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Gas is banned by the Geneva convention, so no. Grenades are classified as "destructive devices", so no.

Automatic weapons are fully allowed so long as you're willing to do the paperwork and pay the tax. It's not an easy process, and it's SUPER expensive, but it can be done.

https://rocketffl.com/who-can-own-a-full-auto-machine-gun/

“No one has the right to talk to a child about sexuality unless it’s the parent, or the parent has given permission,”

First, that's patently bullshit.

Second, what does Fred Finger or his sexuality have to do with the creation of Batman? I don't see the need to bring up Bill Finger's kid at all, regardless of orientation.

Fred Finger was born Dec. 26, 1948. Nine years after Batman was introduced. 5 years after Batman first appeared on film.

It's a tragic story:

https://www.hivplusmag.com/entertainment/2017/7/18/batmans-real-life-son-died-aids-complications

Nothing to do with the creation of Batman.

"Kicked out" may have been too strong a phrase, but Medicare stops paying after 6 months. I guess if you keep paying yourself...

https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/what-part-a-covers/how-hospice-works

"Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the illness runs its normal course). If you live longer than 6 months, you can still get hospice care, as long as the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor recertifies that you’re terminally ill.

You can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.

You have the right to change your hospice provider once during each benefit period.

At the start of the first 90-day benefit period, your hospice doctor and your regular doctor (if you have one) must certify that you’re terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). At the start of each benefit period after the first 90-day period, the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor must recertify that you’re terminally ill, so you can continue to get hospice care."

I find this fascinating... most people get kicked out of hospice care if they survive in it 6 months.

Average survival is 3 weeks.

https://www.suncrestcare.com/how-long-does-the-average-hospice-patient-live/

Carter has been in hospice since February 18th. 7 months and counting!

Beto O'Rourke is probably the most notable:

https://youtu.be/lMVhL6OOuR0

Biden too:

https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/

Which has since been taken offline and now has the best 404 ever... CNN archived parts of it here:

https://www.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics/factcheck_b584f336-923d-49d9-98c5-d82883116eb4

"Along with banning the "manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines," Biden's plan includes mandating that people who own assault weapons either sell theirs to the federal government or properly register them with the authorities."

Agreed nothing is off the table, but the court has only turned more conservative, not less. So turnimg it back around may take another 50 years or more.

The Supreme Court specifically addressed that in 2016 in my favorite one of these cases because it didn't initially seem to involve firearms:

Caetano v. Massachusetts - 2016
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caetano_v._Massachusetts

Woman was being threatened by an abusive ex and bought a taser for protection.

MA charged her saying that tasers didn't exist at the time of the 2nd amendment, so she had no right to own one.

Enter the court:

"the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding" and that "the Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the States".[6] The term "bearable arms" was defined in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) and includes any ""[w]eapo[n] of offence" or "thing that a man wears for his defence, or takes into his hands," that is "carr[ied] . . . for the purpose of offensive or defensive action." 554 U. S., at 581, 584 (internal quotation marks omitted)."[10]

Anything you take into your hands for defense is allowed under the 2nd amendment. So, no, you don't have the right to a cruise missile or a tactical nuke, but if you can carry it, it's yours.

It's going to be interesting to see the lawyers challenge that for Hunter Biden's coke habit.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/hunter-biden-second-amendment-legal-defense.html

Shouldn't this result in more charges for obstruction and another RICO case if any Representatives go along with it?

Oh, yeah, but as the court veers more conservative, that's not going to change any time soon.

Maybe once Thomas and Alito are gone, assuming that happens under a Democratic President and they don't have their picks blockaded the way McConnell did to Merrick Garland.

Those fall under "destructive devices", and with the exception of grenades aren't "bearable" arms as defined by the court.

LOL - try that in court and see how far you get. "I don't need a lawyer, man, laws aren't real..."

I agree, but what's the alternative?

And intentionally so. :)

They can't be implemented because the Supreme Court has already made multiple key rulings o the topic since 2008 and have a few more in their case load for this year and next. It's not going to get better, it will only get worse from here on out.

Fortunately here there are only 2 paths to Washington and you pretty much have to do either intentionally.

I-5 gets backed up so you sit in traffic for 20-30 minutes before you hit the final exit in Oregon.

I-205 has the exit to the airport before you're on the bridge to WA so it's kind of hard to miss.

That's actually a less likely scenario than fixing the 2nd Amendment. :)

That's absolutely true and something I think about when I leave the house.

I live in Portland, Oregon which is just a river and a bridge away from Vancouver, Washington.

I have a concealed carry permit for Oregon, but Oregon and Washington don't have laws for reciprocity.

So my carrying concealed in Oregon is perfectly legal, but would get me in trouble in Washington and vice versa.

So it's contingent on me, the gun owner, to be aware of the laws and remain in compliance. Mostly going "Do I need to go to Vancouver today?" If yes, leave the gun at home.

Yeah, I don't know how to make it better either. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ But when you start looking at the shooters who had documented mental health issues that never showed up on background checks, it gets a little scary.

Right now, it only counts for the background check if it goes through a Judge.

So when the Jacksonville shooter had an involuntary mental health hold under Florida's Baker act, that didn't stop him from later buying the guns completely legally:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ryan-palmeter-named-as-jacksonville-shooter-who-targeted-and-killed-3-black-people-at-dollar-general-store

Same with the Buffalo shooter:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Buffalo_shooting

"In June 2021, Gendron had been investigated for threatening other students at his high school by the police in Broome County.[20][58][64] A teacher had asked him about his plans after the school year, and he responded, "I want to murder and commit suicide."[65] He was referred to a hospital for mental health evaluation and counseling but was released after being held for a day and a half.[20][64][66]"

Same with the Parkland shooter:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_high_school_shooting

"The Florida Department of Children and Families investigated him in September 2016 for Snapchat posts in which he cut both his arms and said he planned to buy a gun. At this time, a school resource officer suggested[94] he undergo an involuntary psychiatric examination under the provisions of the Baker Act. Two guidance counselors agreed, but a mental institution did not.[95] State investigators reported he had depression, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However Psychologist Frederick M. Kravitz later testified that Cruz was never diagnosed with autism.[96] In their assessment, they concluded he was "at low risk of harming himself or others".[97] He had previously received mental health treatment, but had not received treatment in the year leading up to the shooting.[98]"

They were found Constitutional before Heller in 2008... that's the problem. The court has only veered harder right since then.

California's AWB and magazine size restrictions are being challenged, I don't expect them to survive. The magazine limit has already been struck down by lower courts, I don't see the current Supremes being more favorable to it.