SlowDownDerek
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Statute of limitations meant it could only be a civil suit.
That and the lack of evidence to secure a criminal conviction.
Statute of limitations meant it could only be a civil suit.
You are asking the wrong person as one of the green types that love car restrictions and more promotion of other, safer, modes of transport.
That and the lack of evidence to secure a criminal conviction.
Yeah, if you had a clean sheet of paper, you might draw it up that way. But something that has been in place since 1791 is a lot more difficult to move the needle, and as you have pointed out, requires a strong majority
An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.
Well let's not rule out that the incident was not reported to police at the time for the usual reasons that so many sexual assaults go unreported. I could reel them off but do I need to, really?
No, I am asking you. Would you give up your car to protect children?
Yes I would, thought i made that clear in my reply? I swear you dont even read some of the things when you reply to them or somehow dont understand them.
However, my reasons fall outside of your question and its not comparable to the gun question.
There is an 'anyone but Trump' majority in the USA. That majority was seven million votes in 2020 and will be greater in 2024 if Trump should be the Republican candidate.
Trump is a convicted and self-admitted sexual abuser. Moderate Republicans are becoming sickened and repulsed.
Trump is soon to be indicted for his attempted election subversion in Georgia not to mention the 34 criminal counts related to the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.
Trump only remains popular amongst the conspiracy theorists, the gun nuts and racists.
Trump managed to lie his way through once, but will not a second time. Pete Townshend got it right, Won't Get Fooled Again.
Australians had the right for a long time as well. A mass shooting made them change the laws, and under a conservative prime minister as well.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-c...shooting-teach-us-about-guns-and-gun-control/
Bill Clinton .... the second biggest liar in that household .........
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/clinton-i-did-not-have-sexual-relations-with-that-woman-248273987946
Yeah appreciate he lost a house in the mid terms. My issue is his failure to even attempt to make gun law changes when he had both. Same with Obama. Easy to talk the talk but when it comes to it, both parties are too beholden to the gun community.
Try not to believe all the media hype, I am out here in rural flyover country and not all the folk you have stereotyped are rampant rednecks. On a side note, it was possible most of their older relatives who ran up the Normandy beaches along with our Brit and Commonwealth soldiers to save your freedoms to be able spew your alleged Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) prejudiced comments.
BTW, Was Bill Clinton as clean as driven snow ?
Have you given your car up then? It is comparable to gun control in that it is a freedom that involves risk to third parties.
I have always been "conservative" but the problem as I see it, very similar to @Def_II_Royalz, is that party lines seem to override issues. Even local issues that fall under "states rights" often get lost in the greater binary dynamic.
I think I have said it before on here, no political party actually speaks for what I personally stand for. In fact, I can pick items from every platform that represent my views. So what does that look like when I head to the ballot box ........... a stew that does not satisfy. Without issues to vote for and being sketical of election promises anyway, it is hold your nose and pick the least reprehensible of the bunch. Or, vote for change just because the guys who have been in power have been complete F**k-ups.
Man, you wonder why it's all headed for the sh*thole? So, spend your money on good times, concerts and friends .........
I've no idea if he did it or not, what I'm saying is that he hasn't been convicted of it. He's been found guilty in a civil court which has a lower burden of proof. Hence why it's an important distinction to make.
Well a few things going on here. 1. cars weren't invented with the sole purpose of killing, maiming and menacing people. 2. Modern life has made unfortunately made car ownership the curse and necessity of existence. The pitiful lack of public transport options in our very own beloved Bournemouth is a pretty obvious example.
Some disconnected thoughts that are a bit all over the place as I find this subject extremely emotive:
If anyone here was at Bournemouth School when Dunblane happened, you may well have membered Alan Petrie weeping on stage during morning assembly as he had some association with that school. Whilst the UK has always had a different relationship to gun ownership and the laws surrounding it, it was enough to shock the public and government into doing something about it.
What I've been feeling and seeing in others in my time here in the US is the sheer amount of exasperation and disillusionment that common sense and love and life will never, ever get close to challenging the industrial complex that supports the production and sale of guns. I simply want the right to send my son to school in a world where he does not have to do school shooter safety drills. I don't think guns will ever be banned here. But that nothing can be done to increase background checks on gun license applications and extend licensing restrictions to all kinds of gun (for instance NY state doesn't require a permit for shotguns and manual operated rifles) is a huge stain on this country.
To be honest, going back to the car analogue, the way some people drive these days (he says as he further lapses into middle age), it would make a lot of sense to tighten up and make more stringent the regulations surrounding testing. My driver's test took about 10 minutes if that, AND I accidentally went forwards instead of backwards during my parallel park (took the test in an automatic, which threw me, ahem), which would be an instant fail pretty much everywhere else. The instructor didn't bat an eyelid.
Car culture has gotten really out of control here. The manufacturers know they're trading in the dying embers of what they once knew and are going all out. Cars have become far too powerful for practical purposes. Every other advert either depicts cars on race tracks, or flying through the air like fcuking Transformers or people driving like idiots. What are they selling and to who? It's interesting the gun/car equivalency has come up on this forum. Both seem like a truly existential matter to a certain kind of person who feels they have precious few other hills to die on.