Random Politics & Religion #07

Well clearly, from the sensible standpoint.

Again, I think it's just free press and a good cause, really.

The only potential embarrassment would be if that gun was won by someone who then committed a crime with it.

It's a gamble.

I'm more into older style guns and revolvers but I'd enter for shits and giggles. If I won, good, if not; I gave to a charity, also good.

Speaking of revolvers, that S&W 629 Stealth Hunter .44 Mag. I want one. >.>

I don't think it would be the "right" thing to do as, sadly, it is the will of the people.

I do think it's the right thing to do from a moral standpoint. -.-;

I'm all for people having guns but a forum moderator with a gun is a step too far...

I'm more into older style guns and revolvers but I'd enter for shits and giggles. If I won, good, if not; I gave to a charity, also good.

Speaking of revolvers, that S&W 629 Stealth Hunter .44 Mag. I want one. >.>

Imagine in 4 years when you will see Kanye and the Kardashians clan up on that stage to win the nomination!

Turkish officials have strong evidence that the Istanbul airport attackers came to the country from the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria and that ISIS leadership was involved in the planning of the attack, a senior Turkish government source told CNN Thursday.
Officials believe the men -- identified by another Turkish official and state media as being from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan -- entered Turkey about a month ago from Raqqa, bringing along with them the suicide vests and bombs used in the attack, the source said.
They rented an apartment in the Fatih district of Istanbul, where one of the attackers left behind his passport, the Turkish government source told CNN.
The attack -- which left 43 people dead -- was "extremely well planned with ISIS leadership involved," the source said.
While no one has yet claimed responsibility for the airport assault, CNN contributor Michael Weiss, author of "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror," said the nationalities revealed Thursday buttress the claim of ISIS involvement.

"One of the toughest battalions in ISIS is called the Uzbek battalion," he said. "These were the guys who were essentially on the front lines guarding Falluja, the city they just lost in Iraq."
"Ask anybody inside ISIS or who's fought ISIS. People from the former Soviet Union tend to be the most battle-hardened and willing to die," he said.
CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen said the revelation of the Istanbul attackers' nationalities will serve to "open people's eyes to the fact that there's a very substantial Russian, former Soviet Union, presence within ISIS, both in terms of the foot soldiers and the leaders."
Estimates of Russian fighters involved with ISIS range from 2,000 to 7,000, he said.

pot-browniesAn elementary school in Collingswood, New Jersey called the police after a nine-year-old children made a “racist” comment about brownies during an end-of-the-year party.

On June 16, a third-grader made a comment about the brownies that had been given to the class as a snack. That comment prompted another third-grader to claim that the first comment was racist. The staff at William P. Tatem Elementary School determined that this rose to the level of a police matter and called the local fuzz.

Stacy dos Santos, the mother of the first boy, claims that his comment was only about the brownies and was not racial in nature. “He said they were talking about brownies… Who exactly did he offend?” she asked The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Dos Santos said that her son– who is Brazilian on his father’s side– was “traumatized” by the police officer’s line of questioning. “He was intimidated, obviously. There was a police officer with a gun in the holster talking to my son, saying, ‘Tell me what you said.’ He didn’t have anybody on his side.”

All I know is I can think of two separate instances where I'd have been arrested in high school if they happened today and I maintain that I did absolutely nothing wrong the one, and only responded inappropriately to an already-wrong situation beyond my control in the other.

People are so afraid of lawsuits and the like and I'm really not sure there's political correctness to blame for that as much a justice system that allows for far, far too many frivolous lawsuits.

Which came first? Frivolous lawsuits or PC culture?

All I know is I can think of two separate instances where I'd have been arrested in high school if they happened today and I maintain that I did absolutely nothing wrong the one, and only responded inappropriately to an already-wrong situation beyond my control in the other.

People are so afraid of lawsuits and the like and I'm really not sure there's political correctness to blame for that as much a justice system that allows for far, far too many frivolous lawsuits.

No win no fee lawyers aren't helping the cause either. People will sue over anything because it don't matter if they lose the case.

You can sue anyone for anything, it doesn't mean you are going to win.

No, shooting a burglar running over property theft is not legal.

You can sue anyone for anything, it doesn't mean you are going to win. No, shooting a burglar running over property theft is not legal.

Running, no, but if they're still in your house I can't think of many juries that would (or should) convict you.

You can sue anyone for anything, it doesn't mean you are going to win. No, shooting a burglar running over property theft is not legal.

I never actually anything about shooting them, there are many ways a burgler can get injured while in the act of committing a crime. One story a read awhile ago, the family dog attacked a burgler and they were ordered to put it down because it was a danger to society.

Trump is the king of frivolous law suits lol...

You can sue anyone for anything, it doesn't mean you are going to win. No, shooting a burglar running over property theft is not legal.

He'd probably brag about that fact.