America's Gun Violence

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  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    I wake up in fear in Taiwan every day.  There was mass shooting over 50 years ago.

    Fortunately, Taiwan has no mental health issues, no social media and no 24 hour news channels.
  • Smellyman said:
    I wake up in fear in Taiwan every day.  There was mass shooting over 50 years ago.

    Fortunately, Taiwan has no mental health issues, no social media and no 24 hour news channels.
    Must be because it’s not densely populated, that you have plenty of personal space out and about on the sidewalks and on mass transit? Calm, peacefulness is just a short walk from your front door or office building as well, right?
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  • Smellyman
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    Smellyman said:
    I wake up in fear in Taiwan every day.  There was mass shooting over 50 years ago.

    Fortunately, Taiwan has no mental health issues, no social media and no 24 hour news channels.
    Must be because it’s not densely populated, that you have plenty of personal space out and about on the sidewalks and on mass transit? Calm, peacefulness is just a short walk from your front door or office building as well, right?
    Yup, there are not millions of scooters clogging the streets, driving and parking on sidewalks
  • unsung said:
    dignin said:
    To boot... he's got his wife's shorts on.
    Image result for funny pictures of people with guns
    Unsung?

    (kidding)
    Jealous?

    Just clowning around. I don't picture you like this. I picture you more like that reclusive guy on Shooter (the Mark Wahlberg movie).
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  • riley540 said:
    dignin said:
    riley540 said:
    Social media, news, ect. I think it’s all contributing. The major difference between now and the 1980s is the full time access to media. It’s in our hands all day 

    Any evidence to back that up? Because there is a lot of evidence to show that there are a lot more guns out there today, and a lot more assault style weapons.

    This isn't complicated, as much as some try and make it complicated.
    No concrete proof or evidence. Just ideas. Nobody knows why people do these things. 

    I simply believe thag banning AR15s won’t end school shooting. Columbine, V tech, two of the worst and hand guns were used. I guess my belief is that nothing good, or bad will happen if a ban is implemented. 

    What i beileive is important is determining the error is some people that motivate them to do heinous acts. 

    You mean outside of the evidence displayed by many other countries that initiated and followed through on sweeping gun reform that have yielded very favourable results? 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,673
    brianlux said:
    In any case, lets at the very least let's ban the automatic weapons like M-16's etc.  and require better back ground checks. Why that is a problem for some just simply boggles my mind.
    Easy Brian, you're infringing on their 2nd amendment right to own any gun. After all, the second amendment supersedes our right to live without fear of being mowed down by said M16
    Oh man, the nerve of me, LOL! 

    Don't you just love it when people talk about the second amendment like it was given by God to Moses on stone:  "Thou shalt allow thy citizens the right to bear weapons intended to mow down the masses".  And they also conveniently forget what that amendment was really about way back when it was written.  Time for a change.
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  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    brianlux said:
    brianlux said:
    In any case, lets at the very least let's ban the automatic weapons like M-16's etc.  and require better back ground checks. Why that is a problem for some just simply boggles my mind.
    Easy Brian, you're infringing on their 2nd amendment right to own any gun. After all, the second amendment supersedes our right to live without fear of being mowed down by said M16
    Oh man, the nerve of me, LOL! 

    Don't you just love it when people talk about the second amendment like it was given by God to Moses on stone:  "Thou shalt allow thy citizens the right to bear weapons intended to mow down the masses".  And they also conveniently forget what that amendment was really about way back when it was written.  Time for a change.
    To be fair the 10 commandments are really dumb too.  Strangely enough those who love the 2nd also love the 10 commandments.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,673
    Smellyman said:
    brianlux said:
    brianlux said:
    In any case, lets at the very least let's ban the automatic weapons like M-16's etc.  and require better back ground checks. Why that is a problem for some just simply boggles my mind.
    Easy Brian, you're infringing on their 2nd amendment right to own any gun. After all, the second amendment supersedes our right to live without fear of being mowed down by said M16
    Oh man, the nerve of me, LOL! 

    Don't you just love it when people talk about the second amendment like it was given by God to Moses on stone:  "Thou shalt allow thy citizens the right to bear weapons intended to mow down the masses".  And they also conveniently forget what that amendment was really about way back when it was written.  Time for a change.
    To be fair the 10 commandments are really dumb too.  Strangely enough those who love the 2nd also love the 10 commandments.
    Or at least they claim to. 

    Didn't somebody do a comedy routine about "The Ten Suggestion" or did I just imagine that?
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • I get it finally. Adults, who you think would just understand things like an adult might, simply cannot because they were indoctrinated at a very early age:


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  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    I get it finally. Adults, who you think would just understand things like an adult might, simply cannot because they were indoctrinated at a very early age:


    sad commentary
  • unsung
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    unsung said:
    dignin said:
    To boot... he's got his wife's shorts on.
    Image result for funny pictures of people with guns
    Unsung?

    (kidding)
    Jealous?

    Just clowning around. I don't picture you like this. I picture you more like that reclusive guy on Shooter (the Mark Wahlberg movie).
    Interesting.  Well, his concerns sure were valid.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,458
    Watching these politicians trip all over their dicks talking to these kids in Florida is pathetic. Rubio is really trying not to answer questions that compromise his NRA buddies.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    tbergs said:
    Watching these politicians trip all over their dicks talking to these kids in Florida is pathetic. Rubio is really trying not to answer questions that compromise his NRA buddies.
    Two weeks ago those kids had to be told not to eat Tide pods.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    unsung said:
    tbergs said:
    Watching these politicians trip all over their dicks talking to these kids in Florida is pathetic. Rubio is really trying not to answer questions that compromise his NRA buddies.
    Two weeks ago those kids had to be told not to eat Tide pods.
    Those very same kids? How impressive that you were able to confirm that connection. 
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  • unsung said:
    tbergs said:
    Watching these politicians trip all over their dicks talking to these kids in Florida is pathetic. Rubio is really trying not to answer questions that compromise his NRA buddies.
    Two weeks ago those kids had to be told not to eat Tide pods.
    Yuck, yuck, yuck, huh, huh. Not even half the man.
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  • CM189191
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    Another reason I'm proud to live in Minneapolis

    Minneapolis Students March For Gun Control; Council Backs Assault Weapons Ban

    http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/02/21/minneapolis-students-walkout-gun-control/

    After listening to students, the city council quickly moved to pass a motion in support of a statewide ban on assault weapons, bump stocks, silencers and extended magazines.

    The vote makes Minneapolis the first city in the state to publicly support a statewide ban on assault weapons.
  • CM189191 said:
    Another reason I'm proud to live in Minneapolis

    Minneapolis Students March For Gun Control; Council Backs Assault Weapons Ban

    http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/02/21/minneapolis-students-walkout-gun-control/

    After listening to students, the city council quickly moved to pass a motion in support of a statewide ban on assault weapons, bump stocks, silencers and extended magazines.

    The vote makes Minneapolis the first city in the state to publicly support a statewide ban on assault weapons.
    I wonder if and when the surrounding states’ legislatures pass similar legislation, if Unsung will start the revolution?
     
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  • dignin
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    unsung said:
    tbergs said:
    Watching these politicians trip all over their dicks talking to these kids in Florida is pathetic. Rubio is really trying not to answer questions that compromise his NRA buddies.
    Two weeks ago those kids had to be told not to eat Tide pods.
    Based on your recent comments I don't think it was these kids eating the Tide Pods.
  • CM189191 said:
    Another reason I'm proud to live in Minneapolis

    Minneapolis Students March For Gun Control; Council Backs Assault Weapons Ban

    http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/02/21/minneapolis-students-walkout-gun-control/

    After listening to students, the city council quickly moved to pass a motion in support of a statewide ban on assault weapons, bump stocks, silencers and extended magazines.

    The vote makes Minneapolis the first city in the state to publicly support a statewide ban on assault weapons.
    Impressive.

    Hopeful.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,458
    unsung said:
    tbergs said:
    Watching these politicians trip all over their dicks talking to these kids in Florida is pathetic. Rubio is really trying not to answer questions that compromise his NRA buddies.
    Two weeks ago those kids had to be told not to eat Tide pods.
    Huh, really? Another intelligent comment from a grown man about teenagers involved in a school shooting. I guess if I had to choose between being a teen now and eating a tide pod or doing all the dumb shit you probably did that was not shared with the world because the internet didn't exist I'd eat a fucking tide pod too. Keep throwing your stones and stay classy.
    It's a hopeless situation...
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