America's Gun Violence

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,532
    My idea is to implement a nationally standardized test.

    We will call it the "Are you too fucking stupid to have this grave responsibilty" test
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  • PP193448
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    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    dudeman said:

    More is not necessarily better. That guy is a moron and he should have his license revoked at the very least.

    But this is the thing that begs tighter regulations: morons run rampant.

    If you could centralize the morons and let the morons act like morons in Moronville... no intervention necessary; however, as it stands, morons are strewn about everywhere doing moroinic things while they moron about among people with half a brain.

    I'd even say the moron is the majority.

    Maybe an IQ test as part of a background check?

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    There needs to be moron island. They can televise it like survivor, and the rest of us can enjoy... :lol:
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,452
    mickeyrat said:

    My idea is to implement a nationally standardized test.

    We will call it the "Are you too fucking stupid to have this grave responsibilty" test

    Isn't that the same test that should be used for parental certification?
  • PP193448
    PP193448 Here Posts: 4,282
    Bentleyspop said:

    mickeyrat said:

    My idea is to implement a nationally standardized test.

    We will call it the "Are you too fucking stupid to have this grave responsibilty" test

    Isn't that the same test that should be used for parental certification?
    I think so... Maybe can we have politicians and government employees like IRS take the same tests???
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    mickeyrat said:

    Tell me again why more is better?

    http://nbc4i.com/2015/12/07/shot-fired-when-customer-tries-to-stop-shoplifter/

    Yeah, and that's why we don't want civilians walking around with guns thinking they can fight crime with their bullets.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Who is this Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore? Pic is from this article http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michele-fiore-gun-christmas-card
    This is the kind of xmas cards some of your elected officials send?
    Our countries are on different planets when it comes to guns. Wow.
    image

    we are all missing the obvious.........why don't the babies have guns? they have second ammendment rights, don't they? there's no age restriction in the constitution!!! at least a gun-shaped soother? or a diaper that says "stop or I'll toot" on it?

    they should all be wearing shirts that say "white trash matters".

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,532
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Who is this Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore? Pic is from this article http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michele-fiore-gun-christmas-card
    This is the kind of xmas cards some of your elected officials send?
    Our countries are on different planets when it comes to guns. Wow.
    image

    we are all missing the obvious.........why don't the babies have guns? they have second ammendment rights, don't they? there's no age restriction in the constitution!!! at least a gun-shaped soother? or a diaper that says "stop or I'll toot" on it?

    they should all be wearing shirts that say "white trash matters".

    You cant see the diaper holster cuz they are facing left.
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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    edited December 2015
    Dude, cops make mistakes. Now wanna be vigilant
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Who is this Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore? Pic is from this article http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michele-fiore-gun-christmas-card
    This is the kind of xmas cards some of your elected officials send?
    Our countries are on different planets when it comes to guns. Wow.
    image

    we are all missing the obvious.........why don't the babies have guns? they have second ammendment rights, don't they? there's no age restriction in the constitution!!! at least a gun-shaped soother? or a diaper that says "stop or I'll toot" on it?

    they should all be wearing shirts that say "white trash matters".

    Hmmm. Wonder if they also believe in the Bible. Ayatollah Cruz and his extremists.

    And of course they're breeding.
    Post edited by callen on
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Who is this Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore? Pic is from this article http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michele-fiore-gun-christmas-card
    This is the kind of xmas cards some of your elected officials send?
    Our countries are on different planets when it comes to guns. Wow.
    image

    Look at the wuss on the right.

    Pffft. Nice 'little' gun.

    Like... get a freakin' gun already- not a gawddamn little pea shooter. May as well have rubber bands. Who's that gonna kill big boy, huh?
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  • dudeman
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    I think this might help us to actually get somewhere, or at least help us to understand each other's point of view a little better:

    WARNING: There is profanity and swearing in this article.

    https://popehat.com/2015/12/07/talking-productively-about-guns/
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    dudeman said:

    I think this might help us to actually get somewhere, or at least help us to understand each other's point of view a little better:

    WARNING: There is profanity and swearing in this article.

    https://popehat.com/2015/12/07/talking-productively-about-guns/

    Not just profanity, but swearing too? On a PJ website? What is the world coming to?
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    edited December 2015
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Who is this Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore? Pic is from this article http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michele-fiore-gun-christmas-card
    This is the kind of xmas cards some of your elected officials send?
    Our countries are on different planets when it comes to guns. Wow.
    image

    Wait this picture is for real....man what is this country coming to....even that 7-8 year old boy appears to be holding a glock. WOW!

    Peace

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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,162
    oftenreading said:

    dudeman said:

    I think this might help us to actually get somewhere, or at least help us to understand each other's point of view a little better:

    WARNING: There is profanity and swearing in this article.

    https://popehat.com/2015/12/07/talking-productively-about-guns/

    Not just profanity, but swearing too? On a PJ website? What is the world coming to?
    Just trying to be mindful of those that may find the language in the article offensive. This is supposed to be an "all ages" forum, you know.
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  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    Good article

    http://www.upworthy.com/what-google-can-show-us-about-our-reaction-to-mass-shootings?c=upw1&u=c80c2afdb12dac2ba0fe19cc32beb3255f1c785a
  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    So I am sure this is a good idea. image WTF?!!!
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,250
    g under p said:



    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Who is this Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore? Pic is from this article http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michele-fiore-gun-christmas-card
    This is the kind of xmas cards some of your elected officials send?
    Our countries are on different planets when it comes to guns. Wow.
    image

    Wait this picture is for real....man what is this country coming to....even that 7-8 year old boy appears to be holding a glock. WOW!

    Peace

    my thoughts exactly....I can't get over politicians that become gun experts as soon as they run for office. The people that this appeals to are the LCD of red neck society.
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  • oceaninmyeyes
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    The woman is a certifiable whack-a-doo. Did you see her statement yesterday,
    "What, are you kidding me? I’m about to fly to Paris and shoot ‘em in the head myself,” Fiore said, adding, "I am not OK with Syrian refugees. I’m not OK with terrorists. I’m OK with putting them down, blacking them out, just put a piece of brass in their ocular cavity and end their miserable life. I'm good with that."
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  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Whack-a-doo?
    C'mon now...it takes a special kind of grandma to make you Enfamil and jalapeno smoothies and rock you to sleep singing "Bodies" by Drowning Pool.
  • TL170678
    TL170678 Near Louisville, in Indiana, closer to Kentucky Posts: 422
    Cars Kill over 30,000 in America, more than guns
    Knifes kill 5X more than rifles (Including that scary assault rifle)
    Over half of Americas gun violence is inner-city gang related (illegal guns)
    The other 14,000, sure it`s a lot, but it`s not terrible more than Europe.
    We need to fix poverty, drug abuse, mental health to rid ourselves of violence. People will always find a way to kill, they did hundreds to thousands of years ago before guns, they always will.
    http://www.infowars.com/fbi-far-more-murders-committed-with-knives-than-assault-rifles/
  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    edited December 2015
    ^^ infowars.com is run by Alex Jones. Mr Jones is an American conspiracy theorist,radio show host, documentary filmmaker, and writer. After high school he attended Austin Community College.

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. BA degree from Harvard MA Univ of Texas:Austin and PhD from Columbia. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003. His numbers:

    1.4 Million: Americans who died in all Wars fought since 1776.
    1.4 Million: Americans who died via household Guns since 1968

    400,000: Americans who died fighting in World War II.
    400,000: Americans who died by household Firearms since 2001

    3,400: Americans who died by Terrorism since 2001
    3,400: Americans who died by household Firearms since five weeks ago.

    upworthy.com/instead-of-arguing-about-guns-on-twitter-neil-degrasse-tyson-just-laid-out-the-numbers

    Call me crazy, but I think I'm going with Neil's numbers. :smile:
    Post edited by oceaninmyeyes on
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