I think a good model for gun legislation should be automobile legislation. They’re similar in nature for their ability to do good and be fun, but also their ability to kill (unnecessarily) through misuse. This could involve an education program (Gun Ed) and gun insurance. Ideally it would be grandfathered to all current gun owners, but it would be hard to take away people’s guns if they don’t pass gun ed. There’s already state-certified hunters safety courses, so it shouldn’t be too hard to get a more general gun safety course. Gun insurance rates would be based on previous crimes, Gun ed, and safety measures used with your gun- just like car insurance. I guess there might be different rates for different areas, but that could get racist- but it’s the same for cars. The insurance would cover costs of accidental damages to others. It would be interesting the details of what would happen if the gun was stolen. I think the person should still be somewhat responsible for the gun, in that they had it inoperable except for their personal use (i.e. RFID tags).
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The other day I posted EPA’s laziness with the Boiler Act policy. Well, it looks they’ll unveil some type of regulations by late Feb. I’m wondering if they’ll be toned down because of the delay, and desire to watch jobs, or if they’ll be the same and they’ll get lots of flack from industries about having to spend money.
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Stayed at work way too late writing/editing. But submitted a crappy draft to my adviser. I hope things turn a corner once this proposal is submitted.
Didn’t feel like biking/walking home in ~6” of snow so I stayed in a friend’s dorm room. It was kind of sad walking to his place with 6” of snow on everything and how fun it would’ve been to go sledding and frolicking, but I had no desire to play, just to sleep, recharge the brain, and continue doing grad school crap the next day. To what end? After I got into his dorm I was kind of excited to go outside and almost did, but then I just tried to sleep. It must’ve been set to 78 degrees, and I’m used to sleeping in the cold. I turned down the heat and eventually got some sleep.
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