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Like showing proof of insurance, either proof of purchase of a gun safe (Yes, I know this could be forged), proof of home insurance showing Guns and gun safe on the insurance (Yes, I know this could be forged). There is no bullet proof way of ensuring gun locks and gun safes, but we have to do our best. I also think there is no need for Military style guns in public possession, but that is my feeling, and I know gun companies would fight this as they feel they have a right to sell everything to everyone and be damn any regulations about responsibility. Gotta start somewhere for better gun safety.

I would counter that I would feel less safe in a state with open carry and no regulation like Florida and Texas. Not everyone has the skill or can properly handle the weapons they carry. The year I lived in Texas, I came across way too many situations where the gun owner actually ended up making things worse as common sense is not so common. Without clear training, regulations on how and what you can carry, someone with a machine gun might just get road rage and go off firing causing many problems. @A Horse With No Name Great trip pictures, love the trip, looks like it was fun. It dawned on me that I am surprised the MAGA have not attacked the arts yet as the soft nudity is immense and that would offend their bible thumping attitude one would think.

You wanna have Chinese wages in the US too? One of my clients outsources their helpdesk to the Philippines. I've been involved in the hiring process and what they're paying the outsourcing company (who takes a cut) for a month salary is half what someone would make working in the US at federal minimum wage. I'm sure China is similar.

I have lots of rural liberal woodworking friends, they have guns because police are 20 minutes away and they will be dead if they call and wait for help. A blast in the air from a shot gun has put more than one wanna be out of a friends driveway.

I think some of it is that but also the more rural, the more likely they are to be into hunting itself. Those people also tend to be way more protective of their property.

And I think in some ways that California's laws are too strict. My uncle does a lot of search and rescue, and other work assisting local law enforcement. He is in a ham radio club, and they have a volunteer group of some sort. he has indicated to me that more firepower in rural areas might really be wise to protect against wild animals. Not sure how rational this claim is, but it makes sense to me. We have bigger problems than gun ownership. It actually ranks fairly low in my mind in terms of problems that society faces.

You really can't just get anything in any state. There are certainly some states that are like that(like I mentioned Missouri prior), but you can't get anything willy-nilly in Illinois. I know California is very strict and they have a magazine capacity limit no matter what the firearm could hold on top of their other restrictions. FWIW, 26 states do already have laws in place for safe storage away from children. However, 26 is not 50. @G. David Felt

So it would basically be something you'd have to have on your home insurance policy? I could get down with that. I have no issue with "military style" gun in the public's hands, especially if what we talked about were put in place. If there were background checks, mental health checks, proper registration, proper security, then why does it matter what the firearm is? Now, if none of that were to be put in place and people could get anything all willy-nilly, then I can definitely see your point.

I tried having a civil conversation about what we can or should do about gun violence. I asked for your opinion. You opinion was "go look at what other countries are doing". I'm not looking up ~195 countries' policies on gun control.

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If there was no tariff on Chinese EVs, the time it would take for Chinese EV's to basically wipe out legacy automakers would only be the time it takes for them to build more factories and produce the cars and ship them across the ocean. I for the most part would like to see 0% tariffs because I think for the most part you let the free market play out and costs are lower for consumers that way. I get that in some areas you need some minor tariffs, or putting tariffs or sanctions on countries like Iran or Russia just to stop their imports for a war reason. On Chinese cars, it should probably be 20%, if the domestics can't beat them with a 20% advantage they should be out of business.

Like have been instituted in other countries, I feel that the mental health review or check should be done before your allowed to buy a gun. So many other places around the world require this and that is it, once and done, yes I understand it does not cover what could happen down the road as one ages, but at least at the time before your approved to buy a gun, you have a mental health check to see where you are mentally. Gun Locks / Gun Safes should always be a requirement when being approved to buy a gun and if you are buying multiple guns, then you should have no problem providing proof of Gun Lock or Gun Safe ownership for the new gun you're buying. @oldshurst442 Wish we could ban AR15 ownership much like Europe has with the Cybertruck.

The joke is on you. No religion is "legit". There are just some with more money than others.

A front wheel drive Oldsmobile 442? Hmmmmmm.... Yeah...it may have a more plushy ride than a regular Cutlass and it could be called a baby Toronado because of it, I guess, but I think Ill pass on wanting a Cutlass 442 with FWD. Even with a 455 powering the (front) wheels. Id happily own a Toronado though. 1966. Retomodded as I feels like I would want disk brakes at the front as a minimum. I like the fact that the wheel base is 2 inches longer than the normal Cutlass coupe though. You could see the added 2 inches makes for an even better looking A body. That colour is AMAZING!!! I saw this episode yesterday. I try not to miss any Jay Leno's garages...

I do not think that Americans are insane because FAKE Christians brandish AR-15s in sermon... I think Americans are insane: 1. Because a faction of dumb phoquing Americans have faith and follow FAKE pastors in FAKE churches practicing a FAKE religion under the guise of Christianity. And then all the rest of the idiot Americans have the phoquing balls to include ALL the religions as being bad JUST because shytty factions of snake oil salesmen have taken control over their phoquing dumb ass country. Spare me the talk about magic men in the sky with the LEGIT religions. Just because FAKE phoquing prophets...ie humans, took aspects of religion to feed their greed and hatred and to bamboozle phoqueheads, that has NOTHING to do with the religions itself. Mega church, TV evangelists, mormons, evangelical phoquetards and everything else the United States of America calls a religion that is said to be Christian but BLATANTLY DEFIES ANYTHING REMOTELY that defines Christianity is the problem that plagues the well being of the US. Including the phoquing Pilgrims that came over the phoquing Mayflower that called themselves the Calvinist Protestants... And do NOT get me started with the original bullshyte Anglican and Protestant churches of merry 'ole England to which one of the two was invented or altered because fat phoquing King Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wife but couldnt. He ended up decapitating 2 of his other wives... This phoquing problem with religion in the US starts right there...in merry 'ole shytty England. The rest of the religions of the world are pretty OK Id say. So I find it insane that Americans are phoquing clueless about who is phoquing them royally. (pun intended) 2. I find it insane that Americans are hit with gun violence at EVERY junction in everyday life and then see phoquing insane people brandishing guns "peacefully", like this phoquing idiot, and then be surprised that gun violence hits them at EVERY phoquing junction of everyday life. 3. And then do NOTHING to stop gun violence. Not even as much as to quell it a little bit. But use excuses to quell gun violence by adding...more guns to the equation... 4. I find it insane that Americans actually believe that America is the ONLY nation that has gun culture and are free to own guns. I also find it insane how Americans are so phoquing IRRESPONSIBLE with gun ownership and how they parrot nonsensical phrases from all those snake oil salesmen that continue to help them kill themselves... And are proud of it. THAT last part is truly the insane part. The pride of continuing to kill oneself...from within. From their fellow American neighbour...

EVs in North America better get an even MORE price cut because the Chinese EV makers are on stand-by and ready to flood this market. All it takes is Canada to eliminate the 100% tariffs on them and Chinese EVs will enter with ease spelling the end for GM and Ford and quite possibly Tesla. Stellantis could maybe survive via Europe but only in Europe. KIA could survive as KIA's mother market is not a dumb one like in Trump's America. Its funny to me when anti-EV morons say NOBODY wants an EV. Yet...the US and Canada have 100% tariffs on them. If NOBODY wants EVs, then why the 100% tariff on them? NOBODY would be buying them anyway regardless if tariffed or not. Nobody wants EVs, right???!!! But ah.....people DO want EVs. ESPECIALLY if they are of the low-priced variety. And it seems like the ones that China will offer us WOULD be of the low-priced yet very competent variety. The situation of new car prices in the US, even for ICEV, has reached the point of ridiculousness. And with many jobs being lost daily, the question is, who the hell could afford ANY new car in the US REGARDLESS if ICEV or EV? But here in Canada, we are doing well enough. We are de-coupling from the US in certain areas. In other markets, Canada is side stepping and pivoting away from the US but keeping the US as a partner...for now. In the automotive area, we are quite dependant still and quite in bed with the US. But, push come to shove, and we may have to drastically de-couple and fast. And it aint a joke either. Our politically Provincial leaders, most of them, are SERIOUSLY DEMANDING our Prime Minister to SERIOUSLY take into consideration in eliminating these tariffs we have levied on Chinese EVs to let them in our market. And Carney, our PM, is REALLY looking into this matter. Yet again, sometime this week, tomorrow or whatever, he will meet with Trump to discuss the bulsshyte talk of the 51st State rhetoric and the tariff situation between the US and Canada. If this talk will go nowhere, like it probably will lead to nothing... Chineses EVs are THAT much closer in being sold in Canada. Trump likes to lie and suggest Canada is folding, but its the opposite, anytime talks between Carney and Trump fail, another nail in the coffin for the US as Carney then just goes to Europe and makes another trade deal for Canada and the Eurozone. China will probably be solved before 2026 appears...

My country is not the one that is threatening ICE agents at the Superbowl just because there will be a gay Puerto Rican performing t the half time show. Need I show you the peaceful tactics of ICE agents? Need I spell out the homophobic so called Christian reasons of why said performer is not wanted at the Superbowl half time show? Need I also spell out the love that one sector of Americans have for another? All the things that I have pointed out that you call insufferable... PS: Charlie Kirk spewed ALL that kind hatred in his podcasts and University campus debates. The Bad Bunny hatred at the half time show hatred... Charlie Kirk advocated for gun violence too and ironically died in the very same way he condoned... And the shooter of Charlie Kirk at that school was another far right phoquetard. So phoque you @ccap41 for it all!!! Are you trying to shame me for what your shytty country has become? You cant see your own hypocrisy of questioning MY thoughts on how your phoquing shytty country is soooooo phoquing shytty? Dude...shame on you and your fellow country men. YOU and YOUR countrymen are insufferable...