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    A Land Without Guns

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    LA Riots?

    Please. I'll venture a guess that no one on this board has ever spent any significant time in South Los Angeles (a.ka. "South Central") other than possibly an alumnus of the University of Southern California (and that campus is behind guarded walls). No one in Burbank or Santa Monica needed to engage in "street justice" during those riots.

    Elementary school shootings in CT: Principal, multiple students killed

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted · Edited by 49er Fan

    oh, hell no.....I couldn't possibly disagree with him more. your presumption of sarcasm on my part was 100% accurate.

     

    for what it's worth, my take on the subject is that any one of us here could have walked into that school full of little kids with a baseball bat and killed just as many of them as this maniac did. to argue guns as the big issue here is wrong imo.

     

    Specious. I've heard this argument in numerous forms - He could have had a knife, planted a bomb, etc.

     

    The school had security in place to deter unknown visitors. Lanza blasted his way into the school. Without ample firepower, he wasn't getting in.

     

    And about the baseball bat - I agree with "any one of us here...." But I bet you didn't say "Lanza could have killed those kids with a bat" for a reason. Have you seen pictures of him? His arms were so skinny he could barely pick up a bat, much less swing one. The ease, skill and detachment of the lethal violence he was able to dole out with his mother's guns is what's at issue here.

    " a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse "

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    Good find joe-the-retard. Too bad it's a bunch of complete bullsh--. According to the people who knew her, she was a normal, outgoing person and shooting was a hobby she took up after her divorce.

     

    I'm guessing that a normal trip to Costco would qualify as "stockpiling food" in Belfast.

     

    Clearly she was an idiot for not ensuring the guns were secure from her mentally disabled son, but that's another matter.

     

    C'mon - This isn't one rogue journalist in Ireland perverting the facts. Guns were far more than a "hobby" for this woman - may she rest in peace.

    " a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse "

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    ...

     

    In light of this comment I'm going to guess that the reason you are so unreasonably afraid of guns is because you have no experience with them. I know this because you apparantly have no idea what gun care, gun safety, and gun owner responsibility entails.

     

    I can infer that your gun(s) are in a safe place. Guns are routinely stolen and used in ways the owner(s) would find undesirable.

    " a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse "

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    Serious question:

     

    Let's say you have at least one kid living at your house, and you're a gun owner. Shotgun, Colt .45, doesn't matter.

     

    Even if you lock them up, are they ever really secure?

     

    As a young kid there was no tangible asset in our house that my parents could hide from me. I eventually located everything. If it was locked, I found out the combination or pilfered the key at some point. Kids are resourceful. And tenacious. Maybe my parents didn't have anything as "exciting" as a gun to hide, but I'm just wondering.

    Whatcha gonna do with your little pop guns?

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted · Edited by 49er Fan

    And some want the teachers (what Texas wants to do) able to pack heat?

     

    Yep.

     

    Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, in an interview on "Fox News Sunday," defended the sale of assault weapons and said that the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who authorities say died trying to overtake the shooter, should herself have been armed.

     

    "I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office, locked up so when she heard gunfire, she pulls it out and she didn't have to lunge heroically with nothing in her hands. But she takes him (the shooter) out, takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids," Gohmert said.

     

    Yeah, great idea. So under this clown's leadership, every school in the country - which are already completely strapped for state education funds - would have to provide weaponry and shooting training to school principals?

     

    Could you imagine the job interviews?

     

    "Tell me your background."

     

    "Well I love kids. I have three of my own, and I was vice-principal for 7 years at -"

     

    "That's fine. Can you handle a Colt M4 carbine? That's what we have at our school."

    " a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse "

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    So, in our mad race to assess blame, we pass over the disturbed guy who did the shooting and go straight to his mom.

     

     

    I guess she got what she deserved.

     

    I genuinely feel bad for the mother but let's be real: She may as well have pulled the trigger on one of her guns on herself.

     

    And allegedly Lanza recently tried unsuccessfully to purchase a gun. If true, the "system" worked except the mother didn't know how unstable her son was, nor did she do anything to secure her own private home arsenal.

    A Land Without Guns

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    And those who would take out a gun? The police likely wouldn't be able to do anything at all to prevent a crime that was going to be commited. They come after the fact to mop up the blood and haul away the bodies. On the other hand, if you yourself were armed, you might be able to prevent a gun crime or murder.

     

    The deterrent to that is that NYC has a hell of a lot of cops and security cameras to enforce the law. Businesses almost never get robbed. I couldn't imagine someone even trying. I don't live in the Bronx and I don't find myself wandering the city between 4 and 5 AM very often, but I have never felt the need to have a gun where I live.

    A Land Without Guns

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    New York ranks 138'th in crime rate out of 188 US cities with a population of more than 100,000. That isn't good, at all.

     

    That's totally misleading. 100,000 people? That's like one neighborhood in Brooklyn. New York cannot be compared with cities with a minimum of 100,000 population. Try 1,000,000.

    A Land Without Guns

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted · Edited by 49er Fan

    Anyone familiar with New York City's gun laws?

     

    In New York, if you get caught with a loaded firearm outside of your home, a conviction is a Class C violent felony and carries 3.5 - 15 years - and you do at least 80% of the jail time.

     

    Guns aren't banned in New York. But possession of a loaded weapon outside the home is criminal, and carries a huge penalty. NYC is the safest big city in the country. It's not even close.

     

    And for me, after living here for 6 years, it feels safe. I like the fact that most people I that encounter aren't carrying a gun. I like that, if some douchebag decides to pull a gun out in public, I can take action with the cops to have his dumb a$$ thrown in jail.

     

    I certainly don't want to see a fully armed populace of George Zimmermans walking around.

    Who are the active "elite" QB's?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Um, Pitt hasnt been the top D most of his career. It was dominant when he first came into the league, and has always been a good D, but not even close to the best D each year.

     

    There has been no better defense in the entire league from 2004-2012 than Pittsburgh. Don't waste your time looking up stats, there's no doubt about it.

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