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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ha! Yeah I'm a regular Bernie Goetz
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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.
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Seatlle is a threat to SF!
58-0 win last week and more of the same vs. Buffalo. SF @ SEA next week...
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What would that accomplish?
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Well I can hope for a Seattle injury at least
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This man could play QB....
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If Brady is truly the football version of Milli Vanilli there has to be more proof than "they win too many games to not be cheating"
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I wish someone would break your freaking neck!
I used to say similar things about Aikman, Favre and Simms.-
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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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you forget GB had the #2 D in the league and the DPOY and was no slouch.
Roethlisberger has benefited from probably the best defense in the league throughout his entire career. Also a top running game. There is more to this than rings.
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You obviously are a huge fan of his - vs. GB Roehlisberger's rating was 77.4. Picked off twice, including one for a TD. Rodgers completely outplayed him and will easily surpass him as far as legacy is concerned.
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And I would say that he played very well in one Super Bowl but poorly in the other.
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I was just responding to the point "[ben] has played HUGE in the big games, especially the Super Bowls."
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Sort by rings ---> become expert.
Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson aren't better than Dan Marino and Jim Kelly....
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...there is just no way Big Ben should be left off the list too. Big Ben has been consistently great in this league pretty much since he came into the league and has played HUGE in the big games, especially the Super Bowls.
Not against Seattle. The Steelers won in spite of Roehlisberger's play (9/21, 123 yards, 2 INTs). He did rush 7 times for 28 yards and a TD, but he was putrid in that game and they probably deserved to lose. Antwaan Randle-El threw the game-winning TD.
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Arians is a top candidate, also look at Mike McCoy from Denver
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This the year to draft a QB.
No it's not! Last year was - see Griffin III, Robert; Luck, Andrew, Wilson, Russell. Tannehill and Foles are decent. Even Weeden is ok.
You guys are drafting Te'o.
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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Week 15:
San Francisco @ New England
Seattle @ Buffalo
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49ers post-Mariucci:
2003 - 7-9 (Erickson)
2004 - 2-14 (Erickson)
2005 - 4-12 (Nolan)
2006 - 7-9 (Nolan)
2007 - 5-11 (Nolan)
2008 - 7-9 (Nolan, Singletary)
2009 - 8-8 (Singletary)
2010 - 6-10 (Singletary, Tomsula)
2011 - Harbaugh - 13-3
2012 - Harbaugh - 9-3
Head coach can make a big difference. Franchise QBs often become champs at some point (Brady, E. Manning, P. Manning, Rodgers, Brees). But the easiest way to win in the NFL is to build a strong defensive team. Current NY Giants. Baltimore 2000. Tampa Bay 2002. New England did it before Brady was a veteran. All you need is a handful of high-impact players. SF now has a top defense with Aldon Smith, Patrick Willis, and Navarro Bowman - where just a couple of years ago the unit was terrible. The current offense isn't great, but they usually score enough to win because the defense is so dominating.
Bruce Smith and Buffalo's defensive unit was very similar for the Bills in the late 80s. Those great Buffalo teams were very good defensively, then became great teams overall with Kelly, Thomas, Reed, etc.
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P. Manning is great but he will never be generally seen as great as Brady and possibly Brees, Rodgers, and even his own brother unless he wins another Super Bowl.
And - no QB has ever led two different teams to Super Bowl victories.
" a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse "
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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.