Terrorist Shooting In Orlando, FL

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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    That's what was said about the Irish, Italians, Polish and Ukes. But you wouldn't want history to get in the way of your talking points.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,410

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,961
    pjhawks said:

    Kat said:

    I would like to see gun owners and Second Amendment enthusiasts take a lead and be actively working to make sure that dangerous gun owners are not in their number. I don't know why they neglect doing this because clearly it puts the rest of us at serious risk. If you don't want the government to pass laws that would restrict your gun-owning rights, take charge and figure out how to prevent crazies from getting guns and using them on us. Then you'd be heroes and just maybe, we'd have fewer of these events...saving lives. Come up with ideas; get an activist conversation going and get it done...please. Do it yourselves.

    well said Kat. Unfortunately every time something like this happens the gun companies, enthusiasts and lobbyists circle their wagons and get even more defensive of their current stand.
    Well, they have a chance to do the right thing and if they don't....well, I want the powers to fix this as best they can. If regulations like stiff background checks, and/or a very serious computer database that tracks problem people is put in place because it's so complicated for all the various agencies to keep a handle on the people, I'll be ok with that. It's not only gun owners who live in America and I believe the majority of people want protections/changes.
    Falling down,...not staying down
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
    my relatives didn't kill 49 people and injure 50 or so in a gay bar, they also didn't fly passenger jets in the twin towers or shoot up a party in riverside ca. or behead infidels and post the footage on the internet, my relatives came here and were proud to be Americans they did not come here for free shit.

    Godfather.

  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,410
    edited June 2016

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
    my relatives didn't kill 49 people and injure 50 or so in a gay bar, they also didn't fly passenger jets in the twin towers or shoot up a party in riverside ca. or behead infidels and post the footage on the internet, my relatives came here and were proud to be Americans they did not come here for free shit.

    Godfather.

    Its sad to see someone who claims to be a PJ fan living in a world so full of fear, hate, and ignorance.

    Karma, unfortunately for people like yourself, is not your friend.

    Namaste'
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
    my relatives didn't kill 49 people and injure 50 or so in a gay bar, they also didn't fly passenger jets in the twin towers or shoot up a party in riverside ca. or behead infidels and post the footage on the internet, my relatives came here and were proud to be Americans they did not come here for free shit.

    Godfather.

    So what are you GF? Irish..Italian...WASP? Whatever you are, I'm pretty sure I can find some domestic terror attacks with just a smidge of research.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
    my relatives didn't kill 49 people and injure 50 or so in a gay bar, they also didn't fly passenger jets in the twin towers or shoot up a party in riverside ca. or behead infidels and post the footage on the internet, my relatives came here and were proud to be Americans they did not come here for free shit.

    Godfather.

    and so are the vast majority of those of middle eastern descent. can you imagine if the US didn't allow Germans to immigrate after WW2?
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    And by the way, I mean this with all due respect... your comment about stopping his parents from coming was ill informed (I'm being super nice). They are Afghan and during the 80's, we (Reagan) helped Afghans come here due to the fighting in their homeland. I'm sure you know that we were supplying Afghans with weapons to fight the Soviets. But I"m sure your on record for being against that back then.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,410
    mrussel1 said:

    And by the way, I mean this with all due respect... your comment about stopping his parents from coming was ill informed (I'm being super nice). They are Afghan and during the 80's, we (Reagan) helped Afghans come here due to the fighting in their homeland. I'm sure you know that we were supplying Afghans with weapons to fight the Soviets. But I"m sure your on record for being against that back then.

    Are you referring to the weapons that the Taliban use against Americans to this day?
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,911
    mrussel1 said:

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
    my relatives didn't kill 49 people and injure 50 or so in a gay bar, they also didn't fly passenger jets in the twin towers or shoot up a party in riverside ca. or behead infidels and post the footage on the internet, my relatives came here and were proud to be Americans they did not come here for free shit.

    Godfather.

    So what are you GF? Irish..Italian...WASP? Whatever you are, I'm pretty sure I can find some domestic terror attacks with just a smidge of research.
    there is only one thing in common with every mass shooting in america...the type of gun being used.
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    edited June 2016

    mrussel1 said:

    And by the way, I mean this with all due respect... your comment about stopping his parents from coming was ill informed (I'm being super nice). They are Afghan and during the 80's, we (Reagan) helped Afghans come here due to the fighting in their homeland. I'm sure you know that we were supplying Afghans with weapons to fight the Soviets. But I"m sure your on record for being against that back then.

    Are you referring to the weapons that the Taliban use against Americans to this day?
    I'm pretty sure we can take out 35 year old weapons. But yes, certainly the 'enemy of enemy is my friend' concept bit us a little. Although it's pretty easy to have hindsight on something like this.

    My point is that we were financially supportive and allowed refugees into the country during this time. But GF saw this all coming so he was against it in 82.
  • blueandwhite
    blueandwhite Posts: 662

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
    my relatives didn't kill 49 people and injure 50 or so in a gay bar, they also didn't fly passenger jets in the twin towers or shoot up a party in riverside ca. or behead infidels and post the footage on the internet, my relatives came here and were proud to be Americans they did not come here for free shit.

    Godfather.

    The overwhelming majority of Muslims and non-Muslims alike can say the same about their families. You seem very fixated on Muslims given that there are thousands of murders and mass shootings in the United States that have nothing to do with Islam, just as there are hundreds of thousands of Muslims living in the US who have never committed a violent act or been associated with a fundamentalist group.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473

    OnWis97 said:

    ban all Islamic people from entering the US.

    Godfather.

    You earlier indicated that talking about banning guns was the wrong response; now keeping Muslims from entering is the right response.

    But he did not "enter." He was born here. He purchased the guns almost as easily as you and I purchase candy. At least in this case, your solution does not help. But the opposing solution? Who knows; though we'll never find out.
    his parents were not born here, could of solved this problem long ago.

    Godfather.

    Your relatives weren't born here either
    my relatives didn't kill 49 people and injure 50 or so in a gay bar, they also didn't fly passenger jets in the twin towers or shoot up a party in riverside ca. or behead infidels and post the footage on the internet, my relatives came here and were proud to be Americans they did not come here for free shit.

    Godfather.

    the absolute hypocrisy in your statements is astounding.

    this is the same bullshit I get from my parents generation in Canada. when their ancestors came and slaughtered all the natives that were here and stole their land, it was ok. but now immigrants want to come here and simply say "happy holidays" instead of "merry christmas" and they're all trying to change our way of life.

    your immigrant ancestors were fine to come here because they didn't do anything bad, according to you. sure, none of them were murderers, robbers, mafia members, etc.
    a miniscule amount of someone else's ancestors came here and did something bad, and all of them should be banned.

    all because their belief system is different and you don't understand it so it scares you.

    educate yourself. it's ironic you keep telling everyone else to wake up, when you are the one asleep at the wheel.
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    you guy's sound people that want everything given to you and when you get you think you earned it, you folks have no idea.

    Godfather.
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    im just astounded that when something like this happens we go after guns instead of treating the mentally ill or vetting people more properly, but since guns shoot themselves lets take those away from law abiding citizens. I just cant wrap my head around not making individuals responsible, but instead blaming the machine. We already have gun laws on the book adding more and more to clutter up what is already there makes no damn sense

    my thoughts with those in Orlando
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879

    you guy's sound people that want everything given to you and when you get you think you earned it, you folks have no idea.

    Godfather.

    This statement is incoherent.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,410
    pjalive21 said:

    im just astounded that when something like this happens we go after guns instead of treating the mentally ill or vetting people more properly, but since guns shoot themselves lets take those away from law abiding citizens. I just cant wrap my head around not making individuals responsible, but instead blaming the machine. We already have gun laws on the book adding more and more to clutter up what is already there makes no damn sense

    my thoughts with those in Orlando

    Once again .....no one is saying take away guns from law abiding citizens.
    No one is saying get rid of the 2nd amendment.
    Its about stronger more stringent background checks.
    It's about the general public and families being more cognizant of their neighbors and family members behavior. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
    Its about restricting or eliminating sales of assault-military style weapons to the general public.
    And above all its about common sense.
  • blueandwhite
    blueandwhite Posts: 662

    you guy's sound people that want everything given to you and when you get you think you earned it, you folks have no idea.

    Godfather.

    What does that even mean? Seriously?!