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    On Trump construction projects the delays can be indefinite. - Dan G
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    The most striking thing about that story is that it was the autistic man holding what the cops may have thought was a gun, but they shot the other guy lying on the ground with his arms raised. WTF? I don't care about the racial angle, the whole thing just looks like total police over-reaction and a shoot first attitude. - Dan G
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    Huh? Are we supposed to accept the speech or her explanation of the plagiarism? If you want us to accept the speech, then she could have gone out there and read the Gettysburg Address and you're saying we should all just accept that as her words? That makes no sense. And if you want us to accept her explanation, which one to you propose we accept? There have been many, none of which are consistent with each other. Face it. Your boy fucked up. And yes, he's your boy. Don't try to deny it, you'll just look silly. - Dan G
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    Well that's some outstanding politician level bullshit. How does one make that come about? Who do you think you are reaching with your "vital to the conversation" thread? Are there a bunch of skydivers who read this page that are engaging in this "culture" you are so miffed about? - Dan G
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    Do you have any ideas for solutions (besides saying 'nigger' on a skydiving website, which is apparently an important part of starting a dialogue) or are you just venting? - Dan G
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    And once again I very much doubt you actually listened to or read his speech, instead relying on Glenn Beck to feed you little morsels of misinformation. No wonder you like Trump so much. - Dan G
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    Why limit it to high profile shootings? I think any law that makes it harder for a criminal to get a gun will reduce violent crime. If the law would reduce violent crime but not infringe on 2nd amendment right, I don't understand the objection. I don't believe background checks for private sales infringe on the 2nd. If they do, the logical argument is that background checks are unconstitutional for any transfer. Accepting background checks for FFL transfers implies that there is nothing unconstitutional about background checks. - Dan G
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    wolfriverjoe said it better than I would. See his response. By the way, I wasn't talking about threads on dz.com. I was talking about the real world, where people have been very vocal for a long time about the problem of black-on-black crime. If you're going to limit what you hear about an issue to the threads on dz.com then you're going to get a pretty skewed perspective on what's going on in the world. - Dan G
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    You've yet to explain how a Trump Presidency would result in any change to the electoral process. Or why a Clinton Presidency wouldn't. You're not making any sense. I wholly disagree. Just read some of the arguments we're still having here. Some regular posters still refuse to admit that the invasion of Iraq wasn't justified, or even a good idea. Again, what do you think the mechanism for this is going to be when Trump becomes President? - Dan G
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    Hopefully actual police officers understand that the use of physical force should be a last resort in their jobs. You make it sound like every police encounter must end with the use of either lethal or non-lethal force. You were a soldier. Thank God you were never a cop. - Dan G
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    I'm sorry. I broke my self-imposed ban on responding to your bullshit. I see now it was a mistake. It won't happen again. - Dan G
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    But there is racial bias regarding police use of non-deadly force. And you wish to ignore that fact. - Dan G
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    If you think it is being casually dismissed it's only because you haven't been listening. - Dan G
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    OK, I'll go ahead and Godwin this ridiculous argument. When Hitler ascended in Germany did all his supporters suddenly realize how terrible he was and change for the better? Or did it just get worse and worse until the entire world was at war, millions of Jews, gays, Polish, Czechs, etc. had been incinerated, and Germany had to be crushed to be put straight again? Is that what you hope happens here? - Dan G
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    I'm going to jump on the asshole bandwagon and remind people that part of being a skydiver used to mean being part of a family. If you cut away someone else's gear (personal or rental) your ass better be out in the woods looking for that shit. That's just common courtesy. I don't mean to be harsh to RyanMarshall, I don't know what your situation was. Maybe you offered to help look. If so, good on you. If you didn't, you need to remember that the DZ is a business, but it can also be so much more than that. Friends helping friends is what it should be about, not fucking lawyers and contracts. - Dan G
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    Trump is worse. Trump is worse. Trump is worse. Trump is worse. Do Muslims hate Germany more because they are ruled by a woman? Shit, the Brits are about to choose a female PM, I guess Muslims will hate them more now. This is fucking stupid argument. How would Trump fix the system? - Dan G
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    I hope you warmed up before that swami-level stretch. You could pull a muscle. - Dan G
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    I can try to explain it if you can put it into words instead of a youtube link. - Dan G
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    Wow, this is a tough one. I can think of different scenarios where my answer would change. For instance, freedom vs lives of my loved ones would get a different priority if the freedom at risk were the freedom to dance the macarena or the freedom of speech. In general I'd prioritize basic human freedom at the top, but only if were talking about real freedom. If it were fighting the Nazis then I'd say that's more important that anything else. If it were fighting against some ill defined loss of freedom (you are forced to say 'Donald Trump is Great' before you can enter a federal building) I don't think I'd sacrifice my wife to fight against that. - Dan G
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    But then he would have to deal with the headline that said the FBI recommends no charges be filed against Clinton. I don't think his little heart could take it. - Dan G
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    Ooh, you trapped me. Very impressive. My point was limiting magazine size to ten rounds won't have an impact. If you want to limit weapons to single shot, then sure it will impact the number of rounds a shooter, any shooter, can get off. Maybe you think they should limit magazines to two rounds, or five. If you do, say so. Otherwise we're not going anywhere. - Dan G
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    If you limited it to zero it would have an ever greater effect. Or negative one, then the gun would suck bullets out of previous shooting victims. Unless you want to limit guns to single shot only, I'm not sure why we are talking about this. - Dan G
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    I don't know what you're getting at. Yes, if someone is using a gun with a capacity of one round they will not get off as many rounds per minute as someone with a higher capacity. What's your point? - Dan G
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    If the capacity is 1 then you are talking about making all magazine fed guns illegal. That's not on the table. - Dan G
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    Obviously the enforcement side needs work in Colorado. I'm not well versed in your local policing to comment. Do you have a source to show that use of illegal guns in gun violence has not changed in the last three years or are you still talking about arrests? - Dan G