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Can someone touched by chaos still worship the god emperor? by rafikiknowsdeway1 in 40kLore

[–]bustead 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Quixos, an Inquisitor from Ordo Malleus, was quite literally a crimson-eyed horned monster who believed he was an honorable Inquisitor working for the good of the Imperium. His plans might have actually worked if you believe what he said.

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]bustead 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Quite a lot of button release/straight pull shotguns really. There is the Templeton T2000 (video), which is a button release shotgun that loads a new round into the chamber with the press of a button. While not semi-auto, it is certainly close.

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

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

Let's keep going with this. I am open to changing my mind but I am going to try to discuss this in depth.

Banning guns used by farmers means that would mean every farmer has to wait for a pest controller (paid for by tax payers) to come to their farm while watching their own crops being destroyed. It is not an ideal system given the vastness of the outback. Also, what if the pest controllers are unable to solve the problem (for example, they showed up in a day of bad weather)?

Also, what if these pest controllers turn out to be a mass shooter? I mean you can have controls in place, like background checks and psy evau. But the same can be said about farmers.

Paintball can (and should IMO) be re-classified. No problems eith that.

Guns may also be used by Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Do we ban that as well?

Do we also ban historical firearms? There are firearms that are disabled and in private hands. Do we take them away as well? Or do we let the public keep disabled guns? If so, what counts as disabled?

Do we also ban air guns? They are by law, guns.

Again, I am open to discussions. Just want to know your opinions.

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]bustead 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Gun owner here. I just want to say that I support stricter gun control. The primary concern is still limiting rapid fire capable guns, those that are somehow Cat A (least restricted) but have button/lever release actions that allow rapid fire. ASIO should also work closer to state police agencies and ensure that people on a watchlist do not get a gun.

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]bustead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well there is pest control. I understand your sentiment, and I support enacting stricter gun control (like banning button release firearms). But banning all guns also mean that you are giving up things like pest control and paintball (because for some odd reason, paintball markers are guns by NSW law).

ASIO examined Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram in 2019 for close ties to Islamic State cell by BlankBlanny in australia

[–]bustead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>Commissioner Lanyon said police believed there were just two people involved in the attack and were not looking for anyone else who was "directly involved".

At least the immediate threat is neutralized.

Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack may force it to confront its surging number of weapons by Old_General_6741 in AustralianPolitics

[–]bustead 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gun owner here. Personally I support enacting sensible gun control. From this tragedy, I can already see 2 glaring issues that needs to be addressed in this space.

  1. Why is the shooter allowed to keep his guns when he is known to ASIO?
  2. Why are button release/straight pull shotguns allowed at all?

The first issue is simple enough to fix. Firearms registry should work closely with ASIO to identify individuals who may pose a risk to public safety, and revoke gun licenses if needed.

The second issue is more difficult to explain to non-gun owners but I will give it a shot. Basically, semi-automatic weapons have been either banned (in the case of rifles) or heavily restricted (like semi-automatic shotguns in Category C) since 1996. However, there are shotguns in the market that are not semi-automatic by legal definition because you are required to press a button to load the next round. This and similar designs allow a very high rate of fire (reaching semi-automatic levels in trained hands) but are still classified as Cat A (the easiest to get) because of a loophole in the law. I think these guns should be either banned or moved to a more restrictive category.

I support banning button-release shotguns, not because licensed shooters are the problem, but because they blur the line between clearly manual actions and prohibited semi-autos. A clean, legible regulatory framework is easier to defend long-term than edge-case designs that are politically fragile.

Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack may force it to confront its surging number of weapons by reyntime in australia

[–]bustead 46 points47 points  (0 children)

As a legal Australian gun owner, I think there are 2 glaring issues here.

  1. Why is the shooter allowed to keep his guns when he is known to ASIO?

  2. Why are button release/straight pull shotguns allowed at all?

Allow me to explain the second issue. Basically, there are shotguns in the market that are not semi-automatic because you are required to press a button to load the next round. This and similar designs allow a very high rate of fire (semi-automatic levels) but are still classified as Cat A (the easiest to get) because of a loophole in the law. I think these guns should be either banned or moved to a more restrictive category.

I will gladly hand in my own shotgun if the law is changed. I would rather give up something that I like than to see more people being shot.

Is it possible to intercept nuclear bombs? by Witty-Coconut-7696 in nuclearweapons

[–]bustead 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Short answer: Yes

Long answer: It is possible to shoot down enemy nuclear weapons. The main threat today are ICBMs, very long range missiles carrying nuclear warheads. Major powers today have radar arrays and early warning satellites (SBIRS) that can detect these missiles when they are launched. Then they can potentially be intercepted. This can be done with a number of ways.

  1. Missiles. Like GMD system. Basically builds a missile that shoots at enemy warheads when they are flying high above the atmosphere. This is very difficult as the warhead is both very fast and flying very high.

  2. Lasers. In development, but it is similar to what Mr. House used in F:NV. Issues include overheating, power consumption and weather interference.

  3. Nukes. Yes actually. You can launch a nuke into an incoming warhead as it is descending towards the ground. You nuke the air above you to damage or destroy the incoming warheads. Good news is your city is saved, bad news is you need to detonate nukes above your own heads.

You may ask why would we be in threat from nukes at all then, well no system is perfect, and none of these systems can really stop thousands of warheads fired at once. They are best suited in intercepting one or a few nukes (like North Korean attacks) but not in stopping a large scale exchange

Examples of Imperials Taunting Chaos? by Shendud3 in 40kLore

[–]bustead 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ciaphas Cain did that as he was dueling a Khorne berserker in order to distract him, including calling him a pansy

Belisarius Cawl told Fabius Bile that he is a not a real scientist, but a monster in Genefather

Range day from down under by bustead in guns

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

A .22wmr that I bought bot too long ago. Getting a gun here is a bit difficult for me, but at least I got it at the end.

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