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Or simply ban the production of firearms to begin with, then you don't need any laws to regulate them.

The excess solar with used to charge the EVs, is just that, excess, and FREE of added cost, as didn't cost any extra to get or have, it's just there Our solar system would have cost the same, whether we have EVs or not. Since charging the EV didn't cost any additional money, NO money was spent to charge the EVs. Now read that real slow again ... it might sink in. Maybe this will help ... IF you went to the petrol station and AND you had access to 2 pumps, one charges you , and one is free, which one would you use ? Would that be free ? We have 2 cables in the carport, one is on the grid, and cost to use. The other is on the solar system, and didn't cost extra to have or use, and when excess is available, we use it. Sounds like free to me.

Oops fund is in tack. Just spend what comes in every month for ret visa, or try to, failing of course. Hard to do when a CC at times, most times ????

As you should European history, colonialism, Crusades and slave trade, of a 1000 or so years. That 'rocks in glass houses' thing. USA was established in 1783, and only took 82 years to ban the slave trade that Europeans loved. And firearms have kept the citizens free of tyranny, from foreign or domestic tyrants. 2nd Amendment Rocks

A couple interesting stats. Highlighted one the most relevant for school shootings. Possibly over 80% should have been prevented. Believe it concerns responsible parents, locking the damn guns up. and most states have laws about that. AND YET ... do we really need more laws. Simply enforce the ones on the books. Any parents of shooters sent to prison for allowing their guns to be used, whether school shootings and just oops in their house, kids accidentally shooting kids .... I think not, or very rare. "Notably, most individuals who engaged in mass shootings used handguns (77.2%), and 25.1% used assault rifles in the commission of their crimes. ..... In cases involving K-12 school shootings, over 80% of individuals who engaged in shootings stole guns from family members." source

So 1 dead kid doesn't matter, or 2, or 3, as mass shootings are described as 4 or more, I think. And few mass shootings happen at schools or are committed with rifles, but hey, let's ban all 'assault (semi auto) rifles', them AR-15 types, that usually are rarely used in mass shootings. People should stop living in the headlines, and try living in the real world.

Then we wouldn't have any useless threads for useless discussions.

And yet, the USA is a melting pot of immigrants from Europe, Mexico & Asia, so you probably meant 'cultural import'.

Do try to keep up, as the incident, (not even a fire) in the OP, had nothing to do with the main battery bank.

That's why we try to spend it, as saving is counter productive.

"The Crime Clock represents the annual ratio of crime to fixed time intervals.) A violent crime was committed every 26.3 seconds. A murder occurred every 32.1 minutes, a rape every 3.8 minutes, a robbery every 2.0 minutes, and an aggravated assault every 38.5 seconds." ... nuff said

Yep, that's all people talk about, taking guns away from legal owners. As silly as having helmet laws in the TH. Gang banger don't buy their firearms from FFL'd gun dealers.

Every new administration taking more rights away from businesses and citizens. Covid silliness pointed that out. Keep your firearms close, why the 2nd Amendment was put in place to begin with. The world on the brink of WW3... 350 million gun toting Yanks, good luck invading & occupying the USA. Keep your firearms close.

Not sure if I have any sympathy for people anymore, that complain about firearms, but keep re-electing the same politicians who obviously don't care. Not rep or dem party issue, as both have controlled Congress, and nothing changed. Here's one for you, make owning a firearm outrageously expensive. 2nd Amendment can't restrict you from, but can regulate the ownership. ALL firearms owners must have a license to buy, cost of license to buy/permit to own, $10k a year. Problem solved again. Simple solutions to simple problems. Except for one thing, not enough people want to change the laws. THAT'S A FACT. Y'all can quote all the surveys & polls you want, stating everyone wants to ban or limit firearms, BUT, that obviously isn't true, or it would have happen. They wanted to ban alcohol ... they did. They wanted to drink alcohol ... they repealed it. They wanted to make Ganga illegal ... they did. They want to smoke Ganga ... well, nuff said When enough people want something, they get it. Now someone tell me again, they don't want access to firearms in USA. Raised kids in the USA, never worried about them get killed by firearms in school, or anywhere for that matter. Or getting hit by lightening. The chance are so miniscule, it's not worth worrying about.

Islands that don't have an open southern border , and yet, they still can't stop firearm killings. So nothing is working there either. Kids getting kill in school by firearms, is less likely than getting hit by lightening. Just accept it, as it's never going to change. Unless my suggestions are taken seriously, and that's not going to happen, as profits rule, and death is very profitable.

Please click on a country, and show me where firearm laws have worked stopping people getting killed by firearms. I can't be bothered, but I'll wait for you to finish searching. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country

And what suggestion was that, as I don't know any country, that someone hasn't been killed with a firearm, this past year. Did I miss that news-blip?

Stopping gun violence in the USA is a fanciful proposition. Only one solution to stop gun violence, stop making them. Nothing else has or will ever work. Every day, I'm proven correct in those statemen. You're suggestions, if any, are NOT working. Nobodies' are.

Most states already have those on the books.

The solution is easy, but would never be accepted, so why suggest it. Since you asked, 2 fold ... 1. The UN, all countries, including the 5 permanent members of the 'Security Council', also 5 of the largest manufacturer & sellers of firearms, enforce a total ban on manufacturing ALL firearms. 2. Death sentence, carried out immediately, for anyone carrying a firearm. Give it a month ... school shootings solved. Anything less, and people will still be shooting each other. Why...because they can. Simple solutions to simple problems.

Yea, already suggested, vote. You can't stop nutters, never could, never will. Accept it. Be thankful, you got a better chance of getting 'hit' by lightning, than killed 'in' school by a firearm.

As a Yank, I really do have to chuckle at most of the replies. THANKS Solution - vote Until more people vote against the 2nd Amendment, it will remain.

Guessing it will work, as used in the past, and yes, it died. Having used both, burr grinder is much better. You really do want a burr grind for consistent (size) grind. Some say the heat generated by the blade grinder makes a difference also, though can't imagine much of. from that listing:

And here I thought the thread was about the 2nd Amendment & firearms, not trump. Must be getting senile, I forgot, every thread is about trump with some people.

If in the USA ... i'd have firearm, and carry, legally, concealed permit if required, as I did the 25 yrs I did live there. Why: "The Crime Clock represents the annual ratio of crime to fixed time intervals.) A violent crime was committed every 26.3 seconds. A murder occurred every 32.1 minutes, a rape every 3.8 minutes, a robbery every 2.0 minutes, and an aggravated assault every 38.5 seconds." ... nuff said If you want to call and wait for the police to respond/take a report, that's your right. Don't interfere with my right to defend me & mine. Report being a victim, if still alive, or prevent being a victim. UP2U