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The Value, nay, Necessity of Voting Other Party

I often get into this argument about voting, what others call, third party. The general argument that is presented is that in order to make a difference one is simply wasting their vote if they vote for any other contender than the two individuals standing for the two so-called opposite parties. If, for example the voter is a communist they are best to side with the democrat, because at least some of their views are reflected and some of their hopes and opinions for the future are going to make it and, god willing, sometime in the glorious unfurled future of mankind all of the communist’s views will eventually climb from the shadows and bask in the wondrous sunshine. But that’s just pie in the sky hogwash and worse, leaves the values and opinions of the so-called voter to not only others, but those possible beings years from now. Talk about a cop-out and leaving the weight of ones life on the shoulders of your children. Isn't it bad enough we leave them with our debt? Those...

10 rnd magazines, a failure in logic.

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10 Round Magazines A Failure in Logic (or how Legislators refute science, just like in the middle ages) Modern firearms are so designed to be rather modular. Take for example the AR-15. The so called ‘assault weapon’. The commercially available version only fires every time you pull the trigger. Just like any other firearm. It is no different than the 10/22 made by Ruger in function. It is no different than the Ruger mini-14, the Browning BAR, or the Remington 750. They all fire comparable bullets at varying speeds at the same rate: As fast as you can pull the trigger. The only real difference is that the AR (That is the Armalite platform – AR is short for Armalite) was designed so that if some object in the gun failed, broke, or needed updated or changing it could be done by the owner and not require a gunsmith to make the changes. This idea, that is creating a modular rifle, changed the way firearms were manufactured. No longer was the entire metal object of the gun f...