No ma'am, I won't register my guns

unsung wrote:

I'd be for tougher background checks if they did two other things:

1. No registry gets created on what people are buying.

2. Will it solve inner city gang violence where most gun crime is?

If the answers are no registry and Chicago murders get to near zero then I'm on board.

A nationwide ban on handguns? If Richard Nixon banned handguns when he was prez, better or worse right now in Chicago?

:corn:

In medieval times... there were similar documents or mentalities as the constitution. One was the Divine Right of Kings. In essence, the King of England did not need to answer to any human being and could rule as he saw fit.

Poor rule and evil misdoings became a bit of a sore spot for the masses and many who were subjected to the ideology recognized it for its weakness in serving humanity. They sought change. Of course, there were your fair number of donkeys that opposed change saying things like, "This is the way it has been written and so it shall be!" More than likely... these people benefitted in some capacity and so therefore, they supported the King to serve themselves.

Fortunately, there were leaders and their supporters who never sat idle in the face of injustice. At great risk to themselves, they eventually spit in the face of the Divine Right to Rule and, ignoring the selfish who were 'reluctant to change for progress', a King (Charles I) was beheaded. This was in 1649.

I know, I know... I have illustrated a case for the paranoid faction that insists this form of tyranny is anxious to manifest itself again. This was not my intent. My intent is to illustrate that just because something is... doesn't mean something is right. Change is a necessary element of life. We must continue to be a dynamic and continually evolving species if we ever hope to achieve universal happiness. Ancient documents should not dictate future way of life when they are proven to be ineffective or become antiquated and irrelevant.

I'm pretty sure the founding fathers of the USA would be slapping their foreheads and cursing aloud at the failures of the leaders that followed their existence in allowing a country with such an outstanding beginning to slip into what it has become instead of what it might be. The constitution was a great piece of work, but just like all great pieces of work... it needs a little maintenance to keep its worth.

The most armed country in the world boasts 11,000 gun deaths per year, numerous senseless national tragedies, and people fearing their neighbours. These facts beg some form of consideration. The musket has evolved to weapons of incredible efficiency and levels of deadliness. So too must the constitution. I believe this is the task that is incumbent on the American people and, in my opinion, to deny this is either asinine or self-serving.

they did have 'cars', at the time.........labeled horses.

pandora wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

In medieval times... there were similar documents or mentalities as the constitution. One was the Divine Right of Kings. In essence, the King of England did not need to answer to any human being and could rule as he saw fit.

Poor rule and evil misdoings became a bit of a sore spot for the masses and many who were subjected to the ideology recognized it for its weakness in serving humanity. They sought change. Of course, there were your fair number of donkeys that opposed change saying things like, "This is the way it has been written and so it shall be!" More than likely... these people benefitted in some capacity and so therefore, they supported the King to serve themselves.

Fortunately, there were leaders and their supporters who never sat idle in the face of injustice. At great risk to themselves, they eventually spit in the face of the Divine Right to Rule and, ignoring the selfish who were 'reluctant to change for progress', a King (Charles I) was beheaded. This was in 1649.

I know, I know... I have illustrated a case for the paranoid faction that insists this form of tyranny is anxious to manifest itself again. This was not my intent. My intent is to illustrate that just because something is... doesn't mean something is right. Change is a necessary element of life. We must continue to be a dynamic and continually evolving species if we ever hope to achieve universal happiness. Ancient documents should not dictate future way of life when they are proven to be ineffective or become antiquated and irrelevant.

I'm pretty sure the founding fathers of the USA would be slapping their foreheads and cursing aloud at the failures of the leaders that followed their existence in allowing a country with such an outstanding beginning to slip into what it has become instead of what it might be. The constitution was a great piece of work, but just like all great pieces of work... it needs a little maintenance to keep its worth.

The most armed country in the world boasts 11,000 gun deaths per year, numerous senseless national tragedies, and people fearing their neighbours. These facts beg some form of consideration. The musket has evolved to weapons of incredible efficiency and levels of deadliness. So too must the constitution. I believe this is the task that is incumbent on the American people and, in my opinion, to deny this is either asinine or self-serving.

I can identify with your last words here and agree...
It is totally asinine and self-serving to suggest removing people's rights
most especially in other people's countries.
I also agree that the founding fathers would be slapping their heads
at those who think they would be slapping their heads for creating our constitution
with the forethought to last hundreds of years for the same reasons it was created so long ago.
I'm sure you'd be getting a great big wtf You are certainly cut from different cloth then they,
than Americans who value their rights.

Some of the assumptions and outrageous insults by people not within our borders
leaves me quite sure we are again at what you can not understand you fear.
You can not understand why we want, need and enjoy our gun rights
whether we choose to own a gun or not.
If you did you would not entertain taking them away. Same goes for our dogs :?
Both are here to stay.

Then enjoy them and all the sufferings that come with them.

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

In medieval times... there were similar documents or mentalities as the constitution. One was the Divine Right of Kings. In essence, the King of England did not need to answer to any human being and could rule as he saw fit.

Poor rule and evil misdoings became a bit of a sore spot for the masses and many who were subjected to the ideology recognized it for its weakness in serving humanity. They sought change. Of course, there were your fair number of donkeys that opposed change saying things like, "This is the way it has been written and so it shall be!" More than likely... these people benefitted in some capacity and so therefore, they supported the King to serve themselves.

Fortunately, there were leaders and their supporters who never sat idle in the face of injustice. At great risk to themselves, they eventually spit in the face of the Divine Right to Rule and, ignoring the selfish who were 'reluctant to change for progress', a King (Charles I) was beheaded. This was in 1649.

I know, I know... I have illustrated a case for the paranoid faction that insists this form of tyranny is anxious to manifest itself again. This was not my intent. My intent is to illustrate that just because something is... doesn't mean something is right. Change is a necessary element of life. We must continue to be a dynamic and continually evolving species if we ever hope to achieve universal happiness. Ancient documents should not dictate future way of life when they are proven to be ineffective or become antiquated and irrelevant.

I'm pretty sure the founding fathers of the USA would be slapping their foreheads and cursing aloud at the failures of the leaders that followed their existence in allowing a country with such an outstanding beginning to slip into what it has become instead of what it might be. The constitution was a great piece of work, but just like all great pieces of work... it needs a little maintenance to keep its worth.

The most armed country in the world boasts 11,000 gun deaths per year, numerous senseless national tragedies, and people fearing their neighbours. These facts beg some form of consideration. The musket has evolved to weapons of incredible efficiency and levels of deadliness. So too must the constitution. I believe this is the task that is incumbent on the American people and, in my opinion, to deny this is either asinine or self-serving.

extremely well put.

dignin wrote:

4-year-old grabs loaded gun at family BBQ and accidentally kills wife of Tennessee sheriff’s deputy


http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/08 ... fs-deputy/

Sweet!