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CityFibre are building out their network in Sheffield and have lots of ISP signed up. Could be worth checking if/when they will be available in your area. Strangely enough, BT/Openreach seem to decide to provide FTTH in an area when CityFibre do.

That's an urban legend I'm afraid. It was Tom the cabin boy and there was no character called Seaman Staines.

All the evidence points towards that. They were never going to do anything else, regardless of the facts.

I'll look forward to you complaining the next time Jesus is portrayed as white. Are you going to protest outside your local church when they do a nativity play at xmas?

It's not quite that simple, more information on that from The Grauniad: So it looks like he initially dabbled with supporting the Democrats but pretty quickly switched to Republican which he had been for about 3 years.

I already did. It's not just the AR15, it's all semi-automatic rifles. The AR15 gets all the attention because it's by far the most popular and involved in most of the mass shooting incidents. Semi-automatic weapons, ones that automatically reload so you only have to pull the trigger again to fire, have a greatly increased fire rate compared to those where you have to perform some other action between shots. This, especially coupled with large capacity magazines, means the shooter has more chance of killing people.

Explain why.

It's irrelevant. I've explained what the differences between them are and what significance they have in the attempt to assassinate Trump. If you disagree with my description of the differences please feel free to correct me (with sources for your information). Similarly, if you disagree with my explanation of the significance of those differences, but provide some reasoning.

They used to believe in the rule of law and government agencies from preventing presidents for breaking it too but, as Trump's Project 2025 and the rulings by the Republicans on the supreme court show, they've given up on that.

There's little point in hanging your argument on that. Once you examine the differences: So the military versions have 'fire multiple bullets for a single trigger press' modes. Anyone with even a vague knowledge of guns or the physics involved knows that you might be able to aim the first round, but the others are only going in vaguely the same direction. Fully automatic/burst fire modes are really for target rich environments in confined spaces[1] not much use for taking multiple pot shots at ex-presidents. In this case, there's no effective difference between military and civilian versions. With longer barrels the situation is different. The shorter barrel of the military versions are so they are easier to conceal/manoeuvrer in confined spaces - think clearing buildings of the enemy. Longer barrels = more accuracy (there's a reason sniper rifles have longer barrels). The longer barrel of the civilian version arguably makes it more suitable for trying to assassinate ex-presidents than the military version. [1] Think schools, shopping malls, the usual places mass shootings happen in the US.

It isn't actually who you vote for. If you're registered for a particular party you get to vote in the primaries for who you want as party leader. If you're not registered for that party you don't to vote for their leader. Parties need to know who is registered for them so they know who is allowed to vote in their primaries. People need to be able to find out who they are registered with in case someone registers them with another party against their wishes. This is entirely separate from how someone votes in the actual election. You can be registered with one party and still vote for the other in the election.

It is, but the Republicans always block any attempt to implement increased control. Clinton introduced a ban on the public owning automatic weapons, the Republicans repealed it and have prevented its reintroduction. There were many shorts fired at Trump in a very short period so the shooter was obviously using an automatic weapon. Had that ban still been in place, what would have happened yesterday?

Trump has always been part of the "elite establishment". You only have to look at who the big donors to his campaigns and who fund his advisers like the Heritage Foundation.

Every tragedy is a sales opportunity for the NRA.

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