You know what's also useful? Reading the FAQ for a venue you are new to.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

It's right in there.

You'd think there'd be a process that takes the source carbon from the atmosphere instead.

How does an 18 year old who works at Wendy's come up with the cash to buy his own truck and spend $2K each on rifles?

2,000 is really not that much. He lived with his grandparents, had no friends or social life, and Texas has no income tax either. Pretty easy to save a few grand with a couple months of work.

You could get those rifles for like $700 each. So like 2 grand for three. The reported 375 rounds of .223 ammo would be $150 or so.

The truck could be leased or financed. Very possible for a diligent saver.

Please do inform me where those rifles could be had for $700:

https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1529205770650263554

Palmetto state armory. Decent quality from what I've heard.

https://palmettostatearmory.com/ar-15/ar15-guns/rifles.html

You can even buy the uppers and lowers separately and assemble them yourself for even cheaper.

Smith and Wesson M&P Sport goes for a bit more.

Note: not a firearm owner, so maybe there's additional costs involved that I'm not aware of.

Truck belonged to his grandmother.

Possible he used her credit card(s) to purchase the firearms.

I've seen rumours he bought them on credit. Easy when you have no intention on living long enough to pay it back.

The Columbine boys used a blow torch on their father's gun lockers to get guns. Made homemade bombs using plans found on the Internet. America Culture breeds sociopaths.

Did they follow through with these numbers?

> a normal law

No, Prop 13 was an Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

>not a constitutional amendment.

You're flat wrong.

>California propositions are citizen initiated amendments

Propositions are anything going on the ballot for voter confirmation. They encompass Legislative statutes, Legislative Consitutional Amendments, Initiative Statutes, and Initiative Constitutional Amendments.

>propositions are citizen initiated amendments that citizens vote on

But those statutes and Constitutional elements can be changed and put back on the ballot for confirmation by the legislative process alone. Then all it takes is a simple majority on the next statewide ballot.

Yeah, that was a brain fart. Prop 13 is a constitutional amendment.

Prop 13 can be changed by the legislature but won't because change is wildly unpopular (OMG they're gunna raize our taxez) and there's zero chance you'll get the 2/3 majority required to pass it through the legislature.

Prop 13 can be modified by an initiative, but the only related initiatives that pass expand Prop 13's scope. And without legislative action the 2/3 majority stands for any sort of tax increase.

Legislating by sound bite is pretty much how things have been done in California for decades. No matter how much sense reigning in Prop 13 might make, there's always going to be some Jarvisite that is going to scream about kicking granny out of her home because of high property taxes.

>the 2/3 majority stands for any sort of tax increase.

Propositions pass with a simply majority of voters; a 2/3 vote isn't necessary.

>If you have better ideas of where to find contractors, please let me know.

Have you considered hiring actual employees locally rather than remote, unseen contractors?

We have employees. We use contractors for work that we know is finite.

The contractors are remote, but I do see them on video. I'm also remote and unseen, as I've worked remotely my entire career.

This account is relentless at self-submits / resubmits: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=marksblogg.com

Actual title: "Bernard Collaery trial is a highly unusual criminal prosecution"