We should totally have a law banning distracted driving.

Oh, wait...

Well, we should pass another one! That'll teach 'em!

Your MB and HDD have MAC addresses?

Who steals a laptop and then opens it to check that it's real before running off?

Issa has his hands full with the Fast & Furious investigation, I would think.

iOS used to be iPhone OS.

My point is that your terminology is obviously influenced by the anti-gun crowd. "Cop-killer bullets" is essentially a potential fallacy in and of itself - it represents nothing more than a base appeal to emotion, an attempt to change the tone of the argument without presenting fact or supporting evidence.

You may not have intended to become embroiled in the gun rights argument - but by allowing the debate to be defined by one side, you have placed yourself squarely in the middle of it.

FWIW, I'm a fairly extreme libertarian. The "War on Drugs" is merely an offensive pretense for further limiting the rights of citizens through the threat of violence.

Not quite, but it would be a good definition of "tyranny".

The Republican party used to be about smaller government - these days, it's more easily defined by social issues - gay marriage, abortion, etc. They still get the vast majority of libertarian (read: supporters of smaller government) votes, but that's only because the Democrats are marginally worse.

So, because people are too dumb to take care of themselves, they need people smarter than them to take care of them.

Gotchya.

Do you mean "transparent" vs "opaque"? Your use of "clear" and "transparent" confused me.

If your words didn't add to your comment, then why did you use them?

Regardless, though - I am a libertarian anyhow. I'm for the legalization of all drugs, period, full-stop.

Isn't that the case involving Q-Tip application? If so, that's a whole different ball of wax. I seriously doubt even the 9th would accept that as precedent in this case.

I didn't say the actions of the police were right - I said that they were legal.

Congresswoman? I don't see that reference in the context of this conversation, but if you're talking about Giffords, then yes - the shooter used Winchester "whitebox" FMJs.

They were breaking the law because they were actively impeding an arresting officer. They formed a human chain around the police, and refused to move after being given multiple chances to peacefully comply.