Stone's got it right

Jeanwah

From PJ's Activism FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pearl-Ja ... ts&fref=ts

Stone Gossard urges you to Stand Up and Rally for Sane Gun Laws in Washington State in memory of the Sandy Hook victims on 1.13.13 at 1:30 pm from Westlake Park to Seattle Center. Learn more about how you can get involved: http://bit.ly/StandUpWA

dimitrispearljam

cool!

Flutter Girl

It makes no sense. I'm not a gun enthusiast, I don't even own one..I just see a total lack of logic being used here..Firstly, they have to define what a "semi-automatic assault weapon" is. Generally, they are referring to what is commonly called an "assault" rifle, like the AR17. You know the difference between that and a wooden rifle? Black plastic. Just cos it looks scarier doesn't mean it fires any faster or harder. And second, 20% of the population in America has some form of mental, or emotional (such as bipolar), disability..yet only 61 have gone on a rampage like this in the past 30 years. They are going to penalize millions of people who have mostly shown they are perfectly responsible with a gun or rifle, because of the actions of just 61 individuals. Yet I see no legislation being pushed to put a stop to gang members and drug runners/dealers, the folks behind the majority of gun violence, from being able to buy a gun or rifle. So you stop another 60 in the next 30 years, but we will continue to see 10,000 gun-caused homicides every year because you won't deal with the bigger source. These laws are not about stopping the violence. They are purely just to make you feel better.

Zoso

yes!

brianlux

I love that dude. Thumbs up, Stone!

Jeanwah

Bump. I'd rather see Stone at the top than the non-stop gun debates.

This thread is about awareness, not a debate about guns.

brianlux

Jeanwah wrote:

Bump. I'd rather see Stone at the top than the non-stop gun debates.

This thread is about awareness, not a debate about guns.

I'll bump that! :thumbup:

unsung

Jeanwah wrote:

From PJ's Activism FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pearl-Ja ... ts&fref=ts

Stone Gossard urges you to Stand Up and Rally for Sane Gun Laws in Washington State in memory of the Sandy Hook victims on 1.13.13 at 1:30 pm from Westlake Park to Seattle Center. Learn more about how you can get involved: http://bit.ly/StandUpWA

What does he have right?

brianlux

Stoney!

oops...sorry :oops:

Did I mention how cool I thing this guy is? :thumbup:

usamamasan1

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usamamasan1

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usamamasan1

http://expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/155455

usamamasan1

Maybe Stone should talk to Ed and have him stop throwing all the dangerous imagery out there.

Movies, video games, concert posters...
Glorifying violence

Zoso

usamamasan1 wrote:

Maybe Stone should talk to Ed and have him stop throwing all the dangerous imagery out there.

Movies, video games, concert posters...
Glorifying violence

Violence is in video games and movies all over the world so it can't be te number 1 factor here... Sure it's an issue but a side issue on the gun debate.. mental health also need to e looked at but as a side issue as again mental health is an issue all over the world... Guns is the issue with stone andante others for the exact same issue.

usamamasan1

Oh, thanks for clearing that up. Carry on

Zoso

usamamasan1 wrote:

Oh, thanks for clearing that up. Carry on

You seem to be an issue with me giving you my 2 cents. I acknowledged that we have to look at violence in society on TV etc but I believe it can't be the number contributor to gun violence,

Flutter Girl

Zoso wrote:

usamamasan1 wrote:

Oh, thanks for clearing that up. Carry on

You seem to be an issue with me giving you my 2 cents. I acknowledged that we have to look at violence in society on TV etc but I believe it can't be the number contributor to gun violence,

Poverty is. Kids in poor areas tend to turn to selling drugs or theft to survive. In either case, they often also end up in a gang as a result, which adds to the violence. It's why the UK has less gun crime than Mexico, even tho they both have total gun bans. The UK isn't as dirt poor as Mexico.

Is a kid shooting someone everyday over "turf", or drugs, or gang violence, not also a rampage? If you ban the mentally ill over 61 incidents over the past 30 years, then why is there no ban being proposed against folks in poor areas where the vast majority of the 10,000 annual gun homicides occur? No one actually wants to deal with the issue. They just want to slap a bandaid on it and pretend they did something.

Zoso

Flutter Girl wrote:

Zoso wrote:

usamamasan1 wrote:

Oh, thanks for clearing that up. Carry on

You seem to be an issue with me giving you my 2 cents. I acknowledged that we have to look at violence in society on TV etc but I believe it can't be the number contributor to gun violence,

Poverty is. Kids in poor areas tend to turn to selling drugs or theft to survive. In either case, they often also end up in a gang as a result, which adds to the violence. It's why the UK has less gun crime than Mexico, even tho they both have total gun bans. The UK isn't as dirt poor as Mexico.

Is a kid shooting someone everyday over "turf", or drugs, or gang violence, not also a rampage? If you ban the mentally ill over 61 incidents over the past 30 years, then why is there no ban being proposed against folks in poor areas where the vast majority of the 10,000 annual gun homicides occur? No one actually wants to deal with the issue. They just want to slap a bandaid on it and pretend they did something.

agreed with everything you just said.

Flutter Girl

Zoso wrote:

agreed with everything you just said.

Zoso

Flutter Girl wrote:

Zoso wrote:

agreed with everything you just said.

it's rare on AMT so I'm going to enjoy this moment.

Flutter Girl

lol