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The only one who posts very regularly here in SC already did. Wendy P.

I'll own the poorly phrased comment and the confusion caused. When I wrote "The idea that having a fancy firearm as a defense weapon you are likely to use is a fantasy" I wasn't thinking pearl handled revolver. I was thinking military style assault weapons, glocks etc. being used for defense. When I wrote, "I have no problem with you or anyone like you having access to advanced firearms" I meant military style assault weapons in the possession of people who have been highly trained by the military and stay current in or out of the military. For everyone else, if you need to, buy a shotgun.

I guess then I'm not a REAL woman? Because we're no more monolithic than any other group. 50 years ago it was OK to say some things that it's not OK to say any more. Most people are fine with that. 100 years ago gay was a commonly-used word for happy. Queer was weird. 200 years ago women didn't have access to education by and large -- they weren't allowed in class. 75 years ago African-Americans weren't allowed to have equal military jobs in the US. People rebelled against all of those changes. Some of those people who rebelled were the same people those changes were helping (in modern terms). Suck it up cupcake -- the world is changing. Young people are changing, just as we did. It's no longer OK to grab women by the ass at work; it's no longer OK to call African-American men "boy," it's no longer appropriate to shut Jews up in segregated parts of the country. They can hold those views. They just can't say them out loud in all company any more, without people voicing their disagreement and disapproval. They have to change their behavior, instead of expecting everyone else to change. Wendy P.

If that's the way you choose to look at life nothing I say will matter to you.

1) Trans people don't "cut their own junk off." That's like claiming that an abortion rips a woman's uterus out. Useful if you are a screaming extremist, perhaps. But in the end it really just identifies that person as completely divorced from reality. 2) No one is demanding that society be bulldozed, any more than society was bulldozed when blacks were allowed to use white bathrooms. Great. I don't either. Treated? Should black men who want to marry white women be "treated?" Should gay people be "treated?" Should people who don't want to have children be "treated?" Should people who are attracted to feet be "treated?" Is the government going to make a list of acceptable behaviors, and "treat" anyone outside those boundaries? Because honestly you're the first one to scream to high heaven when the government gets anywhere close to that. The feelings of women should be considered as much as the feelings of any other people. I managed a trans woman for years - and I agree that her feelings should be considered just as much as anyone else's. When Loving vs Virginia started moving up through the courts, that was one of the most common claims - that she didn't love him, that they were doing it just to prove a point. They were trying to "game the system" just to ram a hateful and ungodly law down everyone's throat.

I make use of the Ignore List, but obviously we also an Ignore Threads feature to hide the threads started by such individuals.

The useless threads will quickly fall off of the front page. You have just started your own useless thread to complain about useless threads. It will also quickly disappear. Is being annoying the same as trolling? I'm asking because although there have been several annoying threads started I'm not really sure it is the same as trolling.

I agree. Unfortunately, the NRA no longer supports gun rights; it is now a republican PAC. Time for a new organization dedicated to gun rights and not republicans to take the reigns.

I forgot to include the fact that the northern DZ's are open and busy August / September and a number of people may not be able to attend.

No, we're thinking of the guy who posts things like "sucker-punching Antifa fags."

December 7, 1972. Static line on a round. After researching all of the possibilities I selected the only choice available. Today's a different day. In my opinion there is no better way to make a first skydive than a Tandem out of a Turbine aircraft from 12.5K or higher. No diss to the small a/c dz's (I've taken 100's of Tandems out of my own 182's) it's just that an exit from a large door is easier for both parties and higher is better. It's a true freefall skydive, you can slap hands and talk rap with your buddies in the airplane, it's lower stress and, just like learning to fly an airplane, there is a personal flight instructor there to show you how to fly the thing. If you love it the rest of the skydiving world will still be open to you. Also, the day's of saving up 30 bucks to make a static line jump or clear and pull every month or so are over. So if price is driving your selection save up a bit more first so you can push straight through after you start. Trust me, the cost of a Tandem at the start of the journey won't even be a measurable amount of the total spent after a few years. Just don't think about it, money has never been better wasted than on skydiving.