Another viewpoint: Only in the UK (where apparently the right to self-defense and personal property rights are in danger of becoming extinct) can someone break into your home (armed, no less), have the homeowner shoot the criminal who is breaking in, then the homeowner goes to jail while the criminal damn near goes scot-free AND have the courts decide that the criminal can sue the homeowner afterward!!!!!!
"Why do Juries award such huge awards????
If we as potential Jurist knew and UNDERSTOOD what we could do as a Jurist. "
Simple....the layywers sumbit a request for Change of Venue, hping to get the trail moved to an area more susceptible to their goals. Then 40 or 50 "potential jurists" are selected, interviewed prior to jury assignment to find if their personal viewpoints either agree or disagree with what's going on, then the final jury is selected from those 12 that agree with the way the laywers want the case to go; effectively deciding the case before it even starts.
Yet you can't accuse them of "jury tampering", because the jury hadn't been finalized yet....
Bowling for Columbine...what a joke.
As noted before, check you statistics for automobile deaths, etc, first.
As for the "Bizarre lawsystem", I suggest you look at the case of Tony Martin over in the UK. Where else can you not have a right to self-defense of life and/or property? Now THAT'S a bizarre legal system....
"He will also point to the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado in 1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot 13 people dead. Both boys were fans of the video game Doom, which has been used to train US soldiers in lethal combat"
Sounds like someone's mistaken Michael Moore's film as a REAL documentary again....
I'd have to agree...I don't think the goods would stand any better chance of being recovered, given the apathy of most police departments when it comes to theft.
I had my van broken into some time ago, had about $2k worth of tools stolen, and all Mr. Officer had to say was "well, I'll take a report...."
Hey, let's take the Constitutional angle on this:
Home defence is a losing game.
If every homeowner has a handgun, the Government will have a shotgun.
If every homeowner has a shotgun, the Government arrives with assault rifles.
If every home is armed to the teeth, the Government will drive you out/incapacitate you with tear or nerve gas.
And it's happened....Waco, Ruby Ridge, late 1930's Germany, USSR to name a few...
Not necessarily...I am a USAF veteran, qualified marksman, and NOT an NRA member.
The NRA, much like any other PAC, is in it for the money (my opinion).
My stance on Second-Amendment rights is purely my own, not some corporate-sponsored or politically-oriented ideal.
"The fact of the matter is NO ONE should have the RIGHT to bear arms, it should be a privelage"
And no one should have a RIGHT to free speech, either?
"EVERYONE in the US should watch Bowling for Columbine and pay attention to the facts! Try and watch it through neutral eyes"
As if the movie in question were neutral in the first place? I think not.
"Democracy gives you a voice for a reason"
Sorry, wrong target. U.S. is a Republic, not a Democracy. Of course, if you've gone through the public school system, I don't expect you to know the difference.
Bingo!
Also applies to everything else in the Bill of Rights...Look at all the crap that's been going on over the last 10 years or so, summed up with both the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security bill.
Sounds like both the State and Federal goverments have been brushing up on their Karl Marx texts.
"...We judge the risks and take them. I'm going to bet against the crazed-lunatic theory. Yes, I'm betting my life, my son's life, and my wife's life. Yes, I'm an adult and can make that choice..."
I *DO* have to ask, where is this fantasy land that you live in, where everyone lives peacefully and never a crime occurs?
I seem to remember one of the Apollo missions (8 or 9, not certain which) had reported a problem during lunar insertion...pilot reported that the window was "foggin up".
Turns out that NASA had plotted their course through one of the moon's Lagrange points (a more-or -less natural "parking space" for dust), and the "fogging" was the window being sandblasted!
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Used to work up at Monmouth....worked with the GTE/RITA folks testing satcom gear.
Been a loooong time!
Yes, but considering the current state of the world, Larry Niven's "Lucifer's Hammer" is still more accurate.
Another viewpoint: Only in the UK (where apparently the right to self-defense and personal property rights are in danger of becoming extinct) can someone break into your home (armed, no less), have the homeowner shoot the criminal who is breaking in, then the homeowner goes to jail while the criminal damn near goes scot-free AND have the courts decide that the criminal can sue the homeowner afterward!!!!!!
"Why do Juries award such huge awards???? If we as potential Jurist knew and UNDERSTOOD what we could do as a Jurist. " Simple....the layywers sumbit a request for Change of Venue, hping to get the trail moved to an area more susceptible to their goals. Then 40 or 50 "potential jurists" are selected, interviewed prior to jury assignment to find if their personal viewpoints either agree or disagree with what's going on, then the final jury is selected from those 12 that agree with the way the laywers want the case to go; effectively deciding the case before it even starts. Yet you can't accuse them of "jury tampering", because the jury hadn't been finalized yet....
Bowling for Columbine...what a joke. As noted before, check you statistics for automobile deaths, etc, first. As for the "Bizarre lawsystem", I suggest you look at the case of Tony Martin over in the UK. Where else can you not have a right to self-defense of life and/or property? Now THAT'S a bizarre legal system....
"He will also point to the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado in 1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot 13 people dead. Both boys were fans of the video game Doom, which has been used to train US soldiers in lethal combat"
Sounds like someone's mistaken Michael Moore's film as a REAL documentary again....
I'd have to agree...I don't think the goods would stand any better chance of being recovered, given the apathy of most police departments when it comes to theft.
I had my van broken into some time ago, had about $2k worth of tools stolen, and all Mr. Officer had to say was "well, I'll take a report...."
Hey, let's take the Constitutional angle on this: Home defence is a losing game. If every homeowner has a handgun, the Government will have a shotgun. If every homeowner has a shotgun, the Government arrives with assault rifles. If every home is armed to the teeth, the Government will drive you out/incapacitate you with tear or nerve gas. And it's happened....Waco, Ruby Ridge, late 1930's Germany, USSR to name a few...
So, what you're saying is that I should just be quiet, and pay extraordinarily high taxes to support everyone else??? Screw Socialism.
Not necessarily...I am a USAF veteran, qualified marksman, and NOT an NRA member. The NRA, much like any other PAC, is in it for the money (my opinion). My stance on Second-Amendment rights is purely my own, not some corporate-sponsored or politically-oriented ideal.
"The fact of the matter is NO ONE should have the RIGHT to bear arms, it should be a privelage" And no one should have a RIGHT to free speech, either? "EVERYONE in the US should watch Bowling for Columbine and pay attention to the facts! Try and watch it through neutral eyes" As if the movie in question were neutral in the first place? I think not. "Democracy gives you a voice for a reason" Sorry, wrong target. U.S. is a Republic, not a Democracy. Of course, if you've gone through the public school system, I don't expect you to know the difference.
...and when they're late, they're "not responsible for your protection," anyway.
Bingo! Also applies to everything else in the Bill of Rights...Look at all the crap that's been going on over the last 10 years or so, summed up with both the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security bill. Sounds like both the State and Federal goverments have been brushing up on their Karl Marx texts.
And how do you quantify this statement?
"...We judge the risks and take them. I'm going to bet against the crazed-lunatic theory. Yes, I'm betting my life, my son's life, and my wife's life. Yes, I'm an adult and can make that choice..."
I *DO* have to ask, where is this fantasy land that you live in, where everyone lives peacefully and never a crime occurs?
"I feel that I'm a responsible parent when it comes to my child's safety"
..."
You neglect to mention if you have any kitchen knives in your home....
"But then I'm probably some hippy freakazoid liberal
Yep. First thing every liberal says, "It's for the children."
Perhaps it actually could be space dust.
I seem to remember one of the Apollo missions (8 or 9, not certain which) had reported a problem during lunar insertion...pilot reported that the window was "foggin up".
Turns out that NASA had plotted their course through one of the moon's Lagrange points (a more-or -less natural "parking space" for dust), and the "fogging" was the window being sandblasted!
I know, I'm showing my age here...