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Education seems like a good option to me. There would have to be a lot of it though, and it would have to be targeted toward a lot of different audiences. I don't think your comparison with drunk driving works all that well. Despite tons of money spent on education and commercials, there are still tons of people that choose to drive drunk. They are giving out more DUIs every year. http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_19621314 http://totaltrafficla.com/2011/12/27/980-christmas-holiday-chp-dui-arrests-across-california/21045

How about a state by state registration system? Like DMV? Annual registration, and when you re-register your gun they run your name through the system to make sure you are not flagged for any reason that would disqualify you from owning a gun. Those state agencies could also manage CCWs and permits for some of the more exotic firearms.

Beavah, I love this game. We have a problem, lets wipe the slate clean and come up with a solution. As I see it this is the problem. 1) People who are mentally unstable have on several occasions used guns to kill people. 2) Criminals use guns to commit crime. If we can agree that those are the two main problems that we wish to examine, then lets do so and move on to the constraints that must be placed upon our solution. 1) The essence of the 2nd amendment must be upheld. 2) Any extra cost must be accounted for somewhere. 3)The police are not meant to be used for home prot

Take a look at the summary of Feinstein's new legislation. She is expanding the definition of assault weapons to include handguns and shotguns. http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/assault-weapons "Following is a summary of the 2013 legislation: Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of: 120 specifically-named firearms; Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one or more military characteristics; and Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more th

I have three things to say. 1 anecdote and 1 fact relating to the original question, and one side comment relating to the discussion on the last page. First off, I have a fair number of acquaintances that own guns, and plenty that don't. Almost all of them are sharing the save our constitution/buy more guns facebook pictures. In the past couple months the number of those posts has probably doubled or tripled. The county I live in will not experience any increase in the number concealed carry permits issued. As of 2007 55 CCWs have been issued. At that time there were 246,000 people l

So what about you all? What successes did you have last year?

I had a class once that made a study of Columbine. Along with the student's other underlying psychological issues, they were all under a lot of stress from bullying, and other sources. It is my personal theory that stress can often be a catalyst for violent reactions in certain people. Think of it like chemicals, there are many that you can mix together and have very controlled reactions, but if you add just a little to much of something, or add the wrong chemical you can have a very dangerous reaction. I don't know, like you said thankfully this sort of thing doesn't happen enough for th

I'll also just leave this here. http://wrseascouts.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/happy-new-year/

So I haven't been on here in a few months so I didn't see the thread I spun off of till just now. I just thought I would bring you all some good news about the second oldest program in Boy Scouts. Despite having been given a new and relatively crappy manual a few years ago, and despite a general lack of support from many paid scouters, our membership numbers are improving. For the first time ever all 4 regions have Regional Boatswains, and while I don't know about the other regions, the western region is well on its way to having effective council and area boatswains region wide. Thi

Callooh, do you know of any studies on the effects on children of having single fathers? It would seem logical that if not having a father has a negative effect then not having a mother would have a similar effect. What if there is something else to blame? It seems to me that all the people who have snapped and gone on shooting rampages were under a lot of stress before they snapped. It has been shown that physical activity alleviates a lot of mental stress(I can dig up a citation or two if you want). For all of human history up until a few decades ago we lived in an intensely physical wo

BDPT00, Feel free to ask the guy on that commented on the article to cite his sources. I would rather not link my facebook profile to that article right now. The wikipedia entry has some good sources cited that you may want to check out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#Cause The American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and National Association of Social Workers stated in 2006: Currently, there is no scientific consensus about the specific factors that cause an individual to become heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexualincluding possible bio

Here is another article about this scout. http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_21725617/barnidge-one-giant-negative-among-all-boy-scouts I found the current top comment rather interesting. "The major problem with the BSA position on homosexual members is that a boy doesn't realize that he is homosexual until he has many years into scouting, and likely until he reaches the point where he is considering becoming an Eagle Scout. For the Boy Scouts to punish a young man for something over which he has no control is, in my mind, barbarian. Medical science is now very clear that ho

I was homeschooled the majority of my school years. It sucked. I learned a ton of insanely bad study habits, did not learn how to relate to my peers, and was left with huge holes in my education. Saying that, scouting helped a lot with that second problem.

Yeah, the first part of my post is definitely tongue in cheek. I do agree pack, it is my own damn fault for not doing my own research the first time. I assumed that the counselors knew what they were talking about the first time I went to them. The second time I was given different information. At that point I researched and learned that both people I talked to were wrong. The third time I went in with a very specific question about the transfer agreement between my school and the UC system. The counselor did not know the answer to my question, and instead of saying so she made something. Yay,

On a different not about my school, they don't have the funding to have a summer semester next year, and they keep on not offering the classes I need due to the same lack of funding. The whole go to JC for 2 years then transfer thing isn't working out so well. First the counselors give me wrong info on multiple occasions, now classes are not being offered. Looks like I gotta go to state to get my BS, then look at University for graduate school. I couldn't get directly into the UCs that have the program I want because my educational background is a little too eccentric. They loved my SAT scores

I really can't believe it. My professors are actually requiring me to attend class. They won't pass me if I don't. Oh, and they won't pass me for just attending class. I have to actually participate in a constructive manner. I can't believe this. It is horrible. What with all this homework how do they expect me to have a job? Or a life? http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/nosymp.htm More seriously, they are giving me so much homework that it is cutting into my scouting time. Oh, and that hour a week, just with my home program, not counting time spent doing stuff at home, I spend 22 hours

Well this seems like a good time to remind everyone that youths do drop in on these forums from time to time. Some of us even stay a while. I personally don't see any problems with any of the mods. I have yet to see any of them do anything that crosses any line. It is rare to have mods that are willing to talk to people about why they decided to moderate something. So I give them two thumbs up, 20 stars, and I feel the mods deserve the highest of fives. https://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_maifl9jqVa1rq3b5ko1_500.gif

Instead of moss you could put some plywood boxes on the roof, fill them with dirt, then plant grass or something. Bingo, you have a living roof that will keep the rain off the trailer. If you live in an area that grass doesn't grow well then plant some local vegetation.

Yes, that was several months of rather vicious debate.

You know, I just realized that allowing someone to count nonconsecutive time for the active requirement allows people to come to a meeting once a month and count up 12 weeks a year, which is 3 months. Do that, or even a little more, and you have you 6 months needed.

I can find out, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Every section has things like that that are just weird. The manual also often ignores the fact that there are a lot of ships out there that use powerboats. Most of the manual covers sailing ok, and ignores powerboats.

Well that's why all ships should ditch the powerboats and go to sail. One of the sailing ships near me fills up their fuel tank once a year. I think they have a 100 gallon tank.

There are some states that do require the boating licenses, but that is not anywhere near the standard. Some states require everyone to get a license. Some have an optional certificate thing. Some require certain age groups to have a license. Some have requirements based on the type of boat being used. In some states all it takes to get the license is a 20 minute online class. I just googled the Alabama boating laws and it seems that there you take an online course, pay the fee, then take you certificate of completion to the Driver's License Examining Office and they give you your Vessel

Well apparently a Sunfish is the only kind of catboat that exists. As a Laser sailor I find that offensive because Sunfish sail very differently than any other catboat. According to the manual everyone uses a fender board because "Fenders are hung over the side but are never allowed to rub against the wharf or pier,..." "A dock is the space alongside a wharf or pier that the boat occupies. You cannot tie a boat to a dock since the dock is the space the boat occupies." There are a dozen sailing specific pages in the Boat Handling section, and only 1 1/2 powerboat pages. Tha

They probably don't require it because for the other activities you don't need to be licensed. Most anyone can go put a boat in the water and run someone over, but before you can drive a car the government has to test your skills.