Ben Torode

@rock4par @jphtandom @HodlMagoo Again, I think the crux of our misunderstanding is the conflating of coincidental lawful possession with being "armed" in the criminal sense. Courts generally treat "armed" as conduct-based, not the mere presence of a lawfully carried firearm.

Agani, since you either don't want to read it or chose to ignore it Legal carry → protected by 2A (in most contexts). - Resisting arrest → not protected, and often a separate crime. - Resisting arrest while armed → usually a felony with enhanced penalties, and 2A offers zero shield against prosecution.

1) Agent (a) calls “Gun”. 2) Agent (b) unholsters his weapon. 3) Agent (a) disarms suspects weapon, which was in its holster. 4) Agent (a) accidentally discharges confiscated handgun. 5) Agent (b) shoots suspect in back

@jphtandom @rock4par @HodlMagoo Officer’s perception or announcing “gun” does not supply the actus reus required to establish a nexus. Nexus is grounded in the suspect’s conduct, not officer belief. Courts have consistently held that criminal enhancement cannot flow from the exercise of a constitutional right.

Active physical resistance plus an officer perceiving and announcing the gun ("gun!") during that resistance bridges the gap from passive possession to the required nexus. It shows the weapon was contextually tied to the criminal act of resisting, not just coincidentally present. This setup frequently supports both justified deadly force by officers and felony-level enhancements against the suspect if they survive and are charged.

@rock4par @jphtandom @HodlMagoo A nexus is required between the possession of the weapon and the resistance, such as reaching for it, otherwise it is treated as a passive possession. There is no felony enhancement just because a weapon exists on the person.

@BenTorode @jphtandom @HodlMagoo In short: - Legal carry → protected by 2A (in most contexts). - Resisting arrest → not protected, and often a separate crime. - Resisting arrest while armed → usually a felony with enhanced penalties, and 2A offers zero shield against prosecution.

@jphtandom @HodlMagoo By that logic, merely resisting arrest while legally armed effectively authorizes lethal force, even absent any attempt to draw or use the weapon

The moment a firearm is reasonably believed to be accessible during a struggle, the threshold is crossed and the encounter legally escalates to a deadly-force situation, permitting officers to use lethal force to stop the threat without waiting for the weapon to be drawn, aimed, or fired.

今年も@ENRO_ovenをENRYOなく利用させていただいています。

@hikosaemon Hasn't ふっくん been around for over a decade?

JR Japan East’s new mascot has a Fukk’n good name

@ThatYuta I think society needs fewer social constructs like masculinity, feminnity and gender neutrality, and more values of substance, like empathy.

The society needs more...

@GearoidReidy It was in July 2022 that Japan stated its aim to get the number back to pre-COVID levels (316,000) within five years, and yes it was laughed at

Strange, I seem to recall many confidently saying on this website that foreign students would never come to Japan again after the Covid-era border closures?

@Struan_Tokyo Anesthetic throat spray/lozenges, one of humanity's greatest inventions. That and toothpaste seem to be the must haves.

i've been living here so long that there's nothing i really 'need' from back home, but i still bring back some things, usually for misguided nostalgic reasons 😅 what do you bring back?

@jake_j_jung I hate how they keep licensing those composite images showing Tokyo Tower at the base of Fuji. NYT does it too

looks like one of my photos of osaka's shinsekai district was in the telegraph the other day

@den198804 @ENRO_oven よくある課題ですね。何を捨てれば置けるかなど。ただ、必ずしも決まった場所に置きっぱなしにする必要はありませんよ。ピザを焼くときだけ収納から出し、使わないときはしまっておくのにちょうどいいサイズだと思います。

@ENRO_oven 欲しいんだけどなぁ、ピザ窯ENRO。 何より置く場所がない。 普通の、とはいえかなり高級機種のオーブントースターを捨ててまでは買えないし。 これが壊れたらこのピザ窯買いたい。

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@ENRO_ovenの電気ピザ窯が今日届いたので、発送案内メールを見た時から作っていた生地を早速焼いてみました。待ち望んでいたふくらみができ、上部も下部の焦げ具合もばっちりでした。450℃の調理の威力を 身をもって 実感しました。 #ENRO

@32_52ichi カルシウムは、重度のカルシウム欠乏症がある場合にのみ集中力を「高める」効果があります。ほとんどの人のようにカルシウム値が正常であれば、摂取量を増やしても集中力はまったく向上しません。クイズ番組ではなくクズ番組

フジテレビ クイズ番組 カルシウム摂ったからって 集中力があがるもんじゃねえだろ 【THE あげ足とり】

フジテレビ クイズ番組 唐揚げ 黄身を使った唐揚げも 美味しいよ

@MikaSaitama I did the same starting breast up and got the over browning. Lesson learned.

Air fried chicken today

@ThatYuta The homonyms give us the puns, we should be thankful.

"Just Use Hiragana With Spaces" #learnjapanese

@JapanIntercult @GigabearPanda @Grummz 100% on point here. It's like when you have a beef with the company over something, but you personally denigrate the employee in the call center.

@GigabearPanda @Grummz Japan-based HR consultant here. It’s a bad translation of a Japanese legal concept better translated as “personal denigration. Means derogatory words or behaviors that hurt someone and/or demean/denigrate their character. E.g. using insulting words like “idiot” or “trash.”

Square Enix has lost it. Are these what they consider taking Legal action on? Some is valid, but comments on the internet? Unreasonable demands for change? Seriously? Let me know if this is their list, need confirmation.

@bobwerley If you wait until 2042 US will no longer be majority white

Game over, America. Game over. Looks like I will never be able to move back.

@JapanIntercult I've been running for about 5 years in Tokyo and only had one greeting which was an acknowledgement nod from a fellow foreigner running. Had a few greetings while running in Okayama

Question for runners in Japan. Posed to me by clients visiting from the U.S. - what is the etiquette for greeting other runners (e.g.ones on same path running in opposite direction)? They are getting no responses or avoidance when greeting people. Wondering should they stop? /1

@BarbMcQuade @nytimes 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 you lose

Latest salvo in the disinformation wars: baseless GOP lawsuits designed to undermine confidence in the results of the Nov election. It’s like suing the refs before the big game so you can cry foul if you lose. nytimes.com/2024/09/29/us/… via @NYTimes

@hikosaemon I just got an email from Sumitomo yesterday that the fee on foreign currency transactions through my Sumitomo Visa will be increased from 2.2% to 3.63%

I remember when Visa fees led to taxis banning Visa cards in Singapore. I also remember years when you could hardly use overseas cards anywhere in Japan. Japan's tourism boom is becoming a headache for its credit card companies asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finan…