StringJunky

Is putting numbers to something not quantitative?

Aww c'mon, a kid's gotta have some fun.

Here's a Nature article on the three main hypotheses,of which, CharonY has already mentioned one:

Because there's no compulsory registration, there's a fair bit of latitude in the numbers. the high bar seems to be 40%. Even so, this should be focussed on, rather than absolute gun numbers, because it shows the degree of influence of a minority of the population. The distinct majority of American households don't feel they need weapons; the NRA are not speaking for the majority of Americans.

Yes. Even our ARU's won't mess about if you don't respond to an order swiftly. I think that's the reality of weapons and if a highly trained officer doesn't have much room for manuever, how can they expect teachers to behave better..

The only people that can do the job with a cool head are armed response units that are routinely conditioned to situations like that.

Of course. The NRA's position is to throw more weapons at any problem that may appear.

People are not one or the other, they are a mix of positive and negative traits and any number of things can tip the balance. i suspect a lot of killings are out-of-character actions due to a perfect storm of events in the perpetrator's life. It's not too difficult to lose ones sense of proportion. Sometimes we need to protect ourselves from ourselves and make the things that may harm us, and those around us, a bit more difficult to reach in the heat of the moment.

They seem to forget good people can become unhinged people at any time. Arming more people just increases the likelihood of more deaths. Guns make killing more likely to happen because it's so easy to do.

Apparently, he has the 2nd Amendment tattooed as well, so that's quite a substantial gesture. Yes, buying them back would be better but that's a good symbolic gesture that people can doif they can afford to financially.

I was thinking about all the vaccine shots one typically has throughout ones life; its quite a few. I've fairly recently had a pneumonia shot and flu shot and it won't end there. I think, ultimately, vaccines are the price we have to pay for living in such large groups.

You beat me to it.

I'm sure someone will come along but in the meantime see if this helps and see if you can track the path of the radioactive elements into which end products: http://www.rsc.org/Education/Teachers/Resources/cfb/Photosynthesis.htm

Hi Kristy, you will be asked what you know so far before anyone will help you. Welcome to the forum.

It looks like they've advanced from yours. I've just spotted one that does 2 inch ones. That's more than enough for me. It's 123 pounds, so that will probably make more economic sense for me over a pneumatic one.

Every obstacle you remove, they will put up another one. I'm waiting for the sound of crickets...

I've just started looking at them too. Trying to weigh up if an electric one will do me, if they can deliver up to 1.5inch brads. I've ordered a hakimiwashi saw and a ryoba saw. I want to have a few woodworking projects going this year. Got to get off the computer a bit more as Spring draws nearer.

imo every country would do the same. Air transport is too important.

Removing it might increase in-thread comments about an offender's behaviour, which will probably clutter the thread more. I'm ambivalent about it atm.

At least that's worth going down for.

Cheers.

How much autonomy does an individual state have in determining gun laws? For instance, could a state introduce regulations that mirror the UK's within its boundaries? One tactic might be to use police photographs of the actual carnage, rather like European cigarette boxes have to show images of the damage that smoking causes. Perhaps death is too abstract a concept and people need to see it up close and personal in glorious Technicolor.

I think the atom is being excited by UV, so is actually a light source rather than a reflector per se.

I found a good close up:

What if that plane crashed, say, in a densely populated area of W. Europe and killed people on the ground as well?