And one does not have to draw to show you have one. In many cases, one does not have to actually have one to convince the young freelance socialist that you do.

Or you are. Certain, gun grabbers are.

"Gun control is the premise that a woman found dead, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is morally superior to that woman explaining to the cops how were attacker got that bullet hole center of mass."

It's amazing what people will give up for a plea bargain.

There's always the hack that involves a $5 wrench.

"Well... it's just you... and me... *your balls*... and this drawer!"

The FBI's statistics suggest otherwise.

Possibly, in the long run. Assuming it is now would be stupid.

I'd rather get what I pay for, but that's expecting a lot.

Guns are used between 2 and 10 times as often for legal self defense (which generally involves just showing you have one) as to commit crimes.

The ratio of good to bad with AI is yet to be determined, but isn't looking good so far.

It's just another Satanic Panic, or Red Scare, or day care sex abuse hysteria, or Salem witch trials, or dance plague or any of a thousand other mass delusion inspired panics.

"People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.">

DSA members in the House went from 2 to . . . 6. Out of 435. Just a tad over 1%. The rest are party members of long standing from one party or the other, and the total number of DSA members is less than the Democratic majority in the House, so the long standing members of the party can easily ignore them.

The Senate went from 0 DSA members to . . . 0 DSA members.

Biden (or, rather, the puppeteers handling him) did nothing for three years, and the same party leadership is still in charge.

You sweet, summer child. Hang on to that dream, since it's all you'll have for a long, long time.

Indeed. Clearly, the issue is that Russia doesn't allow men to compete in women's sports. Oh, wait, that's actually been standard for Russia since the USSR days!

And yet, those laws have not been changed, and there's no one even talking about doing so.

So perhaps your broad, sweeping, universal statement is so much bullshit.

If you really believe what you're shoveling, you should jump off a bridge now to avoid the Christmas rush. How can you stand to live in such a terrible world?

Just like how the consumer is 100% responsible for charges on a stolen credit card? Except, of course, that's not the case, the consumer is only responsible for the first $50, and zero after it's reported.

Your narrative needs some work, son, to be more believable.

At this point, nobody knows what risk the airline carries. That's where you're wrong. The law hasn't been settled yet.

And you ignore the regulatory concerns, because they don't fit your narrative.

But has always relied on financial details being handled by people who can be held accountable. Right now, when an AI routinely commits federal crimes like hacking government web sites, nobody is held accountable.

Once the law shakes out on who is responsible when that AI agent decides to upgrade your ticket from cattle car to 1st class at 20 times the ticket price, I imaging the airlines will adjust their policies. Or that leaks your financial information to millions of other people, for that matter.

Whether or not federal regulations regarding passengers identifying themselves in person for checking is another matter.

Honestly, I wouldn't feel safe flying on an airline that didn't ban AI agents.