Yet another reason to Pit the NRA - no taggants in gunpowder

[John_Mace]

@mske

Spouting your usual keyboard pseudo-intellectual crap again. Offer a stance. I’ve seen this for too long.

He did. Elvis is the one clinging to the cliff by his fingernas.

[ElvisL1ves]

John, do you ever get slightly bothered by the nagging feeling that you might be missing something?

[John_Mace]

Posting from my iPhone I misses an “il” in that last post but other than that, no. Thanks for asking, though.

[elucidator]

@mske

Spouting your usual keyboard pseudo-intellectual crap again. Offer a stance. I’ve seen this for too long.

Don’t have to read 'em. Won’t worry me any.

[mske]

@elucidator

Don’t have to read 'em. Won’t worry me any.

True. You’re like pigeon shit on a statue. You wish it wasn’t there but accept that it is.

[doorhinge]

@ElvisL1ves

Know what? This thread isn’t really about taggants. It’s about seeing just how strong the reflex reactions are among the gunstroking crowd. It’s about seeing just how small an advance might be toward reducing murders, or catching murderers, before they hear the bell ringing and start yapping.

And it’s been illustrative - the answer is “anything at all”. There is no limit at all to their willingness to help murderers go free as long as they use anything even remotely and trivially associatable with their gun fetish. No limit whatsoever - it’s a blank spot on their moral map, the reflex reaction overcomes any such thought process they might otherwise be capable of. If you’re not saddened by that you should be.

I am returning this post to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name on it. You should take better care of your password.

[ElvisL1ves]

Speaking of missing something …

[DrDeth]

@ElvisL1ves

Know what? This thread isn’t really about taggants. It’s about seeing just how strong the reflex reactions are among the gunstroking crowd. It’s about seeing just how small an advance might be toward reducing murders, or catching murderers, before they hear the bell ringing and start yapping.

And it’s been illustrative - the answer is “anything at all”. There is no limit at all to their willingness to help murderers go free as long as they use anything even remotely and trivially associatable with their gun fetish. No limit whatsoever - it’s a blank spot on their moral map, the reflex reaction overcomes any such thought process they might otherwise be capable of. If you’re not saddened by that you should be.

Of course it isn’t. One it was proved that taggants wouldn’t have been the tiniest help in this case, the goalposts must be moved, unless someone has the balls to say ala Emily Littela “Never Mind”.

[kidchameleon]

You know who else moved the goalposts?

The NFL.

[Bricker]

For reference, here is the OP in its entirety:

Yet another reason to Pit the NRA - no taggants in gunpowder
And so it’s impossible to track the gunpowder in the Boston Marathon bombs.

Thanks, NRA, for freedom.

[XT]

@ElvisL1ves

Know what? This thread isn’t really about taggants. It’s about seeing just how strong the reflex reactions are among the gunstroking crowd. It’s about seeing just how small an advance might be toward reducing murders, or catching murderers, before they hear the bell ringing and start yapping.

And it’s been illustrative - the answer is “anything at all”. There is no limit at all to their willingness to help murderers go free as long as they use anything even remotely and trivially associatable with their gun fetish. No limit whatsoever - it’s a blank spot on their moral map, the reflex reaction overcomes any such thought process they might otherwise be capable of. If you’re not saddened by that you should be.

The irony of this post is off the scale. And this is my industrial strength SDMB irony detector we are talking about. Thanks for the laugh man…this is comedy gold!

[ElvisL1ves]

@DrDeth

taggants wouldn’t have been the tiniest help in this case

You’re still under the misapprehension that the issue is only about this case, aren’t you?

Try rereading and maybe it’ll sink in. Or maybe not.

[kidchameleon]

This thread is truly about waffles and once the rest of you realize it, you’ll apologize to Elvis.

[doorhinge]

@kidchameleon

This thread is truly about waffles and once the rest of you realize it, you’ll apologize to Elvis.

I like waffles. Can I substitute strawberrys for the taggants?

[elucidator]

Move quickly. Strawberries are regulated by the Ag Dept., which we are given to understand means they will be banned quite soon. Of course, if you cannot instantly tell a fragaria virginiana from a fragaria chiloensis, you could not possibly have an opinion worth hearing.

[Damuri_Ajashi]

@elucidator

Move quickly. Strawberries are regulated by the Ag Dept., which we are given to understand means they will be banned quite soon. Of course, if you cannot instantly tell a fragaria virginiana from a fragaria chiloensis, you could not possibly have an opinion worth hearing.

It would be more like wanting to ban fragaria virginiana but not fragaria chiloensis because some crazy person used fragaria virginiana to poison little children.

[elucidator]

Well, that’s a pretty bad analogy, seeing as how its practically impossible to poison a child with a strawberry. So not the same sort of thing as shooting with a gun. Pretty sure we’ve established that point.

Still, i’m glad you didn’t go with “The only defense from a bad man with a strawberry is a good man with a gun.”

[kidchameleon]

@doorhinge

I like waffles. Can I substitute strawberrys for the taggants?

No, they change the taggants per batch. So buy up the strawberry ones, because the next batch might have the brussel sprout taggants.

[doorhinge]

@elucidator

Well, that’s a pretty bad analogy, seeing as how its practically impossible to poison a child with a strawberry. So not the same sort of thing as shooting with a gun. Pretty sure we’ve established that point.

Still, i’m glad you didn’t go with “The only defense from a bad man with a strawberry is a good man with a gun.”

How about strawberrys WITH taggants? Would they be considered safe? Would they be difficult to remove?
“The only defense from a bad guy with Franken Berry is a good guy with Count Chocula.”

[John_Mace]

Fragraria vaginiana, did you say?