"If only he were more skilled and had opened fire instead of hesitating (right after he woke up to screaming men storming into the room) maybe he wouldn't have been shot."
But a single shot from him would have put cops scattering for cover.
The mental gymnastics required to claim that police officers who did, in fact, shoot him multiple times would instead not have done so if he had started shooting first is quite impressive. Not convincing in the slightest, but impressive.
Ideally, alive.
Only in some fantasy universe, or a country whose name doesn't end with "of America".
And yet you seem to also be aware of this factor: "trained to dump a clip into a suspect." Given that he was shot three times when he didn't even point his weapon at police, it boggles the mind that you think he wouldn't have been shot dead if he had only started shooting at the multiple police officers first.
But that ignores realities of most people with firearms (especially hand guns) have no idea how to properly target and aim, let alone make a stopping shot around body shielding.
That makes no difference whatsoever. I couldn't find how many officers there were but let's say four. Seems on the low side for a SWAT raid. A Navy SEAL wouldn't be able to wake up, grab his weapon, and kill four armed assailants with their semiautomatic weapons already out and ready to fire. Absolutely anyone would have been killed in that scenario, your miserable attempt at victim blaming notwithstanding.
For example, the word "innocent" appears in the title of this article. Why?
I would say because it would be a different situation if it were someone in the middle of a shooting rampage, or pointing or firing his weapon at police. That person would (or at least might) not be innocent. Locke was.
No, the licensing issue, and the second amendment issue, are red herrings in this specific case.
They are relevant because their existence means police cannot (or at least should not) assume that anyone with a gun is a criminal or someone with ill intent. If private ownership of guns were categorically illegal, it would be reasonable to at least be on high alert upon discovering that someone has a gun. As it is, it should be considered routine.
Even if (as is possible, perhaps even likely) the law is somehow poorly drafted, the only way you can possibly avoid breaking it is by shutting off useful features? Not buying that for one second.
It seems pretty straightforward to me.
"all new telematics-equipped vehicles be accessible via a standardized, transparent platform that allows owners and third-party repair shops to access vehicle data via a mobile device."
'But the “open data platform” envisioned by the law doesn’t exist yet'.
So until such a platform is developed and put into place (something that I could imagine taking years and millions of dollars) their choices are: 1) stop selling vehicles in Massachusetts entirely or 2) disable all telematics on Massachusetts vehicles. I doubt it would even be worth the time and money to develop that platform for just MA, so unless other states join this effort, I'd predict this will be a permanent state of affairs there.
There are specific amendments that do change specific parts, but none of those, and most spiritedly not 1A, change any part of "pursuit of life, liberty and happiness".
"...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is from the Declaration of Independence, which has no legal force.
Someday, in the future, scientists may be able to invent a way to manufacture automobiles that do not require microprocessors.
Only if there's a civilization-ending apocalypse in the interim.
they don't need them now.
Yes, they do. "ECU" stands for "engine control unit". Even if there is not a single screen visible to you, there are computers controlling the engine and (if automatic) transmission. Electric cars have computers monitoring and adapting to changing battery conditions and charge levels. The only way to ditch microprocessors entirely is to go back to carburetors, and good luck meeting emission standards with those.
In some jurisdictions, moving violations are indeed criminal offenses (or were until they were downgraded to administrative violations so that tickets could be issued to vehicle owners regardless of who was driving).
TOR and VPNs have limited usefulness if the web site on the other end has disabled https connections from fear of liability. Hopefully it doesn't come to that.
they only brought in $20,000 in fines, the department thus went from costing half a million, to making a profit of 76 grand.
Except it didn't cost that much before this douchenozzle took over: "Chief Mike Jones still had room to complain, despite his department's funding escalating from $79,000 to $524,000 since he took office."
What if some huge artist or label told Google that they had to de-list techdirt or get their music pulled form Google play.
What do you think should happen in that case? Should the musician not be allowed to tell Google that? Should Google not be allowed to de-list Techdirt? Or should everyone be permitted to do business, or stop doing business, with whomever they choose?
(ignoring that copyright is too long, which isn't really germane)
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"If only he were more skilled and had opened fire instead of hesitating (right after he woke up to screaming men storming into the room) maybe he wouldn't have been shot."
The mental gymnastics required to claim that police officers who did, in fact, shoot him multiple times would instead not have done so if he had started shooting first is quite impressive. Not convincing in the slightest, but impressive.
Only in some fantasy universe, or a country whose name doesn't end with "of America".
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Rein in.
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I guess I gave him too much credit.
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And yet you seem to also be aware of this factor: "trained to dump a clip into a suspect." Given that he was shot three times when he didn't even point his weapon at police, it boggles the mind that you think he wouldn't have been shot dead if he had only started shooting at the multiple police officers first.
That makes no difference whatsoever. I couldn't find how many officers there were but let's say four. Seems on the low side for a SWAT raid. A Navy SEAL wouldn't be able to wake up, grab his weapon, and kill four armed assailants with their semiautomatic weapons already out and ready to fire. Absolutely anyone would have been killed in that scenario, your miserable attempt at victim blaming notwithstanding.
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Re: Ftw
Are you actually saying that if he had shot first, he would be alive today? You can't be saying that, right?
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Re: Re: Criminals lying? Perish the thought
They're also all in on "blue lives matter" and being pro police, so their heads kind of explode and they don't know what to do in a case like this.
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Here are some reasons why home doors open inward, and the reasons that business doors open outward which don't apply to homes:
https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/remodeling/question584.htm
And would you have any sort of reference indicating that is why they open inward?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "Innocence" is not the issue
I would say because it would be a different situation if it were someone in the middle of a shooting rampage, or pointing or firing his weapon at police. That person would (or at least might) not be innocent. Locke was.
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Re: "Innocence" is not the issue
They are relevant because their existence means police cannot (or at least should not) assume that anyone with a gun is a criminal or someone with ill intent. If private ownership of guns were categorically illegal, it would be reasonable to at least be on high alert upon discovering that someone has a gun. As it is, it should be considered routine.
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Re: I hear my door breach in the middle of the right
Just make sure you never give a significant other a key to your place.
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It seems pretty straightforward to me.
"all new telematics-equipped vehicles be accessible via a standardized, transparent platform that allows owners and third-party repair shops to access vehicle data via a mobile device."
'But the “open data platform” envisioned by the law doesn’t exist yet'.
So until such a platform is developed and put into place (something that I could imagine taking years and millions of dollars) their choices are: 1) stop selling vehicles in Massachusetts entirely or 2) disable all telematics on Massachusetts vehicles. I doubt it would even be worth the time and money to develop that platform for just MA, so unless other states join this effort, I'd predict this will be a permanent state of affairs there.
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"...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is from the Declaration of Independence, which has no legal force.
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Only if there's a civilization-ending apocalypse in the interim.
Yes, they do. "ECU" stands for "engine control unit". Even if there is not a single screen visible to you, there are computers controlling the engine and (if automatic) transmission. Electric cars have computers monitoring and adapting to changing battery conditions and charge levels. The only way to ditch microprocessors entirely is to go back to carburetors, and good luck meeting emission standards with those.
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Such as?
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It seems to be both:
"...the provider utilizes full end-to-end encrypted messaging services, device encryption, or other encryption services."
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Re: Privacy the Euphemism; The Myth, the Legend
The rhyming is interesting, but it doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Re: It’s going through
TOR and VPNs have limited usefulness if the web site on the other end has disabled https connections from fear of liability. Hopefully it doesn't come to that.
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She - Megan Lazorski.
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Except it didn't cost that much before this douchenozzle took over: "Chief Mike Jones still had room to complain, despite his department's funding escalating from $79,000 to $524,000 since he took office."
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Re: Another Angle to this Story
What do you think should happen in that case? Should the musician not be allowed to tell Google that? Should Google not be allowed to de-list Techdirt? Or should everyone be permitted to do business, or stop doing business, with whomever they choose?
(ignoring that copyright is too long, which isn't really germane)
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