Bulletproof vests

[dolphins4life]

I have been thinking of buying one for when I work.

What would be the best kind?  I am looking for one that will stop an automatic rifle.

[Tenshot13]

Where do you work that makes you think you need one?

[Fau Teixeira]

Where do you work that makes you think you need one?

In this country ?..

looks like anywhere .. walmart .. a bar .. an elementary school .. city hall

[VidKid]

^true dat

The 'moms' have been discussing the bullet proof backpacks with school around the corner.

There wasn't anything you could have said to me, when I was younger, that would have made me believe this how we'd be living right now.

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[Pappy13]

The problem Neil is that one word. Homicide. The others aren't homicide. You'd think a smart guy would know this but apparently not...unless that's not really attributed to him. If he really posted that, I lost all respect for him.

{edit} Apparently it's real and he's gotten a good bit of negative reaction for his tweet. 1 easy step to ruin a career, Neil. Apparently even astrophysicists can be idiots.
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neil-degrasse-tyson-twitter-neil-degrasse-tyson-faces-backlash-for-tweet-about-mass-shootings-in-el-paso-dayton/

[Tenshot13]

^The last one says 40 people die from homocide by handgun every 48 hrs, so I don't really know what your issue is.  I think what he's saying is every 48 hours people die needlessly, yet no one seems to care unless it's some mass shooter in the media because it warrants an emotional reaction.  34 people died in that one 48 hr period from a mass shooting.  Those others happen EVERY 48hrs.  I'm all for common sense gun laws, and this is a tragedy, but is statistically insignificant.  In addition to common sense gun laws in the media (also the debate of what constitutes common sense), there should also be giant stories about the amount of people dying from medical errors, why suicide is so rampant, who exactly is responsible for the 40 homicides via handgun every 48 hrs and what we can reasonably do about it, etc.  

Which brings me to D4L point of thinking he needs a bullet proof vest, which is the whole point of this thread and why I posed what Tyson tweeted.  As much as the media wants you to believe it, the chances of you being involved in a mass shooting are very low.  Between crazy homicidal gun nuts and anti-American gun control there is a solution, but there is no compromise between the left and right anymore.  Long story short, this is really bad, but not as bad as the media would have you believe.

[Pappy13]

^The last one says 40 people die from homocide by handgun every 48 hrs, so I don't really know what your issue is.  I think what he's saying is every 48 hours people die needlessly, yet no one seems to care unless it's some mass shooter in the media because it warrants an emotional reaction.  34 people died in that one 48 hr period from a mass shooting.  Those others happen EVERY 48hrs.  I'm all for common sense gun laws, and this is a tragedy, but is statistically insignificant.  In addition to common sense gun laws in the media, there should also be giant stories about the amount of people dying from medical errors, why suicide is so rampant, who exactly is responsible for the 40 homicides via handgun every 48 hrs, etc.  

Which brings me to D4L point of thinking he needs a bullet proof vest, which is the whole point of this thread and why I posed what Tyson tweeted.  As much as the media wants you to believe it, the chances of you being involved in a mass shooting are very low.  Between crazy homicidal gun nuts and anti-American gun control there is a solution, but there is no compromise between the left and right anymore.  Long story short, this is really bad, but not as bad as the media would have you believe.

The difference is that I didn't expect it from him. I expect it from the other idiots that can't see the difference.

[Tenshot13]

^Again, I don't see the problem with his tweet.  He mentioned the rampant homicide by handgun every 48 hrs, along with other issues of needless death that happen every day that no one seems to care too much about, and that mass shootings are statistically insignificant in the grand scheme of things.  He's not wrong.

[Pappy13]

He's not wrong.

He is and he apologized for his mistake. I'm not going to even justify it by debating with you. There's no point.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/04/neil-degrasse-tyson-slammed-tweet-el-paso-dayton-shootings/1916347001/

[CF DolFan]

^Again, I don't see the problem with his tweet.  He mentioned the rampant homicide by handgun every 48 hrs, along with other issues of needless death that happen every day that no one seems to care too much about, and that mass shootings are statistically insignificant in the grand scheme of things.  He's not wrong.

He posted facts and said people respond more to emotions than facts. Pappy is literally proving his point.

[Tenshot13]

He is but I'm not going to even justify debating it with you. There's no point.

Why?  It's a civilized discussion, I just think differently than you, even if I am "one of the other idiots that can't see the difference".  You just called it wrong, but other than calling him names, you haven't stated why.

[Pappy13]

Why?  It's a civilized discussion, I just think differently than you.  You just called it wrong, but other than calling him names, you haven't stated why.

He's apologized. Came to his senses....unfortunately it's a day too late.

https://deadline.com/2019/08/neil-degrasse-tyson-apology-slammed-tweet-shooting-deaths-1202661285/

[Tenshot13]

Of course, just about anyone who has celebrity status and they get bashed on twitter "apologizes".  He doesn't want to tarnish his brand.

[CF DolFan]

He didn't take back what he said. He just said he didn't mean to be insensitive.

“My intent was to offer objectively true information that might help shape conversations and reactions to preventable ways we die,” Tyson wrote in his apology Monday morning on Facebook.

What I learned from the range of reactions is that for many people, some information — my Tweet in particular — can be true but unhelpful, especially at a time when many people are either still in shock, or trying to heal — or both.”