wrong? OMG someone is coming near me, let me shoot and wound him first.

And how often does this Granny shoot an attacker scenario happen?

In 2012 Violence Policy Center released a fresh analysis of federal crime and health data that explores how often potential victims actually turned the tables. Parsing 2012 numbers, the center counted 259 justifiable gun-related homicides, or incidents in which authorities ruled that killings occurred in self-defense.

That's in a nation in which there are some 300 million firearms. In 2012, there were 1.2 million violent crimes, defined as murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Or, put another way, 1.2
million scenarios in which there was potential for someone to kill in self-defense.

BUT who cares about some #FAKENEWS stats from liberal research center. Just keep buying guns, look over your shoulders at every turn, pack more guns the older you get, they are out to GET YOU!!!
2  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What's your opinion of gun control? on: April 25, 2018, 03:58:31 PM
Absolutely correct! But the only way to get rid of fear, is to get rid of all the bad things that happen. Unfortunately, because people harm their fellow people using fists, knives, clubs, and medical lies way more than they do with guns, fear will never go away.

A 250 pound rogue cop can easily mug and murder a 90 pound granny. But if Granny has a gun, she has a chance.

Cool

Someone with a gun doesn't have a better chance of survival. Granny with a gun probably has almost no chance just the same as when she has no gun if she is met with someone who wants to do her harm in a surprise ambush.

Do you want a good example of this? Look no further than American Sniper Chris Kyle. He and a friend are trained military vets with guns on their belts and had far more training than any of us can get. Both men were shot dead in a place where they both knew the killer would have access to a gun and has some PTSD issues. Neither even had a chance to draw their weapon with knowledge that it could be a dangerous situation.
3  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What's your opinion of gun control? on: April 25, 2018, 03:39:56 PM
Background checks are already in place, but the problem is that due to the bureaucratic hassle, sometimes mistakes are being made. Even then, I would like to point out one important thing. The vast majority of the shootings within the United States has occurred in Democrat states such as California and Oregon, where strict gun laws are in place.

There are more firearm death because the population of California is higher than most red states, but in terms of Firearm deaths per 100,000 people it is 43rd. The top 10 are.... yes... all RED STATES with loose gun laws.

Many of the illegal guns used in strict gun law areas were imported by criminals who got them legally in states without strict rules such as Indiana and Tennessee. What does that prove? That proves gun control actually WORKS. Criminals have to go else where for guns, had neighboring states had gun control there what would happen...?!

24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on gun violence by state based on the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks the number of gun-related deaths in each state.

43. California

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 7.9 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 3184 (suicides: 1595, homicides: 1467)
    Violent crime rate: 445.3 per 100,000 (15th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes (in incorporated areas and concealed anywhere)
    Poverty rate: 14.3% (20th highest)


33. Oregon

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 11.8 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 513 (suicides: 414, homicides: 78)
    Violent crime rate: 264.6 per 100,000 (14th lowest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 13.3% (24th highest)


10. South Carolina

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 17.7 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 891 (suicides: 525, homicides: 335)
    Violent crime rate: 501.8 per 100,000 (10th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 15.3% (14th highest)

More: Economic inequality: The worst states for Hispanics and Latinos
9. Arkansas

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 17.7 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 541 (suicides: 331, homicides: 182)
    Violent crime rate: 550.9 per 100,000 (6th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 17.2% (6th highest)

8. New Mexico

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 18.2 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 383 (suicides: 243, homicides: 113)
    Violent crime rate: 702.5 per 100,000 (2nd highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 19.8% (3rd highest)

7. Missouri

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 18.8 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 1144 (suicides: 650, homicides: 464)
    Violent crime rate: 519.4 per 100,000 (8th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: No
    Poverty rate: 14.0% (22nd highest)

6. Montana

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 19.0 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 194 (suicides: 162, homicides: N/A)
    Violent crime rate: 368.3 per 100,000 (25th lowest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes (A permit to carry concealed is not needed outside limits of cities or towns.)
    Poverty rate: 13.3% (24th highest)

5. Oklahoma

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 19.6 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 766 (suicides: 517, homicides: 238)
    Violent crime rate: 449.8 per 100,000 (14th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 16.3% (9th highest)

4. Mississippi

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 19.8 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 587 (suicides: 268, homicides: 282)
    Violent crime rate: 280.5 per 100,000 (15th lowest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: No (A permit to carry can be obtained, but it is not required to carry a handgun either openly or concealed.)
    Poverty rate: 20.8% (the highest)

3. Louisiana

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 21.2 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 987 (suicides: 440, homicides: 526)
    Violent crime rate: 566.1 per 100,000 (5th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 20.2% (2nd highest)

2. Alabama

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 21.4 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 1046 (suicides: 550, homicides: 454)
    Violent crime rate: 532.3 per 100,000 (7th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 17.1% (7th highest)

1. Alaska

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 23.0 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 177 (suicides: 113, homicides: 45)
    Violent crime rate: 804.2 per 100,000 (the highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: No
    Poverty rate: 9.9% (6th lowest)
4  Other / Politics & Society / Re: What's your opinion of gun control? on: April 25, 2018, 03:25:37 PM
Gun control is one issue. the other main issue is to get rid of the fear culture that exist in white America. I dont think people buy a gun first and then fear for their safety afterwards, its usually this fear first that cause someone to buy guns.

The idea that someone can break in and kill and rape your family at any time, the idea that colored people are a menace and you need a weapon to protect yourselves against them.

Once we get rid of the fear culture then many will warm to gun control.

5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: When Will Ethereum reach 1200 again? on: April 25, 2018, 03:19:01 PM
it will be higher than 1200 if there can be more usage of ETH, more than just crypto kitties.... you need something to draw new users into buying ETH, thats how the price will increase in the long run.
6  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Do you even read whitepaper bro? on: April 25, 2018, 03:16:57 PM
White paper is a vision of their plan, how they execute is another matter, also how the market reacts to them is a totally different beast, still good to take a look at it.
7  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What to Expect From A new coin on: April 17, 2018, 09:20:53 PM
Expect nothing, most startups are developing something new and most will never see true usage, just getting it to support some cool projects and hope for a little bit of profit.
8  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Not as expected: Pornhub as Verge partner now accepts crypto payments on: April 17, 2018, 09:17:59 PM
Im pretty sure like many adult stores and sites you can be billed from a company name rather than PORNHUB on the credit card bill... seems unnecessary to use crypto for these things especially since it probably already has a pretty safe merchant mechanism...
9  Economy / Gambling / Re: FootballCoin - Champions League / Europa League !!! Fantasy Manager predictions on: April 17, 2018, 09:04:01 PM
So this is like daily fantasy sports but with crypto coins as the entrance fee and prize?
10  Economy / Digital goods / Soccer FULL Games for sale on: April 17, 2018, 08:48:45 PM
Hello, im a big soccer fan and has been collecting full matches for a few years. Selling digital version of the matches, most are in mkv or avi format and can be viewed thru a usb stick on your tv

let me know if anyone is interested in any of the below. Can upload it to your cloud service.

Have
World Cups: 2006-2010-2014
European Championships: 2008 2012 2016
African Cup - knockout rounds
Asian Cup 2015

Barcelona La Liga matches 2015-2018
Real Madrid La Liga matches 2015-2018

Bundesliga Matches of
Bayern Munich 2016-2018
BVB Dortmund 2016-2018
Red Bull Leipzig 2016-2018

Some MLS, Turkish, France, Champions League and old FA cups as well.
11  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Do you agree in death penalty? on: March 24, 2018, 08:19:46 PM
For anyone who thinks death penalty should exist but only with good investigation then you should check out a movie called The Life of David Gale to see how hard it can be. Also read up on a lot of US based appeal cases where someone who was innocent can get wrapped into a guilty plea or charge.

I dont see a need for it as I dont see it as a deterrent for criminals to commit the same crime in the future.
12  Economy / Economics / Re: Why BTC is having a high price? on: March 24, 2018, 04:10:42 AM
true believers will tell people who say why so expensive ... you dont need to buy a whole btc to use it, you can but a portion of it...
13  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Try to recover loss on: March 24, 2018, 03:47:37 AM
Take a good look at the coin and the company/product behind it, some of these coins can be 0.00 Smiley if you think it has some future then keep it and see, probably wont be too much worse than now!
14  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is taxation theft? on: March 24, 2018, 03:36:02 AM
In the US most people use more government paid benefits than the taxes they pay each year... the majority of people do not know nor believe this lol
15  Other / Politics & Society / Re: How deal with bullies at work? on: March 24, 2018, 03:09:47 AM
•How to deal with bullies? bullies at work not at school.

•Will I be mature and stay away or get another job what can I do? any suggestions?

•What will you do if your in this case?

Simple! dont mind them, dont talk to them, just do your work, show them your good at work, show them that they are just nothing compared to you! If you focus to that bullies people you cant concentrate to your, your work will be ruin so just do your job and show them your better than them.

+1 on his advice, i dealt with some really annoying people, not to the level of bullies but when you ignore them they have this pathetic look in their eyes that they have been hurt.

In the work place no one should be able to physically retaliate against you if they do so report them ASAP to the HR or even the police. When they know they cant get away from the stupid school yard stuff they will usually stop or sulk in the corner
16  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Trump is better than Obama? on: March 24, 2018, 03:02:38 AM
Obama is 100% better speaker than Trump... Just go back to some of his talks, very inspiring.

Donald Trump talks like a layman, his speaking ability is horrible, he always has to ad lip a bit to his speeches...
17  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Bounties (Altcoins) / Re: 🚀🌟[Bounty] 🚀🌟 Elementh - Blockchain for Ecommerce.High Rewards on: March 24, 2018, 02:52:06 AM
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18  Economy / Marketplace / Re: I've made 600k in Crypto - When to call it quits on: February 24, 2018, 12:53:42 AM
take out your initial amount or an amount that you feel you need to feel financial secure and continue to trade the rest, its essentially a free roll at this point and crypto is just at the starting point!

Keep on rolling it forward!
19  Economy / Gambling / Re: Watch me gamble with your money, (possibly) naked! on: February 24, 2018, 12:38:06 AM
Do you stream these betting sessions? Maybe you should just do a weekly betting session and chat with the community during it, would be fun to watch
20  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: 46% of last year's ICOs have failed already on: February 24, 2018, 12:27:11 AM
I somehow expected it to be a lot higher than 46%... if you look at overall business after securing some funding how many fails in the first year, i would expect more than half?
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