To be clear about this, I see a wide gulf when I compare the people protesting due to the issues in the 60s against the people who went out to yell because their preferred nominee didn't win an election.
I learned in school that one day on a bus an old black lady decided the color of her skin wasn't a good reason to give up her seat. I learned later that the decision was made long before that, and Mrs. Parks was selected for the job because she would be less likely to endure physical assault for it. That didn't taint my opinion of Mrs. Parks or her cause. We all know that Dr. King was human, that doesn't change the fact that he was a great man sacrificing himself for great things.
This guy isn't fit to tie Martin Luther King's shoes and this issue isn't on the same plane as segregation. But you have hit on my point, which is that far too many adults are acting like they are.
Go get him!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalthoff_repeater
The Kalthoff repeater was a type of repeating firearm that appeared in the seventeenth century and remained unmatched in its fire rate until the mid-nineteenth century. As its inventor is unknown, it is named after the Kalthoff gunsmiths who came to be associated with the design.
The Kalthoff had two magazines, one for powder and one for balls (some had a third for priming powder). A single forward-and-back motion on the trigger guard powered a mechanism that deposited a ball and load of powder in the breech and cocked the gun. Within one or two seconds, it was ready to fire again. A small carrier took the powder from the magazine to the breech, so there was no risk of an accidental ignition in the reserve. Early Kalthoff guns were wheellocks, but later they became flintlocks. Some carried six shots, but one claims in an inscription on its barrel to have thirty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckle_gun
A prototype was shown in 1717 to the English Board of Ordnance, who were not impressed. At a later public trial held in 1722, a Puckle gun was able to fire 63 shots in seven minutes (approx 9 rounds per minute) in the midst of a driving rain storm.[1][7] A rate of 9 rounds per minute compared favourably to musketeers of the period, who could be expected to fire between 2 and 5 rounds per minute depending on the quality of the troops, with experienced troops expected to reliably manage 3 rounds a minute under fair conditions; it was however inferior in fire rate to earlier repeating weapons such as the Kalthoff repeater which fired up to six times faster.
Go get him!
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Hmm, well, if you think frank discussion about what these kids experienced is overcooked, I'm glad that you're comfortable with your take.
Last edited by Julio3000; 02-22-2018 at 02:44 PM.
I think exploiting what these kids experienced in order to make a tawdry, disingenuous political statement is overcooked.
What is disingenuous about it? And does their willingness to speak forcefully about it not undercut the allegation of exploitation? I mean, I was basically just disagreeing with your, and others, dismissal of them. They're the ones carrying the weight. Why shouldn't they be heard?
Who said that they shouldn't be heard?
I bet you're proud of that analogy.
I also notice that neither 57 nor julio has been willing to answer my questions on #guncontrolnow
You mean the one graph, which nsacpi approached pretty thoroughly?