There is nothing wrong with Civil Disobedience. If the kids choose to exercise their rights as citizens it can be a net win. We often criticize young Americans for not being civically active. When they try and become active they're torn down for it.

No you can't disable it.
You don't need to go to the track.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Serious question, why is the line fully automatic? I'm not attempting a gotcha or anything but doesn't the government have them? How could a well regulated militia stand up to that?

I think Ogie and others have made the argument that people need to have guns good enough to fend off the government. So why the line at fully automatic?

Alright. I'll agree to that but all guns are illegal. Everywhere. Every type. If I have to give up some freedoms to save the lives of kids, I'm going to sit at the negotiating table. I mean...my car at a licensed track event isn't going to kill 17 kids...but I'm willing to bargain. I think innocent lives are worth something.

The standard issue infantry rifle of the US military is no longer full automatic and hasn't been since Vietnam. They have specialized M249 SAW, which is a bipod mounted machine guns for full auto.

The reason for that change is that it was discovered that US marksmanship and overall effectiveness of infantry troops had declined with the early M16s, which were full auto. The common complaint at the time was that earlier M16s had turned the US Army from an army of marksmen into an "army of sprayers." As such the M16A2 and later variants had no full auto option and were instead made to fire a 3 round burst. You really are not going to be laying down full auto fire in a tactical situation other than providing covering fire.

The standard issue infantry rifle of the US military is no longer full automatic and hasn't been since Vietnam. They have specialized M249 SAW, which is a bipod mounted machine guns for full auto.

The reason for that change is that it was discovered that US marksmanship and overall effectiveness of infantry troops had declined with the early M16s, which were full auto. The common complaint at the time was that earlier M16s had turned the US Army from an army of marksmen into an "army of sprayers." As such the M16A2 and later variants had no full auto option and were instead made to fire a 3 round burst. You really are not going to be laying down full auto fire in a tactical situation other than providing covering fire.

The standard issue infantry rifle of the US military is no longer full automatic and hasn't been since Vietnam. They have specialized M249 SAW, which is a bipod mounted machine guns for full auto.

The reason for that change is that it was discovered that US marksmanship and overall effectiveness of infantry troops had declined with the early M16s, which were full auto. The common complaint at the time was that earlier M16s had turned the US Army from an army of marksmen into an "army of sprayers." As such the M16A2 and later variants had no full auto option and were instead made to fire a 3 round burst. You really are not going to be laying down full auto fire in a tactical situation other than providing covering fire.

Slight mistake regarding Vietnam Nam and the M16. We still had A1’s at full auto as late as 1987.

He believes in Santa (borderline, pretty sure this was the last Christmas...he was asking a lot of questions). I think if someone told him that a kid busted into a school and shot a bunch of people he would be asking me about it.

The hardest part to me is discussing/explaining things without trying to influence him. My parents didnt do a great job with that and they colored a lot of my political leanings until I got older. I'd like to start him on a clean slate and let things come naturally.

A kid in my daughter's district brought a replica toy gun on the bus today. Just got a robo call.

Ok baby... I'll play along I guess.
Do you have a fingerprint reader on your phone? Have you used it?
First off there aren't fingerprint readers on guns because they're extremely unreliable for starters. It's not like the movies. In fact mythbusters did an episode featuring fingerprint readers and how ridiculously unreliable they are.
Secondly a gun isn't an electronic device.
Third, and in my opinion most importantly, you typically have less than a second to respond to a threat in a defensive situation. You might not be able to pull off a perfect grip and pray your thumb (which really doesn't come into any solid direct contact in a proper grip) and hope the reader properly reads then properly disengaged in time to save your life.
Fourth reason is this isn't the movies.

My fingerprint reader on my S8+ is WAY better than it was on my S6.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Would you trust your life to it working properly in less than half a second?

Now? As long as my fingers aren't wet. A couple of years ago? Not a chance in hell. The technology is improving. The reality is that even when it's perfected there will be over 400 million guns without the technology in America.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Like I've said several times. The devotion to Heller like it's the book of Matthew is pretty scary

If saving the most number of teenage lives is the goal why aren’t we spending hundreds of posts talking about raising the driving age to 21? Or other measures to reduce the number of deaths by motor vehicle to teens, which far outweighs gun homicides.

These events are not mutually exclusive.

These events are not mutually exclusive.

Truth! Never thought FF would make an All Lives Matter post. No one complains about breast cancer awareness month even though all cancers are evil.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Truth! Never thought FF would make an All Lives Matter post. No one complains about breast cancer awareness month even though all cancers are evil.

What if all efforts were to work on breast cancer and no efforts were given to other cancers?

I never said they were. But it comes off as disingenuous to keep citing saving the lives of kids when the only measure you’re taking towards saving them is asking to ban something that isn’t close to among the leading causes of their deaths.

Two terrible analogies in one post! Stepping your game up I see.

That's not really 'disingenous'. Stop pressing tonight.

Of course it is.

We really don't need gigabit Internet either. You could be performing subversive tasks with that high speeds and downloading a lot of child porn (hi Chas). I think we need the US government to cap data speeds at 25 mbps. That should limit illegal activity online, right?