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On June 14 2013 09:35 Nimelrian wrote:
I think a country should rethink it's policy about guns when this happens:

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/toddlers-killed-more-americans-terrorists-did-year

On June 14 2013 09:35 Nimelrian wrote:
I think a country should rethink it's policy about guns when this happens:

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/toddlers-killed-more-americans-terrorists-did-year

On February 20 2012 03:25 MerdaPura wrote:
Owning a gun gives you the option of slef defense, but IMO martial arts do that job pretty well.
And also, the worst part about having a gun, is that you may want to use it.
And from there on countless things may happen, good or bad, impossible to know.
Finishing: Learn kung-fu

On January 17 2014 05:32 zeo wrote:
Again, if someone really wants to kill you, and wants to risk serious jail time they will probably kill you no matter what elite gun or fighting skills you may have.

On January 17 2014 05:38 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote:

I don't see your point. 1st degree murder is obviously almost impossible to defend yourself from. But what about unpremeditated acts of violence? That's where most violence comes from around here and, if you have the right training and mentality for the situation you find yourself in, your chances of survival can be drastically boosted.

On January 17 2014 06:04 zeo wrote:

What you are saying is true, just in an earlier post I said that trying your hardest to not get into a situation in the first place is better in the long run than having the skills to get out of it.

Someone running up and stabbing you from behind (like in the video) is something that does not happen and if it does happen to you you are in deep shit. On the other hand some bum pulling a knife on you in the street and asking for money is completely different, and yes having the means to defend yourself comes in handy. But not going down that dark alley at night, not threatening people and not making enemies, is a smarter thing to do than arming yourself, then proceeding to be a dick and not have a care in the world for consequences. No? Teaching yourself how to be sensible should take precedent over learning how to use a gun.

The North Carolina elementary school where Jackson Green, 5, counts to 100 and delights in celebrating classmates’ birthdays has gone into lockdown twice this school year, once for a drill and once for real, sending Jackson and his classmates to huddle quietly in a hidden corner of the classroom until their teacher says everything is O.K.

“It speaks to the psychological conditions of these children, that they’re alert, they’re on the lookout, that this danger is always present for them,” Jackson’s mother, Sarah Green, said in an interview. “It’s constantly on their minds.”

Though Jackson is still too young to understand the broader threats behind the drills, he has absorbed their lessons so well that he has started playing lockdown at home, Ms. Green said. “Attention everyone, this is a lockdown!” he announces in the playroom. “Turn off the lights!”

“For Jackson, it’s just normal,” Ms. Green said in an email. “Quite frankly, it is horrifying that my son imposes lockdowns on his little brother in the same way that he pretends to announce the lunch menu.”

In Louisville, the school where Rachel Hurd Anger’s daughter, Ella, attends second grade was locked down after a man with five BB guns walked onto the campus. A few days later, Ms. Hurd Anger said her daughter drew a red-and-yellow emergency button and taped it to her bedroom wall. When she presses it, she and her 4-year-old brother run to the basement to hide.

“It’s kind of like a security blanket,” Ms. Hurd Anger said. “She doesn’t want to take it down.”

On January 17 2014 07:16 FallDownMarigold wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/us/in-age-of-school-shootings-lockdown-drills-are-the-new-duck-and-cover.html


In Age of School Shootings, Lockdown Is the New Fire Drill



luv it er leave it!

On January 17 2014 08:49 iVLosK! wrote:
I left elementary school a decade ago and we had lockdown drills, they're not anything new. We called them Code Reds and they happened 1-2 times a year.

On January 17 2014 09:07 FallDownMarigold wrote:


That's interesting. I don't think the article is making the claim that lockdowns are new though. The argument is that they're becoming disturbingly commonplace.

On January 21 2014 03:10 Djzapz wrote:
My problem is that the people who argue against gun control and say that the problem is the people rather than the guns tend to be the same people who refuse to pay taxes and blame the poor for all the difficulties they're experiencing. , gun control many not prevent many (if any) crimes. But social programs would. Social equality measures would. State-funded mental health establishment might, paired with 21st century legislation to that effect.

But no, the poor kids in ghettos, the sick white crackheads ought to get their shit together on their own. Or get shot dead by police or incarcerated shortly after they've snapped or have murdered a cashier because their life sucks and people don't give the slightest amount of fuck. Well they don't care until little sally gets killed because dad wouldn't pay a dollar out of his yearly income to feed people who'll fight for their subsistence before they let themselves die.

On January 21 2014 03:22 heliusx wrote:


That says more about you than anyone else.

On January 21 2014 03:31 Djzapz wrote:

Your one liner says about more about you than my post says about me. My post referred the the observable fact that many people who are against gun control also tend to be against the actual, functional solutions to reduce gun violence. That being said, I'm not really a proponent of gun control, definitely not in the US. So I'm at least an exception to my observation... But I would argue that I don't really fit in my observation because I would never make for the sole reason of discrediting gun control. What's the point? If gun control doesn't work, and it doesn't, then make an effort and bring up something that does.

What my post says about me, perhaps, is that I have a nuanced understanding of the problem and its potential solutions as well as the ineffective solutions that are brought forward by some sheeple who have a very shallow understanding of the underlying causes of gun violence and criminality in the US.

If you happen to think that my assessment is wrong, please do me a favor and wrote say three lines. Make six times the effort. Articulate your thoughts as if you were graced with sapience.