In my state (AL), to be able to carry a concealed handgun you'll need to be 18 or older, pay a small fee, and basically register into a data base to say you own and are likely to carry a handgun. Enforcement is the hardest part most likely, and you don't need to be registered for CCW to actually purchase a pistol, which is the problem i think. In general, I think getting people on the books as owning concealed weapons is a good first step and a nice compromise between the current system and registering individual guns which many people are very against.

CCW laws are super cool but kinda shitty in the same way a lot of drug laws are because they put a really awkward gray area between what is considered concealed and open and leaves it up to interpretation by officers. You can open carry in my state, meaning just owning and carrying a gun is fine, but everyone needs to be able to tell at a glance. I think that leaves too much leeway for what really gets classified as open or concealed carry.

None of this directly solves the issues with gun control, but I think requiring the majority of gun owners to be registered for a CCW or something before making a purchase regardless of where the purchase is would make acquiring guns a big but tolerable pain in the ass. You'd still see crimes of passion with gun owners, but you'd see it be a lot harder to get access to firearms if you weren't vetted at least a little bit. Most guys I know are registered for CCW anyway but they'd probably hate it idk

banning automatic weapons or military grade weapons basically only hurts small groups of rich hobbyists, the people least likely to use a gun like an idiot. Banning handguns would produce a much stronger effect on crime but way more people own handguns and attach utility to them, leading to way more public and lobbyist backlash. Gun laws in most countries are almost 100% backwards and ineffective because the people who are against guns tend to argue from hypothetical and moral stances rather than pragmatics imo

A weapons bill that reduced restrictions on higher end weapons and didn't touch hunting rifles but severely limited who can own a handgun would be super great. A lot of states have taken the first step with limiting permits or CCWs to a higher age for handgun owners.

most of the guns that kill people in chicago come from indiana

gun control depends on squashing out the entire network

this^ there's twice as many AIDS cases reported from being a gay guy than IV drug use

id also like to point out that tons of people who aren't gay aren't allowed to donate blood for things that are even rarer or stupider

If you were in europe in a certain time period you're not allowed to give blood for example

just give blood anyway, show solidarity and maybe save a life near you

win/win

not really. In 2016 its more dumb than 1990 or especially 85 but to say that its unfounded is wrong. HIV that slips through a blood test and gets into donor blood can lead to hundreds or thousands of people getting sick and shake the trust of the public in the healthcare system. The HIV rate in the gay community is substantially higher so that's why they're far more cautious. My uncle had HIV and his boyfriend was super into a lot of gay rights stuff but this like the one thing they conceded usually.

this video is 8 years old so there's a pretty good chance that dog is dead

Why that shows up the way that does is because 99% of weapons in tf2 have 50-150 fall off to ramp up, but the rocket launcher and a few other stock weapons are different. Rocket launcher is actually only 53-125. I'd bet someone just assumed it was 50% falloff instead of 53 or something

pubs aren't fun with more than 2-4 good players because it always devolves into people trying to gay each other for doms and binds

I don't really get bothered by people using offensive language but I've never met anyone who says this shit regularly that wasn't annoying as fuck in other ways too. People who make rape jokes, use the word autistic as an insult, or say nigger as an irony are 99% of the time assholes. If the only way u can think to be funny is to try to offend people you're probably not a very interesting person

being blunt is the definition of being an asshole

u can be as right as you want but if your way of saying it makes ppl feel like shit no one is gonna listen

he was an asshole like 2 years ago and then all I ever heard in the various shady low open mumbles I frequent was he was still an asshole

shotgun is fun, remove yrself from the 6s format

the way carpal tunnel works means that if you literally never moved your wrist you'd be hard pressed to get it. The TF2 community assumes that people who use lower sens move their wrists less even tho that makes no sense if you think about it for more than 20 seconds. Unless you're using a Cloridium style sensitivity >4 ft/360 you'd still need to move your wrist to actually hit any fine detail. if a player is 8 degrees of the view field, a 10 in/360 player will need .2 inches of movement to completely cross them with the mouse, while a .5 in/360 player only has .008 inches of player. The difference is p big, but both are far too small to ever be something you're going to hit without wrist movement.

yeah i feel a lot different about someone like prince or the ATCQ guy dying because it felt like they weren't really "done" yet

no one wants to die but i always kinda wonder what people think about in the last 5-10 seconds and I guess personally I'd feel happier if it was when i was 88 and was done working than if i was in my studio trying to make something happen

"wrong" is kind of hard to explain for 99% of people tbf. I've kept developing tendinitis because of a muscle imbalance in my forearms. My form and flexibility are better than most gym goers and I still had a recurrent injury that took nearly a year to solve. Most people aren't doctors or kinesiologists or the esports equivalent of kinesiologists, so its kind of dumb to say "just use better form and u wont get hurt lol" and then claim exercise doesn't cause injuries. The asterisk ends up applying to most of the population.

Proper exercise can be beneficial for wrist/elbow pain though. Building up my wrists flexors has made my tennis elbow much less severe. Second biggest help was the minute I felt something bad building up I took a week off. If you have any wrist/elbow pain for more than a day in a row, its time to take at least a week off the computer, or you could be looking at 6 months

also stringcheese got downvoted for posting easily the best post in this thread. Maintaining as neutral a wrist position as possible is the best way to prolong your esports career. If you can't use a different mouse, make sure there's no flexion/extension on your wrist if nothing else. Keeping my armrests on the same plane as my mouse fixed this for me and makes the computer a lot more comfortable. Keyboard pads are great for typing too.