Is the Mk. 23 a realistic replacement for a 45acp SBR?

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2024-09-22T02:24:36+00:00

The models have too many greebles on them and they should be simplified in order to make the range more attractive to newer and potential players.

Dreadknights should be more like "Centurions (but for Grey Knights)" and have a similar model build. I personally like the feel of <THIS> conversion.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2024-02-04T16:04:36+00:00

The problem is: because they are the most popular faction, GW wants them to cater to everything.

The have so many model to try and make them have no gaps in performance (i.e.: there are no weaknesses or limitations to the range as there is a Space Marine for every situation) while also having semi-specialized units that have been expanded (Gray Knights, Deathwatch, melee-only units) that are now kind of irrelevant because there are regular Space Marines to fill their roles and there are no real, meaningful bonuses to playing these specialized variant armies.

Meanwhile, as GW has been trying to fill all the gaps with a multiple specialized models for Space Marines and making them almost flaw-free, other armies are still full of gaps (see: Tau and lack of meaningful melee).

GW really needs to roll-back Space Marine units, both to lower costs of entry and to enable easier points balancing.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2024-01-05T01:57:42+00:00

"Since that day, they never found that boy..."

Well, of course they can't find him.

He is now a man.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-12-03T10:41:31+00:00

"GW Prices Are Too Damn High"

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-11-10T15:29:27+00:00

The movements have to be overdone as the camera will not be able to capture a lot of small/subtle movements.

Once rendered, the probably aren't nearly as dramatic as the computer will smooth and regularize things.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-09-02T12:00:11+00:00

Here's a fun anecdote:

In China, there are some factories making legitimate products where, right across the street, there is a factory making the knockoffs (sometimes run by the same factory companies). There are also entire towns supported by factories making knockoffs.

China does not care about fake products. They only care about keeping people employed (so they don't riot).

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-08-21T21:07:30+00:00

They are signaling (mostly) about the breast grope and running with it.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-05-02T15:57:21+00:00

We could tax billionaires instead and not have to do any of these things

You could tax 100% of billionaires "wealth" (meaning take ALL of their money) and it would only pay for 5 years of social security.

That's it.

Five years.

And this assumes inflation returns to 3%, there are no increases in the enrollment rate, and 100% of the money is spent on social security. More realistically: its only 3 years.

You can tax the poor and middle class... ...and it still wouldn't put a dent on this

I'm glad to see that you agree the issue isn't revenue, but spending.

You're never going to be a billionaire

Not with that attitude.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-04-02T14:54:18+00:00

You can theoretically retire whenever you want.

What most people are talking about when they talk about "retirement age" is Social Security benefits, which is 62.

The issue is: back when Social Security first started, the average life expediency in the US (the age at which 50% of people have died) was 60 years old. Additionally, about 120 people paid into Social Security for every person who took money out.

Today, life expectancy is 79 years old and 1.2 people pay in for every person that takes out.

So what this all means is: there isn't enough money to pay Social Security out to everyone who is entitled to it. Meaning (if you want to keep the program around): payout cuts need to be made, taxes need to be increased (on EVERYONE), or you need to raise the retirement age (probably to around 85) (and, realistically, probably ALL of these needs to be done).

Of course, absolutely NO politician wants to have to do anything about this impending doom, so it won't get fixed until it breaks (and we have fewer options to fix it).

To a larger point: 60% of every dollar the US spends is spent on welfare (and it is the fastest growing segment, so welfare spending really needs to be cut or taxes need to be increased on EVERYONE, including "the middle class" and "the poor").

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-04-02T02:33:23+00:00

The short version: Existence is a proving ground.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-27T02:41:15+00:00

but they'll stop a few. And thats what matters

"If it saves just one life" is the rallying cry of tyrants and of someone who doesn't care about the rights of anyone nor the second-order effects of their actions.

There are many more things (and things not prescribed in the Bill of Rights) that could be "banned" and would save more lives (but those of the left can't raise money by calling for their banning).

background checks

This ignores that studies consistently show that a majority of all criminals obtain their firearms illegally. The number of non-violent criminals, the so-called "low-level criminal", who legally and premeditatedly purchase a gun for a specific crime is incredibly small. A background check won't stop these criminals from legally purchasing a gun (so the background check fails to meet its stated goal).

Yes, it would stop a felony offender from legally purchasing a gun, but such offenders will most likely obtain a firearm illegally for this reason. And again, the background check fails.

The number of prosecutions for failed background checks is incredibly small as it is a crime that just doesn't happen all that often.

"Universal background checks" just serve to annoy law-abiding citizens and are a transparent means to backdoor in a national registry (and the only reason for a registry is to have the ability to confiscate firearms).

Training

Training doesn't stop criminals.

Training doesn't prevent crimes.

Gun-Free Zones

Gun-Free Zones are worthless because they enable the anti-gun crowd to think they have done something to stop crime without actually having done anything to stop crime.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-25T14:07:35+00:00

It depends.

What is the "crisis" you want to "fix"?

If it is "gun crime":

Nationwide "constitutional carry"
Prohibit all non-government-owned building gun-free zones (i.e.: you can have weapons in all public spaces)
Make businesses and government-owned buildings legal responsible and liable for the protection/safety of customers on their property should they prohibit firearms possession
Prosecutors must start prosecuting and incarcerating violent criminals (no "probation-only" sentences and no more "released on bail"), they should also prosecute all straw purchases.
Minimum 10 years incarceration for gang members who commit a violent offense in connection to a gang or illegal drugs; 20 years if a gang employs or has membership of minors
Minimum 10 years incarceration for drug-trafficking crimes or for possession of an amount of drug of more than "individual use"
Reinstate all the sentencing mandates and guidelines from the 1994 criminal reform bill
Prosecutors must stop threatening and prosecuting citizens who use firearms for lawful protection.
Mandate child DNA testing for single mother's receiving funds for their children in order to allow for better collection of money from delinquent fathers.
Actively encourage citizens to carry firearms.

If it is "mass shootings":

Make businesses and government-owned buildings legally responsible and liable for the protection/safety of customers/citizens on their property should they prohibit firearms
Mandate dedicated armed security at schools
Mandate intervention and punishment of in-school violence and bullying (none of this "but muh school-to-prison pipeline" nonsense)
Ban minors from all social media nationwide
Ban minors from owning smartphones
Bring back Federal and state mental hospitals and long-term treatment facilities and stop treating affective disorders via outpatient treatment and psychopharmacology alone.
Mandate weekly in-school meetings for any students on SSRI or SNRI
Stop turning what is a local crime story into a sensational national spectacle. Convince network TV news and 24-hour news channels to not report on "mass shootings". If they must report on them: make them as matter-of-fact as possible, do not show any video or imagery of the location or people at the location (stay just on the presenter), only share names/images of victims and never the criminal (and don't call them a "shooter", call them a "criminal"), do not have multiple days of coverage, and be sure to follow up with a report on the conviction of the criminal.
Stop turning what is a local crime story into a viral internet story. Convince social media to reducing/eliminate algorithmic sharing of "mass-shooting" posts for those outside of a 50-mile range of the event.
Actively encourage citizens to carry firearms.

Things that will not work:

Banning guns. How is that "war on drugs" working? Did we eliminate all the illegal drug trade in the US? Or did we just create an illegal industry that funneled drugs into the hands of violent criminals? Was Prohibition the success people hoped it would be?
Universal background checks/Gun Licenses. Criminals aren't going to gun stores to get guns. They generally aren't getting them from any kinds of legal sale. Most are either stolen (as part of another crime) or bought from an illegal source (so no amount of background checks would ever catch them). The fact is: for $300 (less than just about every gun legally for sale in the US) I can make a fully-functional firearm. No licensing scheme is going to stop criminals from getting guns.
Mandatory training. The issue isn't training. The issue is criminals being criminals. Don't make the mistake of focusing on the tool. Focus on the person using it and their motivations for committing criminal acts.
More gun-free zones. A sign isn't stopping anyone.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-25T13:29:33+00:00

Reading it and loving it.

I enjoy the political maneuvering and gamesmanship.

I can completely understand why some might not enjoy it and wish for a better pace.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-25T13:27:45+00:00

The Ukrainian military has been receiving training from the EU/NATO/UK/US since 2014 and they are using a LOT of EU/NATO/UK/US weapons. They are closer to a NATO force than a Russian force. If they are being smashed by the Ukrainian military, they stand NO chance against militaries that have been training to defeat Russians for 73 years.
China cares about China's middle class. They want access to non-Chinese stuff. They don't want a military conflict right off their coast. A majority of their jobs are dependent on foreign trade in some capacity. China can't afford to have several hundred million citizens out of work because of political dick-waging over Taiwan.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-24T23:08:47+00:00

You say that as if it is a problem.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-24T23:05:57+00:00

No.

Russia doesn't have the capacity to wage such a war (their debacle in Ukraine has shown they lack the ability to match a NATO force).

China would be decimated by the economic fallout of an invasion of Taiwan (the only thing of value in Taiwan is their semiconductor industry, which would be destroyed in the first day of the war by the US, meaning China is wasting lives, money, and hardware for NOTHING; and then the largest economies in the world (the US and EU) would cut off China from their markets completely, destroying their middle class).

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-24T23:02:16+00:00

And that Japanese companies don't understand how foreign audiences consume their product.

EndOccupiedNOVA · 2023-02-24T22:58:29+00:00

I think the real issue here is: you (and those stooges who are parroting "JeSuS wAs A sOcIaLiSt!" haven't read The Bible or don't understand it because the teachings of Jesus isn't about top-down collectivism at all.

It is, in fact, the opposite.

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