This is the kind of person who should not own a gun, let alone be in the military or be hired for any kind of law enforcement.

That he was hired for those at all is a clear indication of a seriously deranged culture in both.

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        I used to work for a company did a lot of commercial work for the US government and the amount of vetting was ridiculous, every decision no matter how minor had to go through mountains of red tape. The Trump administration has gone in the other direction. I think a balance could have been found between too much micromanaging and no managing at all. The whole reflecting pool saga would not have happened had they hired a competent contractor to begin with.

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          No it’s simpler than that. It’s not a matter about management wanting or not wanting to vett people.

          They want ICE to do the impossible, deport everyone overnight. To do that they need bodies to arrest people.

          So they’re accepting everyone, offering massive bonuses, etc. without any regard to whether they would be good or bad.

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              Now I wonder what sort of application process selects for these people. Maybe its a survey/questionaire thing like I’ve had to do before when applying for a job, but the questions are different:

              “What color is your F250”

              Or

              “If a small car passes you on the highway, how angry will you be until you catch back up to them?”

              Or

              “This is a senile person. They don’t know what day it is. They cannot use the bathroom unaided. How strongly do you feel the need to worship and listen to this person’s every word?”

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                No, they just have recruiters drive on the roads and ID 12 potential recruits in 7 minutes.

                The kind of person who weaves in and out passing as many people as possible across all 3 lanes so they can get to their exit 3.6 seconds sooner.

                The one who rides your ass in the passing lane, you move over, then they slowly creep by, but they brake-check everyone behind them. And if someone tries passing them in the middle lane they slam on the gas

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            They’re even accepting the very people they would claim to deport: anyone brown or dark-skinned.

            Because hypocrisy is the name of the fascist game.

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    He got outed by his ex wife. Who left him because he was abusive.

    She outed him because he asked her to lie about his character.

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    It often feels like the US just considers owning a gun to be the default position in life. Gun reform doesn’t require banning of guns it’s simply requires the implementation of laws that most people would assume were already in existence, I.e. the most basic of background checks.

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      When I bought my first gun I had just moved at the time so my I.D. had my old address on it. I told the dude behind the counter this and he told me to go to the customer service desk and get a fishing license for like $10, but make sure to put my new address, and he’ll use that to run the background check instead of my I.D. so it won’t get flagged.

      There are rules and laws already, but people will always figure out ways to skirt them.

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      I mean, background checks are already a thing for most sales. All sales from a store, and several states have a requirement for one during private sales.

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          The most common “loophole” is direct transfers between immediate family members, aka someone can give their spouse/child/parent a gun without a check. But let’s be real if you live with someone they already have some level of access to any guns in the home.

          The often cited “gun show loophole” is just a misnomer and is talking about private sales which still require a background check in several states. Even when it’s not required many will opt for it since knowingly selling a gun to someone who is not allowed to posses it is a felony.

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      If you press a US “second amendment enthusiast” about gun reform, at one point they will inevitably reply angrily with something like “What part of ‘shall not be infringed’ do you not understand?”

      There are other parts of the Bill of Rights that, while written in an absolute manner, have been found to have some limits. The First Amendment is rather demonstrative that “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech”. Yet, we recognize limits on speech, the most famous one being yelling “fire” in a theater (when there is none) Yes, you have the right to speech, but if your speech unnecessarily created panic the government can punish you on that basis.

      It seems quite clear to me that gun ownership here, even with the 2nd amendment, should come with responsibilities too. Gun owners still have a moral duty to be responsible about it, and not just carelessly put others in danger. Yet, the 2nd Amendment is presented as an absolute, with no strings attached, as if God sent them Himself on stone tablets. It’s like the 2nd Amendment is the only one that matters…