That’s a pretty compelling reason for Biden to not intentionally ruin their chances in 2028

I agree. They had enough to get elected though. They pull this, I dunno, I think we’re handing the federal government to the Republicans for a decade at least

A bait and switch like that would clobber any trust the Democratic party has built up and cost them for at least a decade

Ok champ

If my choices are the opinion of one of the guys who wrote the amendment vs the opinion of some teenager on Lemmy, I’m gonna have to go with the former

The section of his editorial you quote doesn’t say that it’s the rationale behind the second amendment. It doesn’t mention it OR tyranny.

The entirety of federalist 29 is about the second amendment. I think it’s safe to assume the paragraph I quoted from federalist 29 also is.

You’re just assuming connections that aren’t there and then accusing ME of pretending to be a mind reader 🤦

Calling militias “the best possible defense” against a standing federal army seems pretty cut and dry. No mind reading necessary, just regular reading.

It’s a bunch of editorials, written by the same people who wrote the constitution, explaining their thought process and exactly what they intended when writing the constitution.

I do admire your gumption, pretending to know the rationale behind the 2nd amendment better than Alexander fucking Hamilton.

No contest isn’t “I’m guilty”, it’s more like “I choose not to fight this”. It isn’t inherently dishonest by itself.

I mean, that’s the exact opposite of what the federalist papers said. We don’t have to speculate what the founders intended, they wrote it down. But don’t take my word for it. Let’s ask Alexander Hamilton from federalist 29

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.

A shot from anything realistic would easily break multiple bones and cause internal damage.

That seems marginally better than getting shot with no protection at all. It wouldn’t blow my mind if they had some sort of protection on him.

Absolutely it could. Vest or no vest, I don’t want to get shot. But “aim for center of mass” is only the rule of thumb when the center of mass is unprotected. Otherwise, it becomes “aim for the material specifically designed to stop bullets” which is not a great rule of thumb.

People act like a bulletproof vest/suit is outlandish when we’re talking about a guy who has a bulletproof car and like 25 snipers watching his back lol. When he was president he had anti aircraft guns on the roof of his house. The secret service takes their job really seriously.

Like all bullies, trump is a coward. Wouldn’t blow my mind if he wore a vest before he even ran for president.

Trump was almost certainly wearing a vest

I stand corrected

Has Biden taken any action? He’s talked a lot about it but I’m not aware of any actual policy

Things move quick on the internet. There’s also already a Wikipedia page about this.incident

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_shooting_at_a_Donald_Trump_rally&diffonly=true

You need to set up dkim to prevent spoofing. Each message sent has a digital signature that matches one on a DNS record for your domain. You can also set an SPF record, which will tell the recipient what up addresses are authorized to send mail on behalf of your domain.

The recipent must have policies in place that reject mail which fails dkim/spf

Set up dkim/SPF properly, make sure the ip you plan to use is clean before you start, sign up for MXtoolbox blacklist alerts and if you get on a blacklist (doesn’t happen often if you do a bare minimum of proactive security), you request removal. It’s really not hard.

The best case scenario is that my candidate gets 20% of the popular vote and their party gets an automatic spot in the debates in 2028. I don’t expect them to win any state outright in 2024, and if they did CT doesn’t have enough electoral votes to affect the election in a meaningful way anyway