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GL is definitely the... let's say it pushes less boundaries? I guess would be the best way of putting it. As bloody weird as it is to say it in reference to Gurran Lagan, it's probably the more restrained of the two. So I might suggest watching that one first. It also came first, so... there's that. _{though if you're looking for really early trigger, you might consider watching Dead Leaves. I'm... fairly sure it was probably the least restrained of any of trigger's works I'm aware of. there's a scene where one of the characters gives birth and the child comes out guns blazing, iirc. There is no metaphor involved in that description.}

That said, story qua story et al, KlK is almost certainly the better show of it and GL. GL is great fun, but it's not really particularly notable in terms of plot and characterization et al, imo. KlK actually kinda' tries at that, as bloody bizarre as parts of it get. _{as an example, you could probably be told that there's a terrorist/rebellion organization in the show called Nudist Beach. It is called that because the members go into combat and do most things, y'know. Nude. There's actually plot reasons for that, but... yeah.}

... most normal is not 100% normal.

The Eldar called and said Human War Walkers look stupid.

... actually, y'know. That thing kinda' looks like it could have came out of Exosquad. And I can respect that. That one in particular could use some work, but the general aesthetic can be pretty a'ight.

Huh. Watching an LP. Brought up something I also had never noticed. Donkey Kong Country 2. Is not Diddy Kong's Quest. It's Diddy's Kong Quest. Conquest, for those that don't grok it immediately.

Wasn't saying it actually worked, OW, just that the U.S. does, in fact, have armed people walking around regularly.

... we kinda' do, neo. They're called police. It's not uncommon for one to be on school campuses, these days.

And insofar as the NRA goes, they do seem to either actually believe the concept of dissuasion, or at least are being paid enough by firearms manufacturers to make a really good showing of it. There's a reason those polls and whatnot clinton's team made that snafu about exists, heh.

Though no, there's not going to be mandatory firearms for teachers at some point in the future. That would be completely goddamn bugnuts, and enough people know it it's not going to happen.

Also no, unless the numbers have massively reversed in the last few years, having firearms in the house does not improve home safety. At least statistically; there's always outliers where it does, but in general, it in fact increases the likelihood someone in your house is going to die or be injured fairly substantially. Not just in relation to a home invasion, mind, though those as well so far as I'm aware.

... okay, having had a close family friend that was an actual small time gunsmith (until alzheimers got 'em, anyway; they're still alive, but yeah.), no, gunsmithing and whatnot (assembly, modification, etc.) is not some kind of impossible task. Hell, maintenance is usually pretty simple and only rarely really takes tools beyond what you might have around the house normally.

Doing anything precise with gunsmithing (y'know, that part that makes guns even remotely reliable), however (like, hey, doing anything even remotely resembling a substantial modification), is something that's significantly more difficult than a whole hell of a lot of things, and something that takes both a great deal of effort and no small skill. Extremely difficult may not be the word for it, but it's not some task that's even remotely easy, either.

 Don't underestimate how difficult it is to have a gun that's not complete shit without having both pretty good tools (not specialized, iirc, but it's not unlikely your average small shop just isn't going to have tools that are enough up to spec to let you do serious modification and still reliably prevent things like, y'know, the gun exploding) and a damn good idea of what you're doing, is what I'm saying.

If the gun's built to be easily modified it's one thing, but if it's not, stuff just got complicated. Not impossible, just like making an IED in your basement is not impossible, but complicated in a number of different ways.

E: All that said, do we actually have any news about the AR-15 being modified, yet? ATF's twitter's last statement is still just that it was legal.

E2: Ah, it apparently wasn't an AR-15 at all. Look downthread a little for a link.