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Because of the data: Self-defense was the most popular reason AR-15 owners in the poll gave for buying the gun. Around one-third listed it as the main reason for ownership, but nearly two-thirds said that it was “a major reason” for purchasing the rifle. https://thereload.com/poll-one-in-twenty-americans-own-an-ar-15/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/41d170dc-1838-4772-a4e4-29d268264e12.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_2

The majority of AR-15/assault rifle owners don't buy them for hunting though so not sure what your point is.

Only the gun nuts could disagree with that. Lots more to be done but great news. No country should have assault rifles freely for sale to its civilians. Also from the link: Plus: Besides this year's assault weapons ban, Washington lawmakers also passed a bill that will impose a new 10-day waiting period on firearm purchases, as well as require people to complete firearms safety training before they can buy a gun.

How about 5,000 years............. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GlobalWarming/page3.php

No that's not the decision they are making, the info is in the OP link, in the US the abortion pill is only used up to a max 11th week. Anyway, they've pushed back their decision till Friday.

I guess Clarence is back from one of his vacations for this sitting

Agree with that. Map of one of the ships mapping the wind farms from the link. Look how close to the UK its going.

During the Holocaust, children were especially vulnerable to death under the Nazi regime. According to estimations, 1.5 million children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_in_the_Holocaust

OP on it here: https://aseannow.com/topic/1292493-gop-megadonor-harlan-crow-isnt-charging-clarence-thomas-mother-rent-zillow-estimates-suggest-that-would-have-saved-her-155000-since-2014

Not seeing the difference, and at least RU has a plausible excuse, maybe. Yea, right, there is no plausible excuse for war crimes, mass murders, rapes and kidnapping. I'll wait for you to reply with your current mode of "I don't care"

Sensationalism? Really? We are talking about a supreme court judge who has for the last two decades taken free, donated private jet set luxury vacations. Island hopping is superyachts, violating laws that require you to disclose most gifts. All from one billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. But that's not all. The same megadoner bought properties from Clarence, not only bought them, renovated one of them where Clarences mother now lives rent free. If that's not got you facing reality yet then perhaps the fact that Clarence has also been over the last two decades, reportedly failing to accurately report hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of income from a family holding company and claimed rents from a company that no longer exists. You claim this is "minor things"?

Whats woke got to do with it? Twitter faces a whopping fine in Germany which is more than its net worth As per a report by Techcrunch, more than 600 cases regarding hate speech on Twitter are pending before German courts. Adding fuel to the fire, earlier this week, Germany had announced an investigation into "suspected systemic failures under the country’s hate speech takedowns law". As per Techcrunch, the law, known colloquially as NetzDG, allows for fines of up to 50 million euros per case. Last year, The New York Times had reported major increases in hate speech since Musk took Twitter October-end and fired staff in Germany and axed the content-moderation team in the US. https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/twitter-faces-a-whopping-fine-in-germany-which-is-more-than-its-net-worth-16366461.htm

If only, hindsight is a wonderful thing but this one cost Ukraine, the West and thousands of Ukraine lives. Clinton regrets persuading Ukraine to denuclearize in 1994 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said in an interview with RTÉ that he regrets persuading Ukraine to give up its nuclear arsenal. “I feel a personal stake because I got them (Ukraine) to agree to give up their nuclear weapons. And none of them believe that Russia would have pulled this stunt if Ukraine still had their weapons,” he said. https://news.yahoo.com/clinton-regrets-persuading-ukraine-denuclearize-220402205.html

Next up, Smartmatic, which is seeking $2.7bn and they are a much larger company than Dominion

Now also picked up by CNN Two Russians claiming to be former Wagner commanders admit killing children and civilians in Ukraine Two Russian men who claim to be former Wagner Group commanders have told a human rights activist that they killed children and civilians during their time in Ukraine. The claims were made in video interviews with Gulagu.net, a human rights organization targeting corruption and torture in Russia. In the video interviews posted online, former Russian convicts Azamat Uldarov and Alexey Savichev – who were both pardoned by Russian presidential decrees last year, according to Gulagu.net – describe their actions in Ukraine, during Russia’s invasion. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/17/europe/wagner-commanders-russia-kill-children-intl-hnk/index.html

"Twitter is not involved in political censorship under new leadership." Really? This from just a couple of weeks ago. The Indian government issued notices to Twitter Twitter agreed to block more than 120 accounts, including the Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, the Canadian poet Rupi Kaur, several journalists and an Indian MP. Twitter also blocked the handle of the BBC’s Punjabi bureau. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/05/twitter-accused-of-censorship-in-india-as-it-blocks-modi-critics-elon-musk

MTG distancing herself as quickly as possible and now wants the FBI to investigate.......lol https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1648082814095556608

Major Tom we have a problem SpaceX delays test flight of Starship, world's biggest rocket Liftoff of the giant rocket was called off just minutes ahead of the scheduled launch time because of a pressurization issue in the booster stage, SpaceX said. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said a pressure valve appeared to be frozen, forcing a postponement of the launch which had been planned for 8:20 am Central Time (1320 GMT) from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. "Learned a lot today, now offloading propellant, retrying in a few days," Musk tweeted. https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230417-spacex-delays-test-flight-of-starship-world-s-biggest-rocket

So collateral damage of around 400 is fine to keep your rights eh? Does it mention how many kids were in that 400? By the way, its more than that, latest figures from 2021 are 447 and that does not take into account the 4,740 firearm deaths where the weapon was unknown, so could be a rifle or handgun. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195325/murder-victims-in-the-us-by-weapon-used/

https://news.yahoo.com/americas-parents-show-increasing-concern-133339395.html

There you have a good example of the lame attempt to compare car deaths and gun deaths. Car deaths were over taken by gun deaths some time ago. Gun deaths are the leading cause of death for children and young people. You need to pass a driving test to drive a car. Insurance needed. The car needs to be street legal You cannot legally conceal a car when walking into a venue or anywhere else for that matter For Trump to say mass shootings is not a gun problem is about as far fetched as some who claim he's like Jesus!

The beauty of the internet is that its time stamped when an item is published.

So after an angry judge sanctions them for withholding crucial evidence, a grovelling apology from Fox, the trial proper starts Monday. Fox seems resigned to losing the case and taking it to the Supreme Court for appeal. Fox News Is on Trial, and So Are Falsehoods About 2020 The jury will be asked to weigh lofty questions about the limits of the First Amendment and to consider imposing a huge financial penalty against Fox. Some of the most influential names in conservative media — Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson — are expected to be called to testify. But there is another fundamental question the case raises: Will there be a price to pay for profiting from the spread of misinformation? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/business/media/fox-news-dominion-trial.html

You really want to cite Scott Ritter, a convicted child sex offender & who publishes article directly to RT News? The kill ratio was indeed reversed, a quick and cheap photoshop by Russian propagandists. https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1644226867623280641

1.5 mass shootings daily so far this year............. The Alabama shooting happened the same day that shots were fired into a crowd at a park in Louisville, Kentucky. Two people were killed and four others were wounded. The US has suffered at least 162 mass shootings in the first 15 weeks of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive. That’s an average of more than 1.5 mass shootings every day so far this year. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/16/us/dadeville-alabama-mass-shooting/index.html