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Exactly. It depends on the severity of the negative outcome.

It's one thing to be confident in directions, it's another to be confident in a pre flight check list for a 737. That's why there's appropriate guidelines that dictate how to conduct the latter.

Going into this reply with the understanding that we both know that a perfectly legal reason for firearm ownership and use in the USA is self defence.

So with that in mind, shooting isn't easy. And people don't just stop because you shot them once, or twice. Just take a look at the infinite examples where actually trained professionals have had to fire multiple accurate rounds to stop a threat.

The issue isn't with the weapons themselves (and contrary to your comment, belt fed weapons are no less legal to own than any other semi auto weapon) it's with the restrictions to the individuals that can own them. The checks aren't stern or thorough enough.

If you take a step out of your US centric view for a moment you'll realise that many countries in Europe have civilian gun ownership laws permitting all the same types of rifles and pistols and shotguns as the US. With all the same standard capacity magazines/optics/accessories. And yet very little to no firearm related deaths outside of organised/gang crime.

It's important to maintain perspective. You become extreme to the opposite then all it does is increase extremism and you achieve nothing.

Edit: downvotes. Cool. Where am I factually incorrect or haven't added to the conversation?

That is exactly what makes this 'invite' from Lavrov so fucking insidious.

Because it makes it look like you don't care about your children if you don't. It's a yet another weapon deployed by a side that are constantly firing all kinds of weapons.

I don't have a problem with veganism. But frankly these militant type comments are utterly counter productive and only ever serves to push people against the cause.

Anyone who has been a vegan for more than 5minutes quickly realises that it isn't the way to go about it. But I know they know this.

New to veganism, I see.

Racist.

Is that what that 'drink' is? It looks like mushroom soup.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Motor_Vehicle

Because women were to ~~weak~~ dainty and prim to be expected to operate a steam or petrol vehicle in the Olden Days™.

The Falklands are a great case study of 'you don't have to be the best, just better than the other guy'.

Because there was a couple of really major opportunities that could have legitimately won the war for Argentina if they zigged instead of zagged.

The one that comes to my mind is during the San Carlos landings the Argentine aircraft chose to attack the major surface vessels and left the landing craft completely unmolested. If they had made runs on the mostly undefended soldiers rather than the big ships, or at least split between them then they would have dealt another significant blow to a force that was already pretty on the brink after the loss of the Atlantic Conveyor and the desperately valuable supplies and resources on it.

The British commanders had also made some pretty significant strategic blunders as well, such as placing the Type 42 Destroyers as the fleet med-high AD and early radar picket despite well knowing and being fearful of the Exocet missiles in the Argentine inventory. The Exocet was a surface skimming system which the defensive and detection systems on the Type 42s were unable to do anything about. After the sinking of the Sheffield the picket was made up of a Type 42 and 82 as they complimented each other to provide a wider AD capability.

Rather than bother trying to arguenwith someone who is blatantly trying to twist bad faith and pedantry I'll.just say this:

Ratio.

It doesn't take a genius to realise this. The tempo of attacks during last winter was what it was and now almost suddenly they barely launch a handful a week in comparison.

Knowing roughly what their monthly production volumes are of ~50 per month across their various systems as of last winter, they haven't been expending anywhere near that amount. The missiles have to be going somewhere, and it's obviously into stockpile. https://jamestown.org/program/russias-estimated-storage-of-cruise-missiles-may-2023/

It is absolutely imperative that we get as many of the needed AD systems into Ukrainian hands ASAP in preparation for this coming onslaught. Another consideration that isn't being discussed is that we should have been stockpiling spare parts and supporting infrastructure for their utility infrastructure (transformers, generators, tents and such) so that they're able to quickly make required repairs and provide shelter to those that need it in the event of inevitable successful strikes.

One weekend out of a season of otherwise total and utter dominance of which has barely been witnessed before = big problem.

Perspective.