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Taken while the lens was mounted on a Nikon D600, which has a full-frame FX sensor.
Some vignetting is present, obviously.
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Time Trap/ Built to Spill
The U.S. is caught in a "time trap" when it comes to guns. We are not a frontier or protecting against an invasion that guns will protect against.
People in Vermont actually hunt for their food and that I understand but no-one needs an AK-47. However, having a macho football celeb shoot himself in the thigh when his loaded revolver starts slipping down his sweatpants has a luscious irony.
This photo and others were taken by our friend Willie Stark, One-Million in Phoenix, AZ USA. Either Flickr or a Flickr member flagged the photo so that it cannot be posted to any group. We call that censorship. And we ask that Flickr remove the moderate from the photo. If a Flickr member flagged the photo, shame on them. If you're offended, go somewhere else. We're tired of people demanding that everything be the way they want it with no regard for an opposing view. Or in this case a guy taking pictures at a peaceful local event without any comment.
The President's speech on the uniquely American tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School:
This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families.
We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers -- men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.
This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we’ll tell them that we love them, and we’ll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help.
Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need -- to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours.
May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.
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It is time to talk about gun control.
Dana Lynn Loesch, aka Dana Loesch, is a talk radio host and spokesperson for the National Rifle Association.
This caricature of Dana Loesch was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmores's Flickr photostream.
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Eric hit the spinner and gong more times than anyone else but every video of him with the metal pinging was screwed up! Sorry Dude..... you'll just have to shoot it again. (205 yards using 22lr CCI Standard Velocity Ammo)
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This photo was made with a Phoenix MZ-5000 650mm-1300mm f/8-f/16 T-mount lens on a Nikon D600.
The lens was made by Samyang in Korea, and is sold under many brand names, such as:
Bower, Falcon, Opteka, Phoenix, Polar, Pro-Optic, Vivitar, Walimex and Rokinon
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wiki weapons, DEFCAD, Defense Distributed
Apparently a minimally functional firearm can now be printed on a 3D printer.
The file is just more than 2 MB. The format is STL, a common file used in 3D Printing.
The Liberator, as this has been named, may not be much right now. But if we expect the pace of technology for auto-fabrication to come close to the pace of technological improvement for related technologies, then I think we need to conclude that the gun control debate is now practically moot.
This is an image of 3D shape files that were released into the public domain. This image is also in the public domain. I wish this were an option for labeling uploads to Flickr, instead of having to choose which creative commons license best fit.
as posted by DakotaSmith on The Pirate Bay:
The Defense Distributed "Liberator" .380 single shot pistol is a fully 3D-printable firearm.
In abject violation of the Second Amendment, American lawmakers have for decades willfully, intentionally, and traitorously violated their Oaths of Office. In particular, they have destroyed the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which reads:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The Militia is not the National Guard. As is clear from any knowledge of history, the Militia is any able-bodied citizen.
The intent of the Second Amendment is not to protect hunting nor self-defense. It is to empower the governed to overthrow the government should it become tyrannical.
There is no question as to this intent, and any argument to the contrary betrays only a shocking ignorance on the part of the person making the argument.
Over the course of the 20th Century, successive generations of would-be tyrants masquerading as Congressmen, Senators, Presidents, and Judges have sought to pull the teeth of the Second Amendment. Today, in abject violation of it, the United States has over 20,000 victim disarmament laws.
We can no longer defend ourselves: neither from tyrants in government, nor terrorists, nor street thugs.
This is about to change.
The Liberator is the first 3D-printable gun. You may freely download these plans and print your own. You will have available to you a gun capable of firing a .380 caliber bullet.
And no one -- not your next door neighbor, nor your mayor, nor your Congressman -- will know that you have it.
This is the first in what will become an avalanche of undetectable, untraceable, easy-to-manufacture weapons that will turn the tables on evil-doers the world over.
Share and enjoy.
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I should additionally note for clarity that the best examination of the language of the Second Amendment I am aware of was written by J. Neil Schulman who sought the best expert on grammar and English usage he could find to parse the text of ammendment 2.
Here's a link to that:
www.constitution.org/2ll/schol/2amd_grammar.htm
Additionally, the meaning is elucidated by similar amendments to state constitutions with varying, but related wording, many were written at a point in history very close to the drafting of the Ammendments to the US constitution.
But all that is moot now. Being right didn't ever neccisarily count for much. All words on paper diminish in importance when they compete for attention with what you can actually do, I guess.