>> ^VoodooV:

The only problem I have with the 2nd amendment is that it says nothing about being trained or being competent with a firearm
Any insecure idiot who longs for the days of the wild west with delusions of grandeur can buy a gun, but it says nothing about whether or not they can use it well.
If everyone had the same training and skill as that cop I doubt I would have a problem with excessive gun ownership.
But the odds of those idiots actually using a gun well is actually pretty low and in such a case, they'd be more of a liability than a benefit.
It's just like that sift of the old dude who happened to have a gun when the internet cafe he was at was being robbed. He fired it indiscriminately regardless of the nearby bystanders. Fucking asshole was lucky not to have hurt the bystanders instead of the criminals.


I don't think you would have many gun enthusiasts complaining about a show of competency in safety before owning a gun, because most enthusiasts are emphatic about this themselves...the cost and red tape may become an issue for some but eh...can't please everyone.

Did you watch the video of the old man? I just rewatched it and based on the 2 main camera angles of the video it was safe to shoot within the building (you could not easily account for people on the other side of the wall/door). When he opens fire he is almost even and a couple feet to the side of a bystander, but according to the 2 views the only people in the radius of where he fired were the robbers.

Not only that, but he had decent form (2 handed grip with bent knees and squared shoulders) and paused his movements when he fired, all of which point to someone experienced with the firearm. If anything I'd say he showed great poise for an untrained person.

It involves forming your hand into a kind of fist shape, making a slight hole with the thumb...

">> I got mine for free from the state of California since I had low income at the time

Hmm, is that a real program in CA, or just state medicare?

It sounds like subtle eugenics. - Poor? Let us sterilize you for free!"

I walked into planned parenthood, filled out some forms, they handed me this green plastic card, said "your procedure is covered by the state, but once you have it STD tests stop being covered", so I came back in two weeks and lay on a table for 20min and lost access to state paid for STD tests.

If my rate of serial monogamy turn over was higher that might run me a few buck, but I had them run all the tests before the procedure, and haven't needed a comprehensive screening since.

I thought the poor -> sterilize was kinda creepy at the time, but since I'm white and upper-middle class I figured it was a good hack.

As for the $10k price tag, 5min of googling gives me prices around $4k, which while still not cheap, is not ridiculous, and considering all the money you saved on consumable birth control, and the fact that breeding is an expensive endeavor any way you slice it seems rather inconsequential.