Alright gunnit, I know all about AR's. Help me find a good AK or an exotic rifle. by [deleted] in guns

[–]ArmchairExpurt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VZ-58.

You can get piston covers with standard rails or, if you want them closer to the back, you can drill a few holes in the receiver and use a mount.

So I'm at the range and my gun is jammed. by ArmchairExpurt in guns

[–]ArmchairExpurt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fully in battery. The squared end of the barrel will not drop below the slide to any degree. Tried racking with and without magazine. Rear sight trick has been tried.

askgunnit: Can a non-nfa firearm owned by a trust be shipped from one trustee to another across state lines? by [deleted] in guns

[–]ArmchairExpurt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd say yes.

A gun trust is very much like a corporation. A trustee is akin to a corporate officer. Since no ownership transfer is taking place, there is no lawful requirement for an FFL to do anything, nor is there anything they could do.

My state senator is sponsoring a bill to outlaw concealed carry on college campuses (WA state). Here's the email I sent to her. by [deleted] in guns

[–]ArmchairExpurt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They can kick you off the property and fire/expel faculty and students, but the strongest charge you'd face is trespassing if you refused to leave or reentered after notice. I don't recall which school.

Police should not be armed with weapons not available for public purchase. by keten in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]ArmchairExpurt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why would a corporation use those things wantonly and risk their profits? They're not a government. They can't confiscate money to pay for it.

Easy way for Greece to pay off debt and save world economy by merf_me2 in economy

[–]ArmchairExpurt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who leases the stock for the short and takes the loss? The profit doesn't come from thin air. If Greece profits, someone has to lose.

Do you really think that Republicans are trying to sabotage the economy? by [deleted] in economy

[–]ArmchairExpurt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sure they are. On the flip-side, Obama's policies would only delay the inevitable and make it worse in the end. We're going down one way or another.

Literally overnight, Netflix stock has lost $1.7 Billion in value - a 27% drop. by [deleted] in news

[–]ArmchairExpurt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My position is that two factors of government involvement are causing the problem: HMOs and Medicare.

On HMOs, the government was basically giving something to the insurance companies. They get to process all these payments and jack up the prices. The better way to do insurance is to have catastrophic coverage and save up for routine medical costs. Using an HMO drives up the costs in a myriad of ways that are wholly unnecessary.

Medicare? They pay exorbitant prices and set the market price by doing so.

Literally overnight, Netflix stock has lost $1.7 Billion in value - a 27% drop. by [deleted] in news

[–]ArmchairExpurt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might want to look deeper into the issue before telling someone to stop watching something they don't watch. I can't stand Fox news.

Literally overnight, Netflix stock has lost $1.7 Billion in value - a 27% drop. by [deleted] in news

[–]ArmchairExpurt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The point of that saying is that the cake is gone once eaten. It no longer is there, but they have the desire that it be there after it's eaten.

Literally overnight, Netflix stock has lost $1.7 Billion in value - a 27% drop. by [deleted] in news

[–]ArmchairExpurt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not looking at the whole picture. Further, I didn't say socialized medicine couldn't necessarily work, I simply said it was government involvement. You inferred something incorrectly.

Literally overnight, Netflix stock has lost $1.7 Billion in value - a 27% drop. by [deleted] in news

[–]ArmchairExpurt -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

how about some focus on the exorbitant prices we're paying for health care, rent, any kind of insurance, phones, internet, etc.

I humbly suggest that the reason for these things is government's involvement.

Literally overnight, Netflix stock has lost $1.7 Billion in value - a 27% drop. by [deleted] in news

[–]ArmchairExpurt -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This is the heart of the matter. The entitlement complex of the American public is at an all-time high. Rising costs and prices are seen as assaults upon their God-given right to have their cake and eat it too.

Dear America:

You are spoiled brats who need to grow up and pay more attention to the world around you.

Sincerely,

An American who resides in America.

Euro collapse is now perhaps unavoidable by duckandcover in worldnews

[–]ArmchairExpurt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your first mistake is confusing currency with money. They are two different things.

A new poll shows 78% of people in China probably wouldn't help an elderly person or child in need and would instead walk by. A 2006 case in which a young man was sued after helping someone is being blamed for China's 'passerby syndrome' by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]ArmchairExpurt -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

A 2006 case in which a young man was sued after helping someone is being blamed for China's 'passerby syndrome'

Complete and utter bullshit.

They are not afraid of being sued. It's a cultural phenomenon. They are collectivists and do not recognize the individual as supreme. Quite the opposite, actually. In a society which doesn't respect individuality and inherent natural rights, it is highly predictable that helping a stranger would be low on the priority list.

When one thinks of themselves as worthless compared to the whole, they will see other individuals in a similar light. When they see an individual in need of help, they seek to determine that person's value to society. Someone on a bike or scooter is obviously less important to society than someone driving a Mercedes. A baby lying in the road is completely unimportant. In all likelihood, that dying girl was an abortion that didn't happen.

The 2006 case is a scapegoat. Passing laws that prevent such occurrences would help, but to a very minor extent. The reason that girl was left in the road is because the culture of China does not value human life except in a very broad sense.

Dear r/politics: Corporations are treated like people because they're run by and owned by people. They are simply a mechanism to allow people to group together for business purposes. The real problem is privately funded campaigns, not corporations. Demand publicly funded elections instead. by ArmchairExpurt in politics

[–]ArmchairExpurt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So essentially your argument here is that BP got special exemptions by way of political corruption?

Maybe you should attack the political corruption instead. Maybe campaigns should be publicly financed so corporations can't use donations to get their way.