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FireTower

@ FireTower @lemmy.world

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  • Supreme Court Upholds Law That Bans Domestic Abusers From Owning Guns

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  • I've found they do tend to be more blunt and straightforward. I think to understand them you have to start from the lens of his that stare decisis is a poor doctrine. Many of his dissents have such strong departures from the main opinion because of this. If you don't presuppose things like the Wickard V Filburn case's impact on the commerce clause dissents like Gonzalez v Raich, seem much more plausible.

  • Supreme Court Allows Suit Over Arrest Said to Be Politically Motivated

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  • There's a number of opinions and dissents he's written that I feel like people here would be surprised to agree with him on. Like in Gonzalez v Raich which he was in favor of legalization of weed.

    1/3 of the time the cases are 9-0 anyways.

  • Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting

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  • Safety is the duty of every employee (and employer) on any job site. Film set, factory floor, or office. You have a duty to not unduly endangered your coworkers. If you see something dangerous at your work place speak up. Make your complaint known and make sure there's a paper trail.

    The four rules of firearm safety only fail if you break every one at once. And much like punches Hollywood is great at getting camera angles where you really can't tell the difference with gunshots.

  • Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting

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  • HGR definitely didn't do right here but a lot more went wrong. This was a perfect storm of negligence. Multiple people could have taken minor stands to have prevented this tragic tale. So many people spoke out and zero action was taken to address their concerns.

    A layered safety approach is a great idea. But it only works when at least one person in a position to do so does what's right.

  • Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting

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  • Pretty solid summarization of the situation. I definitely think that Baldwin's on site safety problems and the seemingly rushed nature of production are going to bite him.

  • 'It's inhumane.' Despite how hot it is, Tennessee renters don't have a right to air conditioning

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  • I feel like the habitability requirement might be governing on issues of extreme heat.

  • Michigan Republicans' bill: Make AR-15 state's official rifle

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  • By men you mean males

    Yes. When I said men I was referring to males. Gentlemen if that clarifies it further. Though there are a few accounts of women (females/ladies) who were camp followers contributing in extenuating circumstances in combat roles.

    and what was the color of their skin?

    Depended on the person. It was majority Caucasian men, who also made up the majority of the free male population. But as alluded to in the previous comment of mine, Freemen like Mr. Salem joined the fray. Native Americans also fought in some cases on the side of the Patriots, though they mostly sided with the British due to their strong ties to the Iroquois Confederacy.

  • Todd Howard says Bethesda won't be remaking the first Fallouts because 'some of the charm of games from that era is a little bit of that age'

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  • The subtext is Todd is too afraid to remake that porn studio in Fallout 2, that was there for some reason.

  • Michigan Republicans' bill: Make AR-15 state's official rifle

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    1. Justice Story had a better take with consideration of the historical roots of the recognition of the right:

      The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.

    2. There's other types of emergencies that were very pressing at the time. Namely attacks from the Iroquois Confederacy and the Crown of England (once the War of 1812 broke), just to limit it to the early republic period.

    This 1619 type revisionism not only portrays the period in an inaccurate shade but diminishes the accomplishments of men, like Peter Salem, and ignores facts agreed upon universally by academia like that at the time of founding miltias were composed of ordinary men.

  • Michigan Republicans' bill: Make AR-15 state's official rifle

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  • The choice to have a gun at all actually increases your risk of being victim of a violent crime, and that's just the odds for you. Having a gun in your house at all greatly increases the risk that you or someone in your home will die accidentally, or by suicide. Those odds are greater than those of any violent lunatic breaking into your home and murdering anyone in it.

    Aside from poking fun at the notion a violent home invasion is something to contrast with violent crime, there's a serious problem here. In the study of criminal justice (and many social sciences) it is nearly impossible in most cases to separate correlation and causation. This is due to the difficulties in setting control groups and the many possible factors that may influence these events.

    A person cognisant that they are at increased risk of violent crime might feel inclined to acquire a firearm. This doesn't necessarily mean the purchase caused the victimization. That is like saying doing chemotherapy increases your risk of dying of cancer. And someone experiencing suicidal ideation might purchase a firearm to commit the act. Putting this notion once again on its head.

  • Michigan Republicans' bill: Make AR-15 state's official rifle

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  • M1 isn't a bad pick. I feel like if the list gets filled out more the AR will become like the cardinal is for state birds.

  • Michigan Republicans' bill: Make AR-15 state's official rifle

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  • Clearview AI is Offering a Stake in Its Company to the People Whose Photos It Stole

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  • Nothing more valuable than shares in a company in such a poor financial state that it can't pay its own settlements.

  • Dog Powered Scooter

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  • It'd be much cheaper and easier to buy an electric scooter. Even if you've already got the dog.

    I think it's more of just one of the fun things you'd do w/ your pup.

  • Do you prefer Gaming PCS or Gaming Laptops?

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  • PCs. Gaming laptop underperform for price, are larger than non gaming laptops, and generally are less serviceable & durable. Just the entire market segment lags behind.

  • US supreme court sides with Starbucks in union case over fired employees

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  • Yes it is. Here's what I think someone concerned with propper capitalization of SCOTUS would not be keen to hear:

  • US supreme court sides with Starbucks in union case over fired employees

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  • "Supreme Court", Guardian. It's a proper noun.

    Boy have I got some bad news

  • Supreme Court rules gun 'bump stocks’ ban is unlawful

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  • I think article 1 section 1 sums it up best

  • Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre

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  • You're correct went back and reread it:

    On weapons with these standard trigger mechanisms, the phrase “function of the trigger” means the physical trigger movement required to shoot the firearm. Pg. 7

    Although it sounds like there maybe be edge cases where specially designed firearms are treated differently if they lack a traditional mechanism.

  • Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre

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  • They were found to not be machine guns per the statutory definition. So they can't arrest people for having one (unless a new law is passed). Prior to the BATFE's policy change they didn't 'approve the sales' more so they didn't bar the sales.