I got myself one of System76’s Launch Keyboard. Mostly because they are a Linux first company and wanted to sponsor them a bit. I will say that the keyboard is not cheap, but it does feel quit nice and sturdy. It does have a built in dock; which is pretty nice.
My car and my motorcycle. The motorcycle in particular hurts a bit more because that leans more into the sport and pleasure (cars do it for me too, but I like the MC more). I live in the US so no decent public transport for me. I’d have to walk about a half mile to get to the closest stop to my house. Closest drop off to my work still means another walk of two miles. Side walks are a bit lacking too. Not to mention that the scheduled for the bus is a bit too limited for what I need.
I love driving for fun, in particular on the MC, but that is getting to. Having to? That sucks and is kind of bad for the environment.
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You literally have multiple comments about safe storage. If you’re suggesting that there should be laws in place to force people to put their firearms in a locked safe then that’s a stupid draconian law because it cannot be enforced without the police having the ability to randomly come into your home and check…it also requires a registry.
I did not. I am simple saying that people that cannot be responsible with their guns should not have them. Your insistence on defending those who are irresponsible make me feel you should be disarmed as well perhaps.
you seem to think I’m some libertarian.
Yeah, your shit takes justifying others shitty behavior.
Deserve what? Brandishing a firearm is illegal. What else do you want it to be?
Interesting you don’t denouce that behavior.
I see all kinds of bad gun ownership and fuckwads like you defending it is appaling. People leave their guns in plain view in cars in public parking lots, forget them out in a yard, or drunk and shooting them.
Gun problems also go beyond kids being harmed, so you simply pulling those stats and ignoring the rest is very disingenuous of you.
Why did i say you are a troll.
Seriously tho, read the start of the thread again. I took a reasonable position on the matter. Its you and that other person that went out of their way to be unreasonable and defend irresponsible gun owners. And you are the one who made it about kids to begin with. Then half way you try some “not every house has kids BS” backing out of your original point.
I simply said that leaving guns around for a just in case is not very responsible.
So yeah, I am calling you a disingenuous person. And one that is emotionally unready for this conversation, so I will be stopping here.
Maybe you should go back and read my point. I’m saying people are too lax on safety and we should make excuses for them. If you want to add something to that then do so. Otherwise you’re talking past me and not making a point.
Idk I walked out
I go the opposite way. I like the ideas of container formats lol
See you are being disingenuous and bad faith here. As if kids are the only drowning.
Says the person who is wanting to put in place draconian laws that will do way more harm than good.
Quote them pls.
Do road ragers who brandish guns deserve them too? You are defending them as well. I’ve been threaten with fire arms over parking spaces. You really trying to tell me irresponsible gun owners are a minor inconvenient?
Everyone I know who doesn’t understand statistics makes wild shit up to support their nanny state bullshit.
Crazy. The way I see it you are the one not understanding stats in their broader context to justify mediocrity and bad behavior. And in the above thread I’ve pointed out why I think you are a bad faith libertarian.
Also from your own link:
Experts recommend some key things families can do to avoid the risk of an accidental shooting.
Keeping firearms locked and in secure locations, out of the reach of kids, is a critical step that researchers agree could help stop young children from harming themselves or others. Simply hiding firearms rather than locking them, Michaels said, can be like hiding holiday gifts: Naturally curious kids end up finding them.
Which is what I’ve been saying. I rest my case. Please be mature about the issues.
restricting firearm access because of a few accidents is not a good enough reason. Period.
You’re definition of a few needs updating. And its an L take to defend the irresponsible. Again I cancoundt the responsible ones I know with one hand. I am being reasonable in my judgements here.
Everyone I know that says “I need my guns at easy access” is a libertarian trying to justify leaving their loaded guns lying around anywhere.
Your position is incredibly ridiculous. One thing is self defense. Another isjustify mediocrity. Please take some self inventory about what you’re saying.
I think I made my case on why I felt the way I did, and why I felt you are being disingenuous.
There are stats that show that guns kill more children in the US than anything else (and it is a US only problem). I simply made a criticism at irresponsible gun owners and you keep trying to die on the hill to justify them. I drive a car and I am not going to make a cause to keep drunk drivers. And that is also part of the risk balance.
Recall that I did start with empathy for the position of owning guns, but drew a line at those who abuse those rights. And I did call you out for doubling down on missing the point on purpose. I think you owe me a bit of an apology.
Lisbon, Texas?
How has the war on drugs been going? I’m sure you’ll agree it’s be a complete failure.
Yeah, it has.
It has everything to do with societal benefits and making sure our populous is taken care of.
I agree.
Look I’m from Tx and have family out in corn field #12675AE2 whatever midwest. I can count the number of responsible gun owners with one hand. So I am calling out what is reading to me like BS NRA talking points to excess irresponsible people. I started the chain with empathy as to the point that was being made. And I keep reading you doubling down on whataboutisms. “What if no kid lives there” (as if that is the only misuse of guns), “why do you assume they are not stored correctly” (as if didn’t start with leaving guns lying around for easy access).
If you are who you say you are; why do you die on this hill?
Don’t beat yourself up. Its easy to overlook.
Look man, I often see the “fire extinguisher” talking point from people trying to excuse not securing their guns, and its almost always a libertarian type person. I have stuck to my point that fire arms need to be stored correctly. I am not sure why you are so aggressive about defending those who do not. Children or not we have way to lax a culture around gun safety.
And to go back to the fire extinguisher point a bit. It is meaningless. We don’t prevent fires with them. By the time we need a fire extinguisher so many other things have gone wrong.
The strawman is that you assume children would ever be in their home.
I bold something there for you. Also I get you are prob some libertarian from the midwest, but please dont take some statistical anomaly and make a generalization. Besides if you are from the midwest you know that people without kids and gun often drink in combination. Are you going to argue that that is responsible gun ownership too?
I am being reasonable here. Please to ruin lemmy with bad faith takes.
Let’s not suggest that we should curtail our freedoms because stupid people exist. We can’t play nanny to everyone.
Classic libertarian move to be disingenuous and walk away with the wrong point to justify bad behavior. Come back when you are mature and ready to leave the bad faith takes behind.
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