doesn’t mention national defense.

WTF do you think “necessary to the security of a free State” means?

It’s really clear in the Virginia Constitution what the point is:

" That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power."

Ok, we have now established that I am debating with someone from a different country.

Wrong. American and from the south, no less. 0 points for you ad hominem attack.

1. That ban is illegal per the Second Amendment

Wrong again. The second amendment had nothing to do with gun control until the 20th century.

It was widely understood to be a collective right to provide for the national defense.

The NRA actually lobbied in favor of the 1934 NFA. Gangsters with street sweepers is not responsible gun ownership.

Just because you say something is illegal doesn’t make it so.

You need to read more.

Perhaps you’re not an American? Perhaps you don’t know the history of your own country?

From Jefferson and Madison banning guns on campus to gun control being commonplace in the old west to the 1934 NFA that outlawed sawed off shotguns to the 1986 NFA that banned full-autos, it has never been unlimited.

Former chief justice Warren Burger called this out in 1991. That’s what conservatism used to look like. What you’re parroting is NRA propaganda. It’s unprecedented and it’s insane.

A piece of plastic is not an arm.

Doesn’t matter if it’s a 30 round magazine or a bump stock.

This idea that somehow the second amendment is unlimited is unprecedented and insane.

States rights!

Wait, no not like that.

The question is what do you do with the waste warm water.

There are A/C systems that use groundwater to cool the coils and then discharge into a pond. But obviously that only works in a place where you have ample free water and a place to dispose of it.

Except that it’s already been used to keep Jan 6ers off the ballot.

It’s got teeth. How much? I dunno. But Trump doesn’t necessarily need to be disqualified for the party to step in and nominate someone else.

I think a lot of Republicans would welcome the excuse.

I can’t imagine the EU is going to accept a return without some concessions.

I’d be curious to see what those numbers look like if you throw in abolishing the pound and integration of the UK into Schengen.

And that still doesn’t create food deserts. You don’t understand what a food desert is.

Food deserts are created when Walmart sets up shop and undercuts a dozen smaller groceries sending them out of business, meaning that anyone who wants groceries now needs a car to get across the giant government mandated parking lot.

Theft has nothing to do with it and your attempts to link the two are pathetic.

I don’t think stealing from Nordstrom at the mall is displacing local grocery stores, but you go ahead.

There’s a supply shortage.

You can’t sprawl your way out of this problem, despite Texas’ best efforts. All you do there is create traffic.

The answer is simple. Legalize housing. More triplexes, more quadplexes, more ADUs, 5 over 1s, more of everything. Developers want to fill this demand. They can’t. They’re hamstrung by city ordnances and state laws that often only allow apartments or single family housing. Not everyone wants or needs a separate house. Make rent boring again and the corporations will lose interest.

Sounds a bit like the same rhetoric he used before annexing Crimea.

I want to like kbin, but mobile UI is just weird. If I tap on a picture, I want to see the picture, not the comment thread.

Gerboa gets me closest to the RIF experience, so that’s where I’m at for now.