Just imagine for a second the united states broke up. Which states would have the nuclear weapons? That's a scary thought.
Well, a lot are in the Great Plains states, or were…like South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado.
On a tour years ago, coming back from Mount Rushmore to Denver, the tour guide would say … see that plain edifice over there? That was a missile silo.
Texas would have to get some, just to put the fear of God into everyone else.
And to keep those damn’ Mexicans in check…
See, idiots:
Mental illness diagnosis would not prevent murder suspect from legally buying gun
DECATUR, AL (WAFF) -
Court documents reveal a Decatur woman accused of killing her husband was disruptive and unable to understand her initial court appearance.
According to the filing, a family member told the court 44-year-old Michelle Owens has been diagnosed as schizophrenic. During the hearing the judge appointed an attorney to represent Michelle.
Michelle is charged with the murder of her husband, Eddie Owens, who was 44-years-old.
The shooting happened June 26 at the family’s home on Lenox Drive in Decatur.
According to the 911 transcript obtained by WAFF, one of the couple’s children told a dispatcher he was afraid his mother shot his father and that she recently bought a gun.
Decatur police investigators are working to find out if Michelle legally bought the .38 caliber pistol they said she used to kill her husband.
From what has been revealed to this point, if she had been diagnosed as schizophrenic, that would not prevent her from legally buying a gun. Whether a doctor diagnosed her as mentally ill could come out in court but otherwise would be private information protected by HIPPA laws.
That is the same reason why a diagnosis would not be entered into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database. Mental illness would only flag someone during a background check if someone has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution or found “not guilty” in court by reason of insanity or mental defect.
it seems it would be easier to list the things that preclude you from owning or having access to a gun.
Lol’d at this comment …
A lot of these happened in the obama years.
Tisk tisk.
Holy sht, their border policy makes so much sense now.
Natural selection at work.
Any chance Trump’s youngest gets given a gun?
I read something last week that said American has been involved in a war somewhere all but 17 years over the last 248 or so years. Basically ever since they won their independence from the Brits, via a war.
I don’t think it’s that many.
Probably including wars against the Native Americans…but they had a very isolationist view for a very long time. No interest in the rest of the world until Teddy Roosevelt talked softly and carried a big stick…and that was largely as a mediator in the Russo-Japanese War in about 1905 and thereabouts.
They fought the English, French, Spanish and Mexicans as well as a civil war, prior to 1900.
Apparently been at war with someone for 222 years out of 239.
Or 93% of it’s existence.
The American Way
They ate fighting for freedom and god so it’s ok.
And if something goes awry, there’s always heartfelt prayers.
And Guantanamo
English was 1812-1815
French…hmmm…don’t remember that but for the French-Indian wars in the 1750’s
Mexico was a year or 2 from 1848…and guerilla wars against Pancho Villa
Spanish was a couple of years from 1898
Then 1917-18 and 1941-45
Then Korean War 1950-53
Vietnam for about 15 years
Etc
Think there might some exaggeration there.