I'm both confused and pleased by this chain of comments.

...want to compare tattoos instead of going to war?

*stares back in Jewish*

@honeybumblebee You okay there?

But I thought that was how Kim Kardashian got famous? BA-ZING!

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What new hell spawned this.

Actually, towards our topic of conversation, this is a perfect example of why states like Texas tend to lean against more federal oversight.

Yeah that whole thing turned into a shit show BECAUSE the ATF asserted jurisdiction and circumvented local resources. I 100% get the point you're trying to make, but the thing in Waco went to hell because the ATF wanted to get credit for taking them down, bit off way more than they could chew, and then everything went to heck in a handbasket. The event in Waco has actually become a case study for a lot federal agencies on what NOT to do. Truthfully, if they'd just sent in the Texas Rangers with local law enforcement from the county the whole thing would have been over in an hour... but the ATF wanted to try and flex for the cameras.

Actually, huge portions of the armadillo population suffer from leprosy. In areas that have them as local wildlife people usually avoid them like the plague. Absolutely adorable, but not worth losing limbs over. They're also usually very aggressive.

Yeah if it's at the point where things are so messed up and decentralized that the military is functioning on behalf of all the above mentioned federal agencies then things are way more messed up then just the issue of gun control.**edited for spelling

The fact that the military would be involved with this and not the FBI, NSA, CIA, or local law enforcement is weird--we kind of jumped over all the usual resources. Usually military intelligence might be involved, but you wouldn't have a bunch of 81 bravos on the ground doing arrests or seizures on American soil--thats the whole point of having Homeland security.

Might need to rename him to 666.

I don't know how to feel about this.

I'm not asking either to pick a fight I'm legitimately trying to get to the bottom of this because if it's TRUE then I'm going to be a little heart broken...

Oh no I hear you, and I never said I thought it was okay because others did it--seriously I didnt even suggest it. Can you toss me a citation or something because everything I'm finding online shows an impeccable track record for CD Projekt.

Forcing executive exclusion on the military is exactly how revolutions start because those in the military are US citizens and usually the ones with the most strict interpretation of personal liberty. Also, to put it bluntly, the 2nd amendment exists because of questions like the one you just asked.

With respect, what if some of those soldiers were the citizens in question? The military is not disassociated from the citizen population. I'm also extremely skeptical something like that would ever happen because there would very possibly be an actual civil war if it came to that because it implies a LOT of other issues like federally mandated search and seizure without a warrant from a local judge, violating private property through a federal mandate, and about a hundred other laws being broken. You would be completely circumventing judicial and legislative process to try and attempt something like that.**edited for spelling

With respect, CD Projekt has a pretty fair track record with their employees. However, companies like EA, Bioware, and Bethesda do not. Especially Bioware, they've gone so downhill and are so different from what they used to be... oof.

@scatmandingo I mean strategically offensive and I speaking to existing Texas state law. I could purchase a tank but would need a special permit because its not considered necessary for personal defense--i can't carry a tank into a grocery store. To your point--your not wrong and that 'slippery slope' logic is unnerving to a lot of people. If you legislate anything you're building precedent.

Although I would rather use tanarite, much more stable and frankly it's cheaper.