Blame Guns

[Ripsnort]

 

[Toad]

With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy!

You MAY be a Democrat IF...

...you're more worried about guns in the hands of law-abiding American citzens than U.S. nuclear secrets in the hands of the Chinese.

 

[Eagler]

Good one Toad

Do your part, vote 'em out !!

Eagler

[mietla]

good one, Rip  

Is this your van?

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[Dowding]

As someone looking in from the outside:

What is the problem with you guys? Don't you think the proliferation of guns in your society has something to do with your high murder rate? I've heard arguments about self-protection, protecting your children etc etc, but because guns are so common in the states, people have begun to accept them. Crminals routinely use them. In Britain, use of firearms is frowned upon by the crim. fraternity; especially if used against our unarmed police.

I can understand people having a hunting rifle, thats fair enough - but why all the hand guns? It's sick.

And the truck sticker is the most inane, outright stupid thing I've seen for a long time (and I watch Jerry Springer).

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[leonid]

Unfortunately, for many Americans it's a matter of not seeing the forest for the trees.  Guns will remain an American addiction for many years to come.

[Toad]

 

Originally posted by Dowding:
What is the problem with you guys? Don't you think the proliferation of guns in your society has something to do with your high murder rate? [This message has been edited by Dowding (edited 09-16-2000).]

IMHO, the problem is that we simply don't punish violent criminals in the way they deserve. Recent news highlighted that about 45% of criminals imprisioned in Tennessee (just a random example) last year were REPEAT OFFENDERS.

Today the local headlines are full of a rape/attempted murder case where the victim survived despite a slashed juglar vein. The perpetrator had been PREVIOUSLY convicted of rape and paroled. Now he's back in the slammer and they are trying for a 30 year sentence.

BZZZZZZZZZZT!  Wrong answer! He lost his turn on the wheel of life, in my book. Try again next time! The human gene pool is full to overflowing; we wouldn't miss him a bit.

It really isn't the guns. Guns are just a tool. Far, far more are used for sporting recreational purposes than are used for crime.

We just can't bring ourselves to believe that PEOPLE can be bad...it must be some inanimate object that made them do it.

Barf!

[Pongo]

So atomic weapons are fine for personal use too?  
Inanimate objects, our steely friends that go boom.

[Maverick]

 

Originally posted by Pongo:
So atomic weapons are fine for personal use too?  
Inanimate objects, our steely friends that go boom.

pongo,

Don't worry. The US will still protect your country. Canada the government dedicated to schizophrenia. Linked to the British Crown yet fights amongst themselves about speaking French.              

[Pongo]

Dont you worry. The guns your teenagers kill eachother with dont do anything to defend my country.
Your country couldnt stop slavery for 100 years for political reasons. Couldnt protect the civil rights of a big chunk of your population for another 100 for the same reason. Now you cant do any thing about the rediculous proliferation of guns for exactly the same reason.
Please forgive us for having two languages for the same reason. Alot of our voters like French. Let em have it.
 

[Jigster]

I saw Canadian Bacon! You canucks will be the reason for the US's down fall! You already had John Candy assainated!

 

- Jig

[Pongo]

John was a great Canuck patriot. But his loss was not in vain. He was just part of the first wave...We will not stop till we have given Americans a scence of humor!

[Toad]

 

Originally posted by Pongo:
So atomic weapons are fine for personal use too?  
Inanimate objects, our steely friends that go boom.

No, Pongo, you overlook the obvious.

Atomic weapons are tools, just like a hammer or a handgun. They can be used correctly or incorrectly.

Fortunately for us all, they have essentially made "total war" (as a technical term) a thing of the past. (Let us pray.)

They are neither good nor bad in and of themselves. Their use by man is what determines their resulting nature.

That is what all the liberal arguments for or against anything seem to center on.

It's not MAN that is good or bad, but the environment he lives in or the tools he picks up that determine man's nature.

Hogwash.

[funked]

Dowding there's a reason the people who founded my country left your country.    

I don't want or need people telling me "what's fair" for me to own.

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[mietla]

Well said, funked.