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If universal background checks are a bad idea, why have background checks at all?
I have read a few articles that give a reasonable list of objections to enacting universal background checks. However, all of those objections seem to apply to ALL background checks. Do we want felons and incapacitated people to own guns, or not? If we do want them to own guns, it seems to me we don't need any background checks at all. If we don't want them to own guns, it seems to me we need universal background checks.
1 AnswerLaw & Ethics1 month agoForeign Student Debt?
A friend of a friend is being hounded by a Swedish collection agency. She is a Swedish citizen. She borrowed money in Sweden in the 1990s to study abroad in the United States. She didn't repay to money, and has been in the United States for more than 20 years. She lives in Tennessee, where the statute of limitations on contracted debt is 6 years. However, the collection agency is threatening to sue her in federal court. My hunch is that they are just threatening her to get her to pay them. Does anyone know of any law that would allow them to successfully sue her in federal court? Or somehow exempt the debt from the statute of limitations?
5 AnswersLaw & Ethics1 month agoDoes anyone else see the irony?
The people who are making plans to send students and teachers back to "in-person" learning are making most of those plans in virtual online meetings.
Teaching9 months agoIf John Bolton's book contains classified information, why hasn't he been arrested?
If it really contains classified information, Bolton has already released classified information to his publisher, and he and his publisher have conspired to release it to the public. Why is the Trump campaign pursuing this in a civil suit instead of in a criminal complaint?
6 AnswersLaw & Ethics10 months agoFor the first time in my life, I'm not sure what to do.?
I'm white, and I am disgusted by recent events. I'm not rich. So how do I help?
3 AnswersSingles & Dating11 months agoIf Trump is not happy with Twitter, why doesn't he just stop using it?
Twitter is a private company, and no one is obligated to use their service. It is Twitter's right to fact check him. And it is his right to stop using Twitter. Or am I missing something?
6 AnswersOther - Internet11 months agoWhy can't Americans obey stay-at-home orders?
Some Americans have no problem with the idea of rounding up Japanese-Americans during WWII and putting them in concentration camps for four years. And some Americans have no problem keeping Muslims indefinitely imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. But those same Americans can't simply stay at home for two months?
2 AnswersPolitics11 months agoSubstitute for aloe gel in DIY hand sanitizer?
I know you can make hand sanitizer with rubbing alcohol and aloe vera gel. I have some rubbing alcohol, but no aloe. And of course stores are sold out. Can I use anything else? Will regular hand lotion work?
2 AnswersSkin Conditions1 year agoWhy are people who hate democratic socialism now advocating giving people a trillion dollars?
I understand that people are suffering. But people are always suffering. It seems to me that if poor people are suffering, no one cares. But if working and middle class people - like welders and hair stylists and servers - lose their jobs and are suffering, we are now all for a massive redistribution of wealth?
2 AnswersPolitics1 year agoLife isn't fair?
I never hear the phrase "Tennis isn't fair",, and I suspect that I don't hear it because tennis has rules. So if life isn't fair, why does it have rules?
5 AnswersOther - Society & Culture1 year agoWho decides how much super bowl tickets cost?
StubHub and TicketsNow decide the resale price. Who decides the face value?
3 AnswersOther - Business & Finance1 year agoHow much is the FACE VALUE of a Super Bowl ticket?
I am sure many of you will direct me to websites that are selling $5,000 tickets. But my question is what dollar amount is printed on the face of the ticket?
3 AnswersFootball (American)1 year agoWhat changed with movie tickets?
In early November 2018, I bought tickets to see Bohemian Rhapsody. My mom was turning 70, and she wanted her whole family to go. The show I bought tickets for was on December 30th. So, to reiterate, a little more than a year ago, in early November 2018, I bought tickets to see a movie that I was going to go to see several weeks later. I can not do that anymore. Is it just me? Can you but tickets three or four weeks out on Fandango, or on your local theater's ticketing site? If it is just me, what am I doing wrong? If it isn't just me, why did the vast majority of movie theaters recently ALL decide at the SAME time that you have to wait until Tuesday before you can buy tickets for a Friday movie?
Movies1 year agoWhat changed with movie tickets?
In early November 2018, I bought tickets to see Bohemian Rhapsody. My mom was turning 70, and she wanted her whole family to go. The show I bought tickets for was on December 30th. So, to reiterate, a little more than a year ago, in early November 2018, I bought tickets to see a movie that I was going to go to see several weeks later. I can not do that anymore. Is it just me? Can you but tickets three or four weeks out on Fandango, or on your local theater's ticketing site? If it is just me, what am I doing wrong? If it isn't just me, why did the vast majority of movie theaters recently ALL decide at the SAME time that you have to wait until Tuesday before you can buy tickets for a Friday movie?
Movies1 year agoHow do I prevent Microsoft Edge from ever opening?
I set up Chrome as my default browser. But whenever I search from the task bar, or from Cortana, edge opens. It also opens when search from within any Microsoft application (like Word or Excel). Is there a way to stop that? Can I delete Edge? Is there a way to make your "default" browser your "only" browser?
4 AnswersSoftware1 year agoTrump and the impeachment thing...?
I have heard all sorts of defenses on the news, and on social media. But the one defense, the one that would be an absolute defense, would be "Trump didn't do it. He didn't do what you said". Why is that not his defense?
9 AnswersPolitics1 year agoWhy can't I put ketchup on a Chicago hot dog?
It seems most of the answers come down to "ketchup has sugar". But a Chicago dog with the works has sweet relish, which has just as much sugar per serving as ketchup. What's up with that? Why is the sugar from relish okay, but not the sugar from ketchup?
8 AnswersOther - Food & Drink1 year ago