Weapon Shield

[The Crisco Kid]

Apparently Sir, you don't hunt? thousands of deer, turkey, bear, elk, etc. would argue the point as to our "sporting Arms" being weapons.
if they aren't weapons, then they have no 2nd amendment protections. jmho

What should I call my Carry Concealed Weapons, CCW, permit?

 

[deerstalkert]

What should I call my Carry Concealed Weapons, CCW, permit?

an intrusion on your inalienable rights! and yes i have one also and have had for years even though we are a constitutional carry state. it helps when buying. eliminates the check.
i also have a drivers license, a marriage license, a pilots license, a license to practice Law, a dog license, and a hunting license.
none explicitly covered in the second, not eighth or tenth, but the second, right after free speech. covered as a right, not a favor bestowed by the govt.
but we digress! back to the regular programing.

 

[doubleset]

What should I call my Carry Concealed Weapons, CCW, permit?

CCW: "Carry anything that might could possibly be Construed by someone as a Weapon" permit?

 

[The Crisco Kid]

an intrusion on your inalienable rights! and yes i have one also and have had for years even though we are a constitutional carry state. it helps when buying. eliminates the check.
i also have a drivers license, a marriage license, a pilots license, a license to practice Law, a dog license, and a hunting license.
none explicitly covered in the second, not eighth or tenth, but the second, right after free speech. covered as a right, not a favor bestowed by the govt.
but we digress! back to the regular programing.

If it weren't for all these blasted licenses, permits, and cards I have to carry my wallet would be a whole lot slimmer! A Comfortable Carry Wallet?

 

[deerstalkert]

just think how comfortable it will be after a second term of democrats. only thing in it will be your permits and licenses.

 

[smoothshooter]

???? I'm as much (or more) a stickler as the next guy in terms of spelling, grammar, and usage, but 'Preventive' or 'Preventative'? (among other similar references).

It’s like “ body “ fluids “ vs. “ bodily fluids “. I believe only the first one is correct.
I personally only started hearing the second one used about 30 years ago.

 

[doubleset]

It’s like “ body “ fluids “ vs. “ bodily fluids “. I believe only the first one is correct.
I personally only started hearing the second one used about 30 years ago.

I'm afraid that belief itself is simply incorrect and the accepted equivalence of "preventive" and "preventative" has been documented for over 300 years. It takes only a few minutes of searching on the web to find any number of references. It also takes little time to find various opinions about one of their being the "correct" one and the other "incorrect". But in fact these are merely opinions and not supported by the historical record or gold standard dictionaries and language use books over these centuries. Such sources include not only Merriam-Webster, but the Columbia Guide to Standard American English among others. It's true that various historic sources have deprecated the use of "preventative", and this includes earlier editions of the revered Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. But The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, takes the view that both "preventive" and "preventative" are acceptable.

I do in fact have sympathy for your view -- and generally for a dim view of linguistic drift. But it happens and there is little to stop it (especially now as English is taught in many public schools). My own habit has been to use "preventive" as the adjectival form and to use "preventative" as the nominative. But even that, it appears, is a somewhat arbitrary distinction. Some aficionados of the Chicago Manual of Style seem to favor it, but others don't. However, even in that context the two forms are acceptable and considered to be semantically equivalent.

Of course none of this means that we as individuals can't enforce our own style and usage principles to view "preventive" as correct and "preventative" as incorrect. But it does mean that we don't have any objective and authoritative grounds for complaining how other people use them. Sometimes, it's just hard being a curmudgeon, and you just have to take the hits.