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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    hedonist wrote:
    They're doing the gun buy-back here too...though I'm pretty sure it's more of a PR move on the part of our "mayor".

    It could be, but if it gets a few guns off the street its worth it.
    I think the kind of people (some of them maybe) who bring their guns to these event to sell back, might be the folks who lean towards the more irresponsible side of gun ownership. But that's just a guess/hunch. Too many guns out there and we've gotta start somewhere.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    keeponrockin wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    How did my words imply to you we do nothing?
    I have yet to see you advocate tougher gun laws.
    then you haven't read my posts...
    take a gander.
    Plenty here on the forum doing that, advocating tougher gun laws.
    Certainly must be hundreds of posts all saying the same.

    My basic agenda is to go to the root as I see it and help
    the shooters, the suicidal, the schizophrenic, the depressed, the homeless,
    the millions upon millions
    who will live and die unhappy due to lack of proper mental healthcare.
    In doing this we help all victims, all of society. Most especially the children
    living with undiagnosed mentally ill parents continuing a cycle
    long after I have left this world. A cycle that has been going on more than my 56 years here.
    Real change is needed.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    This is where I see personal responsibility (as jimmy V said) 'take over' stubbornly holding on to an individual 'right' for the sake of this right, not thinking how it will infringe someone else's, not thinking of ramifications.

    Exactly.
    I just emailed my local sheriff to see what it takes for them to hold this kind of event.

    I also meant to comment on that article and how many of the weapons turned in were illegal...That is more proof that there are just simply too many guns floating around. And the fact that illegal guns were turned in makes it even more evident that its not only easy to buy them on the street, but its easy to simply find an irresponsible family member or friend that has one lying around.

    Excellent Jonny - one by one... :mrgreen:

    Illegal guns 'under the state law', which means that they could have been purchased legally in another state...

    Hedonist- PR stunt or not, if it means less weapons out there, it's good. It also shows that the people have thought about it and maybe this is a start to culture change, albeit tiny. No one is taking anyone's 'individual rights' away but maybe more are starting to think 'communal rights' or just another person's right to live.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    redrock wrote:
    Excellent Jonny - one by one... :mrgreen:

    Illegal guns 'under the state law', which means that they could have been purchased legally in another state...

    Hedonist- PR stunt or not, if it means less weapons out there, it's good. It also shows that the people have thought about it and maybe this is a start to culture change, albeit tiny. No one is taking anyone's 'individual rights' away but maybe more are starting to think 'communal rights' or just another person's right to live.
    Oh, I'm with you and JonnyP in terms of the end-result. I just think our mayor is a smarmy POS :mrgreen:
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Pandora - maybe one could focus more on what you keep on repeating in every single thread if you started one dedicated to mental health and how to approach it. I understand you have a vested interest in this subject and you may find that some may want to engage with you on that topic specifically and would avoid spamming on all the other threads, whether relevant or not.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    DS1119 wrote:
    ...freedom.
    ...
    I'm going to file this in the folder marked, 'DUH', because... seriously who ISN'T for 'Freedom'? I have yet to hear or read anyone's opinion that they wishes they were enslaved... or locked up... or oppressed.
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    Hail, Hail!!!
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,605
    ...a stiff drink.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    JimmyV wrote:
    ...a stiff drink.
    ...
    I'll drink to that!
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    redrock wrote:
    Pandora - maybe one could focus more on what you keep on repeating in every single thread if you started one dedicated to mental health and how to approach it. I understand you have a vested interest in this subject and you may find that some may want to engage with you on that topic specifically and would avoid spamming on all the other threads, whether relevant or not.


    Chucks, how about just start a thread any kind of thread once. Mental health would a great start.

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  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    Cosmo wrote:
    JimmyV wrote:
    ...a stiff drink.
    ...
    I'll drink to that!

    I'm leaving this thread alone.. going down the same path as in every thread that requires a little bit of basic understanding of the problem.
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,605
    Zoso wrote:
    Cosmo wrote:
    JimmyV wrote:
    ...a stiff drink.
    ...
    I'll drink to that!

    I'm leaving this thread alone.. going down the same path as in every thread that requires a little bit of basic understanding of the problem.

    I've waded into a few of these threads in spite of myself. Slow at work and I can't help it.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    not living in fear.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,605
    ...living in a country where the Constitution has been amended 27 times and will be again.
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    "...I changed by not changing at all..."

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