[FakeDad]

[Massacreman]

Okay, let me spit some shit:

Their are several parts:

1. Most semiautomatic pistols use what's called a "tilting barrel" type of lock. This requires that the barrel and the affixed chamber both slide back some distance, and then tilt at the axis about where the slide meets the barrel. Suppressors heavily effect the weight AND the distribution of said weight. This causes malfunctions.

2. The fix is called a booster. Colon Noir on YouTube recently released a video in regards to this.

3. For those who care, blocks use Polygonal Rifling, which means it is beat into the barrel during the Cold Hammer Forging process as opposed to having a rod with tungsten teeth forced through. Some apparently think this makes it forensically untraceable, which is ludicrous. It simply means the bullet doesn't contain the standard rifling grooves, but still interacts otherwise with the imperfections on the metal. And CHF is used on most barrels, not just blocks.

4. Anyone even remotely proficient with a firearm can do what he did. He doesn't have to be a professional hit man. In fact, if he was, the exclusion of a booster makes him a very crude hitman.

5. Suppressors are illegal in NY. So is body armor, which would have saved this goobers life

Edit1:

6. No, it's not the b&t suppressed pistol. You can clearly see the puff of gas escape the chamber area and the firearm attempt to cycle. CNN is retarded and knows nothing about guns, same as new York, so of course they'd say it was something goofy like that. B&T generally sticks to selling to Law Enforcement/Government agencies, thus it would be exceptionally rare to even have the opportunity to acquire one of these firearms, let alone bother using it for a killing in a major city.

Edit 2:

7. Ian Mccollumb from Forgotten Weapons YouTube channel agrees, not a weird, vp9 or b&t SS 9mm. Watch any video regarding FIRING one of those firearms, and you'll see his hands to NOT move in that fashion. In fact, you can actually watch him induce an ADDITIONAL malfunction when he grabs the slide OVER the ejection port and pulls it back, which causes the firearm to attempt to eject its spent casing. It is blocked by his hand, and thus not only has the spent casing in the chamber area, but also is attempting to strip another round from the magazine leading to a cacophonous round of buttfuckery inside the firearm.

Edit 3:

8. The only reason this is getting big news is because it makes suppressors scary and now they'll have more opposition to the bills necessary to deregulate the thing you can build with a tap & die set and a trip to the hardware store... that, and it also kind of puts every scummy companies higher ups on notice... and maybe makes politicians a bit nervous. Maybe this will be the new trend, fuck school shooting chasing the "glory" of Columbine (THAT IS NOT A STATEMENT CONDONING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS) and instead people will start going scumbusters.

That is all for now, thanks for visiting my Ted talk.

[pyromancer555]

He supposedly used a b and t vp9 a modern wellrod.

[pyromancer555]

9mm ammo too they found the Cassi gs with defend deny and depose written on em.

[quetza]

Originally Posted by stanmarsh ↗

Here, I think you're a little off base. The majority of healthcare professionals choose to do what they do to help people and make a difference. Sure some of us may lose sight of what is important, but those people really are a minority.

As I said in my previous post, it is a jacked up system where pricing doesn't follow the rules of a market economy. Unfortunately, neither the government nor the private sector can easily fix what's wrong.

The pay isn't bad, but most of us aren't making a fortune and we have very little control over how much is billed for our services or the price of prescription drugs or medical equipment. We really aren't selling anything and we have to disclose any conflicts of interest.

If we're guilty of anything, it's not knowing what those prices are. Even if we do, that's probably not going to change what we recommend because we want the best outcome. The vast majority of doctors are going to prescribe what they believe is the most effective medication based on their clinical experience and empirical research. They don't stand to benefit financially--although that doesn't stop some pharmaceutical companies from trying. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical companies are needlessly jacking up the prices of commonly prescribed medications for no reason other than they can get away with it. I'm on two medications for the rest of my life. Walgreens wants almost $1800 whenever they forget to run it though my wife's insurance. There's absolutely nothing special about these meds.

As for being scared and on your guard, any competent professional should be easy to talk to, willing to answer questions, not offended if you disagree, and willing to discuss alternatives. If not, find one that will.

well said. I'm a family medicine physician and I always tell my patients "I'm just a purveyor of information". I tell them what I know based on my years of experience. I tell them what I know about a medication based on the current medical evidence. I tell them about the side effects. I tell them about the benefits. I tell them about the risks. I don't try to scare people, scare tactics are a poor way to practice medicine. I do, however, tell people about the risks of poorly controlled diabetes, or hypertension, or *insert random disease*. I let people choose what they want to do. I never try to coerce my patients into doing anything. I have NO IDEA where people get this idea of me (or doctors in general) getting money for prescribing drugs. I get NOTHING for medications I prescribe. Absolutely ZERO dollars. In fact, I think it's one of the biggest red flags in medicine when an individual will diagnose you with a problem and simultaneously sell you the solution (i.e. drugs/medications, more often than not). I see it frequently when people come and see me and ask about "treatments" some chiropractor or naturopath sold them after they "diagnosed" them with an illness. No, you can't treat Lyme disease with a concoction of vitamins, sorry, its doesn't work. My (least) favorite was a patient who saw me last week and had a naturopath tell her "those drugs your doctor is prescribing you for diabetes are killing you, take these natural supplements instead". She, of course, sold her the supplements. Her A1c went from 6.2 to 11.5 when I saw her for follow up. I said, you know what will kill you? Uncontrolled diabetes. I simply told her the facts (neuropathy, blindness, stroke, heart attack, limb amputations, kidney failure, and on and on and on) and let her decide what to do.

It is a fucked up system we live and work in. Doctors these days come out of school with nearly half a million dollars in debt, sometimes more. If we don't try to get everything we can out of a full day of work we drown in debt. When a patient's insurance makes us write off a portion of a visit we HAVE TO bill the patient for the remaining balance. If we wrote off everything that wasn't covered for every single patient we would be done and finished in no time.

It pisses me off royally when I prescribe an inhaler to a patient with bad asthma or COPD and then get a call from the pharmacy saying "yeah, their insurance isn't going to cover that one, its going to cost the patient 450 a month, any others you can prescribe?" Inhaled medications are some of the worst for insurance coverage. And don't get me started on the kickbacks that insurance companies (yes, companies like united) get from big Pharma for certain drugs getting prescribed. There are certain "flavors" of the month for medications (generally inhalers) that insurance companies will approve and it's all based on these kickbacks from big Pharma.

The next one on the list of pain in the ass medications are blood thinners. Coumadin has been around for ever and it sucks. You have to adjust the dose a ton, you have to get a blood test quite frequently, you have to watch certain foods as they will interact with it. Then DOACs (apixaban and rivaroxaban being the most commonly used) came out and changed the game. They are like little miracle blood thinners. No blood tests, no close monitoring required. The problem? They cost 500+ bucks a month if your insurance won't cover and they often won't. So grandma, who has afib, is stuck taking an old crappy medication and always has to get blood work done because her insurance sucks ass. Our best workout around right now is ordering DOACs from Canadian pharmacies and the cost come downs to 60-80 bucks. If you or a loved one takes one and it isn't covered or is but they only pay a small portion of it talk to your doc about getting it from Canada (no, I'm not giving medical advice).

SORRY, this turned out to be way too long.

the bottom line: I do my best to save my patient money. I don't sugar coat anything and I'm always upfront with my patients. I get ZERO dollars for medications/treatments I prescribe. I love my job but the bureaucracy of it is mind-numbing.

[stanmarsh]

Originally Posted by quetza ↗

SORRY, this turned out to be way too long.

No apologies needed. Long posts are not only welcome, they are to be expected from healthcare professionals who belong to DR.

That's probably not true, but I'd like to think I'm not the only one who realizes that their post is too long after it's far too late!

In any case, I appreciate that you took the time to personally validate what I know to be true for the vast majority of healthcare professionals in this country.

[chill.bro]

The guy doesn’t “deserve” to die. He was a nice, professional man when I worked 4 levels below him at UHC. After claims are denied, over 90% are overturned via an appeal when the right support is provided. I am impressed the shooter hasn’t been found yet. RIP BT.

[RedneckR0nin]

The year before with those cunts in the submarine put the blood in the water both figutratively and literally. Now this....my heart pumps purple piss for him...his kids and his wife....sure but not him...he was being investigated for some stock fraud or insider trading or some shit.

[RedneckR0nin]

Originally Posted by chill.bro ↗

The guy doesn’t “deserve” to die. He was a nice, professional man when I worked 4 levels below him at UHC. After claims are denied, over 90% are overturned via an appeal when the right support is provided. I am impressed the shooter hasn’t been found yet. RIP BT.

Cause the masses arent going to turnm him in for a palsy 10k....and if he has no personal ties to him then its going to be hard as fuck to convict him...assuming he has already gotten rid of the gun, and gunpowder residue off him and those clothes and already gotten rid of the backpack..withj no prints...thats a hard ass thing to convict someone on...even if they do catch him.

[Rikbikboo]

Originally Posted by quetza ↗

well said. I'm a family medicine physician and I always tell my patients "I'm just a purveyor of information". I tell them what I know based on my years of experience. I tell them what I know about a medication based on the current medical evidence. I tell them about the side effects. I tell them about the benefits. I tell them about the risks. I don't try to scare people, scare tactics are a poor way to practice medicine. I do, however, tell people about the risks of poorly controlled diabetes, or hypertension, or *insert random disease*. I let people choose what they want to do. I never try to coerce my patients into doing anything. I have NO IDEA where people get this idea of me (or doctors in general) getting money for prescribing drugs. I get NOTHING for medications I prescribe. Absolutely ZERO dollars. In fact, I think it's one of the biggest red flags in medicine when an individual will diagnose you with a problem and simultaneously sell you the solution (i.e. drugs/medications, more often than not). I see it frequently when people come and see me and ask about "treatments" some chiropractor or naturopath sold them after they "diagnosed" them with an illness. No, you can't treat Lyme disease with a concoction of vitamins, sorry, its doesn't work. My (least) favorite was a patient who saw me last week and had a naturopath tell her "those drugs your doctor is prescribing you for diabetes are killing you, take these natural supplements instead". She, of course, sold her the supplements. Her A1c went from 6.2 to 11.5 when I saw her for follow up. I said, you know what will kill you? Uncontrolled diabetes. I simply told her the facts (neuropathy, blindness, stroke, heart attack, limb amputations, kidney failure, and on and on and on) and let her decide what to do.

It is a fucked up system we live and work in. Doctors these days come out of school with nearly half a million dollars in debt, sometimes more. If we don't try to get everything we can out of a full day of work we drown in debt. When a patient's insurance makes us write off a portion of a visit we HAVE TO bill the patient for the remaining balance. If we wrote off everything that wasn't covered for every single patient we would be done and finished in no time.

It pisses me off royally when I prescribe an inhaler to a patient with bad asthma or COPD and then get a call from the pharmacy saying "yeah, their insurance isn't going to cover that one, its going to cost the patient 450 a month, any others you can prescribe?" Inhaled medications are some of the worst for insurance coverage. And don't get me started on the kickbacks that insurance companies (yes, companies like united) get from big Pharma for certain drugs getting prescribed. There are certain "flavors" of the month for medications (generally inhalers) that insurance companies will approve and it's all based on these kickbacks from big Pharma.

The next one on the list of pain in the ass medications are blood thinners. Coumadin has been around for ever and it sucks. You have to adjust the dose a ton, you have to get a blood test quite frequently, you have to watch certain foods as they will interact with it. Then DOACs (apixaban and rivaroxaban being the most commonly used) came out and changed the game. They are like little miracle blood thinners. No blood tests, no close monitoring required. The problem? They cost 500+ bucks a month if your insurance won't cover and they often won't. So grandma, who has afib, is stuck taking an old crappy medication and always has to get blood work done because her insurance sucks ass. Our best workout around right now is ordering DOACs from Canadian pharmacies and the cost come downs to 60-80 bucks. If you or a loved one takes one and it isn't covered or is but they only pay a small portion of it talk to your doc about getting it from Canada (no, I'm not giving medical advice).

SORRY, this turned out to be way too long.

the bottom line: I do my best to save my patient money. I don't sugar coat anything and I'm always upfront with my patients. I get ZERO dollars for medications/treatments I prescribe. I love my job but the bureaucracy of it is mind-numbing.

450 for an inhaler for a month. No wonder he was shot. That’s same inhaler plus be free for someone not working in the uk and £9.80 per prescription item if you at working

Or pay a yearly fee. It’s about £80 and you can have unlimited prescriptions for the year.

The 9.80 fee per item. It as it says. Per item.
So it doesn’t matter what it is. It’s 9.80


Fuck. His son why I don’t envy living in America. Fuck that. I might have to wait 2 days for an ambulance lol nah not really that long. But at least I’ll get treated.