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I live just outside of White Plains, New York. Know many cops in this area. The African-American Marine was crazy. He spent prolonged hours screaming, including threatening to kill himself. This had been going on for a long time. Cops had been to his residence many, many times. This incident happened four months ago. The African-American Marine came at the cops with a hatchet after the cops took the doors off the hinge, which they did after an hour of asking him to open the door so they could actually see how he was doing. This case has already been reviewed, and deemed justified. Wonder why you're not hearing this in the media? We are all engines of karma

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Had a friend who just went through that. He died last month. Very deliberate choice on his part. We are all engines of karma

Need to double check sources on that. We are all engines of karma

Whatever the species, I imagine the operating room still stinks of sulphur. We are all engines of karma

Have just looked at the votes, I'm curious to know whether those folks who voted "Of course it does!" actually own a gun or not? We are all engines of karma

Without a doubt, there's an agenda there. +1 We are all engines of karma

I heard a story a long time ago that has stuck with me for some reason. Your dad, and another friend of his (from whom I heard the story) were packing. I believe it was your mom who went very low in freefall, so low that everyone thought she bounced. Your dad looked up shocked, looked at Freddie, and said "What am I going to tell the kids?" IIRC, your mom had dump her reserve, and I believe the reserve had snag some trees. Bottom line, she was fine. We are all engines of karma

Wow, what an exciting opportunity for the right person. I'm jealous Good luck! We are all engines of karma

Biggies in my mind are the GM/Chrysler "resolution", Fast and Furious, and just about every decision made by Lisa Jackson's EPA (see current articles on SCOTUS finally slapping them down). Buying my health insurance from whom I choose. I used "black or Muslim" for illustration purposes. You realize that Muslims are exempt from ACA? ACA itself doesn't have any basis in law. We are all engines of karma

There's a large list of things that Obama, his Justice Dept, and his EPA Dept have done that show a distinct lack of respect for the rule of law in a blind implementation. On top of this, the health care law has the potential to inject government control over an enormous swath of our individual freedom. As "wise bureaucrats" continue to interpret whatever it means, I fully expect an ever increasing list of ridiculous decisions to be implemented. Want sugar in your diet? Well, you can't without paying some ridiculous penalty unless your black or Muslim. Potentially, they could even say "You skydive? Wow's that really risky behavior and our health care system can't afford to pay for any injuries that result from that, so here's another penalty for you to pay". The potential for such decisions is enormous, IMO, all of which will restrict individual pursuit of life and happiness for some perceived greater cause. That's not what America is about, as enshrined in our constitution. We are all engines of karma

Is this the same Monkey that the Ranch's MonkeyMan Boogie is named after? We are all engines of karma

Obama actually terrifies alot of people who value their individual freedom, and who value their country enough to not want it awash in unsustainable debt driven by utopian dreams completely detached from any fiscal reality they live in. We are all engines of karma

Having thought about CCWs, this is where I fall on the spectrum. I don't want one, at this point in time. We are all engines of karma

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Interested in folks thoughts on this one... http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/29684-holding-a-gun-makes-you-think-others-are-too-new-research-shows/ ======================================================================================== From Notre Dame university: Notre Dame News Holding a gun makes you think others are too, new research shows Susan Guibert • Date: March 19, 2012 Share ThisPosted In: Research Seeing guns in the hands of others Wielding a gun increases a person’s bias to see guns in the hands of others, new research from the University of Notre Dame shows. Notre Dame Associate Professor of Psychology James Brockmole, who specializes in human cognition and how the visual world guides behavior, together with a colleague from Purdue University, conducted the study, which will appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. In five experiments, subjects were shown multiple images of people on a computer screen and determined whether the person was holding a gun or a neutral object such as a soda can or cell phone. Subjects did this while holding either a toy gun or a neutral object such as a foam ball. The researchers varied the situation in each experiment — such as having the people in the images sometimes wear ski masks, changing the race of the person in the image or changing the reaction subjects were to have when they perceived the person in the image to hold a gun. Regardless of the situation the observers found themselves in, the study showed that responding with a gun biased observers to report “gun present” more than did responding with a ball. Thus, by virtue of affording the subject the opportunity to use a gun, he or she was more likely to classify objects in a scene as a gun and, as a result, to engage in threat-induced behavior, such as raising a firearm to shoot. “Beliefs, expectations and emotions can all influence an observer’s ability to detect and to categorize objects as guns,” Brockmole says. “Now we know that a person’s ability to act in certain ways can bias their recognition of objects as well, and in dramatic ways. It seems that people have a hard time separating their thoughts about what they perceive and their thoughts about how they can or should act.” The researchers showed that the ability to act is a key factor in the effects by showing that simply letting observers see a nearby gun did not influence their behavior; holding and using the gun was important. “One reason we supposed that wielding a firearm might influence object categorization stems from previous research in this area, which argues that people perceive the spatial properties of their surrounding environment in terms of their ability to perform an intended action,” Brockmole says. For example, other research has shown that people with broader shoulders tend to perceive doorways to be narrower, and softball players with higher batting averages perceive the ball to be bigger. The blending of perception and action representations could explain, in part, why people holding a gun would tend to assume others are, too. “In addition to the theoretical implications for event perception and object identification, these findings have practical implications for law enforcement and public safety,” Brockmole says. Contact: James Brockmole, 574-631-7257, james.brockmole@nd.edu We are all engines of karma

Can't be... Please, can't be... We are all engines of karma

+1, I have one of these, also. We are all engines of karma

Does anyone else see the irony in this? We are all engines of karma

My 13 year old daughter just sent me this link. Pretty staggering what this guy is doing. Definitely needs to stop. We are all engines of karma

ABO... Anybody But Obama (and really hoping Santorum fades away). We are all engines of karma

I've heard the only way to get a carry in Westchester county (just north of NYC) is if you own a cash business. Almost impossible for anyone else. We are all engines of karma

For someone looking to change the world, proper spelling should help get the message across better. We are all engines of karma

Did he get his guns back? We are all engines of karma