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Hey, I’ve been doing this 30 years and just learned it today, you have NOTHING to feel bad about. :)
Hey, he’s like, just this guy, you know?
Hey, I’ve been doing this 30 years and just learned it today, you have NOTHING to feel bad about. :)
Here’s the trick… the Nashville shooter had no criminal record and bought the guns 100% legally. There is no gun restriction that would block someone who passes the background check from buying a gun.
BUT:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nashville_school_shooting
“Hale was under care for an emotional disorder and had legally purchased seven firearms, including three recovered from the shooting scene, between October 2020 and June 2022.[1]”
If someone is under psychological care, should that be allowed to pop up on a background check? Maybe not as an instant disqualification the way a court ordered commitment or conviction would, but as an advisory note? Leave it to the discretion of the firearms seller? “By the way, this person is undergoing psych care, you could be held liable if they use this firearm in a crime.” That kind of thing?
Because right now, the only stuff that shows up on the background check are things that were ruled on by a judge, and sometimes not even all of those.
For example:
The guy who shot up Michigan State University:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Michigan_State_University_shooting
“McRae was arrested in June 2019 for carrying a weapon without a concealed pistol license.[38] Initially charged with a felony, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor unlawful possession of a loaded firearm as part of a plea agreement in November 2019.[39] He was originally sentenced to twelve months’ probation, which was later extended to 18 months, and in May 2021, he was discharged from probation.[35] Because McRae was not convicted of a felony, his ban on possessing weapons ended with the end of his probation.[40]”
Arrested for a felony gun charge, pled out to a misdemeanor, did his time, did his probation, was allowed to buy guns again.
Had he been convicted of the felony, he would have been blocked from owning a gun. The misdemeanor was not a barrier and did not appear on the background check.
Maybe it should have? Maybe ANY gun charges, felony OR misdemeanor should bar you from gun ownership?
Legumes are a type of vegetable.
The hill I WILL die on is that mushrooms, as a fungus, are not.
“Circassian” isn’t a word I’ve heard before, but it has an ethnography:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/circassians-history-culture.html
This is immediately obvious to anyone who followed the timeline of events.
Removing Shokin didn’t STOP the Burisma investigation. It allowed it to move forward! Shokin was the guy slow-walking it.
https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/
Makes sense:
Xbox - 2001
Xbox 360 - 2005
Xbox One - 2013
Xbox One S - 2016
Xbox One X - 2017
Xbox Series S|X - 2020
4 years, 8 years, 3 years, 1 year, 3 years.
2028 would be on the long side but not unheard of. The reason for the big gap between 2005 and 2013 was the 2008 economic crisis.
2020 was the covid/supply chain crisis.
Dining out is CRAZY now.
My wife and I were out and about last weekend and needed to eat so we hit a Burger King.
Meals for 2, nothing crazy, was $30… at freaking BURGER KING. We don’t even have a sales tax here.
Library is live as of 9/9, and the first two books have gone out into the wild!
Both non-fiction.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat - Oliver Sacks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat
Maus - Art Spiegelman - Pulitzer Prize winner
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus
Both excellent choices!
Clearly that explains the nudity then… ;)
Political books are the ones everyone SHOULD read. :)
This one is fascinating, we would be better off if more people read it:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/291700/perfectly-legal-by-david-cay-johnston/
Actually, all of Johnston’s stuff is fascinating.
Lodge is well liked, and the America’s Test Kitchen folks rated the Cuisinart dutch oven highly, it’s just slightly heavier than Le Creuset.
Photo after baking the glaze:
This is why we can’t have nice things! ;)
When you register a library, they post it on the map in their app for your location so you can easily see all the Little Libraries around you!
It’s the address for the library. We’re good!
Yeah, not big on propaganda, I expect to see lots of Watchtowers, Books of Mormon, etc. Will be checking daily.
That’s fantastic! A real keeper!
Nope, just the one. Non-Fiction on the right, fiction on the left.
I separated them for the photos so you could see all the books.
It won’t be ready, ready until the 9th. My kid got me the untreated fence post and bench and bare wood isn’t going to hold up in Oregon rain, so this weekend is priming and painting, then the install is going to happen Saturday the 9th.
The library itself is weatherproof, made from recycled milk jugs of all things!
+1 for the Dark Tower books.
But I’d note, there’s a dramatic tonal shift between the first half and the last half.
After book 4, you lose the flashbacks to Roland’s youth and it’s a straight through narrative for books 5, 6 and 7.
I think the accident that almost killed him put the fear of god in him.