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Don't need to because we are dedicated and loyal fans. Willing to risk a chilly bum to support our guys. Also alcohol helps. Brandy or bourbon in hot chocolate is a gift from the Gods.

Any of the larger Candian bank stocks are pretty reliable and will show constant improvememt- Royal Bank, CIBC, Bank of Montreal, etc. If you want stability, a couple of good ETFs that track the major indices are from Horizons: HXS tracks the S and p HXT tracks the Toronto Stock Exchange Finally a fun pick that may pay off- the American drug company Exelixis. They specialize in cancer treatment drugs and have some in testing that may pay off big. Also have large cash in hand holdings.

More parks, more variety, fabulous facilities, scale. Totals half the land area of France, or the same size as Japan. You can also buy a pass for $80 that gets you AND your carful of family into every facility run by the National Park Service in the country for a year. One of the great tourism bargains in the world. Then, each state has its own State Park system. These are often equal to the National Parks in beauty and historic interest. Arizona alone has 31 State Parks. This is one thing the Americans do really really well.

Great idea Joe- more gas from a socialist dictatorship with ties to Russia, no increase in the US.

Stay out of the inner cities and away from druggie areas and you will be just fine. If you are not BIPOC, you should be fine- 2/3 of murder victims are People of Colour. As well, African Americans are 8 times more likely to be the killer than other races on a per capita basis. To be brutally honest, a lot/most murders in the US are black/hispanic young men killing other black/hispanic young men in poor urban areas. Other random shootings and killings are statistically insignifacant and not worth worrying about. The rest of the country is peaceful, safe, and in places astonishingly beautiful. The best National Park system in the world.

I think I finally figured out why hooliganism and violence amongst fans is so prevalent in soccer. There is jack all happening on the field so the punters have to do SOMETHING to a/ keep warm and b/ keep awake. If I knew there was a 50/50 chance of paying good money and seeing an entire sporting event happen with zero scoring I'd want to riot too.

You don't seem to understand that all the above are legal products, and that not all deaths are murder. Life has risk. The things you surround yourself with determine the risk of injury or death. Have a pool? Chance to drown. Have a gun? Chance to get shot. Have a car? Chance to have a fatal accident.

From the article above.. Although semi-automatic rifles have become more widely used over the past decade, handguns remain the most common type of weapon used in mass shootings, experts told USA TODAY. I agree that the talk of "assault weapons" is diversionary. They are clearly not used in crime nearly as much as other weapons.

From your own article.... Although semi-automatic rifles have become more widely used over the past decade, handguns remain the most common type of weapon used in mass shootings, experts told USA TODAY.

Well obviously a ban on manufacture would create a ban on sale, transfer, etc. The key point is that anything existing before the so-called ban was implemented was not included. So it was a guaranteed exercise in futility. And also why there was little discernable impact. As for Old Joe, he sounds clueless. He said " It (meaning semi automatic weapons) has no, no social redeeming value, zero, none. Not a single solitary rationale for it except profits for gun manufacturers". Guess he is forgetting law enforcement, the military, hunting, sport shooting, varmint removal, etc. Guarantee that he is being guarded by men carrying semi automatic firearms, as well as fully automatic. And people wonder why so-called "gun nuts" are paranoid. When the president is talking so casually about taking away your legally purchased property and telling you that you have no social redeeming value, of course there will be pushback. Rifles of all kinds ARE NOT THE PROBLEM in America.

Happens in Japan a lot as well. I often proofread documents or textbooks or scripts written by Japanese who are thought of as proficient in English. Yet virtually every correction I make is questioned, particularly if it isn't simply grammatically inaccurate but just awkward or unnatural. "But ...-san is fluent" I am told. I learned to not fight it and just let them have their own way. All they want is confirmation, not actual correction.

Was this another "exciting 0-0 draw"? Gag me with a spoon.

I did read the article. Thought that you were making a statement of fact with the question, not just repeating the title of the article, sorry. But even at that, the article does not in any way prove the assertion of the headline. It says the AR is the weapon of choice for the WORST mass murderers. That is a different point altogether, and one I would agree with. However it is also irrelevant because other guns can be used to achieve the same result. Even the article admits that ARs are rarely used in crimes. The rest of the article is fear mongering and heart string tugging without much substance.

It would help if you defined exactly what "people killers" you mean. A semiauto Ruger Mini 14 rifle is OK, but a Colt AR15 copy is not, even if they fire the same bullet from the same magazine? Personally I have no trouble with a waiting period to purchase a firearm (surprise surprise) but I would apply it to all of them equally. 48 hours and a clean rap sheet seems reasonable to me.

From your link; The biggest of the various loopholes in the bill was that it only applied to the specified types of weapons and large-capacity magazines that were created after the bill became law, meaning that there was nothing illegal about owning or selling such a weapon or magazine that had been created before the law was signed. Which is basically what I said, is it not? Anything before the law was grandfathered in.

Really? Criminologists and other researchers found that the ban had little to no effect on firearm deaths or the lethality of gun crimes. Studies have found that the overwhelming majority of gun crimes are committed with weapons which are not covered by the AWB, and that assault weapons are less likely to be used in homicides than other weapons. There is tentative evidence that the frequency of mass shootings may have slightly decreased while the ban was in effect, but research is inconclusive, with independent researchers finding conflicting results. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

If you mean "Democratic policy making" as in the political party, I agree with you. And it has gotten them nowhere. So then, what ELSE do you think should be banned "if it saves just one child's life"?

You mean the Clinton years ban? That was no ban. People who owned them were allowed to keep them and use them as before. It was a ban on manufacture only.

Irrelevant. The argument was "if it saves just one child's life". It is an emotional argument that has no basis in practical reality or public policy. You could save 1000 children every year by simply closing every swimming pool. Swimming isnt necessary, kids can get exercise in a safer way that is less dangerous.

You can't ban assault weapons either because nobody actually knows what they are. There are too many ill informed people who think that "assault weapon" means machine gun or a super powered rifle. If you were actually serious about safety, you would look at the bigger problem first.

They don't need to drink coke though. Or use playground equipment. Or ride bicycles. All cause death. Besides, nearly a thousand children drown each year. Surely that is enough to ban all swimming pools, both public and private. That is far more than were killed by AR15s.

But why not? If you want to save lives that is an obvious place to start since handguns are far more dangerous than rifles- even so called assault weapons.

The "if it saves just one life" argument is nonsense. Banning swimming pools would save thousands of childrens' lives. As would making helmet use mandatory when they ride in cars. As would banning soft drinks with sugar. Yet we do none of these things because life is a trade-off. Life is full of dangers that cannot be solved by legislation.

Hunting rifles, like cars, come in a variety of configurations depending on their use. Many of the ones on your list are twice as powerful as AR15 types.

Yeah, simple. In spite of the fact that handguns kill far more people than rifles of all types. There are 20 million "AR 15 style" rifles in the US now- how many are used in crimes to justify taking them from the vast majority of responsible owners?