There is a problem with the "Get rid of all of your lethal weapons and maybe the problem will be less." and that its 100 times easier to give people freedom than it is to take it away.
Problem: No one 'gives' freedom. It is far easier to restrict than to unrestrict. Over a hundred years went by before slavery was outlawed. It took suffrage movements and the civil rights movement just to begin unrestricting the right for many citizens to vote. So please, enough of that 'easier to unrestrict' nonsense.
People think attacking law-abiding gun owners will suddenly transform America into some sort of utopia. That thinking is wrong. You can substitute "video game players" or "fans of movies with violence and/or sex" or "music lovers of all genres" into that statement in place of 'law-abiding gun owners'; the majority of people will buy that message. But all those groups mentioned are categories of people who can safely be attacked by the media and politicians. Don't think so? Ask Ice-T why he's not with Time-Warner any more. The First Amendment only applies to the media, not to artists. Tipper Gore understood that, hence we got the PMRC. Am I wrong?
Any behavior that isn't docile consumerism, be it playing Quake or going to see 'Natural Born Killers' or heaven forfend lawfully carrying a concealed weapon for protecting one's family, gets this treatment. Why? Because a lot of irresponsible people have been rewarded for their lack of cluefulness with huge summary judgments in court. Spilled hot coffee in the lap? Not your fault, citizen, we can sue! You don't have to be responsibile.
And that's the root problem with Americans, as anyone not living here can attest to since by virtue of not living here they're experts on America. Lack of personal responsibility. When a lie keeps one from being punished or gets one a reward, we lie. When things don't go our way, it's someone else's fault, not ours, we dish out the blame. See the problem? If we don't start policing ourselves, with how we act and conduct ourselves, we give politicos the opening to make those decisions for us.
Somehow, this country survived two hundred plus years of private gun ownership and became the most powerful nation on the planet, with a robust economy. Countless people brave harsh desert climates or the dangers of the open seas trying to cross into America for a chance at a better life. Perhaps these immigrant wanna-bes are stupid, because any thoughtful educated non-American with a net connection realizes how much we suck as a country.
If I could restrict gun use to hunting rifles and get rid of all handguns and automatic wepons I would. Unfourtunatly I'm about 200 years late.
Not at all! There is a wonderful place just north of the US, called Canada. It has strict gun control laws and miniscule crime rates! Well, no, they haven't completely eradicated crime yet, but that's ok! It's a great place, and it fits what you're looking for perfectly. Just don't pay much attention to the weak Canadian dollar, or the country's substantial tax rate. They have strict gun laws after all.
But in London handguns are banned. And the police don't carry guns. (Or so I've heard from a Brit). I don't see Great Britain persecuting anybody?
Ah of course, England's handgun ban has completely eradicated gun violence. So the fellow who stepped up behind Jill Dando and blew her brains out, that wasn't a gun he used, obviously. Must've just thought mean thoughts at her. I feel sorry for her relatives trying to get an answer from Scotland Yard as to how this could happen in a country with such a perfect gun control program in place.
Empty vodka bottles in the HR luser's wastebasket and letting the office gossip 'accidentally' overhear your concern about seeing them there (s'why the hard-core alkys drink vodka, can't smell it on their breath...who'd a thought it) should help with this. BOFH suggested Nyquil, but it's easier to get your bartender friend to pass you a couple of empty bottles of Stoli.
One or two snail mail subscriptions to fetish mags delivered to the witch hunter at work should get the mailroom people talking too.
Mr Brett was the guitarist for Bad Religion, not vocalist.
The Offspring screwed Epitaph and Mr Brett by demanding to be let out of their contract so they could sign for mega-bucks with a major label. Rather than hold them to their contract as he very legally could have, Mr Brett gave the Offspring brats the release they requested.
This was documented in Alternative Press back around the time it took place.
I'll defend the first Star Trek movie. After decades of being without anything new and Star Trek related, we finally got a movie. Flawed in some respects, but not in terms of the cast. I sat in a packed theatre on opening night to see it; everyone applauded and cheered. For all the Khan fans, we wouldn't have gotten a second movie if it hadn't been for the first one.
And you have to admit, you got goosebumps during the tour of the exterior of the new Enterprise...
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Problem: No one 'gives' freedom. It is far easier to restrict than to unrestrict. Over a hundred years went by before slavery was outlawed. It took suffrage movements and the civil rights movement just to begin unrestricting the right for many citizens to vote. So please, enough of that 'easier to unrestrict' nonsense.
People think attacking law-abiding gun owners will suddenly transform America into some sort of utopia. That thinking is wrong. You can substitute "video game players" or "fans of movies with violence and/or sex" or "music lovers of all genres" into that statement in place of 'law-abiding gun owners'; the majority of people will buy that message. But all those groups mentioned are categories of people who can safely be attacked by the media and politicians. Don't think so? Ask Ice-T why he's not with Time-Warner any more. The First Amendment only applies to the media, not to artists. Tipper Gore understood that, hence we got the PMRC. Am I wrong?
Any behavior that isn't docile consumerism, be it playing Quake or going to see 'Natural Born Killers' or heaven forfend lawfully carrying a concealed weapon for protecting one's family, gets this treatment. Why? Because a lot of irresponsible people have been rewarded for their lack of cluefulness with huge summary judgments in court. Spilled hot coffee in the lap? Not your fault, citizen, we can sue! You don't have to be responsibile.
And that's the root problem with Americans, as anyone not living here can attest to since by virtue of not living here they're experts on America. Lack of personal responsibility. When a lie keeps one from being punished or gets one a reward, we lie. When things don't go our way, it's someone else's fault, not ours, we dish out the blame. See the problem? If we don't start policing ourselves, with how we act and conduct ourselves, we give politicos the opening to make those decisions for us.
Somehow, this country survived two hundred plus years of private gun ownership and became the most powerful nation on the planet, with a robust economy. Countless people brave harsh desert climates or the dangers of the open seas trying to cross into America for a chance at a better life. Perhaps these immigrant wanna-bes are stupid, because any thoughtful educated non-American with a net connection realizes how much we suck as a country.
If I could restrict gun use to hunting rifles and get rid of all handguns and automatic wepons I would. Unfourtunatly I'm about 200 years late.
Not at all! There is a wonderful place just north of the US, called Canada. It has strict gun control laws and miniscule crime rates! Well, no, they haven't completely eradicated crime yet, but that's ok! It's a great place, and it fits what you're looking for perfectly. Just don't pay much attention to the weak Canadian dollar, or the country's substantial tax rate. They have strict gun laws after all.
Jack
who isn't a gun owner, BTW. Surprise!
Ah of course, England's handgun ban has completely eradicated gun violence. So the fellow who stepped up behind Jill Dando and blew her brains out, that wasn't a gun he used, obviously. Must've just thought mean thoughts at her.
I feel sorry for her relatives trying to get an answer from Scotland Yard as to how this could happen in a country with such a perfect gun control program in place.
Jack
Empty vodka bottles in the HR luser's wastebasket and letting the office gossip 'accidentally' overhear your concern about seeing them there (s'why the hard-core alkys drink vodka, can't smell it on their breath...who'd a thought it) should help with this. BOFH suggested Nyquil, but it's easier to get your bartender friend to pass you a couple of empty bottles of Stoli.
One or two snail mail subscriptions to fetish mags delivered to the witch hunter at work should get the mailroom people talking too.
Jack
character assassin
The Offspring screwed Epitaph and Mr Brett by demanding to be let out of their contract so they could sign for mega-bucks with a major label. Rather than hold them to their contract as he very legally could have, Mr Brett gave the Offspring brats the release they requested.
This was documented in Alternative Press back around the time it took place.
Jack
I'll defend the first Star Trek movie. After decades of being without anything new and Star Trek related, we finally got a movie. Flawed in some respects, but not in terms of the cast. I sat in a packed theatre on opening night to see it; everyone applauded and cheered. For all the Khan fans, we wouldn't have gotten a second movie if it hadn't been for the first one.
And you have to admit, you got goosebumps during the tour of the exterior of the new Enterprise...
Jack