Gun Control - Page 10

Eric · 17-10-2012, 22:01

Here's a humorous little twist on the traditional shotgun wedding

Free gun offered with engagement ring in U.S. - World - CBC News

cashman · 17-10-2012, 22:09

Probably offer Grenades wi wedding rings.

Eric · 14-12-2012, 17:12

Here we go again ... and again ... this time in Connecticut for chrissake ... looks like some kids were killed

But with the GOP controlling the House, don't look for any action on gun control. If the DOP regain control of the House after the mid-terms, Obama (hey, 2nd term, Republicans in disarry, he has nothing to lose) may try to do something. But the individual States have a lot of say. Anyway, I ain't holding my breath.

Connecticut school shooting claims 'multiple' victims - World - CBC News

gynn · 14-12-2012, 18:31

Normally I'd be saying what a terrible tragedy it is that so many innocent young lives have been taken. But I've had my fingers wrapped on this forum for daring to suggest any change to the right of a US citizen to bear arms.

So I'll save my sympathy for a country that deserves it.

Eric · 14-12-2012, 19:00

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Originally Posted by gynn

Normally I'd be saying what a terrible tragedy it is that so many innocent young lives have been taken. But I've had my fingers wrapped on this forum for daring to suggest any change to the right of a US citizen to bear arms.

So I'll save my sympathy for a country that deserves it.

Wouldn't worry about it ... the yanks are anything but shy about criticising other countries for how they run things ... and I don't think that one really has to change their "right to bear arms", just be a little bit more sensible about how arms are sold to the general public. Oh, and The Second Ammendment ... just interpret it in 21st. century terms. So much of the Constitution, even The Bill of Rights is out of date. I mean, nobody gives a thought to the quartering of troops in private homes any more.

As I believe I mentioned before (but I ain't goin' looking for it

) I have, as a Canadian citizen, the right to purchase a wide variety of arms. Thing is, it requires more than photo id and a wad of cash to get a Glock 17 when you live north of '49.

Gordon Booth · 14-12-2012, 19:21

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Thing is, it requires more than photo id and a wad of cash to get a Glock 17 when you live north of '49.

No problem here, Eric. You just have to have contacts.Available now for less than I bought mine for on a legal licence in the old days.

Eric · 14-12-2012, 19:25

CBC now reporting 27 dead including 18 children. But no doubt tv over there is covering the story. This is a big one ...

MargaretR · 14-12-2012, 19:42

I am not convinced that these gun massacres that happen regularly in USA are due to the 'inexplicable madness of a lone gunman'.

Switzerland has a high incidence of gun ownership amongst their population and do not experience such 'rampages'.

Number of guns per capita by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What makes USA vulnerable to these gun rampages is the CIA's active programme producing Manchurian candidates to act out these massacres for the purposes of pressurising the population to accept gun control legislation.

Mass deaths are a tragedy.
Do not assume that the cause the media uses to 'explain' the deaths is neccessarily the whole truth.

CIA creating real life Manchurian Candidates? ? RT

Gordon Booth · 14-12-2012, 20:01

MargaretR, you're entitled to your conspiracy theories but I find it rather unpleasant when you bring one of them into a discussion about 18 children and 9 adults being murdered today!

He's 24, hardly likely to be a veteran with a remote controlled implant put in by the CIA to turn him into a robot like assassin! His mother was a teacher there and is one of the victims so perhaps there's a connection.Perhaps not.
By all means air your theories but place them with a little more sensitivity!

Less · 14-12-2012, 20:24

Sensitivity?
That was her showing sensitivity, you should read what she posts when she's in full rant mode!

Gordon Booth · 14-12-2012, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Less

Sensitivity?
That was her showing sensitivity, you should read what she posts when she's in full rant mode!

I have and she rarely fails to astonish me.
However, there's a time and a place.

MargaretR · 14-12-2012, 20:51

Children are being killed in greater numbers by governments every day.

The fact that I draw attention to it appears insensitive to you.

I maintain that I would be being insensitive if I ignored it.

Instead I attempt to identify cause and promote awareness, which is the first step in prevention of more bloodshed.

Study reveals 168 child deaths in Pakistan drone war - Channel 4 News

Gordon Booth · 14-12-2012, 20:58

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Study reveals 168 child deaths in Pakistan drone war - Channel 4 News

MargaretR, that's a report from a respectable news channel, not a Russian conspiracy theory website.
If you can't see the difference between the two I'm sorry for you but I can.
And neither one is relevant or applicable to a discussion about the deaths today of 18 children and 9 adults at the hands of a deranged 24 year old.

cashman · 14-12-2012, 21:25

Switzerland unlike the good ole U.S.A. has never had the "Cowboy" mentality, That imho probably constitutes more to these senseless shootings than the rubbish yeh give credit to the C.I.A. fer Margaret.

gynn · 14-12-2012, 21:29

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

a discussion about the deaths today of 18 children and 9 adults at the hands of a deranged 24 year old.

Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong in thinking that the blood of those murdered children is as much on the hands of anyone arguing against tougher gun laws in the US as it is on the hands of the 'deranged 24 year old'?