darksabre

You're focusing too much on raw stats.

If the NHL is so much more talented then why are there still players who are way ahead of their peers just like Gretzky was? I think it would be impossible for him to equal his stats, sure, but relatively speaking I think if he was the best player in the league then he would still be the best player in the league now.

I would love to see a a guy like Gretzky with modern training. The raw talent is what matters the most. Anyone who was good in the past would be good now.

That's pretty much become the strategy league wide. Just posses the puck.

Another excellent film.

So have I.

Right? I liked her a lot in Smallville.

I love that movie so much

A worse Jason Dawe.

Gonna make that chicken sooo dry

Scotty doesn't know Scotty doesn't know Don't tell Scotty

Would you want to go to Ottawa if you were Rick?

Who's depressed? I like it when kids die. Moments of silence at sports make me rock hard. I'm a good person and a patriot.

Sn said it better!

:lol:

What are you using to take the temperature, a standalone temp gauge or the one on the grill? The one on the grill could be broken/misreading. Good call.

Is there something wrong with your burners?

I love this constant excuse making and endless hypotheticals people trot out as an excuse for not trying. Cowardice. How about this? Don't loan your guns to people. That goes for militias too. Ain't no militia doing anything important enough to let people walk out the door with their guns keep em locked up or in your doomsday army play time circle-jerk compound or go to prison. I also love the endless deliberate misreading in order to take simple ideas and make them absurd. Where did I say I don't want an 18 year old being able to buy a gun? If an 18 year old wants to buy Winchester Super 70 then let him. A Henry .22? Sure. Antique double-barrel that belonged to your great grandfather? Absolutely, come down to the gun store and we'll take care of transferring ownership to you. It might take a day or two, but you're an 18 year old American and you're not going to go on a colossal rampage with any of those pieces. Need a semi-automatic rifle and some hollow points to hunt bobcats (or whatever) on your family's ranch though? You're going to have to jump through a few more hoops friend. I'm not proposing anything earth shattering here. I'm sick of all the quitters and do-nothingers.

This is exactly my point. The only thing in our way is people with bad attitudes who are okay with kids dying. This kid's guns were legally purchased, but he should never have been able to purchase those guns at 18 years old. We don't even let people rent cars until they're 25. Children are dead because a bunch of people who think "tyranny" is a problem are willing to foist the consequences of their fears upon children. And the problem for NYS is all the states around us with bad gun laws. Many of the guns used in gun crimes in NY come from outside of the state. There's a fun map out there somewhere that shows where the guns come from in each state, and NYS is a victim of the complete lack of comprehensive national gun purchasing policies. There are too many holes.

Guns don't come from the aether. They're made and sold and stolen and trafficked right here in the USA. Make them harder to buy and you reduce the pool of guns being bought for crime and trafficked across state lines. Make owners take more responsibility for their weapons so they can't be stolen during burglaries or robberies. Don't let pawn shops sell guns period. Illegal guns, like drugs, come from somewhere. You'll never eliminate the supply, but you can reduce it. Give law enforcement a fight they can actually win.

Easier, AND more likely, AND more catastrophic. Reduce the ease with which people can acquire firearms and you reduce the rate not only of gun crimes, but other violent crimes as well. This isn't an opinion, it's a fact. And it doesn't just apply to gun crimes. You can do this with a lot of different variables. Reduce the ability of someone to steal a car and you reduce the ability of them to commit a crime with that car. Reduce the ability of someone to evade surveillance at a target, you reduce the availability of targets to victimize. Reduction is the key word. Reduction. It's time for us to start pushing some buttons on gun violence. The guns themselves should not be the entire focus, but they are absolutely a part of it.

I'm not calling for a gun ban. I'm just refuting the statement you made.

This is absolutely true.