@LuFins-Dad said in A (texas) hypothetical for us gun owners: @Mik said in A (texas) hypothetical for us gun owners: I suspect they'd shoot you, 89th. You don't want to go flailing around an active shooting site waving a firearm. Yeah, I'm not sure that just sending every single police officer through every single door or window with no coordination, communication, strategy, or plan is a very good option... There's a simple way to harden the target and I'll relay some ideas a friend shared with me. He's a guy who has done some time in The Sandbox for Uncle Sam, then worked as executive protection and eventually owned his own company... You need one entry point into the school. That point should be hardened like a bank, with bulletproof plastic or glass and a way to lock the room down to contain a violent person. You need a LEO in every school. Uniformed and armed, with full arresting powers. The building can and should have multiple egress points, but those points must only open out, never in. Some of the teachers should carry concealed weapons. They should be properly trained by law enforcement, proficient in their use of firearms and nobody outside of the principal, the school superintendent and local law enforcement should know who they are. For those teachers who carry weapons, each should be assigned a certain area of the school. Each teacher will be given a thin vest. The vests will be different colors and each area will have its own color. Again, the colors will not be common knowledge, but will be known to supervisory personnel and LEO's. For those students who exhibit a lot of violent tendencies or who otherwise appear very troubled, extra attention needs to be given them. Evaluation, counseling, etc. And at some point, removal from the school, permanently. The ideas are pretty simple. We're controlling access. We're creating doubt in the prospective shooter's mind about who is armed. We are trying to give LEO quick visual clues on who should have a gun in their hand in a crazy situation.

@George-K Nature imitates art.

@Copper said in Most introverted European country: That is a racist map As someone who is Lithuanian and Russian, I can most certainly assure you that it is.

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This is what would happen if you replaced the comedian in a double act with a second straight man

RIP. He played an angry, aggressive guy in the most convincing way I've ever seen.

Okay.

@Axtremus said in Hey George - out on bond issues are not just in Chicago.: @mark said in Hey George - out on bond issues are not just in Chicago.: “This violent offender was released from jail because the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled courts cannot consider public safety when setting monetary bail,” What the actual fuck? How does anyone get to the status of state SCJ and be so fucking stupid? What makes you think the justices who made that ruling are “stupid”? One interpretation could be the one I presented above. Another possibility is that the actual language of the Ohio state constitution really has something that prohibits consideration of public safety when setting dollar amount on monetary bail, and the Ohio Supreme Court justices were just staying true to the state constitution rather than “legislating from the bench.” OK, I admit an emotional response to an idea that sickens me. I will give you all that you state about the Ohio State Constitution and the Justices upholding it. Does the state Constitution permit denying bail if public safety is at risk? If not. then it needs to be modified. If they are permitted to deny bail, then why wasn't it denied in the first place? And maybe the judge that made that decision needs to be evaluated.

@George-K said in Most trivial Ukraine War article ever: Thoughts and prayers to those who struggle with this question as they stand with Ukraine. That nicely sums up my impression as well.

OK, that's funny.

The Chinese have banned Winnie the Pooh films due to certain comparisons to their Glorious Leader, President Xi.

We’re near record low unemployment levels so you should be able to find a new gig easily if they find you out.

@Doctor-Phibes said in VR Goggles: Would you prefer 'foamy Phibes'? Better than sticky other alternatives.

Froggos are so much more gracious about such things. Everyone gets to climb as high as they can, or as high as they want. So genteel they seem, until you see one use another frog as the bridge or ladder to get to their destination. Today, one frog was on a leaf that covered another frog. He was sitting on the other one with just a leaf between them. Baklava frogs!

It's a simple binary.