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Holy crap. So you use a sci-fi to make a point? :grimacing:

Jeeze. Weā€™re in more trouble than I thought.

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Vulcans are known for being able to suppress their emotions. Iā€™m the opposite, a bleeding heart leftie.

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Um, what Vulcans do you know on planet Earth?

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Why are you asking? I simply referenced a piece of popular culture to say its hard to not be emotional about this issue.

And one poster responded they could be logical even with 10 year old kidsā€¦ maybe you should check the shape of their ears. :wink:

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Donā€™t people reference 1984 all the time to make a point?

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Dude, if you are going to respond to a serious subject with sci-fi Vulcans then what use is it even trying to have a conversation with you?

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Donā€™t know and donā€™t care. Feel free to find a post of mine referencing that.

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Did you think the post I initially responded to was serious? If anything, Iā€™m guilty of responding seriously to a non-serious postā€¦ not the other way around.

Youā€™re missing out, science fiction as a long storied past of shining a speculative lens on our contemporary world.

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I keep hearing ā€œmental healthā€ and ā€œthe signs were all thereā€ of course this is all after the fact so which is it does it matter or not?

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I think its useless unless the person has a record that would come up with a background check and I suspect most teens donā€™t unless theyā€™ve had disciplinary problems. Every school every year has some moody anti-social teenagers. Assuming every one is a potential future gunman and is about as accurate as assuming every Muslim is a potential future terrorist.

I think thereā€™s little to nothing we can do about gun violence without amending the 2A and thats never gonna happen so weā€™re screwed regardless.

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Depends how his parents handle it all

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Despite the Sheriffā€™s unwarranted bravado in handling his arrest, ultimately it is the District Attorney and the Florida State Courts that will decide his fate, not the Sheriff.

Most likely he will go in for extensive mental screenings and evaluations under the Florida Baker Act.

Depending on what that reveals, he will likely get some sort of punishment in the Juvenile system.

Whether he is punished or not, his right to keep and bear arms is likely extinguished for the remainder of his life. Even if his juvenile record is sealed, the mental evaluation will not be and it will flag him as a prohibited purchaser, if he ever attempts to actually purchase a weapon.

It is not hard to get on the mental prohibited list. The stories about people going in for counseling for depression or thoughts of suicide, perhaps from a divorce situation, then finding years later they cannot purchase even a hunting rifle.

This kid will likely never be able to purchase a weapon legally.

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Maybe he will. But the ā€œsomething he did at 10ā€ will be just one of the things he does along the way.

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Thatā€™s assuming he has been raised in a way that gives him the wherewithal to make a proper choice.

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ā€œ1984ā€ is not ā€œSci-fi/Fantasyā€ but totally related to many political and ideological topics here.

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1984 is a sci-fi novel. While it is related to many topics here, for the most part it gets misapplied.

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Nonsense.

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How is it not sci-fi? Thatā€™s even one of itā€™s genres according the the Library of Congress: LC Catalog - No Connections Available

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Ahh, so you have something in common with the 10 year old boy then. Iā€™ll bet that is his defense as well.

Iā€™d suggest you take yourself out of the fantasy and start examining current events through reality.

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Because itā€™s not a sci-fi fantasy

LC Subjects
Totalitarianismā€“Fiction.
London (England)ā€“Fiction.
Form/Genre
Political fiction.
Science fiction.
Dystopias.