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Buckeye_Democrat

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34. My experience also impacted my earning ability...

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 11:24 AM

Nov 2021

... for years.

I had double-majored in math and physics, receiving my BS degree not long before that happened, and I soon learned that my conviction excluded me from higher-earning professional jobs. So I worked in factories instead, surrounded by people (many of them basically Trump cultists even before he ran for President) who've nearly made me suicidal a few times, just being forced to interact with them.

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So its legal for 17 yr olds to open carry AR-15s in Wisconsin ?! [View all] uponit7771 Nov 2021 OP

He was legally allowed on a technicality that was... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #1

+1, It goes without saying he was NOT hunting game, I would've pressed this if I was the prosecutor uponit7771 Nov 2021 #4

I think the prosecutor might've done just that. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #5

Perhaps the definition of "game" is different in Wisconsin? PatSeg Nov 2021 #24

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #29

So in WS, a 17 yo can carry an AR-15 but can't buy a beer. no_hypocrisy Nov 2021 #2

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #3

A short barreled AR-15 that is worthless for hunting, game. gab13by13 Nov 2021 #7

If you need more than 3 rounds in your hunting rifle, multigraincracker Nov 2021 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Nov 2021 #26

I was able to go to the Army before I could vote and could only doc03 Nov 2021 #25

The problem, imo, are all the pundits screaming about the case janterry Nov 2021 #6

Jonathan Capehart gab13by13 Nov 2021 #8

Exactly. The folks screaming bloody murder are making it impossible to fix this situation. Decoy of Fenris Nov 2021 #9

"...any "Ism" they can come up ...", You feel a black kid would've been treated the same way as KR uponit7771 Nov 2021 #10

Of course not. Race matters. Decoy of Fenris Nov 2021 #11

A poor person without public support... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #12

KR family looks about as working poor as one can get, I also typed "similar situation" so ... uponit7771 Nov 2021 #13

Probably true, but money plays an oversized role... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #14

I thought KRs mom was asking for help for legal fees? You're right, money walks and talks too much uponit7771 Nov 2021 #17

That article states their fund already raised... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #19

Got a point there, sounds like his mother is into the grift then ... that's all the right has come t uponit7771 Nov 2021 #21

kalief browder JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #27

Rittenhouse's mother already raised over $460,000... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #28

He at least got his day in court JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 #31

Read my edit in my previous post. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #33

My experience also impacted my earning ability... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #34

+1 BeckyDem Nov 2021 #39

How will this discussion/reporting change the law janterry Nov 2021 #15

Objective people can see on the face of the current laws they're not fair that's how it helps ... uponit7771 Nov 2021 #16

So, the takeaway is that we should strengthen the laws on guns? janterry Nov 2021 #18

Finally, ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #32

Well said Hav Nov 2021 #38

We didn't have AR-15s back in my day but we carried our shotguns and .22s doc03 Nov 2021 #22

Race, when mixed with the intentions of the protests, which showed white people standing against BeckyDem Nov 2021 #23

The reasonable standard wasn't unique to this case DetroitLegalBeagle Nov 2021 #35

Right, the reasonable means used against a skateboard as a weapon. BeckyDem Nov 2021 #36

What makes a skateboard different from a baseball bat or any other blunt object? DetroitLegalBeagle Nov 2021 #37

Apparently it is legal for them to be unstoppable active shooters Generic Brad Nov 2021 #30

Mr Titus: American Interregnum Nov 2021 #40