MagusJan

The idea behind allowing civilians to own firearms has to do with issues of invasion. Basically, to make the populace so heavily armed and such of a threat to enemy forces that bothering to even try is not worth the effort.

Then again, the last time the U.S. was successfully invaded, it was fighting the British Empire.

Welcome back! Congratulations!

I hope you are having fun!

australia is not the us. not socially. not geographically. not in any way.

 

it is MUCH easier to control what comes in and goes out there. gun control can sometimes work in places where you can reasonably prevent most citizens and most criminals from getting them, and where the law enforcers can generally be trusted. but it fails abyssmally in a situation where criminals can and citizens cant, or when law enforcement is deeply problematic.

And unfortunately, the U.S. has a problem that both apply. For example, there was a news story about cops in my area threatening to shoot someone's pets if they have to get a warrant to search his house.

It's to the point where I may need to own a gun just to keep myself safe from the police.

I'm genderfluid, but mentally I often relax towards a female gender. Except when sleeping; then I relax to a male gender.

I typically don't bother to correct people on their pronouns simply because I don't really care. English doesn't have pronouns for what I am. It barely has words.

Grats on your excellent luck!

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Thank you! I think I got lucky, though. Cure happened.

Grats on the avatar! I hope you're having fun.

Welcome! I'm new as well!

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Jan is good! Saves on typing.

And, how often does the healing spring cure colds?

I have. I plan to develop a strategy for dealing with them.

I've already managed to deal with Altador and the Snowager.

I got something from the Snowanger!

Not much, but enough for me.

That kitten is so cute! I'm glad he was rescued.

The cat currently on my lap is a former stray. She was also a kitten. Fifteen pounds of "I am not going near an open door to the outside!" but utterly lovable.

Thank you all for your warm welcome!

How is the game going for everyone? So far, I'm not having trouble keeping my pet fed.

I'm a new player, and trying out some of the quests. Did some research on free stuff as soon as I joined Neopets.

And, well, I'm a bit of an idiot, so don't be surprised if I ask stupid questions.

Edit: Problem solved! I'm an idiot.