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i think texas doesnt need a governor if those are the choices.

GameGodOfAll posted...

At least it's not a waist high cover shooter with tons of AK47s and shit.

>_>:

if youre playing with the AI, keep the healing items away from them and give them a sniper rifle when you get one otherwise theyll blow through your healing and ammo fast.

well that fucking sucks. not that old either.

threetimes posted...

No. The question for the topic is how do other nations deal with mass shootings. This is how the UK dealt with it.

It's not to say the US should do exactly the same, because of course we all know how very different the gun culture is in the US. But the point is that the UK DID SOMETHING and it had an effect. The USA doesn't seem to do anything to respond to multiple school shootings (and other mass shootings) besides offering thoughts and prayers.

they did it that way because they could do it that way. guns are not treated like they are in the US. as far as having an effect they had one mass shooting in their countries history prior to their school massacre and one after (last year i believe) so id say it was negligible as to having any real effect.

maybe. maybe not.

Gwynevere posted...

Religion doesn't stop you from making shitty choices

depends on the choices. would jesus want you to walk into a grocery store and kill black people?

no.

Sackgurl posted...

worth noting: the mini-14 is fucking awful for hunting (low bullet weight/energy, affected by wind, often fails to achieve a clean kill), and .223 ammo in general is not even legal to use for hunting everywhere as a result

10 states outlaw hunting with a .223. even less with a 5.56. so no its not illegal everywhere. the 5.56 is not ideal for medium game, but assuming you do your part a 5.56 77grain match round will kill anything. it can also be utilized for faster game and protection from animals like boars and wolves thanks to its faster fire rate and low recoil on top of general pest control of smaller animals.

in terms of the AR platform, they come in more than 223/556. the platform comes in over 70 calibers. my uncles goto deer rifle is an AR10 in 6.5 creed.

in general it should be up to the individual if they feel the need it. regardless this is all while talking about hunting. the AR can pull nearly any duty you want which is why its as popular as it is.

ignoring the mouthpiece that comment came out of, religion can have a very important place in a young child or adult depending on how its handled. its all a form of control but it can offer boundaries and a sense of place and purpose which tends to be lacking in a lot of younger people today who can feel like theres no hope and turn to horrible choices.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Oh God no. That just makes even more 4chan shooters.

oh jesus, youre right. is sponge-bob still popular?

BeyondWalls posted...

Lets also recognize that perception matters to these shooters. They gravitate to the militaristic looking weapons. Theyre not out there comparing magazine sizes. Theyre buying the army looking guns to match their body armor and camo. The look of the gun DOES matter.

all new AR's need to come in Hellokitty or MLP camo.

dont see a point in banning them. they are good for nearly all gun applications and at this point about the best thing to have in modern terms of what the 2nd amendment was meant for. ideally it would be the M4 (or in the coming years the XM5), but right now the AR15 is the modern musket.

REmake 1, 2 and 4 are my go to's depending on my mood.

the NRA are shit. news at 11.

AltyMcAltface posted...

what "solutions" that don't involve guns at all would that be?

easier access to healthcare. mental healthcare, better counseling for schools and in general. better job securities- paid leave, more vacation time, stock options ect. decliminalize more drugs, police reform and de-militerization. harsher penalties for illegal gun usages. prison reform. more political party options. easier access to collage and schooling. inflation based minimum wage increase. better community outreach programs. lots of other stuff, but thats off the top of my head. and im not saying FREE FREE FREE shit, but atleast make more things more available at easier price points depending on the circumstances.

SHRlKE posted... You mention cars which I think is a good discussion point because there have been things implemented over the years such as stopping people from using their mobiles when driving, making drink driving illegal or simply making people wear safety belts.

iv never liked the car comparison specifically because most of those safety features are so you dont accidently hurt those around you who are also driving. without intent, a gun doesnt work like that unless youre negligent with storing it. it also doesnt require 100 rules in order to safely use in public. the licensing angel would only really be there because someone said so, not because it needed to be.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

I guess. But why make it super easy for them?

the harder you make it for them, the harder you make it for everyone which is something i dont agree with especially when gun control to a massive degree tends to target those who might actually need a gun like poorer individuals and minority groups. this shooter would have most likely gotten though most of what gun control advocates have wanted anyway just like the buffalo shooter who was also 18 and legally got through NY's universal background check, red flag law, magazine limit, assault weapons ban ect.

im of the opinion we can do more in other areas that would help the problem without doing the above.

the solutions by and large are right there without touching guns. no one wants to either touch those solutions, know how or they want to turn the system into a full blown socialist state.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

It sounds like you're saying availability of guns mitigates bombings and vehicle assaults

im saying people will find a way to do what they want. if thats the way you want to see it then fine. meanwhile further restrictions also means less defenses for normal citizens including and especially disfranchised groups.

Accolon posted...

Maybe we should reevaluate shipping 18 year old kids off to war.

25 should be the new 18. for everything.

haloiscoolisbak posted...

There's plenty of young people here who probably are way too interested in school shootings. But the key difference is access to guns

Id say the key difference is Aus has a LOT more social safety nets and higher quality of life aspects. Those things have been declining in the US for a long time. The US has always had guns and its always been easy to access them and yet this uptick in random indiscriminate gun violence is fairly new. US also has some of the highest non-firearm related murder and assault rates in the first world. Non-firearm related suicides as well. theres a lot of rot under the surface in this country.

MedeaLysistrata posted... Just some thoughts

unless you fix the underlining problem it wont matter much. no guns means people get more desperate and more creative which usually amounts to even worse outcomes. more bombings, more poisonings, more arson. more vehicle assaults. thanks to social media and the internet people can also easily team up to do more damage with like minded individuals.

haloiscoolisbak posted...

Also, pre Columbine did America have a lot of school shootings?

theres always been school shootings, but they were mostly targeted affairs. 1 on 1 with some collateral or gang related. the indiscriminate ones were relatively rare in comparison with ones that had a notable high body count (not necessarily killed) show up once every 10 years or so which was even rarer before the 1980's. columbine for what ever reason was the pandoras box. IMO the popularity of the internet, social media taking off and the fear mongering news networks helped perpetuate the situation. before those school shootings and mass shootings in general were SIGNIFICANTLY less than we have now.

threetimes posted...

There was a primary school shooting in Scotland in 1996 at Dunblane when 16 children and a teacher were shot. After that the UK government banned all handguns. There hasn't been a school shooting since then.

iv always found this to be very disingenuous. Same with Australia's situation. Both countries barely had any gun violence to begin in no small part to their cultures with Aus already showing a downward decline in gun violence years prior to their massacre. when something is rare to begin with it doesnt provide enough data to show that that was the defining cause or solution. especially in Aus when stabbings and arson deaths suspiciously increased by 50% shortly after their gun buy back for something like a solid 10 years before it started to come back down.

ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...

maybe like war torn places like somalia or afghanistan but the local sheep herder living in a hut sure as hell doesn't have a weapons cabinet filled with AR 15s and hunting rifles he bought at the local dicks sporting goods.

which makes no difference if its an AR or ten or a bolt action rifle from WW1. they have easy access to guns and yet dont want to go and shoot up a school.

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you can probably count on one hand the times that has actually happened. a republican baseball game was somewhat recently shot up and nothing happened. you had that parkland parent whos kid died to a mass shooting still go to bat for gun rights. as recent examples. if republicans do do something its usually based on fear via classism or racism (see: black panthers).

ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...

no we just have less guns lol

even third world countries with just about as many guns rarely if ever have school or indiscriminate shootings. several 1st world countries in europe have just barely more gun regulations than california or new york and yet have SIGNIFICANTLY less gun deaths. that shows theres more at play than just guns. it shows a fucked up culture surrounded by violence and apathy inhabited by people who feel little purpose in their lives.

they start with offering more people easier access to healthcare. more politcal representation. better job security. easier access to schooling. more inclusive communities. looser drug laws. more/harsher surveillance on people (for better or worse). better prison reforms (in comparison). less militarization of police ect.

by and large poeple are significantly more happy in other first world nations due to the above and many others. and a happy/satisfied population tends to not want to do violence.

mechanically 4 feels better to play (and especially the shooting and general movement in comparison to NV), but most of its other designs feel lackluster or not properly developed and overly simplified. it feels like a themepark ride in an open world setting rather than an rpg where your choices feel like they have an impact on the world via story options, dialog or character builds. not that that is a bad thing, but you need to go into it a different way with different expectations.

there is no realistic solution here. banning guns will never happen and even if it did it wouldnt fix the deep seated festering rot of society largely perpetuated by social media, fear mongering news networks and by and large lack of people giving a shit about each other with ever dividing political and cultural norms.

the US specifically has always had shootings, but not until columbine (and coincidentally the above shifts) did you start to see a real break down of society. the guns have always been there, these types of shootings, by and large wernt. it shows a much deeper relatively new problem that needs to be addressed or we are all going to drown.

dont think they do anything in the first game. those types of items do enhance your character in various ways in the second though.

SaccharineSmile posted...

Its 2022 be progressive man

id rather not.

nice to hear. i really enjoyed the first and got a good 40hours out of it. need to make some time for the 2nd at some point.

not the most practical things in the world, but definitely fun every once in a while. a full auto glock is surprisingly controllable once you know what to expect.

"wiser with age"

im in a purple state. doubt there will be any change.

bknight posted...

almost wish for another Covid spike to put us all back in lock down.

funny enough this might not have happened if there never was a lock down. according to the shooter he went down the dark internet rabbit hole because he was forced to be shut in and everything he accumulated could fester in doing so.

no. tho i do sometimes fear for my life when i have to commute. some people are psychos behind the wheel.

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a 9mm hallow point is 40 cents. no need to gussy the whole affair up.

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plenty of 16 year olds are really really fucking stupid and/or easily impressionable.

KiwiTerraRizing posted...

But remember, apparently now isnt the time to talk about gun control.

from what it sounds like (based on the manifesto) one of the reasons he chose the target he did was becuase threats of civilians interfering or stopping him would be low specificaly due to NY's "cucked" gun laws. also sounds like he purchased it in state (which already has a LOT of gun laws on the books unles he found someone willing to break the law for him) already and then modified it him self (we dont know for certain yet, but it sounds like it based on what iv read).

guns, especially now with ammo prices and especially if you like to personalize them/tinker with them. those grips dont feel good, gotta change them out. dont like the normal 3-dots, better get fiber. that slide stop is too small, need a larger one. better get 3 different holsters cause the last two didnt work for me. oh wait its got a rail, well now i need to get a light to put on it. Oh its got a optics cut too, but do i realy need an optic on a handgun? (yes, i do). or hell i dont like the way the controls dont match the slide or frame so i better replace them. Oh they dont make them any more? well i guess ill pay 2x for them on ebay cause i reeeeally want them. not to mention cleaning supplies, storage, range gear (which is a list in of itself) ect. if you wanted to you could turn an $800 AR15 into the price of a great used car.

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theres not much difference between a 18yo and 21yo and weve already deemed 18 is old enough to put them behind the wheel which ends up hurting FAR more people each year. or voting which can effect whole countries or putting a gun in their hands ANYWAY only its the system telling them who to kill or who to die for. the age restriction for something like this is incredibly stupid and only really exists to further disarm the population with meaningless restrictions.

im not for the abortion ban and not to say there arnt more pressing matters, but two wrongs dont make a right.

*laughs in michigander*

infinite is bio1 only in a skycity with worse level design, but better gunplay with a better paced ending section. if you loved bio1 i dont know why you wouldnt like infinite unless you are expecting more of that darker atmosphere.

2 is "more of the same" so the presentation kinda takes a hit as the thrill of being in rapture starts to wear off. story and characters arnt as bombastic, but is more grounded and personal and is a nice companion piece to the firsts story ideals. overall gameplay has been improved and expanded on (and imo the best in the series overall). the pacing is almost the opposite of the first where in 1 the game kinda peters out after the twist where as in the sequel it just keep ratcheting up to a better finale and ending. its dlc is extremely well done and is generally considered some of the best content in the series.

ZannoL posted...

What are your guys' thoughts on Resident Evil Revelations 1?

I heard a lot of people say it's quite boring and clunky.

personally its one of my least favorite in the series just ahead of 0. story and writing are crap even for an RE with some questionable character designs. the enemies are not particularly fun to fight which are both bullet sponges and like to twitch annoyingly out of your aim. that in part also makes the gunplay feel lackluster with dull hit reactions and sound designs. the boat sequences are fine and appropriately atmospheric, but the game likes to take you out of those sequences and put you into action setpeices with new characters which are always dull and kills the general pacing and mood of the ship parts. and they tend to take up a decent chunk of the whole game. the scanning portion while technically optional can also kill the pacing and is almost forced on you on the higher difficulty as resources become tight (since you have to scan for the items to magically appear). you then have forced shitty swimming sequences and annoying turret sections to round stuff out. and yes the dodge feature is pretty shit which is especially bad when they put you into so many closed in environments with a shit ton of twitchy enemies. oh and the puzzles are not fun and are repeated CONSTANTLY.

that said the ship parts are atmospheric and for the most part solid. i liked how they handled the weapon upgrading, the raid mode while insanely grindy and improved heavily in the sequel is still pretty fun to lose a dozen or so hours in. impressive for a handheld game visually and how they made it control and work, but overall id say its a fairly mediocre entry into the series. 1 does a few things better than 2, but overall revelations 2 i found to just be a better overall game.

the US would have to get a LOT worse than it is now for me to even consider moving and i actually have the means to do so right now. theres not many countries who support how id like to live like the US currently does.

as far as needing to play them to get 3, no. 3 takes a lot more from the books than the previous games anyway. youll have a better understanding of certain relationships and characters if you played the others, but its not a big aspect to understand the game. that said 2 specifically has a lot of cool elements going for it which even 3 didnt pull off as well. 1 is still really good as an rpg, but has a lot of older aquired taste stuff going on and its disturbingly slow for its story to get going. if you wanted to skip you wouldnt be missing a lot and the unique aspects to the series was pulled off better in 2 anyway.

length wise 1 is 40-50hours. 2 is 40hours + another ~25hours depending on choices for another run(which id say is mandatory). 3 is closer to 80-100hours +40-50hours for dlc.