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10000Didgeridoos OP t1_iydvhsg wrote

It's nuts that VCU has metal detectors at the emergency room entrance, but not for any other MCV building entrance, as if the people coming in to the emergency room and the people coming in to the other departments are somehow totally different.

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ExtremeHobo t1_iydugj1 wrote

If you want to travel back in time go to Greenbrier Mall in Chesapeake. I stopped there to charge my car and it's like a weird pocket of Virginia stuck in 2001. The mall was loaded with people walking around, stores were all full, food court had several options, surreal. Even the area around it was full of 90s holdouts like Fazolis and Joe's Crab Shack.

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Nothing2SeeHere4U t1_iydu14q wrote

> The victim told police that he had parked his car in the deck and was walking towards an elevator when he heard two people calling for help. When he stopped to check on them, they assaulted him before taking his car keys and other belongings and drove away in a green 2015 Lexus ES 350 with Virginia tags UHG-4188.

Maybe I'm just quibbling over nothing, but it seems particularly fucked up to call out for help in order to find a target you can mug. Fuck these people, I hope the victim is okay

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Diet_Coke t1_iydu040 wrote

>It's written into our constitution

To an extent it is, but the 2A 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.

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Now, some people will say that anyone over 18 is part of the militia so it's all honky dory, but I think that's really overlooking the 'well regulated' part. What could a well regulated militia look like?

It would need uniforms, a leadership structure, bylaws, regular training, some kind of funding, a muster point, etc. A well-regulated militia might refuse membership to someone convicted of domestic violence, or using hate speech, or who has signs of being a mass shooter. A well-regulated militia might store firearms and ammunition in a safe area so that they're available for training or when a foreign army invades.

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