Gangs aren’t forcing you to buy, but they are causing vandalism, theft, and intimidating the locals from reporting crimes, and generally preventing investment in an area that would improve the local economy. It’s a self reinforcing loop.

There really isn’t. You’re just adding a connotative difference if it’s a socially acceptable reason.

It’s part of setting boundaries and letting someone know that they exist. You aren’t being a dick of someone chooses meth over a relationship. No one is entitled to a relationship, there are plenty of acceptable reasons that could be ultimatums to end a relationship.

It’s more about getting truck traffic out of downtown Windsor, and a fuck you to the billionaire that owns the bridge in Detroit.

It depends on the more on what is at stake more than just the ultimatum. Get sober or get out is very different than stop your hobby or get out. No matter how you try to get someone to give up their running club, it’s probably an abusive move.

It’s a necessary evil, and it shouldn’t be indefinite or a permanent black mark. It’s definitely a difficult line. The current laws are too restrictive that warning signs can’t be acted upon until it’s too late. Previous laws were far to easy to get someone committed indefinitely with no oversight. We can get closer to a better balance where a 24-72 hour hold could actually be done before someone is holding a gun at a mall or a school. That hold could also be completely sealed so no one could use it against a person.

Those legal technicalities are the justice system. If the state was accusing him of murder by stabbing and lost the knife and cremated the body he should absolutely be released.

Access to guns is part of that right to freedom in the US. None of what I listed infringes on someone else’s freedom.

Being against education is part of the ban all guns platform because it lets them keep guns scary. If people understood guns their bans would be harder to pass.

A gang selling drugs on every corner and intimidating anyone who doesn’t like it is a pretty good cause of poverty though.

It happens, we already preach safe storage and include gun locks. Exposure can make guns something that isn’t as exciting, and safe handling lessons would save lives.

Teaching and exposure is the only thing that makes sense for things you expect children to find that can be dangerous. It’s why Australian children are taught differently about spiders than other countries. Guns are going to be out there in the US.

The government has tried to eliminate poverty since the 60s there hasn’t been meaningful gains in my lifetime despite increasing efforts.

1. Target gangs holistically. Change drug laws to limit their income potential. Target all levels for prosecution rather than primarily the top.
2. Overhaul mental health laws. This is pretty hard to do. It needs to be easier to get someone committed against their will than it currently is, but it also needs to be possible to recover rights after being committed. The institutions that used to do this need to be recreated with better safeguards against abuse of patients.
3. Increase exposure to guns at pretty much every age. This is more about accidental shootings. Handling guns in a safe environment reduces the curiosity if kids find one, shooting classes age junior high or high school age would also help reinforce this.
4. Reduce gun free zones or require places that ban guns to accept security liability.
5. Enforce existing laws, a significant number of shootings have warnings that were ignored by negligent or apathetic administrators or police. Both taking actions that are generally available and legal now, and ensuring accountability for failures would help.

the primary argument that has been successful for John Deere against right to repair is that if they don’t block it, then farmers will just bypass emissions controls. Bypassing is already a crime, but unlikely to ever be prosecuted.

Similarly the fact an AR15 could be illegally modified is not a reason to ban it.

This same argument is used to kill right to repair. Banning potential crime is always bad.

It’s understandable if you take time to talk to people living outside a major city. Most the economic opportunity effectively gets taken by the major city. Rural residents can’t afford to even visit the city, but likely get flooded by vacationing city folk that distort the local economy.

Chicago also has some financial problems the state will likely absorb yo some degree as well which only further inflames the resentment.

El-Sayed was winning or very close to it in a three person race. Establishment Democrats have gone all out to stop him from being another more progressive winner. If he wins the primary, there’s a good chance he wins the election as Michigan has had 2 democratic senators for 30+ years, even when Trump won the state a Democrat senator won election.

Copper is way easier to fence and way easier to steal. The RAM and NVME aren’t getting installed until the building has functional security. The mile of copper wire to run power is locked in a trailer and might not even have a permanent fence around it yet.

Pockets in baby clothes exist to frustrate women.