C. L. Dennhardt

Author. Satirist. Bloviator. Wordsmith.

Footprints in the Caribbean in Mexico

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"Government" is the 3rd largest sector of the economy.

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I would say this is only partially correct. Because, while the metric for self-defense is based on what is reasonable and proportional (within a certain contex as you do not need verifiable proof that someone intends to kill you to have justifiable fear of death or grave harm. So just because someone is using their fists to beat you does not mean you're relegated to only using your fists to defend yourself as a "proportional" response), in most jurisdictions, being the initial aggressor or a provocateur negates a self-defense claim. Meaning, you can't walk into a bar, throw a punch, and then claim self-defense and shoot your victim when he proceeds to kick your ass. You also cannot taunt someone into a fight (mutual combatant style) and then claim self-defense and shoot them when they agree.

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🇺🇸 Los Ángeles: un provocador con el torso al descubierto golpea a varios pasajeros en el metro. De pronto, un hombre aparece y con un mataleón bien ejecutado lo pone a dormir.

Ese hombre actuó valientemente. Usar la fuerza debida en el momento preciso evita problemas mayores.

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@libsoftiktok Homeschool your kids.

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@ShamashAran We live in a twisted world.

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This one makes me genuinely sad. Buffy is my favorite, all-time show. I've seen every episode more times than I can count. Canonically, Buffy was a year older than me, and in a way, I feel like I grew up with the Scoobies. Somehow, I feel like I've lost something with his death. RIP Ripper.

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Anthony Head, best known for TV roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso and Little Britain, dies aged 72 https://t.co/obPVwf7MdJ

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@muheediva01 Genuinely: how are they supposed to keep the rent low whe. The mortgage goes up because of property taxes? Or if they have to contend with expensive repairs and ever increasing contractor/building costs?

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@nypost Good for him.

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🚨UPDATE🚨

The judge told the media not to identify the current witness because he’s a minor.

This witness says Karmelo Anthony was asked at least 15 times to leave their tent—Anthony refused to leave.

The teen says no one ganged up on Karmelo.

Witness adds that Karmelo was provoking Austin.

Witness says Austin Metcalf pushed Karmelo but it wasn’t a hard push.

That’s when Karmelo pulled the knife from his book bag and stabbed Austin.

He adds, Karmelo tossed the weapon and ran off.

The 9-1-1 call placed by the witness was played.

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I had headphones on when the neighbor came over. Took one side out, but still had music going as we chatted. As some point, my conversation went like this:

"Yeah, the white grubs are terrible this... 🎶 and I want to rock your gypsy soul..."

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@nypost Fucƙìng hizzah!

Finally.

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Fucking hizzah!

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Murder charge dropped for Arkansas sheriff nominee who killed teen daughter's rapist https://t.co/1DL1sbMJFf

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@URaSmartAssCarl This is app is just overflowing with a bunch of giant, flapping, prolapsed anuses who want nothing more than to spew their filth across the interwebs.

F**k 'em.

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Well that's just it. In most of these states, ownership is much higher in the rural areas than the cities (as a per capita rate, I mean). But it's still far lower than most people assume. Alaska tends to have one of the highest rates, probably because they jave actual frickin' polar bears. But even then, most analyses place it at about 2/3.

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@URaSmartAssCarl Agreed!

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Again, possibly. But even if we just use the "500 million guns in the US" figure, and then factor in that if a person has 1 gun, they'll like have 4-5 on average, that would mean that approx. 2/3 of US households don't have guns.

I really don't think these figures are that far off.

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I believe this dataset was taken from the RAND Gun Ownership Tool which uses a combination of self-reporting surveys and a data from suicide rates, background checks, hunting licenses, and similar metrics to estimate ownership rates.

Gun registries are still technically illegal in the US, so none of the estimates come from government sources, as I understand it. But the models are rather sophisticated and many other sources place the estimates at very similar rates. So, while there's no way to know for certain, chances are these numbers are only a few points off in either direction.

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@JayMediaX @tanpukunokami I think in FL it has more to do with relatively low ownership rates in populated areas of Miami-Dade and Broward counties, but rural counties are much higher.

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I mean, it could be. But I asked Grok to look at as many sources as he could find and give me the mean and median of them, and he came back with a mean of 40.3% and a median of 40.8%. Which is actually lower than shown here.

But at some point, I think we're splitting hairs. The reality is that fewer households in the US have guns than most people imagine. It's mostly that those households with guns, tend to have well more than 1.

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How could the police have known that the children in the car weren't abducted? Or in serious danger?

Sure, PIT maneuvers pose a risk, but rarely result in fatalities. However, abducted children are often dead within the firat 8 hours. So, how do we craft public policy in these cases?

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Well, I would agree that there are more guns in NJ than likely reported. I've always felt that the "500 million" number often cited for the US is on the low end. But, these reports typically come from 3rd party pollsters, not the government. I think this came from an older RAND dataset. I mean, there are no "registered" guns in MO, so that's clearly not how they got their ownership rate.