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delta1 Offline
#101 Posted:
Joined: 11-23-2011
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paulkeck wrote:
Hahaha that is nowhere near the facts! California Illinois and Dc have some of the strictest gun laws in the US....you can honestly with a straight face tell me they have less fun deaths than say Texas or Arizona or New Mexico?



yea...here is a Center for Disease Control map of gun mortality by state...CA has a high total, because it has many more people, but the per capita rate is in the lower tier...


https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm


if you click on the rankings....surprise surprise...states with more restrictive gun laws have lower number of gun deaths...
paulkeck Offline
#102 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2013
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delta1 wrote:
yea...here is a Center for Disease Control map of gun mortality by state...CA has a high total, because it has many more people, but the per capita rate is in the lower tier...


https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm


if you click on the rankings....surprise surprise...states with more restrictive gun laws have lower number of gun deaths...

Always got to throw per capita in the mix lol
paulkeck Offline
#103 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2013
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delta1 wrote:
yea...here is a Center for Disease Control map of gun mortality by state...CA has a high total, because it has many more people, but the per capita rate is in the lower tier...


https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm


if you click on the rankings....surprise surprise...states with more restrictive gun laws have lower number of gun deaths...

But I will admit from that study I misspoke, but one thing it does show is less gun deaths but still some of the highest murder rates and not much lower than other states with less gun laws.. which could be assumed that like most have said, people are still going to find a way to kill people, not to mention that study is gun deaths, not murders, point being they need to do an actual study of gun murders to truly get the facts
GhettoNigFabulous Offline
#104 Posted:
Joined: 02-19-2018
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The chicken **** Cop just stood outside and let the kids get slaughtered. Let's everyone remember this the next time the media and society tells how much we have to love and respect our "brave" police and law enforcement
HuckFinn Offline
#105 Posted:
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Most cops would've gladly confronted the shooter.
Killed him, or be killed.
paulkeck Offline
#106 Posted:
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Now they are reporting there were 4 of them
tailgater Offline
#107 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
I am curious though..... did all the regulation on sudafed do anything to meth production.... I'm being serious here. don't know the answer.


You need a score?

DrafterX Offline
#108 Posted:
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SE Oklahoma is number 1 in meth production.. ThumpUp
HuckFinn Offline
#109 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
I am curious though..... did all the regulation on sudafed do anything to meth production.... I'm being serious here. don't know the answer.

Sudafed used to contain pseudoephedrine. Was used to make meth.
Sudafed replaced it with something else that is hardly effective I understand.
Pseudoephedrine is a prescription drug almost only now. Not sure if you can get it otherwise.
DrafterX Offline
#110 Posted:
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It still does but they keep it behind the counter and you have to show an ID to by it... No prescription necessary... Mellow
frankj1 Offline
#111 Posted:
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paulkeck wrote:
Now they are reporting there were 4 of them

4 who wouldn't confront the shooter...but yeah, a math teacher would have killed him.

No if the shooter only had a pistol or 3, any cop would have had no hesitation...based on no facts at all, I admit.
HuckFinn Offline
#112 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
It still does but they keep it behind the counter and you have to show an ID to by it... No prescription necessary... Mellow

I think you're right. Checked quickly. Sudafed also comes with and without pseudoephedrine.

DrafterX Offline
#113 Posted:
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I buy the good stuff cause it works.. but I'm not making meth... I've seen many questionable people buy the max amount allowed tho... Mellow
Mrs. dpnewell Offline
#114 Posted:
Joined: 08-23-2014
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frankj1 wrote:
4 who wouldn't confront the shooter...but yeah, a math teacher would have killed him.

No if the shooter only had a pistol or 3, any cop would have had no hesitation...based on no facts at all, I admit.


David here. Sorry Frank, I love ya bud, but we have to disagree. Don't you think that the football coach, or any of the teachers who gave their lives trying to protect the children would not have given anything at that moment to have had the tools required to at least attempt to defend themselves and the innocent? I would rather die trying to defend myself and my loved ones, rather then standing there unarmed and helpless.

This argument I hear about highly trained police officers vs. teachers also holds no water. To many police officers, their weapon is just another tool on their belt. Many police officers fire their weapon only once a year when they are required to re-qualify. I have shot next to NJ police officers practicing for their simple qualification test, and many of them are totally incompetent when it comes to firearms. Not only is their marksmanship very poor, but Donna and I have been "muzzle sweep" by police officers with a loaded gun and finger on the trigger several times at the range. Most times we packed up and left for our own safety.

I don't buy the argument that a trained CCW holder couldn't stop a shooter with an AR, especially if the situation was "defend yourself or die". Do a Google search. There have been more then one incidence where a school employee has stopped a mass shooting by retrieving their own firearm from their vehicle and confronting the shooter. Usually without firing a shot.
DrafterX Offline
#115 Posted:
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Good argument but that requires them carrying full time verses having guns stashed somewhere.. might be tough for a coach to keep a gun in his boot when an athletic shoe is the appropriate attire... Open carry isn't cool in my opinion..
More stuff to think about but you make a good point... Mellow
frankj1 Offline
#116 Posted:
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Mrs. dpnewell wrote:
David here. Sorry Frank, I love ya bud, but we have to disagree. Don't you think that the football coach, or any of the teachers who gave their lives trying to protect the children would not have given anything at that moment to have had the tools required to at least attempt to defend themselves and the innocent? I would rather die trying to defend myself and my loved ones, rather then standing there unarmed and helpless.

This argument I hear about highly trained police officers vs. teachers also holds no water. To many police officers, their weapon is just another tool on their belt. Many police officers fire their weapon only once a year when they are required to re-qualify. I have shot next to NJ police officers practicing for their simple qualification test, and many of them are totally incompetent when it comes to firearms. Not only is their marksmanship very poor, but Donna and I have been "muzzle sweep" by police officers with a loaded gun and finger on the trigger several times at the range. Most times we packed up and left for our own safety.

I don't buy the argument that a trained CCW holder couldn't stop a shooter with an AR, especially if the situation was "defend yourself or die". Do a Google search. There have been more then one incidence where a school employee has stopped a mass shooting by retrieving their own firearm from their vehicle and confronting the shooter. Usually without firing a shot.

I'm one of the strange ones that is almost always open minded, and I'm more open minded to those proven to be trustworthy sources, not knee jerk jerks...

so let me take this under consideration.

At least I know I don't know everything, especially about this stuff.

thanks for the love, bruddah.
DrafterX Offline
#117 Posted:
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Even if there was metal detectors at all entrances of every school it wouldn't stop somebody set on killing.. it may stop somebody contemplating it... It will be impossible to fully vetted volunteer school guards... No easy answer... Mellow
RMAN4443 Offline
#118 Posted:
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frankj1 wrote:
4 who wouldn't confront the shooter...but yeah, a math teacher would have killed him.

No if the shooter only had a pistol or 3, any cop would have had no hesitation...based on no facts at all, I admit.

A good shop teacher would have built a gun and taken care of businessAnxious
cacman Offline
#119 Posted:
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Will throw this out there for the conspiracy theorists:

Maybe, just maybe, the guberment ignored the numerous tips and warning signs and "allowed" this incident to happen to further promote their gun control agenda???

Heck, the Catholic Church and Red Cross aided in the escape of numerous Nazi war criminals. Josef Mengel was married in a Catholic Church under his own name (not an alias) in South America, and allowed to live a full life until he died of natural causes in 1979.

The Obama administration held up Broward’s transformed discipline system as a national model.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-say-florida-shooters-problems-started-in-middle-school-and-the-system-tried-to-help-him/2018/02/18/cdff7aa6-1413-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html
DrafterX Offline
#120 Posted:
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Wtf does one have to do with other..?? Huh


It was a failure on many peoples but a conspiracy..?? Really..?? Huh
cacman Offline
#121 Posted:
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^^^ The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few

Read Dickens.
frankj1 Offline
#122 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
Wtf does one have to do with other..?? Huh


It was a failure on many peoples but a conspiracy..?? Really..?? Huh

done deal.
Speyside Offline
#123 Posted:
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Ok, that sounds crazy, but do did the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and MK Ultra.
cacman Offline
#124 Posted:
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Speyside wrote:
Ok, that sounds crazy, but do did the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and MK Ultra.

Yes it sounds crazy. Just as crazy as the US guberment allowing the sale of cocaine to fund an illegal war. Ask Gary Webb.

Many forget Air America
paulkeck Offline
#125 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2013
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cacman wrote:
Will throw this out there for the conspiracy theorists:

Maybe, just maybe, the guberment ignored the numerous tips and warning signs and "allowed" this incident to happen to further promote their gun control agenda???

Heck, the Catholic Church and Red Cross aided in the escape of numerous Nazi war criminals. Josef Mengel was married in a Catholic Church under his own name (not an alias) in South America, and allowed to live a full life until he died of natural causes in 1979.

The Obama administration held up Broward’s transformed discipline system as a national model.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-say-florida-shooters-problems-started-in-middle-school-and-the-system-tried-to-help-him/2018/02/18/cdff7aa6-1413-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html

Some might call you crazy....but I wouldn't put it past big business
teedubbya Offline
#126 Posted:
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They eliminated the need to have any training or classes for cc licenses in my state. I took some anyway because I was interested. In the state next to me you don’t need a cc license at all. It’s a god given right. In this case god is the legislature.

I haven’t seen any movements to eliminate training from the police forces yet.

I suppose it is possible a cc civilian is more knowledgeable and more prepared than the popo. But to me that would be a problem with the popo rather than the glory of the cc civi. I also don’t buy it statistically or logically. I’m sure there is an example or two as an anomaly based on being humans though.


My shooting instructor does train thelocal PD and does say they are terrible shots though. He also likes to point out the holes in the walls, shooting bays, ceilings and target holders that came from the police. He likes to poke fun at them because he was one of them and thinks they are knuckleheads. I don’t trust them as far as I can throw them and had an unfortunate incident with them where they were wrong and it took me forever to show/prove it to them. There was a point where they didn’t want the truth, just to be right and got very aggressive about it. Much like political arguments in here lol.

I’m not saying all popo are good shots that’s for sure. I’m also not saying they practice good gun safety or are good under pressure. But I’d hope there is at least a little weeding out. I’d also hope they are better than the guy next to me at the range yesterday that kept waving the muzzle of his new CZ scorpion accross all of the bays while excitedly showing it to his buddies.

I stopped shooting and told him he pointed it at me twice. He said it wasn’t loaded and not to worry about it. I told him again not to point it at me and he said but it’s not loaded. I told him to treat it like it’s loaded and he just frowned at me. Then he loaded it and shot it. When he finished (I was leaving because I didn’t want to be there and get shot, plus I’d shot 650 rounds already) he laid the scorpion at his feet pointed at the concrete half wall in front of him.

I told the range officer on my way out. He said he’d say something when the dude left. I told him I hope that’s not too late. It’s not my normal range and I won’t go back.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#127 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
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HuckFinn wrote:
Sudafed used to contain pseudoephedrine. Was used to make meth.
Sudafed replaced it with something else that is hardly effective I understand.
Pseudoephedrine is a prescription drug almost only now. Not sure if you can get it otherwise.


Just go to the pharmacist in any large box drug store. You have to show ID and you're limited on how much you can buy, but you can still get it. Always could.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#128 Posted:
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cacman wrote:
Yes it sounds crazy. Just as crazy as the US guberment allowing the sale of cocaine to fund an illegal war. Ask Gary Webb.

Many forget Air America



or Mena AK where a backwoods governor ran his state like a well oiled octopus with a hand in every pocket unseated a sitting President because he found their cookie jar!
teedubbya Offline
#129 Posted:
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Back to sudafed did it do anything to slow production or can I quit giving my licens to get it already?

Or is it more of a way to create a suspects list?
DrMaddVibe Offline
#130 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
Back to sudafed did it do anything to slow production or can I quit giving my licens to get it already?

Or is it more of a way to create a suspects list?



Nope...gotta show license. Welcome to the world where we have to cater to a select few that chose to make meth with it in their trailers vs the masses that just wanted to breath without congestion.

Suspect's list? Whatever.
Abrignac Offline
#131 Posted:
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victor809 wrote:
I agree this "resource officer" dropped the ball.
But I'm not sure his job was to intervene during a school shooting. I think anthony has some knowledge of what a resource officer is expected to do at a school, but I was under the impression they are more to make sure kids aren't dealing drugs or little things like that.

Would it have been great if he chose that moment to be a hero? yeah... that would have totally been his moment.

But I don't really see a problem with this timeline.


After every school shooting we would have a training session and debrief the the incident and try to learn how we could respond to that situation if it happened in one of our schools.

As far as an active shooter, SRO's are taught to RUN towards him. In order to be an SRO, an officer must be prepared to sacrifice himself to do everything in his power to prevent his students from danger.

The officer is a pussy and has disgraced himself, his family and his agency. He should have COWARD branded on his forehead.

Abrignac Offline
#132 Posted:
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dstieger wrote:
I sorta got the "he called it in and secured the perimeter.....blah blah blah" ...but I've dismissed it until/unless I get more 'mitigating' info -- as it is now, I consider him a coward who might well have saved some lives if he'd done his job...or even just done what's right


In this case the perimeter he should have been securing was the small circle of real estate where the shooter was standing.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#133 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
After every school shooting we would have a training session and debrief the the incident and try to learn how we could respond to that situation if it happened in one of our schools.

As far as an active shooter, SRO's are taught to RUN towards him. In order to be an SRO, an officer must be prepared to sacrifice himself to do everything in his power to prevent his students from danger.

The officer is a pussy and has disgraced himself, his family and his agency. He should have COWARD branded on his forehead.



Oh, he's not alone!

http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/23/four-deputies-waited-outside-stoneman-douglas/

That sheriff is a walking talking assbag. He's TOAST!

I personally believe they should be fired. Stripped of any and all possibility of ever keeping a pension and the right to ever carry a gun again.
Abrignac Offline
#134 Posted:
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victor809 wrote:
Not really.
I don't necessarily think arming teachers is a good idea. I think that builds in an additional job responsibility which they simply aren't currently paid enough for. (not currently paid enough for their existing responsibilities). Nor do I really think that the teachers who are gung ho about being armed would be the ones I would think would have proper fire control under an active shooter situation. You will likely not have to wait long until a news report identifies a teacher shot by police reacting, or a teacher shooting an unarmed student during an incident.

But... hell... that'd make fun news. go ahead and arm them. I think it's dumb, but I'm willing to see how that plays out. should be amusing.


Teachers aren't paid enough to put up with the bull**** the put up with. But, since teachers are also being shot, I think those with proper training would welcome the opportunity to be able to defend themselves and their students.
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#135 Posted:
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
Nope...gotta show license. Welcome to the world where we have to cater to a select few that chose to make meth with it in their trailers vs the masses that just wanted to breath without congestion.

Suspect's list? Whatever.



You misunderstood me I think. I know I still need to show my license. That was my whole point. Show me it has done something or let’s go back to the way it was.

Yea part of the reason for the license is to compile a list of folks going store to store stockpiling. A suspects list. I’d like to know if that’s worked. If not let’s go back to how it was before.

I want my little red pills LOL.
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#136 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
You misunderstood me I think. I know I still need to show my license. That was my whole point. Show me it has done something or let’s go back to the way it was.

Yea part of the reason for the license is to compile a list of folks going store to store stockpiling. A suspects list. I’d like to know if that’s worked. If not let’s go back to how it was before.

I want my little red pills LOL.



That's just crazy talk. Show me where the government has walked anything back!
teedubbya Offline
#137 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
Teachers aren't paid enough to put up with the bull**** the put up with. But, since teachers are also being shot, I think those with proper training would welcome the opportunity to be able to defend themselves and their students.



Some definitely would. If I was teaching I might, or probably would. Others wouldn’t (like the vocal ones in FL, not to be confused with all). Others are freaked out and scared of guns in general. I often forget how much they scare and freak some out.


Abrig glad you stepped in to this one. I respect your judgement. What’s you take on the Prez saying teachers love kids more than resource officers?
Abrignac Offline
#138 Posted:
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Speyside wrote:
So Gene, I understand the entire article, but what could have been done legally. Up to the point of the shooting he had committed no crime. Obviously someone should have made the decision to involuntary commit him. But what could have the FBI or local LEO'S have done legally? I would put this on whoever evaluated him. But perhaps their evaluation at the time was correct.


There are two tools in Louisiana which address this.

1) CEC = Coroner's Emergency Certificate. Basically a warrant issued by the coroner directing the Sheriff to deliver the mentioned individual to a forensic facility for a mental health evaluation

2) PEC = Physician's Emergency Certificate. Pretty much the same thing, but issued by a licensed physician.
teedubbya Offline
#139 Posted:
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
That's just crazy talk. Show me where the government has walked anything back!


They walked back the assault rifle ban

But I get what you are saying and agree. That’s what I’m saying. PDSA rinse repeat isn’t a normal government function.
teedubbya Offline
#140 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
There are two tools in Louisiana which address this.

1) CEC = Coroner's Emergency Certificate. Basically a warrant issued by the coroner directing the Sheriff to deliver the mentioned individual to a forensic facility for a mental health evaluation

2) PEC = Physician's Emergency Certificate. Pretty much the same thing, but issued by a licensed physician.



What situation is the coroner involved in? Grieving to the point of danger to self or others?
Abrignac Offline
#141 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
Some definitely would. If I was teaching I might, or probably would. Others wouldn’t (like the vocal ones in FL, not to be confused with all). Others are freaked out and scared of guns in general. I often forget how much they scare and freak some out.


Abrig glad you stepped in to this one. I respect your judgement. What’s you take on the Prez saying teachers love kids more than resource officers?


Spot on. SRO's tolerate much less nonsense than the teachers.

Ex.

Teacher: Little Johnnie is a good kid. He just has to learn to follow rules.
SRO: Little Johnnie Moron will be doing time about this time next month.
teedubbya Offline
#142 Posted:
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So in your opinion they love them more in the context of protecting them in a gun battle and protecting life?

I’m not talking being soft. My dad loved me more than a stranger but was a hard ass at times because he loved me.

I see you as being a guy that gives folks chances when others wouldn’t but demanding a set of rules be followed. You soft bassard.
teedubbya Offline
#143 Posted:
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^ meant as a compliment.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#144 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
They walked back the assault rifle ban

But I get what you are saying and agree. That’s what I’m saying. PDSA rinse repeat isn’t a normal government function.



It had a sunset..it expired.
Abrignac Offline
#145 Posted:
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delta1 wrote:
what if we can figure out ways to make it harder to find a way around the laws?



what if we can figure out ways to enforce those laws?
Abrignac Offline
#146 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
So in your opinion they love them more in the context of protecting them in a gun battle and protecting life?

I’m not talking being soft. My dad loved me more than a stranger but was a hard ass at times because he loved me.

I see you as being a guy that gives folks chances when others wouldn’t but demanding a set of rules be followed. You soft bassard.


Not really. It's more of a calling.
Abrignac Offline
#147 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
I am curious though..... did all the regulation on sudafed do anything to meth production.... I'm being serious here. don't know the answer.


no
teedubbya Offline
#148 Posted:
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
It had a sunset..it expired.


There was a conscious political effort to allow it to sunset. Semantics but we actually agree
teedubbya Offline
#149 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
no



I’ve not looked but suspect that’s the answer too. Let’s roll it back.
teedubbya Offline
#150 Posted:
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Abrig you’d know more than I and I accept your answer.

I just find it hard to beleive you love kids and human lives less than teachers. A profession is a profession and I had some great teachers....and some crappy ones.

I know little about resource officers. We never had cops in my schools unless they were escorting mcgruff the crime dog for a lecture.
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