Er... personally I am always amazed that conservatives heads don't explode from the massive cognitive dissonance.
A kid raped by her father who gets an abortion is a despicable murderer. But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
Life is sacred 'till you're born. Then you're fair game?
But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
This Pandora's box has been open for a very long time. I'm afraid that even hope will escape it should we try to close it.
The mere existence of these weapons in the population makes them a deterrent for some crimes against the elderly and disabled. Even if it isn't a deterrent for some criminals, I would rather see the scumbag criminal breaking into an old person's home die than the old person getting killed, robbed, or otherwise abused. Dead criminals don't commit additional crimes.
If guns were banned today, and all citizens were required to turn in their weapons, do you think that the criminals with guns would trot off to the police station to hand in those weapons? Sorry dude, they aren't going to turn in those weapons.
Speaking from experience living in a country where people don't go armed, it works in a little different way. Naturally, the evil criminals don't turn in their weapons.
Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed.
"Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed."
I agree with you, except the part noted above. Are you saying they shouldn't be able to exercise their right to own a gun because they might use it illegally at some point? So how is a gu
A gun is specifically designed, tooled and sold to kill life-forms.
A brick or a screw-driver are a building block for walls and a tool for mounting screws respectively.
A knife is a utensil for cutting food, rope, etc etc.
By the way, in The Netherlands, where you can legally smoke a doobie or two and then mosey on to your favorite hooker, if you are caught carrying a knife in public, the blade of which is longer than your hand is wide, you are looking at up to 10.000 Euros in fines and 6 months in the slammer.
We don't like violence of any kind, and we don't tolerate it by law. I find this a very civilized notion.
This is not "liberalism". It's called rational thought and respect for other life.
*A gun is specifically designed, tooled and sold to kill life-forms. I own several guns. I hunt with 1, and the rest are mostly for target shooting. Sometimes its funner to go out and "Kill" some aluminum cans and paper targets. Not everyone out there buys a gun and kills stuff with it all day long.
*A brick or a screw-driver are a building block for walls and a tool for mounting screws respectively. *A knife is a utensil for cutting food, rope, etc etc. My point is that if you woke up tomorrow and the whole
You don't have to know how the computer works, just how to work the computer.
God, please let this be true. (Score:5, Funny)
I want to see liberals' heads explode when they realize that Socialized medicine is being used to buy people guns.
LK
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A kid raped by her father who gets an abortion is a despicable murderer. But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
Life is sacred 'till you're born. Then you're fair game?
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But... we should arm more people with guns whose only real purpose is to kill another human being.
This Pandora's box has been open for a very long time. I'm afraid that even hope will escape it should we try to close it.
The mere existence of these weapons in the population makes them a deterrent for some crimes against the elderly and disabled. Even if it isn't a deterrent for some criminals, I would rather see the scumbag criminal breaking into an old person's home die than the old person getting killed, robbed, or otherwise abused. Dead criminals don't commit additional crimes.
If guns were banned t
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If guns were banned today, and all citizens were required to turn in their weapons, do you think that the criminals with guns would trot off to the police station to hand in those weapons? Sorry dude, they aren't going to turn in those weapons.
Speaking from experience living in a country where people don't go armed, it works in a little different way. Naturally, the evil criminals don't turn in their weapons.
Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed.
The second part is that
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"Today, anyone can just claim he's just exercising his right to be armed right up to the point when he does something criminal with it. With a weapon ban in place, whenever a police officers finds someone with a weapon, they can take him off the streets on that charge. They don't have to wait for him to do his evil deed."
I agree with you, except the part noted above. Are you saying they shouldn't be able to exercise their right to own a gun because they might use it illegally at some point? So how is a gu
Re:God, please let this be true. (Score:1)
Logical fallacy.
A gun is specifically designed, tooled and sold to kill life-forms.
A brick or a screw-driver are a building block for walls and a tool for mounting screws respectively.
A knife is a utensil for cutting food, rope, etc etc.
By the way, in The Netherlands, where you can legally smoke a doobie or two and then mosey on to your favorite hooker, if you are caught carrying a knife in public, the blade of which is longer than your hand is wide, you are looking at up to 10.000 Euros in fines and 6 months in the slammer.
We don't like violence of any kind, and we don't tolerate it by law. I find this a very civilized notion.
This is not "liberalism". It's called rational thought and respect for other life.
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*A gun is specifically designed, tooled and sold to kill life-forms.
I own several guns. I hunt with 1, and the rest are mostly for target shooting. Sometimes its funner to go out and "Kill" some aluminum cans and paper targets. Not everyone out there buys a gun and kills stuff with it all day long.
*A brick or a screw-driver are a building block for walls and a tool for mounting screws respectively.
*A knife is a utensil for cutting food, rope, etc etc.
My point is that if you woke up tomorrow and the whole