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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan
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#62Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan
#63Propaganda of the deed? I guess suspects will be a list of people who have been paying into United Health Care insurance who thought they were covered, but got turned down, possibly for a terminal illness, for greater profits.
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#64Always seemed pretty strange to me that you can build and oversee an organization widely perceived (whether fairly or not) as evil, host what those evil-perceivers will view as Bad Rich Guy Conference in public, in a country where anyone can get as many guns as they want, and there isn't more violence like this. Seems like an unstable operating point for a society.
If these ultra wealthy CEOs don't have body guards now, they will after this. If you are making millions a year, why wouldn't you.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only a handful of states require a permit to buy a firearm. A suppressor is equally easy to procure, and failing that, can be machined by anyone somewhat competent with a lathe. Won't link to it here, Youtube videos available with a quick web search. https://brilliantmaps.com/buy-gun-map/
That's basically propaganda and half-admits it on the site. There are almost no situations where you will not be buying your firearm from an FFL and you will have to fill out a background check form and have a waiting period. The only private sales that happen are among criminals and within families. Regular people aren't going to risk the kind of charges that stem from misuse after a private sale. Certainly nobody w…
Florida resident, have bought one without filling out any paperwork. Concealed carry license was paperwork though. I guess we're haggling over the background check? Sure, I concede I had to give them a page of info with a copy of my FL driver's license.
https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FPP/FAQs2.aspx ("Florida does not require a permit to purchase a firearm nor is there a permit that exempts any person from the background check requirement.")
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#66Laws are only as useful as the social contract they support.
What do you mean by this comment? Could you make your points explicit?
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#67What a dystopian world we live in where oligarchs controlling anti-trust companies deny medical coverage [0]. Am I surprised this happened... [0] https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-i...
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#68Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan
#69Do a search for 'UnitedHealth uses faulty AI to deny elderly patients' and see what comes up. I'm not saying this is deserved, more that I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to just up and execute an insurance CEO.
Well it’s very unfortunate for all Americans that rely on any healthcare company.
Since they will all be increasing their rates soon to cover the expenses of 24/7 armed guards, armored vehicles, etc…
Edit: Or a reduction in service quality to cover the new expenses.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
We can't know that. There are plenty of avenues for a citizen to get a silencer, long range rifle, and places to train.
It's at least a 5hr drive from NYC to get to anywhere remotely gun-friendly, like New Hampshire.
Suppressors are legal in CT. Regarding a range, you don't even have to leave the state.