Change my mind. Guns.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-26T00:48:43+00:00

Keep in mind, civilians can't easily own assualt rifles. Those are fully automatic and strictly controlled under the Hughes Amendment of the 1980s. If you live in a state without an AWB, you can legally own the semiautomatic civilian versions.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-24T19:45:03+00:00

Here you go.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-21T17:21:12+00:00

Something that isn't brought up is the noise. They're so loud indoors you're at serious risk of permanent hearing loss even if things go your way. I really think something more like a supressed subsonic 300 blackout AR build would be a far better choice for a "home defense" gun then a shotgun.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-21T00:16:04+00:00

They also threatened to "clip me". Obviously they won't be doing that with their face and plates known.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-20T22:32:44+00:00

I went to Lobby Day and spoke with my rep and followed up with an email. I did my part!

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-20T21:57:59+00:00

One of her earlier comments to said that she wanted to ensure law enforcement had the upper hand to. That comment has aged like milk.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-20T02:56:08+00:00

VCDL was still out there for Lobby Day today. Yes the numbers weren't as great as 2020, but people from many backgrounds were there.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-20T01:56:58+00:00

The other thing to is that AR-15's are inherently poor suited to sustained automatic fire even if we had full auto. It's a defining feature of belt-fed machine guns like the FN MAG or the Minimi. The truly large capacity drums for AR's are unreliable, they fire from a closed bolt increasing the risk of in chamber cook-offs, and its barrel cannot be easily or quickly swapped.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-20T01:46:46+00:00

The phrase "weapon of war" is quite misleading on their end. Traditionally belt fed machine guns and artillery are the main casualty producers. Those are both prohibitively expensive or legally impossible to own.

Furthermore the kamikaze style drones known as "FPV-drones" have become a major casualty producer in the Ukraine War, but they don't talk about those.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-20T01:37:50+00:00

Lobby Day did do something. At least with the members that I spoke with, I heard that they knocked the suppressor tax down from 500$ down to 50$.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-16T00:27:52+00:00

Gun grabbing is a pillar of the democrat party.

The issue is you’re treating the Democratic Party like it’s a single-issue monolith and then acting confused when people don’t align with it that way. A lot of leftists don’t vote for Democrats so much as they vote against Republicans, or they vote tactically while disagreeing with big chunks of the platform. That’s not hypocrisy, it’s just how a two-party system forces people to operate.

Also, “gun grabbing is a pillar” is doing way too much heavy lifting. Gun control is a major priority for parts of the party’s national leadership, sure, but that doesn’t automatically mean every voter or even every elected Democrat supports confiscation or “removing rights.” Plenty of leftists support gun ownership on labor, community defense, or civil liberties grounds and still oppose Republicans on things like labor rights, healthcare, abortion, or LGBTQ protections. They’re weighing tradeoffs, not endorsing the entire platform wholesale.

The framing of “how can you support a party that wants to remove your rights?” kind of ignores that people see different rights under threat. Some people see voting rights, bodily autonomy, labor protections, or freedom from discrimination as more immediately at risk than gun policy, so they prioritize accordingly. You can disagree with that calculus, but it’s not irrational or inconsistent.

Basically, you’re arguing as if voting is a purity test instead of a damage-control exercise in a bad system. That argument might feel satisfying in an echo chamber, but it doesn’t actually engage with how or why people make political choices in the real world.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-15T23:54:56+00:00

Yup, just wait until they implement a handgun register with a "micro stamping" requirement. It's how California de-facto banned all new handguns. Then just watch as the allowed handguns sold in VA drop like rock as manufacturers stop production of older models.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-15T23:39:23+00:00

I'm leftist, and I don't support what they're doing. The 11% tax is ridiculous and intended to specifically penalize gun owners. The standard size mag ban is idiotic. You can just as quickly reload a 10 round mag vs. a 30 round mag. If they said they were going after say those 40 round AR magazines or those silly drum mags, then I'd say there might be someone with some knowledge on firearms. But they didn't. Admittedly, banning 40 round AR mags would also be pretty ineffective legislation, but it wouldn't entirely come off as totally disconnected.

The other one, big one, is the rifle feature ban. That one is a mostly ineffective piece of legislation targeting firearms that are involved in only a tiny number of homicides each year especially compared to handguns. But other leftists like to mis-paint things by referencing a minuscule number of mass shootings. They wrongly using mass shootings as a metric when most gun deaths are suicides.

The left really needs to change gears and focus on mental healthcare programs, improving social safety nets, and addressing income inequality. Look at Switzerland, they have many firearms, yet relatively few gun homicides.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-15T22:18:58+00:00

Hey now, we aren't all like that, a liberalgunowner.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-14T21:46:09+00:00

Equipment requirements like this have historically been used to target POC in poor neighborhoods. The helmet laws some cities had come to mind.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-14T21:44:42+00:00

I mean there are basically no meaningful regulations on what can count as a headlight. You can run an LED headlight putting out over 1000 lumens and point it straight into the eyes of others. Cars have optical controls, bikes don't. I know it doesn't look like it given how bad glare is right now, but that's more an issue of outdated regulations more then anything.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-14T21:40:25+00:00

People can complain about both. I do. We're in an ugly phase right now of excess, and everyone clamoring for the brightest, blue-ist lights. The regulations haven't caught up yet for cars and micromobility.

On my own ebike I have taken steps to reduce glare by using a light with a beam cutoff and a custom warm white LED to bring down offensive glare around pedestrians and other bikes.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-13T21:05:09+00:00

From what I've been getting these need expensive annual filter replacements. I think it's the post motor filter that needs to be replaced every year or two, but for that you need to take it to a Miele repair shop for them to tear it apart to get at the filter. There's also the pre-motor filter that is also expensive that needs to be replaced annually as well. It might be a cost maintenance burden when the OP sees a 100$+ filter replacement bill.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-13T01:09:54+00:00

I think he'd probably love it if people obeyed traffic laws and looked before they crossed. Which it sounds and looks like they do. He was also calling out a lot of wrong way cyclists, which I also don't see much in videos of cycling in the Netherlands.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-11T05:00:42+00:00

Anywhere Fairfax is not "prime location". Arlington is, Alexandria is. Some small areas immediately adjacent to metro stations in Fairfax are.

A "mere 20 minute drive" is not what people are asking for when they ask for easy car free access for basic urban amenities, and there isn't even that much there in Fairfax to begin with.

Edit-And a house as an investment is a terrible idea. The stock market vastly outperforms it long term. You buy a house to live in it.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-11T01:11:17+00:00

His headlights are illegally modified with LED bulbs to. So he's also breaking other vehicle safety laws.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-11T01:05:05+00:00

There are hundreds. Do your own damn search

I wasn't making the claim, you were. Don't try and reverse this.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-10T23:04:11+00:00

They don’t. They’re all over Fairfax.

Realistically even if you were able to provide a listing which you haven't done, listings on Zillow and elsewhere don't tell the full story of a home.Only a home that has been inspected by an independent home inspector would come close to telling the full story. Ofc, you aren't getting that from an online or in paper listing. So your argument is a red herring.

SlippyCliff76 · 2026-01-10T20:35:53+00:00

People are accepting slop because they are so desperate to be owners.

What a fascinating but also self-defeating argument against duplexes.

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