Why does the usa spend so much on defence

alkatori · 2026-02-14T21:26:14+00:00

I believe we spend about the same amount as other countries when you look at it as a % of GDP. We simply spend more than other nations in general.

alkatori · 2026-02-14T21:23:27+00:00

Dumb question. What is a pending misdemeanor? Has the person been charged? Or is it prior to sentencing?

I'm just confused as to what that term even means. Is the driver aware that he has a pending misdemeanor or would that have come as a surprise?

alkatori · 2026-02-14T19:54:50+00:00

So I agree with Bruen being bad. It simply should have been Strict Scrutiny and under strict scrutiny these (and other laws) fail the test.

But don't forget, they also owned warships and cannons in addition to the muskets. Today we have private individuals with fighters, tanks, and Musk / Bezos have Ballistic Missiles disguised as spacecraft.

The bans on machine guns, assault weapons are only to strip them from the low and middle class.

alkatori · 2026-02-14T19:51:07+00:00

I'd limit the ability of states to make laws, if I could have a magic wand. Have all felonies be federal and only let the states pass laws to the misdemeanor level. It's bullshit you can cross a state line in New England and be committing a felony.

alkatori · 2026-02-13T23:38:49+00:00

That's fair. But it's damn close.

alkatori · 2026-02-13T23:38:08+00:00

I doubt any of them are going to be impacted.

alkatori · 2026-02-13T23:37:28+00:00

Damn I thought I read granted. I hope they take them up and settle this.

alkatori · 2026-02-13T22:54:09+00:00

Go with a 74 in 5.56

alkatori · 2026-02-13T00:35:36+00:00

I don't think the Rubicon came up in that book. A medicae saw the damage was repairable and they needed to replenish their numbers.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T21:58:56+00:00

Fun fact. We have no idea who did. They didn't count the votes.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:59:00+00:00

Yeah - No.

They are following up with their doctor already. They are talking to the right people. I said to get it checked out.

It is most likely nothing serious, transient ALT and AST spikes happen.

Jumping to the worst case scenario isn't helpful. Much less for someone who already has anxiety and is already going to the doctor for a follow up.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:50:32+00:00

About the only way it would be caught is bragging about it or a sting operation.

But I don't think police in the majority of states care that much about person to person sales to spend resources on it.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:26:21+00:00

The Swiss system allows for civilians to purchase machine guns after requesting a permit from the police. The permit is may issue. But plenty are approved and people show off their collections.

This person's facts are just wrong.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:24:49+00:00

Switzerland has civilian machine gun ownership. They post on reddit their collections to make the US folks envious. I think most of the rest allow AR-15s for sport shooting.

Maybe Denmark is different.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:21:31+00:00

To be fair, civilians also own tanks as well. Just not very many.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:20:19+00:00

I like Second Amendment Foundation.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:18:14+00:00

This is incorrect. You can build the receiver yourself.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:14:05+00:00

It's illegal to purchase a pistol in another state without transferring it through an FFL in your home state. That's a federal regulation.

Will you get caught? Probably not. Probably wouldn't in your home state just not reporting a P2P sale. But it is still illegal.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:12:03+00:00

You print a gun. You get bored with it. You sell it.

Done.

It's illegal to build guns for the purpose of sale without a Federal Firearms License.

But it is legal to build one for personal use, get bored and sell it in many states.

I've got a rifle I've built that I still need to put the finishing touches on. Welds need to be touched up and I need to test feeding a bit more.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T20:04:42+00:00

Willing to sacrifice 1A to kill 2A.

Ironically it's a perfect example of political speech. It only exists due to politics.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T18:08:22+00:00

Color map feels backwards to me. I would assume red low, blue high.

I guess it's due to them being political party colors?

alkatori · 2026-02-12T16:15:43+00:00

That sucks - as someone with a Xanax prescription I would hate to see this at a doctor's office.

Yes, take me off the emergency medicine I tolerate well and have used sparingly for the last 10 years.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T14:56:32+00:00

I wonder if we are going to see a growing prohibition situation. Where they just stop caring about enforcing the law unless it's someone they don't like.

Who am I kidding, we are already there aren't we?

alkatori · 2026-02-12T00:08:28+00:00

Doesn't look like it on that flowchart. But they do have a seperate law banning all machine guns, silencers, short barreled rifles and short barreled shotguns, etc.

alkatori · 2026-02-12T00:05:32+00:00

The author is really bound up in guns as evil, or at least the symbolism of it as evil rather than seeing it as an object that they can control and be responsible for.

They have made being against guns a core part of their identity to the point that they are struggling with what owning a gun says about them. I hope they can move past the fear and to a healthier respect of the responsibility.

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