Disarmament doesn't work. It only increases crime rates.
There's lots of people with guns in police stations. Why no shootings there? Oh, police are "special", I guess. Ok, well what about all these evil, gun toting assholes that want to keep their guns? Those guys gather at gun ranges. How often do you have shootings at gun ranges?
But hey, that's reality. Don't let actual facts get in the way of your feelings about evil, evil people that are subhuman and different from you.
You like having criminals come into your house while you are home to rob you? Then live in a disarmed area. Prefer than they do it while no-one is home? Then live in an armed area.
You seem to advocate the former. I hope you don't have a family.
lol, UK propaganda. Don't worry, the cameras will keep you safe, even though they definitely don't. What are you going to trust, reality or your feelings? Guns FEEL dangerous, so keep them away, and get beaten my roving mobs of hooligans once a week. Hooligans that are never prosecuted, despite all the cameras, because the cameras aren't for them, they are for keeping your ass in line.
The home invasion rate in the UK is much MUCH higher in the UK than it is in the US. You like the prospect of burglars coming into your house while your wife is home alone?
Yes, a gun in the home is important. It levels the playing field. The young and strong can't abuse the elderly here, because said elderly person might just have a gun. Guys can't just grab a woman walking alone on the street and rape her, because she probably has a gun.
But of course, such crimes are also much more common in disarmed areas in the US.
But gun grabbers will never see or understand reality. All they want is good feelings now, even if it brings worse feelings later. That is the only logic I can see in their actions.
There are hundreds of millions of weapons in the US. all the crime is committed with a tiny, TINY fraction of those. Like 0.0005% of them. The remainder are used primarily as a deterrent, which is why the US has a much lower general crime rate than the disarmed UK.
Uhh, think you mean AR15's there, buddy. Which goes to show how little you know about anything military related. Sure, you can't stand up to an Apache helicopter, but exactly how long do you think they will be able to keep them running when their supply lines are severed into a thousand pieces by dudes with homemade bombs and saboteurs? Stick a few dozen overloaded shells in a row in those gatling guns, and it will blow up, downing the helicopter, assuming they can get the parts to keep it flying, or the fuel to keep it in the air. Then there are the overwhelming numbers. 300K standing army vs an open rebellion of five out of a hundred citizens (ie 15 million), most of whom are totally indistinguishable from allies. And of course, the brutality of the inevitable response will only increase those numbers.
No, you don't need a high tech army to defeat the US. They defeat themselves in any and all occupation missions.
The amount of money that was lost because of the lockdown could have fed all the starving people in the world for a week. I wonder how many businesses that were on the borderline will now go bankrupt from lost business? I wonder how many people will kill themselves as a result?
But hey, it's worth it to kill those targeted by the media as evil, evil terrorists, right?
But seriously, there have been dozens of bombings and hundreds of mass murders over the years, and not ONCE was an entire city shut down for a manhunt. WHAT HAS CHANGED!?
Looks like Japan is now cruising down the road to a police state. Remember that in a police state, policies are implemented to make things easier on police. This means freedoms are crushed in favor of eliminating crime, real or imagined. You know, like shutting down the third most populous city while searching for a single person/evil terrorist.
I thought the English were safe from crime, given their disarmed society and their Orwellian surveillance society?
Whoops, there I go again, letting my doublethink slip and allowing reality to intrude on my thought process. I'd best be off to the two minute hate (Chechnya is our enemy. Chechnya has always been our enemy.) Wouldn't want to get into trouble with the thought police.
Anhydrous ammonia is not the same thing as hydrogen sulfide.
It would be in better taste for you to make fun of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Fewer people died there, and fewer lives were ruined. But I suspect that would have caused a much larger uproar.
Right, so in all of history, no-one ever thought that it would be a good idea to ban competition in currency? THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, and the currencies still failed.
And what planet do you live on where diamonds are a currency, or have value based on the numbers printed on them?
Yet the price of a dollar (to those that produce them) is about 4 cents. When price is much lower than value, you can bet that value will fall until the two meet.
Also note that the price is the same for ALL denominations of US currency. Not looking forward to hundred dollar bills being worth 4 cents.
Historically, no fiat currency has lasted more than 60 years. We are currently in year 42 of our fiat regime.
How many black people are you willing to starve to death to TRY to stop the seas from rising, even though you already know you can't?
Because much of Africa is fed by US agriculture. Agriculture that is 100% dependent on fossil fuels at every step of production. You might not care that the price of rice or flour has quadrupled, but that kills a few hundred million people. Not to mention that you are doing this at the same time that there is an economic depression. You might just start killing American poor.
But hey, as long as you bellyfeel doubleplus good, who cares, right?
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You do realize that Chicago is disarmed right?
Disarmament doesn't work. It only increases crime rates.
There's lots of people with guns in police stations. Why no shootings there? Oh, police are "special", I guess. Ok, well what about all these evil, gun toting assholes that want to keep their guns? Those guys gather at gun ranges. How often do you have shootings at gun ranges?
But hey, that's reality. Don't let actual facts get in the way of your feelings about evil, evil people that are subhuman and different from you.
You like having criminals come into your house while you are home to rob you? Then live in a disarmed area. Prefer than they do it while no-one is home? Then live in an armed area.
You seem to advocate the former. I hope you don't have a family.
Your post is very self contradictory. Which is it? Are they fringe right, moderate, libertarian, or left leaning?
Or are you saying that people across the entire political spectrum in the US believe in private gun ownership?
Collectivism is a mental disease. You should seek treatment, as you are a danger to yourself and others.
If you disagree, then I suggest you start smoking immediately, because Hitler banned smoking because it was bad for you.
lol, UK propaganda. Don't worry, the cameras will keep you safe, even though they definitely don't. What are you going to trust, reality or your feelings? Guns FEEL dangerous, so keep them away, and get beaten my roving mobs of hooligans once a week. Hooligans that are never prosecuted, despite all the cameras, because the cameras aren't for them, they are for keeping your ass in line.
The home invasion rate in the UK is much MUCH higher in the UK than it is in the US. You like the prospect of burglars coming into your house while your wife is home alone?
Yes, a gun in the home is important. It levels the playing field. The young and strong can't abuse the elderly here, because said elderly person might just have a gun. Guys can't just grab a woman walking alone on the street and rape her, because she probably has a gun.
But of course, such crimes are also much more common in disarmed areas in the US.
But gun grabbers will never see or understand reality. All they want is good feelings now, even if it brings worse feelings later. That is the only logic I can see in their actions.
By that logic, we should ban pools first, because many more children kill themselves with those than with guns.
I'm sorry you don't see or understand reality.
There are hundreds of millions of weapons in the US. all the crime is committed with a tiny, TINY fraction of those. Like 0.0005% of them. The remainder are used primarily as a deterrent, which is why the US has a much lower general crime rate than the disarmed UK.
Uhh, think you mean AR15's there, buddy. Which goes to show how little you know about anything military related. Sure, you can't stand up to an Apache helicopter, but exactly how long do you think they will be able to keep them running when their supply lines are severed into a thousand pieces by dudes with homemade bombs and saboteurs? Stick a few dozen overloaded shells in a row in those gatling guns, and it will blow up, downing the helicopter, assuming they can get the parts to keep it flying, or the fuel to keep it in the air. Then there are the overwhelming numbers. 300K standing army vs an open rebellion of five out of a hundred citizens (ie 15 million), most of whom are totally indistinguishable from allies. And of course, the brutality of the inevitable response will only increase those numbers.
No, you don't need a high tech army to defeat the US. They defeat themselves in any and all occupation missions.
They are ALL militaristic, no mater what they say.
Nixon was voted in on the promise of ending the war in Vietnam. Whoops.
The amount of money that was lost because of the lockdown could have fed all the starving people in the world for a week. I wonder how many businesses that were on the borderline will now go bankrupt from lost business? I wonder how many people will kill themselves as a result?
But hey, it's worth it to kill those targeted by the media as evil, evil terrorists, right?
But seriously, there have been dozens of bombings and hundreds of mass murders over the years, and not ONCE was an entire city shut down for a manhunt. WHAT HAS CHANGED!?
Also, that's creepy as hell. What are you, a fucking stalker? Jesus Christ, I'm one popular fucking internet poster.
Boy are you butthurt.
Also wrong.
Looks like Japan is now cruising down the road to a police state. Remember that in a police state, policies are implemented to make things easier on police. This means freedoms are crushed in favor of eliminating crime, real or imagined. You know, like shutting down the third most populous city while searching for a single person/evil terrorist.
Absolutely disgusting.
I thought the English were safe from crime, given their disarmed society and their Orwellian surveillance society?
Whoops, there I go again, letting my doublethink slip and allowing reality to intrude on my thought process. I'd best be off to the two minute hate (Chechnya is our enemy. Chechnya has always been our enemy.) Wouldn't want to get into trouble with the thought police.
Don't blame libertarians for your fascist country's idiotic rules.
Anhydrous ammonia is not the same thing as hydrogen sulfide.
It would be in better taste for you to make fun of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Fewer people died there, and fewer lives were ruined. But I suspect that would have caused a much larger uproar.
Right, so in all of history, no-one ever thought that it would be a good idea to ban competition in currency? THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, and the currencies still failed.
And what planet do you live on where diamonds are a currency, or have value based on the numbers printed on them?
Wrong. The pound was tied to the dollar under Bretton Woods, which was backed by gold until Nixon closed the gold window.
Yet the price of a dollar (to those that produce them) is about 4 cents. When price is much lower than value, you can bet that value will fall until the two meet.
Also note that the price is the same for ALL denominations of US currency. Not looking forward to hundred dollar bills being worth 4 cents.
Historically, no fiat currency has lasted more than 60 years. We are currently in year 42 of our fiat regime.
How many black people are you willing to starve to death to TRY to stop the seas from rising, even though you already know you can't?
Because much of Africa is fed by US agriculture. Agriculture that is 100% dependent on fossil fuels at every step of production. You might not care that the price of rice or flour has quadrupled, but that kills a few hundred million people. Not to mention that you are doing this at the same time that there is an economic depression. You might just start killing American poor.
But hey, as long as you bellyfeel doubleplus good, who cares, right?
So when 2016 rolls around with no significant change to the ice caps can we cut this stupid "ice caps r gunna melt" meme?
No? I didn't think so.
Sigh...
I don't think ANY partisan has any sort of grasp on reality.
Which is probably why I always get downmodded by members of both parties.
Robots, dude. Robots.
No, they will simply command the tides. Of both the seas and the people fleeing from the countries that these politicians have destroyed.