His career is going to be hell. Cops hate a boy scout.

So it’s an exchange. And they’ll have their own scam-coin like all exchanges which they’ll push you to use so they can inflate the value.

He threatened to withhold pandemic aid to states. He’s a monster.

And yet he remains in power with no sign of that changing.

Business-wise, this all seems like appropriate business.

Just lawful demonstration of one’s second amendment rights amiright?

Are you serious? There are “icons” from that era known for their violence and “spectacle”.

Bonnie & Clyde; Baby face Nelson; Al Capone; John Dillenger; Machine Gun Kelly (before his singing career)

FFS - MACHINE GUN KELLY!

These people were horrible and killed a lot of non-gang members.

“Newsreels from the period chronicled the violence. In one from 1931, footage shot in New York shows walls along a city street pockmarked with bullet holes, and the children caught in the crossfire of gang warfare.”

• https://www.npr.org/2016/06/30/484215890/prohibition-era-gang-violence-spurred-congress-to-pass-first-gun-law

School shootings in particular are a “new thing” - I’ll grant that. But in general gun violence in the US is definitely not a new thing.

EDIT: Also - schools shooting today are actually still “extreme outliers” on the order of the gang violence of the '30s. They’re far more common than they should be, but they’re still pretty rare given the number of schools in the US.

I literally quoted what I was replying to. “Schools” is not mentioned.

At one point in the 1930s the Sears catalog would send a full auto Tommy Gun straight to your house via mail order with no background check. And yet in those eras the idea of a grand spectacle suicide/homicide event would have been absolutely unthinkable, even among the most disposessed in society.

You keep saying that but it’s not necessary to keep power as evidenced by… History.

I thought we were talking about gun violence. Gang related or not it was a thing in the 30s.

At one point in the 1930s the Sears catalog would send a full auto Tommy Gun straight to your house via mail order with no background check. And yet in those eras the idea of a grand spectacle suicide/homicide event would have been absolutely unthinkable, even among the most disposessed in society.

Ummmm…

https://www.historynet.com/how-1930s-american-gang-violence-paved-the-way-for-gun-control/

What would cut into their profits?? Have you never seen how authoritarian regimes work? Do you think North Korea officials want to revolt because of their starving labor pool?

They don’t care about “the labor pool”.

They will probably make a fortune from Putin. Why would they fight him?

“Toxic” was the correct word choice, thanks.

“Toxic” was the correct word choice. Thanks.

The teen is recovering.

In case you were wondering

We have a strong “anti-expertise” streak going on at the moment, and it’s painful to watch. “Trust experts to select judges? What do they know?”

It’s a problem, and I have no idea what has led to it.

I didn’t think we were “arguing” - just a discussion. You’re right that there is no such thing as “rule of law” without corruption. Or government without corruption. Or a fantasy soccer league without corruption. etc. All human things are corrupted by bad people.

The point is not to remove corruption completely, which isn’t possible, but to minimize it and make it less effective.