Pirates . Seriously . Pirates were the barbarians of 10001800 . <| sep |> You can only pay bounties once they are dormant or claimed . Dormant does happen after the 5 days . Now for claimed . you can let yourself get scanned by the cops and get killed . The bounty would than be dormant . Your call if that is worth it to you . <| sep |> some people <| sep |> Yeah , a movie . <| sep |> Exactly my point . They are too good for what people are using them for . Also melee attacks does not need to be unarmed , a crit based melee character can still use them to increase multi . <| sep |> I don ' t know where you are , but in NY that ' s a violent felony . Strangulation 2 nd . Punishable by up to 7 years in prison . <| sep |> The law was taken to court . The 2 nd circuit court of appeals upheld the law . The 7 th circuit CoA also upheld a similar law for Illinois . o 20160620 s u p r e m e c o u r t r e f u s i n g h e a r a n o t h e r a s s a u l t w e a p o n s b a n a p p e a l c o u r t t u r n s a w a y c h a l l e n g e t o i l linoisassaultweaponbanThe 4 th circuit is currently reviewing Maryland ' s assault weapon and high capacity magazines ban . The initial ruling from a three judge panel struck the law down . Maryland appealed to have the full panel rule on the law . Oral arguments were held in May and they have not yet issued their ruling . j 20160512 a p p e a l s c o u r t o p e n s m a r y l a n d sassaultweaponbanreviewIf the full panel strikes the law down as the three judge panel did , this would create a split between the 4 th and 2 nd 7 th circuits . The previous appeals of the New York Illinois laws was rejected by the Supreme court . Since Roberts took over , they reject a lot of cases that are not a result of a split between different circuits . If the CoA rules and strikes down the Maryland law , it would most likely result in the case getting heard by the Supreme court . vomalleyWhy elections matter so much . This is why the election was so important this year . This case was why I was chastising Johnson voters in the gun subs . Having a Republican appoint the next few justices to the SCOTUS was important . If this case makes it the court and strikes down Maryland ' s law , it could strike down assault weapon bans and high capacity bans nationwide . This case could end up with a similar result to Heller , which affirmed an individual right to own a handgun . you asked why no one has taken these laws to court . They have and they are trying to get them struck down .