No one is calling for an outright ban... okay some are... fine a good majority are, but in many cases that is a knee jerk reaction to a heinous crime like this. Many sane people that are anti gun in their own homes (like my wife), are more for better control, and meaningful regulations. Would that eliminate all gun violence, of course not, but it would cut down on it to a major extent, and make those who are too stupid (read: irresponsible) to own guns more liable to the damage and death caused by them. Laws, and for that matter, the Constitution itself, really do need to catch up with the times. Not saying radical changes, but what the framers had in mind when it was written, is not how we exist today. Things change, and as a country and a populace, we need to change appropriately, which means, time to rethink some laws and Constitutional elements.

FYI, the shooter in that incident actually shot himself, the usher just went and got his and held the shooter till the police got there.. not the best example, but I will concede it is better than most come up with for a good person with a gun.

Odd, /. ate my last comment (or I forgot to hit submit...)

The sole purpose of a gun is to kill and maim. It has no other purpose. A truck is transportation. I could probably kill you with a spoon too, but again it was not designed as a weapon.

Your comparison would be valid, say if the truck came from the factory with razor blades attached to the wheels, pikes sticking out all sides, and a big ass meat grinder in the front to munch up people and kick out soylent green hamburgers into the bed of the truck. And then yes, I would be for more regulation on said food trucks.

Read my original statement above, that was the point I was trying to make (and apparently failing.. maybe I need to use smaller words...). The OP I responded to automatically called the shooter a left wing extremist without providing any information. My response was that I could use the same thought process and come up with the opposite result.

Last I checked.. I'm pretty well aware of the area's political makeup.. considering in the last 20 years, I have lived in Fairfax (VA), Arlington (VA), Alexandria (VA), DC proper, Bowie (MD) and Annapolis (MD). Regardless of why the area is blue, it is a fact that NOVA is blue, and the rest of the state is red. That however does not mean that every person in NOVA is blue, and every person in the rest of the state is red. So no, there is nothing wrong with my example.

Because they already identified the shooter, there is no assumption. The guys name is Stephan Paddock from Misquite NV.

Funny, I read your source material.. while a heavily right leaning site... no where in that article is there a reference to any political leanings, right or left.. Not sure if I would call that publication a more reliable source since it appears a good chunk of what they are reporting on came from the AP newswire.

You are picking an choosing statements from a sentence and taking them out of context. That's a no no.

That particular aspect of course, I should have backed up, which say a link. https://www.nytimes.com/electi...
You will note that the majority of the state is red, so that backs up my statement "which more than likely", which is a guess based on statistical data. Then again, at the same time the individual was from Misquite NV, which is in Clark County, same county as Las Vegas, which went blue. But like most counties that have major metro areas, the city typically goes blue, where as the surrounding areas are usually a solid red, but the number of city votes beats the rural ones (very similar to Virginia in which Northern Virginia is solidly blue, but the rest is solid red).

The point being, I made a supposition to support my original statement "because the other side of the political spectrum could make the same assumption" showing the OP that I could do the same thing and go in the opposite direction, providing the same guess work, and coming up with an opposite ideological conclusion.

Too soon man.. too soon (but yes I did get a chuckle out of that...)

Lets face it.. if killing 20 toddlers in a school did not change the laws, nothing will. It's a sad truth, but a reality because in the US, money reigns supreme, and the NRA has a metric shit ton of money that they throw around, not just to prevent changes to gun laws, but even to prevent research being done. Did you know that the CDC is not permitted to research gun violence (they did a study once a few years back by using some weird data gathering mechanism to avoid running afoul of some random rules the NRA has managed to get the Feds to agree to) because the NRA has effectively blocked federal funding into any gun research.

Yeah.. this country is currently fucked...

This would be funny.. if not scary that someone out there will read this.. and turn your joke into reality...

And even if he did have a rifle.. at night, with hotels that are lit up like christmas trees, good luck figuring out which window in a hotel with 43 floors, and almost a hundred rooms per floor, the shooter was firing from. And even then, the security and the police on the ground would have more than likely assumed that you (the good guy with a gun) was actually one of the perpetrators.. so you (again, good misguided idiot with a gun) would likely have been killed.

The whole good guy with a gun theory is completely asinine, it just adds to the confusion, and rarely if ever has a good outcome.

But good luck getting the gun nuts to agree with that.. You cannot argue with a stupid person with a big dick.. I mean gun in his hand.

And for the record, I am not anti gun, I grew up with them, I enjoy shooting them at the range when I get a chance. I am however against stupid and irresponsible people with guns and am for major changes and strengthening of gun control laws.

If I could mod your comment into the depths of hell I would. You are making assumptions where there is no information to make such, and showing your own political bias and agenda. And not a very hard attempt either, because the other side of the political spectrum could make the same assumption that he is a Trump support right wing second amendment loving nutjob, since we all know the left is anti gun and this guy had numerious firearms. We also know who he was, a 68 year old native resident of Nevada, which more than likely also makes him a Republican..

But unlike you, I won't jump to conclusions yet to, otherwise I would be a total dick... You should probably do the same else everyone will think you are a total dick.

And yes, while this is not exactly news for nerds, it is still an important event that should be covered.

When your company is as large and widespread as many of the consulting companies, many who encourage work from home, it can be difficult to enforce restricting logins to a specific network. This is why 2FA is important.

Thats not completely true. I most definitely am not full of hot air.. then again they never would have hired me.. I came over with a buyout by Deloitte of my company. There are a ton of very technical very competent people in their respective fields. Sadly, there are not enough of us.