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That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.
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Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View PostThe smokers comment lost me...
Originally posted by FreshFish View PostThe most strident voices clamoring for "gun control" are the very same people who hire armed guards to protect themselves. The fine print in all of their proposals allows private security firms to continue to carry guns.
Here's an idea:
-- if you really want strict gun control, no armed guards for you. Or,
-- for those of us who cannot afford armed guards, we get to own guns to protect our homes and our families.
The real underlying issue here is not "gun control," it is mental health.
I think almost all of us could agree on a few things:
-- mentally ill and mentally unstable people should not be allowed to use guns
-- violent criminals should not be allowed to use guns
-- terrorists should not be allowed to use guns.
The underlying factor in all cases is not "gun control" it is responsible citizens vs threats to society.
Originally posted by FreshFish View PostI believe that they would have included gun safety education as part of the elementary school curriculum, and every child would learn how to load, shoot, and store a gun safely before they entered secondary school.
Notice that it is the 2nd amendment; that places it as a very high priority. An armed, educated, and moral citizenry is the best protection against tyranny and the best guarantor of personal freedom and societal welfare.
Originally posted by alfablue View PostHere's the core question who feels the need to carry. Why?
do you think society is so crazy and scary that you NEED to have some deadly weapon on your hip at all costs?
Really?
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It's almost as if people think they are constantly in a situation similar to where cops make the excuse that they feared for their life.
The more I go on, the more I think people who openly carry are just scaredy cats. And all I do is look down on them, as they are so scared in life.
Originally posted by BassAle View PostStatistically, if you had a family then purchasing a gun would make them less safe.
Originally posted by SJHovey View PostAlthough I know countless numbers of people who have conceal/carry permits, I know only one person who actually carries a handgun at all times. This person is not a man, so as far as I know she is not compensating for the size of her sexual organs. She is 29 years old. She is a college graduate with a post-graduate degree. She makes well over $100,000/year in her profession and she was an ardent and vocal Hillary supporter.
Personally, you could have knocked me off my chair when I saw her handgun. I asked why, and her response was basically, "it makes me feel safer."
I always think it's a mistake to assume that the way you view the world, and threats in it, is exactly how everyone else views it. I don't know what past experiences in her life have caused her to make this decision, but she's a smart young woman and I doubt very much it was just because she wanted to walk around showing how tough she is.
We all have to make our own decisions in life, but I support the right of people like my friend to make those decisions. I support the right of people, if they choose, to carry a handgun assuming they've obtained the permit now required.
Personally, I've never wanted to. Why, even though I'm a pretty avid supporter of the right to carry? A variety of reasons. I don't really want one more object to carry around with me, and possibly lose. I think showing that you have a handgun potentially escalates a situation that may not have escalated on its own, because the other guy is now more frightened. And frankly, there might come a time when I'm just too tempted to use it, and I really have no desire to shoot someone.
But that's just me. I think posters here need to stop projecting their fears, thoughts and world views onto everyone else.
Talk to people in other countries and they can't fathom this obsession or the paranoiaLast edited by leswp1; 06-15-2017, 11:11 AM.
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Originally posted by SJHovey View PostWell, I wrote this.
Then you wrote this.
So, you can imagine the source of my confusion when you type this.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
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Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View PostI was just as confused by you stating the NRA supported keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and yet they lobbied to do the opposite of that.
The law is that if you've actually been confined to a mental institution, or if you have been adjudicated mentally incompetent, you can't possess a firearm. I don't think anyone disagrees that should be the law, including the NRA.
What you are referring to is efforts opposed by the NRA to boot strap a bunch of crap onto the meaning of the word "adjudicated." Adjudicated means a judge or agency assigned to make such determinations has actually done so, and they actually make a determination of mental incompetence.
The NRA has fought efforts to add onto that definition things like a social security claim where someone claims they suffer from a mental illness, like depression, and as a result can't earn a living, but never intended to claim they are "mentally incompetent" because they clearly aren't. A lot of people suffer from depression in this country right now. Do we want to travel down the road of saying they are mentally incompetent?That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.
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Originally posted by SJHovey View PostYou were confused because I didn't write that. I'll explain your confusion to you.
The law is that if you've actually been confined to a mental institution, or if you have been adjudicated mentally incompetent, you can't possess a firearm. I don't think anyone disagrees that should be the law, including the NRA.
What you are referring to is efforts opposed by the NRA to boot strap a bunch of crap onto the meaning of the word "adjudicated." Adjudicated means a judge or agency assigned to make such determinations has actually done so, and they actually make a determination of mental incompetence.
The NRA has fought efforts to add onto that definition things like a social security claim where someone claims they suffer from a mental illness, like depression, and as a result can't earn a living, but never intended to claim they are "mentally incompetent" because they clearly aren't. A lot of people suffer from depression in this country right now. Do we want to travel down the road of saying they are mentally incompetent?
you're wrong.
The NRA fought the requirement to have the SSA report recipients who have been deemed unable to manage their own affairs due to “marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease” for inclusion in the NICS database.
Collecting social security disability for depression or something like that is not enough for inclusion, the person needs to be so mentally compromised that they are unable to manage their affairs.
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Originally posted by joecct View PostThe right of survival overrides the 5th commandment.
Kill or be killed...I think that was in John right?"It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
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Originally posted by Handyman View PostIf you say so...problem is survival is never really the problem with most of this. But I am sure Jesus would be carrying if he was alive. Wait he was Black so probably not
Kill or be killed...I think that was in John right?**NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.
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Originally posted by BassAle View Postyou're wrong.
The NRA fought the requirement to have the SSA report recipients who have been deemed unable to manage their own affairs due to “marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease” for inclusion in the NICS database.
Collecting social security disability for depression or something like that is not enough for inclusion, the person needs to be so mentally compromised that they are unable to manage their affairs.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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Originally posted by SJHovey View PostYou were confused because I didn't write that. I'll explain your confusion to you.
The law is that if you've actually been confined to a mental institution, or if you have been adjudicated mentally incompetent, you can't possess a firearm. I don't think anyone disagrees that should be the law, including the NRA.
What you are referring to is efforts opposed by the NRA to boot strap a bunch of crap onto the meaning of the word "adjudicated." Adjudicated means a judge or agency assigned to make such determinations has actually done so, and they actually make a determination of mental incompetence.
The NRA has fought efforts to add onto that definition things like a social security claim where someone claims they suffer from a mental illness, like depression, and as a result can't earn a living, but never intended to claim they are "mentally incompetent" because they clearly aren't. A lot of people suffer from depression in this country right now. Do we want to travel down the road of saying they are mentally incompetent?
So how do they decide who is competent to legally own and carry a gun? I would feel a whole lot better if you had to show some sort of knowledge and competence (the other kind) before you got a license to play
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Originally posted by leswp1 View PostSo how do they decide who is competent to legally own and carry a gun? I would feel a whole lot better if you had to show some sort of knowledge and competence (the other kind) before you got a license to playCornell University
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Originally posted by SJHovey View PostPersonally, you could have knocked me off my chair when I saw her handgun. I asked why, and her response was basically, "it makes me feel safer.""Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."
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Originally posted by leswp1 View PostThe NRA is just one big and brilliant marketing firm for the gun manufacturers. When I was a kid they were much more sane.
It would be really interesting to see how the NRA would respond if MS-13 asked to open a chapter in Staten Island, say...."Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."
"Beer is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats
"People generally are most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most ashamed of in themselves." - folk wisdom
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Originally posted by FreshFish View PostSounds like her version of pepper spray. Just about every woman I know carries pepper spray in her purse. Most women I know also have taken a self-defense course. Most of them don't carry a gun mostly because of the hassle involved in getting licensed (which varies greatly from state to state, btw).
edit- that doesn't mean I would walk alone in the wrong part of town or do something that put me at risk. Caution isn't a bad thing
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Originally posted by FreshFishcan we assume you have never been raped, then?
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