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Nice Planet 3: I Can't Believe I Share A Planet With THESE People!

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Relatively good weekend by recent Chicago standards: "only" four shot, none fatally. No "assault" weapons involved.
 
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Old Pio said:
Relatively good weekend by recent Chicago standards: "only" four shot, none fatally. No "assault" weapons involved.
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Help me out. Do actually want to support "assault" weapons? Or are you simply pointing out the absurdity of "gun control"? Or is just hatred for Obama and anything he represents?

I guess all of the above is valid as well.
 
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sagard said:
Help me out. Do actually want to support "assault" weapons? Or are you simply pointing out the absurdity of "gun control"? Or is just hatred for Obama and anything he represents?

I guess all of the above is valid as well.
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I'll explain it again for the students who were sexting during my lecture: I began pointing out the tsunami of black on black (frequently lethal) violence in Chicago (my home town) after HIM-B1 injected himself into the Trayvon Martin case but remained largely silent about the infinitely bigger problem of black on black violence. HIM did trouble himself to come to Chicago, but only after after Hidaya Pendleton was gunned down--a case which received national attention and called for a photo-op. In the months prior to that outrage, however, Chicago was having one of the most violent years in recent memory, with crickets from the W.H. Probably just a coincidence none of those killings involved a white guy killing a black guy.

Then, after Newtown, we had all of the usual suspects prattling on about "assault" weapons, a distinction which is largely cosmetic. Weapons which are seldom used in street crimes. I am pointing out what I see, at a minimum, as delusional thinking. That we are focusing on weapons seldom used in any kind of crime in response to the kind of crime which seldom occurs. As I've mentioned several times, more children die every year from gun accidents than have died in all school shootings. I'm saying the efficacy of the measures proposed to "stop the violence" at the maximum, is barely measurable. And the rush to pass something, no matter what, leads to the kind of stupidity where NY state failed to carve out a magazine capacity exemption for law enforcement in its recently passed law.

For the umpteenth time, I have no use whatsoever for the NRA, as long as that insane a*shole Wayne Lapierre is in charge. I don't approve of anyone gloating over the murders of law enforcement officers attempting to serve a warrant. Even if the shooters are gun nuts and Jesus nuts. Ask yourself what the reaction of the NRA would have been if it Jihadist wackdoodles had killed those four ATF agents in Waco. And since I don't own guns and never will, I really don't care what grandstanding federal laws are passed. I'm just pointing out that we're kidding ourselves if we think these proposals are going to reduce the incidence of school shootings. Or any other kind of shooting, for that matter.

Meanwhile, the slaughter continues in America's inner cities. With many innocent victims. And nobody, including HIM-B1, seems to notice or care. And nary an "assault" weapon in sight.

Class dismissed.
 
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Posted on the Maryland Gazette (www.gazette.net)

Booze Control

Every year 9,878 Americans are killed in drunken driving accidents, and 350,000 more are injured (compared to 8,583 Americans who are victims of firearms murders).

Alcohol abuse and addiction also lead to underage drinking, binge drinking, date rape, divorce, disability, suicide, career failures and widespread health hazards placing a significant strain on public and private health systems.

The time has come to limit access to alcohol, an inherently dangerous substance. That’s why every state lawmaker and voter should support Gov. Martin O’Malley’s farsighted reform initiative, “The Alcohol Safety Act of 2013.”

The governor’s proposal is a reasonable tightening of Maryland’s alcohol beverage laws, which currently fail to protect the public from the dangers of alcohol abuse. Most importantly, this new law will save lives.

The act provides three reform measures as follows:

Prohibit High-Capacity Alcoholic Beverages

Currently there virtually is no legal limit on the alcohol content of alcoholic beverages sold in Maryland. High-capacity beverages of more than 10 percent alcoholic content serve no positive public or social purpose. Their chief aim is to induce rapid and long-lasting intoxication with all of its associated negative consequences.

O’Malley’s Alcohol Safety Act prohibits the sale, use or possession of any alcoholic beverage with more than a 10 percent alcohol content. Limiting alcoholic beverages to beer and light wines is a proper balance between public access to alcohol and public safety.

The act also prohibits the sale of so-called “miniatures” (small bottles) and “singles” (single cans of beer), products commonly associated with alcoholism and drunken driving.

If approved by the legislature, the act takes effect Jan. 1, 2014, providing adequate time for dealers and consumers to dispose of the soon-to-be illegal beverages. Until then, state and local governments might conduct “buy-back” programs wherein the prohibited beverages are exchanged for gift cards or cash.

The act exempts Maryland manufacturers of high-capacity alcoholic beverages and transportation to less enlightened states which still permit such beverages.

Licensing

The Act requires alcoholic beverage consumers to apply for an “Alcoholic Beverage Qualification License.” The purchase or possession of alcoholic beverages without such a license will be illegal after January 1, 2014. To obtain the license an applicant must:

— Be over 21 years of age

— Be fingerprinted

— Pass federal and state background checks for criminal convictions, mental disorders and restraining orders

— Sign an oath that they are eligible to possess/consume alcohol

— Pass a four-hour training course in alcohol usage and law.

— Pay for the background checks and a $25 license fee

— Pay a $20 license renewal fee every five years

This important licensing measure is designed to thwart so-called “straw purchases” of alcohol, a major factor in underage drinking. In Maryland last year 27.3 percent of youths between ages 12 to 20 used alcohol. That’s 194,000 cases of underage drinking, which will be addressed by this new licensing safeguard.

Restricting alcohol sales to license holders also will help keep alcohol out of the hands of alcoholics and motorists with previous drunken driving convictions.

The penalty for license violations is up to five years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.

Dealers

Currently liquor stores, bars, taverns, restaurants and other alcoholic beverage outlets are subject to various use and sales restrictions. But in order to make Maryland’s new alcoholic beverage licensing measure effective, new record-keeping requirements must be applied to alcoholic beverage dealers as follows:

— Keep detailed, up-to-date inventory records, which are subject to periodic state inspection.

— Keep detailed, up-to-date sales records of every item sold, the date of sale and the name, address and license number of every purchaser. These records are also subject to periodic state inspection.

— First infractions are subject to $1,000 fine. Second infractions are subject to a $10,000 fine.

O’Malley’s crackdown on alcohol abuse has drawn broad public support: A recent Washington Post poll showed 97 percent of Maryland teetotalers and households without alcoholic beverages support the act. And when all Maryland voters were asked “would you support reasonable reforms that help end drunken driving and save lives?,” 94 percent answered positively.

Will Governor O’Malley’s Alcohol Safety Act of 2013 lead to a black market in high-capacity alcoholic beverages illegally imported from other states? Probably. Will the Act reduce “straw purchases,” underage drinking and drunken driving deaths? Probably not.

But, by passing these restrictions, state lawmakers and residents can say “we did something about alcohol” even if it’s only a meaningless symbolic gesture.
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Wow. I'm...........speechless.
 
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So, I'm curious... If I were to visit MD and want to have a beer, do I need to be printed too :rolleyes:

This will be great for tourism... I can see it now!
 
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O’Malley’s crackdown on alcohol abuse has drawn broad public support: A recent Washington Post poll showed 97 percent of Maryland teetotalers and households without alcoholic beverages support the act.
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Gee, ya don't say?
 
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April 1st is still weeks away.
 
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Old Pio said:
I'll explain it again for the students who were sexting during my lecture: I began pointing out the tsunami of black on black (frequently lethal) violence in Chicago (my home town) after HIM-B1 injected himself into the Trayvon Martin case but remained largely silent about the infinitely bigger problem of black on black violence. HIM did trouble himself to come to Chicago, but only after after Hidaya Pendleton was gunned down--a case which received national attention and called for a photo-op. In the months prior to that outrage, however, Chicago was having one of the most violent years in recent memory, with crickets from the W.H. Probably just a coincidence none of those killings involved a white guy killing a black guy.

Then, after Newtown, we had all of the usual suspects prattling on about "assault" weapons, a distinction which is largely cosmetic. Weapons which are seldom used in street crimes. I am pointing out what I see, at a minimum, as delusional thinking. That we are focusing on weapons seldom used in any kind of crime in response to the kind of crime which seldom occurs. As I've mentioned several times, more children die every year from gun accidents than have died in all school shootings. I'm saying the efficacy of the measures proposed to "stop the violence" at the maximum, is barely measurable. And the rush to pass something, no matter what, leads to the kind of stupidity where NY state failed to carve out a magazine capacity exemption for law enforcement in its recently passed law.

For the umpteenth time, I have no use whatsoever for the NRA, as long as that insane a*shole Wayne Lapierre is in charge. I don't approve of anyone gloating over the murders of law enforcement officers attempting to serve a warrant. Even if the shooters are gun nuts and Jesus nuts. Ask yourself what the reaction of the NRA would have been if it Jihadist wackdoodles had killed those four ATF agents in Waco. And since I don't own guns and never will, I really don't care what grandstanding federal laws are passed. I'm just pointing out that we're kidding ourselves if we think these proposals are going to reduce the incidence of school shootings. Or any other kind of shooting, for that matter.

Meanwhile, the slaughter continues in America's inner cities. With many innocent victims. And nobody, including HIM-B1, seems to notice or care. And nary an "assault" weapon in sight.

Class dismissed.
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That first line made me laugh out loud in the construction trailer (I'm on a work trip). :D
 
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Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick convicted on nearly all racketeering counts.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
The next thing banned on flights: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4833351/Navy-girl-ordered-to-remove-uniform-on-plane.html
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While the "policy" (thankfully) does not exist and this should never have happened, I don't care for her attention-seeking attitude. She should've done what they told her to do, and then confirmed the lack of such a policy and filed a complaint with the airline later. Proper soldiers should not make a scene out of their service.
 
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