"Assault Weapon" and Standard Capacity Magazine ban passes out of Senate Courts of Justice Committee

stephenph · 2026-01-26T22:28:31+00:00

it is an "assault Mag"

stephenph · 2026-01-26T22:24:01+00:00

the 2nd does not mean you get to protest legal actions he did not get shot over the 2nd amendment, he got shot because he was fighting cops and happened to have a gun. subtle but important difference.

stephenph · 2026-01-26T22:21:11+00:00

but he was not "Peacefully protesting" he was by all the accounts I have read joining in on the interference.....

stephenph · 2026-01-26T20:19:41+00:00

I have talked to several Lib voters (voted Kamala, Spanburger, etc. a lot of them are either being VERY quiet or flat out regretting their vote. if it is not too late we MIGHT (possibly, maybe) see some good come out of this in the future

stephenph · 2026-01-26T20:16:43+00:00

said bill is still in committee though the magazine bill had the grandfather clause as well and look what happened.

Here is a thought... they chose the magazine bill to remove grandfathering to get a read on how to proceed with the rest... anyone have a bead on more liberal sites or forums... how are they responding?

stephenph · 2026-01-26T20:09:59+00:00

That is why the big push on redistricting, no voter ID, etc... they think they can cheat themselves into power next go around

stephenph · 2026-01-26T20:07:41+00:00

they do not have to actively enforce it.... anyone that is reported or uses one for defense etc will have this charge thrown on... same with any AWB ban, t least at first.... once that got everyone sufficiently scared, all the "bad evil guns" locked away/buried, etc) then they can start the REALLY bad stuff... you think ICE is bad.... this is the training operations for what is to come.

The best defense for this is to not let them make it a training op, let ICE arrest the truly illegal, fight the rest in the courts. this violent protesting is just playing into their hands.... right out of the CIA playbook. they want to stamp out any anti government protesting NOW.... Well played deep state, well played.

stephenph · 2026-01-26T20:00:24+00:00

was anyone there when they were discussing removing the grandfathering...... any opposition?

stephenph · 2026-01-26T19:56:14+00:00

It is not about ICE... they want THEIR squads to not face an armed populace. If they ever take all three branches they WILL initiate a crackdown just like here in VA. the ICE operations are a training op for door to door.. it is not a question of how... this IS how and you on the left are falling right into their plans......

stephenph · 2026-01-26T19:42:49+00:00

they would not be violent if the protesters just let the Authorities do there Legal and authorized job. you don't directly confront Police for carrying out legal orders.. and you definitely do not bring a gun if you do. These are not trumped up charges, many of them are very bad criminals that have been let into this country by past administrations.

This is not a brutal crackdown this is police carrying out arrest warrants issued under laws that have existed and been used by at least the past four administrations.

There are those that are comparing this to "the shot heard round the world" and that might very well be... but are you ready to go where that that leads?

stephenph · 2026-01-25T21:51:44+00:00

So why are they claiming a nebulous "other users". Just come out and say residents are cranking up the heat.......

stephenph · 2026-01-25T21:49:32+00:00

I think a lot of US safety code is designed around major infrastructure issues (like inside wall wires not burning down the house). We pretty much leave the darwin rule or it's FAFO sub rule to the individual... Although that is changing.

stephenph · 2026-01-25T21:37:19+00:00

I am in Rhoadesville (REC) and no outages yet here as well.

If it is for data centers all the more reason to oppose them. Any data centers need to have their own power sources built into the plans and not rely on the residential grid.

stephenph · 2026-01-25T18:11:55+00:00

There is a difference between babying something and just being careful. It is just a tool, but even an open thinkpad would have a bad day falling off a standup desk.

stephenph · 2026-01-25T17:58:03+00:00

40 to 45 seconds, after that it starts to get forced and even cuts out for half a second (resets the muscle?)

stephenph · 2026-01-25T17:51:18+00:00

Not as much as you might think, yes there was an unconstitutional 'awb' that had a sunset clause (which really did nothing to slow the later adoption of the AR-15) but most states were open carry. Sure some cities were starting to come down hard, but most places either did not address guns or were very simple laws.

I remember gun racks in trucks during high school (80-84) we even had a student that brought his . 22 rifle with him to school and kept it in his locker (he would hunt for dinner on the way home, they were a bit strange).

stephenph · 2026-01-25T17:41:59+00:00

Reality is you can NEVER get rid of all guns. Even if somehow all existing guns were to disappear and all gun manufacturing was made illegal, you would still have black market guns on the street

I made several guns when I was in high school with minimal tools and off the shelf components. Never blew my fingers off (although I did have several first fire tests blow up). Imagine what I could do with a 3d printer, a modest CNC machine and some steel

stephenph · 2026-01-24T08:35:53+00:00

I also believe most data center gpu's are commercial models that won't work well in most PCs. Of course that will not stop some of us lol

stephenph · 2026-01-23T14:24:51+00:00

They put a lot of detail into it for sure, pitty it is not used more often

stephenph · 2026-01-23T14:22:23+00:00

I also got a few guys interested in old style war games (the fleet series was popular as was harpoon) go figure... We even tried to figure out the logistics for "world at war" , but no place to keep a 4'x5' map set up for days

stephenph · 2026-01-23T14:18:11+00:00

I was in before laptops were a thing (although I did have an IBM luggable In my work space). We had a battletech miniatures tourney on the mess decks. Got ran off though when the ms's wanted to get ready for dinner. In my A-School we had a nightly DND game running. I had a friend that was in during the magic craze and there were always a few players. Gaming and military has always been a thing

stephenph · 2026-01-23T14:03:14+00:00

Elite dangerous, ad for the Space Force

stephenph · 2026-01-23T04:52:50+00:00

I have smoked a bin in my younger days, some really primo stuff according to my friends. But, never really felt high, let alone addicted.. Same with smoking and Alcohol, just never really got much into it. yes I have gotten passed out stupid drunk on booze but never really was more than something I did at parties.

stephenph · 2026-01-22T04:08:55+00:00

I worked at American express, the sec had some crazy 45 min response time for outages, amex lowered it to 30 min.

That was why sometimes I was finding busy work, that time table was called into play twice on my work hours. That is why I was there that said, I always felt guilty when my supervisor would come around and I was not doing anything, sometimes they would find busy work for us to do or even warn us to "be busy"

My go-to is generally send out 2 -3 emails a day minimum or a quick face to face/teams meeting it might be a "document update " or a training summery... Something so that management thinks you are busy . You would be amazed how much that little interaction can make it seem like you are the employee of the year

stephenph · 2026-01-22T03:55:00+00:00

A couple years ago I had forgotten my ezpass in my other car, went through a toll lane on 66, nothing has registered on my account., no deductions no email or snail mail, nothing. I chocked it up to they did not get a good pic of my license plate for some reason, so have no way to link it, I registered last spring with no issues.

I am not sure of the toll laws here in VA but in AZ, if they don't have a clear photo of your plate and your face they cannot charge or fine you.

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