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Au_contrarian 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes, and he is allowed to possess a long gun because he is over 16, see WI Stat. 948.60(3)(c)

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Au_contrarian 15 points ago +15 / -0

This is correct see WI Stat. 948.60(3)(c).

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Au_contrarian 1 point ago +2 / -1

I actually think this is reasonable. It doesn't get rid of felony assault of an officer, just a new way of prosecuting somebody if no one was hurt. Consider a case of public drunkenness where a 19 year old takes a swing at a cop and misses. That is assault. The mandatory sentence would be 6 months in jail. I'd imagine that prosecutors probably would not even prosecute that charge because it would offend their sense of justice, but then there's no other charge to pursue and the attempted punch is forgotten. At least this gives prosecutors additional tools to make the punishment fit the crime.

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Au_contrarian 10 points ago +10 / -0

Mine is a little more nuanced than that. Your Terry stop advice is good, but in other circumstances you should not comply with police requests unless and until you are under arrest and are being commanded to do so. Police often ask questions in an ambiguous way like, "I'm going to have to ask you to get out of the car." Well if you are just asking, I'm not doing it. But for God's sake if they have a weapon drawn on you do whatever they say to the letter.

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Au_contrarian 1 point ago +1 / -0

Well yeah, it is. And it's BS. When it comes to crimes, two different jurisdictions shouldn't be able to prosecute somebody based on a single nexus of fact. The current rule is that if the crimes have even one different element, they can both be prosecuted. So you might be charged for murder at the state level and then murder with a federally banned weapon at the federal level, and just because the federal crime has the added element of having a banned weapon you can be tried twice. This ends up with tons of crime x at state level and crime x + travel across state lines at the federal level. One thing OJ did right was to not drive his Bronco across state lines. Otherwise there would have been two trials.

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Au_contrarian 10 points ago +10 / -0

We need to make it illegal for felons to break the law against them carrying firearms.

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Au_contrarian 1 point ago +1 / -0

No, it was just a plastic bag and its miscellaneous content. It's in the foreground of this video lying on the ground. https://mobile.twitter.com/pdxpartisan/status/1298515897498210304

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Au_contrarian 3 points ago +4 / -1

Not a molotov. It was a plastic bag with something in it. Other video angles confirm.

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Au_contrarian 2 points ago +2 / -0

China is are able to "rip us off" because they use our treasurys to suppress their currency and keep their labor costs and standard of living low. If they couldn't do that, they wouldn't be able to offshore all of our manufacturing. So if you balance the budget and pay off (or default) on the national debt, the problem goes away. This is probably not the best place to have a lengthy conversation about libertarianism, but generally speaking, the US had a libertarian form of government (or at least a form of government libertarians would be happy with) until the advent of the federal reserve and the new deal. It is not about destroying government. So we need to be driving the football toward that end zone. We've been running toward the Marxism end zone for the last 100 years, and we need a turnover.

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Au_contrarian 3 points ago +3 / -0

Corporatism exists because of mega government. What value would a constitutional government have to companies? As it currently exists, they can stifle competitors by lobbying for more regulations and by direct subsidies. All enabled by a commerce clause, necessary and proper clause, and an unconstitutional central bank run amok.

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Au_contrarian 4 points ago +4 / -0

You are never going to find two people who agree on everything. It's about forming coalitions on issues where there is agreement. Also, you must consider trajectory. Think of Marxists and libertarians as two endzones on a football field. Which way should we be trying to drive the football? It's a no brainer.

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Au_contrarian 3 points ago +3 / -0

I don't think you looked at this guy's link. It's clearly a plastic bag.

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Au_contrarian 4 points ago +4 / -0

It's like playing counterstrike and trying to kill enemies by hitting them with flashbangs. It's theoretically possible.

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Au_contrarian 2 points ago +2 / -0

Judge, jury, and executioner. The American People.

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