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I will be at the game tonight. My flip phone is not capable of accessing TD but I will wave to all of you.

I am a former member of the NRA, but left when it seemed to me that it was getting too political. In the 1970s and 1980s I kept a shotgun and a backpack full of shells in the trunk of my car in case of a Russian invasion. I continue to own a number of shotguns and handguns for personal defense purposes and hunting ducks. I am a gun rights advocate in terms of believing that law abiding citizens should be allowed to possess rifles, shotguns and handguns for home defense. However, I have never considered buying an assault rifle, because assault rifles are not good for home defense or hunting. http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/01/02/gun_control_ar_15_rifle_the_nra_claims_the_ar_15_rifle_is_for_hunting_and.html I agree with Ashbury that people may be talking past each other on this issue. Clearly, in a revolution against the government an assault rifle would be much deadlier than a hunting rifle, a shotgun or a handgun. On the other hand, it seems to me that an assault rifle would be ineffective against government forces who have drones, armored assault vehicles, helicopters and smart bombs. Therefore, I agree with those who feel that defense against government oppression is not a good reason to allow access to assault rifles, but I can understand why people who believe that they may eventually be facing government forces would want as much firepower as possible. As for the Second Amendment, even if you can somehow ignore the part about a well regulated militia, it seems to me that no one is arguing that people should be allowed to own machine guns or RPGs, so we all seem to agree that the Second Amendment is not absolute and that a line needs to be drawn somewhere.

Moderator note -- I have read the past few pages of this thread because people have expressed concerns about the level of disrespect that some posters have been showing for opposing views. I am pleasantly surprised by the level of discourse compared with what I have seen elsewhere, but there is room for improvement. Let's all keep in mind that when posters strongly disagree it becomes especially important that we be respectful.

How many people need to die before Congress adopts common sense measures?

I am very happy for Kepler. He seems to work hard and has a lot of potential.

Yes!!! Kepler!

Better not to wait until things start going badly for the Twins then post "hahaha". That goes against the camaraderie and solace that we are hoping for in game threads.

Nice double play by Abad and Escobar!

Oh well.

I will be at the game tomorrow in Anaheim and would like to see the Twins build some confidence today.

Nice productive out by Buxton, and his speed easily avoids the double play. Twins up 2-0.

Let's remember that this is Gibson's first game back from the DL and he is facing a very good roster of hitters.

This is excellent work. Lot's of good information and well written. How often do you write these? And maybe you could sign up to do a setup for one of our daily game threads.

Nice win for the Twins.

This article lists the top 100 players in baseball as of this moment. The Twins only have one of them -- Eduardo Nunez at #63. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ranking-the-top-100-players-in-major-league-baseball-right-now-june-edition/ My sense is that to compete a team would need at least 3 or 4 top 100 players. If all teams were equal then each of the 30 teams would have 3.33 of the top players. Next year I would hope to see Buxton, Sano and at least one pitcher (Berrios or Chargois?) on this list. What players in the Twins organization do you see as potentially making this list next year

The player listed #1 is a catcher. I would like to see the Twins get a great long term catcher.

I believe that it was a mistake to bring him back up before getting more time in Rochester. That said, I could be wrong and hope that I am wrong.

I wonder how long Sano will be out.

Valencia is killing the Twins tonight.

Right on schedule for ice cream.

That was beautiful defense at the best possible time.

Oh my God!

Sano should have caught that foul ball.

Timing is everything sometimes.

New top post of the night?