BryanB55

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Comment · 10 years ago

"who in the world needs an assault rifle?"

People interested in self defense. The term "assault rifle" or "assault weapon" was made up by the media. An assault rifle is just your typical rifle that your great grandfather would have used for hunting back in the day. It is not what the media and politicians will lead you to believe.

I think what leads people to ask this question is an major misunderstanding that an "assault rifle" is a big scary machine gun. They are not. An AR15 or AK47 are not machine guns that spray bullets with a single trigger pull. (Those are fully automatic weapons that are already heavily restricted). Assault weapons account for, on average, 2% of all firearms used in crimes, with the highest estimate being 13%. [1]

The semi-automatic AR15 or AK47 are actually very effective and safe home defense firearms for a few reasons:

- The round they use is less likely to penetrate through walls compared to a standard handgun round. This has been ballistically tested numerous times but no one likes to mention it when talking about the issue.

- They are easier to shoot more accurately at close range and longer distances.

- They hold more rounds. Why do you need more rounds? Because one shot is unlikely to stop most threats. Shocking I know, this is also something that is not how it seems in the movies. Also unmentioned when talking about self defense is that there may be multiple attackers. It's not so uncommon to have more than one attacker in a home invasion.

[1] https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/204431.pdf

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Comment · 11 years ago

Phrased this way makes sense. The parent comment sounded more like "drugs should be legal" than it did about individual rights.

And maybe they should be legal, I'm not sure what would help society more so I don't particularly have a stance either way.

Unfortunately those who think they should be downvoted this question. I guess they'd rather not argue their opinion and just hide any comment that questions their opinion.

Comment · 11 years ago

Downvoted for a legitimate question on why this is a good thing... Awesome unbiased community we have here. Seems to me it would of been more helpful to upvote and state why this is a good thing rather than try to brush any common objections under the rug.

Comment · 11 years ago

>> this procedure accounts for an incredible amount of drug arrests. Good on ya, SCOTUS

So are you saying you don't think people should be arrested for drugs? How is it good that it is now harder to arrest for possession?

Comment · 11 years ago

I just terminated a ton of CAT5e for security cameras and I can definitely see the margin of error begin high. It sucks to do, I feel like there should be an easier way to terminate them that doesn't involve carefully trying to align the right color combination and holding them steady enough to then align them in that same order with tiny slots on the plug.

Comment · 11 years ago

I worked on creating a similar service for a few months in regards to helping businesses (SaaS companies specifically) capture testimonials. I ultimately decided not to pursue the idea after having conversations with potential customers. SMS was not going to be a feature in the initial version and we may have been targeting different niches but I would definitely recommend getting it in front of your target audience as soon as possible or just talk to them about it.

I found that most SaaS companies wanted a few really well written and well placed testimonials rather than a constant stream of subpar testimonials and didn't really need a system for that.

It sounds like you may be going more towards local small businesses though and maybe they have a need for it. Happy to discuss any questions further with you if you'd like.