politicalslug

lkrupp said:

radarthekat said:

Texans love their trucks, but a truck isn’t worth throwing your life away for.  That goes for both the thief and the owner.  Better to give the police the location and let them deal with it.  Goes without saying, I suppose.  

 Yeah, the meek shall inherit the Earth, right? Be a scared little vole and hand over your keys, your wallet, your daughter if demanded, right? There's a reason some states have Castle Doctrines, Stand Your Ground Laws, and Concealed Carry Laws. "Oh please, Mr. Thug, don't hurt me"

As for the police? Gimme a break. They have bigger fish to fry than a stolen truck.

None of those laws you mentioned allow a person to follow a thief, confront them somewhere other than your own property, and shoot them. Even stand your ground laws don’t allow you to instigate a confrontation, and it certainly doesn't indemnify you if you shoot someone as a result of that confrontation.  All of those laws exist for self-defense, which is really hard to argue when you’re the one who sought out the violence.  I'm not disagreeing with the guy who's vehicle was stolen, and the theif arguably got what he deserved, but that's not justice, it's vigilantism, which in the US is quite illegal. 

This is terrible card. The crap benefits of this Carter second only to the Home Depot card, which has literally zero benefits, except for a longer return policy.  3% on Apple purchases from an Apple store is crap. It’s cheaper for me to buy stuff on Amazon and get 5% back on my prime card and that 3% is the only benefit that you get, since this card is garbage everywhere else. You’d think they could match their competition at least go to 5% of their own store, but damn!

Am I the only one who has a problem with the paper that the tips sit on getting stuck in the tip? It comes with the medium installed and the small and large tips separate. But the tiny paper mount for the extra tips has itself a top layer of paper that gets lodged in the tip if you pull the tips on and off a few times (I'm on the fence between the small and medium tips). Anyway, happened twice and had to pry it out each time with a tiny screwdriver. Kind of a hassle.