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On December 07 2007 12:56 {88}iNcontroL wrote: I like you Mayson, live strong.
I think you, HeadBangaa, and myself are the only ones in this thread capable of independent thought. The majority of other posts are just spewing loads of horse shit from the Brady campaign.
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iNcontroL
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Wow I never expected 3 people with this mindset to be ganging up on 1-2 people with that mindset.. pretty funny Usually its the mob of ignorant lefties vs the few "radical" righties who have the guts to say a word or two.
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On December 07 2007 12:55 aRod wrote: I want to point out that cultural change does happen. For instance, Slavery. Before Slavery was ok, but now not so cool... Women voting. Before women voting = wtf. Now women voting = ok. Guns have been much more stubborn when it comes to leaving the United States. We were behind Europe on abolition of slavery, women voting etc. and we are behind on guns. I believe in about 150 years we will catch up.
Sadly the nationalism associated with supporting the constitution translates to loving guns for many Americans. None of the arguments being presented here put forth this retarded viewpoint.
Get the fuck out with your strawman fallacies, please.
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On December 07 2007 12:53 Mayson wrote:Show nested quote +On December 07 2007 12:38 yubee wrote:On December 07 2007 12:30 Mayson wrote: Exactly.
I'm getting a little sick and tired of people happy and willing to throw their rights out the windows. You can point out to them how criminals, by definition, do not follow the laws, but then they still say that gun control would keep them from getting guns. But criminals, by definition do not follow the laws.
It's absolutely disgusting how many people in this country are completely incapable of thinking for themselves. It's about time people woke up and realized that the popular media is for-profit, and will do what is necessary to create profit. They are not there to tell you the news; there are there to attract your attention and make money off of it.
Wake up, and stop throwing your rights away. so in your words, wanting better gun control is not thinking for yourself? oh wait should i be thinking for myself by just listening to everything you say and saying "yea that's right!!" you're the retard who brought hitler up in a gun control argument, i don't think you should be crying about independent thought this thread is garbage Nothing in that post makes any sense. Thanks for taking my comments completely out of context, not reading with any comprehension whatsoever, and then acting immaturely. If you had any education on world history whatsoever, you would understand why gun control worked for Hitler, Castro, Qaddafi, Stalin, Idi Armin, Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot, and Kim Jong-Il. But you don't, so you're going to perpetually mis-quote everything anyone says, and then proclaim that the thread is "garbage," as if you've demonstrated intelligence worthy of being in a position to judge much of anything, much less pass judgment on anything.
And this debate has turned from argument to personal flames. How sad and immature. I see no reason to counter your insults.
But I would also like to thank you for not addressing any part of the points I made. It makes me feel I'm right.
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I'm actually more moderate-liberal than conservative. I just defend my rights.
People need to understand that many of the statistics used to support gun control are skewed in some way, thus creating a bias.
For example, the crime rate in England was relatively low compared to the US before gun control was implemented. After gun control was implemented, the crimes rates did rise, albeit not by a significant amount.
All gun control will do is leave an entire population disarmed. It would be shooting fish in a barrel for the criminals.
Like was previously stated, outlawing firearms means the only people with firearms are the outlaws themselves, thus leaving the law-abiding citizens to be completely defenseless.
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On December 07 2007 13:01 aRod wrote:Show nested quote +On December 07 2007 12:53 Mayson wrote:On December 07 2007 12:38 yubee wrote:On December 07 2007 12:30 Mayson wrote: Exactly.
I'm getting a little sick and tired of people happy and willing to throw their rights out the windows. You can point out to them how criminals, by definition, do not follow the laws, but then they still say that gun control would keep them from getting guns. But criminals, by definition do not follow the laws.
It's absolutely disgusting how many people in this country are completely incapable of thinking for themselves. It's about time people woke up and realized that the popular media is for-profit, and will do what is necessary to create profit. They are not there to tell you the news; there are there to attract your attention and make money off of it.
Wake up, and stop throwing your rights away. so in your words, wanting better gun control is not thinking for yourself? oh wait should i be thinking for myself by just listening to everything you say and saying "yea that's right!!" you're the retard who brought hitler up in a gun control argument, i don't think you should be crying about independent thought this thread is garbage Nothing in that post makes any sense. Thanks for taking my comments completely out of context, not reading with any comprehension whatsoever, and then acting immaturely. If you had any education on world history whatsoever, you would understand why gun control worked for Hitler, Castro, Qaddafi, Stalin, Idi Armin, Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot, and Kim Jong-Il. But you don't, so you're going to perpetually mis-quote everything anyone says, and then proclaim that the thread is "garbage," as if you've demonstrated intelligence worthy of being in a position to judge much of anything, much less pass judgment on anything. And this debate has turned from argument to personal flames. How sad and immature. I see no reason to counter your insults. But I would also like to thank you for not addressing any part of the points I made. It makes me feel I'm right. It's been 12 pages before I gave in and returned an insult.
That's better than you, and nothing you've said has been right. It's all been opinion, which, by definition, is neither correct nor incorrect.
Edit: Oh, and you guys need to read this: http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=321645
The Brady campaign is at it again. I'm getting really sick and tired of this guy and his indefensible point of view.
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I would like to point out, regarding the major issue being discussed, it's not a matter of whether the pros and cons of each side of the argument are SIGNIFICANT... it's just a matter of which side's pros and cons outweigh each other. Therefore, this is a subjective value judgment. If you go back and read everything you will probably notice how many people have been either acting like one side is irrefutably correct, or denying that the other side has any illegitimate claims... both of which are wrong.
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This is in response to headbangaa.
We are one of the only countries with any reference to fire arms in our constitution. I claim this is one of the reasons some remain attached to them. People have a love of the constitution. I personally love the majority of it. A logical step is guns = constitution = good. Do you see it? It's right there.
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Too emo for me to even look at.
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Except all of the unbiased studies and statistics favor liberal gun laws without unnecessary restriction.
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On December 07 2007 13:06 Mayson wrote:Show nested quote +On December 07 2007 13:01 aRod wrote:On December 07 2007 12:53 Mayson wrote:On December 07 2007 12:38 yubee wrote:On December 07 2007 12:30 Mayson wrote: Exactly.
I'm getting a little sick and tired of people happy and willing to throw their rights out the windows. You can point out to them how criminals, by definition, do not follow the laws, but then they still say that gun control would keep them from getting guns. But criminals, by definition do not follow the laws.
It's absolutely disgusting how many people in this country are completely incapable of thinking for themselves. It's about time people woke up and realized that the popular media is for-profit, and will do what is necessary to create profit. They are not there to tell you the news; there are there to attract your attention and make money off of it.
Wake up, and stop throwing your rights away. so in your words, wanting better gun control is not thinking for yourself? oh wait should i be thinking for myself by just listening to everything you say and saying "yea that's right!!" you're the retard who brought hitler up in a gun control argument, i don't think you should be crying about independent thought this thread is garbage Nothing in that post makes any sense. Thanks for taking my comments completely out of context, not reading with any comprehension whatsoever, and then acting immaturely. If you had any education on world history whatsoever, you would understand why gun control worked for Hitler, Castro, Qaddafi, Stalin, Idi Armin, Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot, and Kim Jong-Il. But you don't, so you're going to perpetually mis-quote everything anyone says, and then proclaim that the thread is "garbage," as if you've demonstrated intelligence worthy of being in a position to judge much of anything, much less pass judgment on anything. And this debate has turned from argument to personal flames. How sad and immature. I see no reason to counter your insults. But I would also like to thank you for not addressing any part of the points I made. It makes me feel I'm right. It's been 12 pages before I gave in and returned an insult. That's better than you, and nothing you've said has been right. It's all been opinion, which, by definition, is neither correct nor incorrect. Edit: Oh, and you guys need to read this: http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=321645The Brady campaign is at it again. I'm getting really sick and tired of this guy and his indefensible point of view.
I hate to point this out again, (not really I love it), but you failed to address any of my points.
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On December 07 2007 13:08 aRod wrote: This is in response to headbangaa.
We are one of the only countries with any reference to fire arms in our constitution. I claim this is one of the reasons some remain attached to them. People have a love of the constitution. I personally love the majority of it. A logical step is guns = constitution = good. Do you see it? It's right there. The Constitution outlines what the government may not do to infringe upon the rights of the people, which the Constitution recognizes as existing before said Constitution was written.
Picking one Amendment out of many to single out seems a little hasty, considering that Americans love all freedoms recognized by the Constitution.
I, however, will not ever give up the right to self-preservation. It must be forcibly taken from me.
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On December 07 2007 13:09 aRod wrote:Show nested quote +On December 07 2007 13:06 Mayson wrote:On December 07 2007 13:01 aRod wrote:On December 07 2007 12:53 Mayson wrote:On December 07 2007 12:38 yubee wrote:On December 07 2007 12:30 Mayson wrote: Exactly.
I'm getting a little sick and tired of people happy and willing to throw their rights out the windows. You can point out to them how criminals, by definition, do not follow the laws, but then they still say that gun control would keep them from getting guns. But criminals, by definition do not follow the laws.
It's absolutely disgusting how many people in this country are completely incapable of thinking for themselves. It's about time people woke up and realized that the popular media is for-profit, and will do what is necessary to create profit. They are not there to tell you the news; there are there to attract your attention and make money off of it.
Wake up, and stop throwing your rights away. so in your words, wanting better gun control is not thinking for yourself? oh wait should i be thinking for myself by just listening to everything you say and saying "yea that's right!!" you're the retard who brought hitler up in a gun control argument, i don't think you should be crying about independent thought this thread is garbage Nothing in that post makes any sense. Thanks for taking my comments completely out of context, not reading with any comprehension whatsoever, and then acting immaturely. If you had any education on world history whatsoever, you would understand why gun control worked for Hitler, Castro, Qaddafi, Stalin, Idi Armin, Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot, and Kim Jong-Il. But you don't, so you're going to perpetually mis-quote everything anyone says, and then proclaim that the thread is "garbage," as if you've demonstrated intelligence worthy of being in a position to judge much of anything, much less pass judgment on anything. And this debate has turned from argument to personal flames. How sad and immature. I see no reason to counter your insults. But I would also like to thank you for not addressing any part of the points I made. It makes me feel I'm right. It's been 12 pages before I gave in and returned an insult. That's better than you, and nothing you've said has been right. It's all been opinion, which, by definition, is neither correct nor incorrect. Edit: Oh, and you guys need to read this: http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=321645The Brady campaign is at it again. I'm getting really sick and tired of this guy and his indefensible point of view. I hate to point this out again, (not really I love it), but you failed to address any of my points. You've failed to disprove any of mine. (Here's a hint: you can't. I don't cite biased sources. All of the statistics I'm citing are from government sources, or from controlled research studies.)
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On December 07 2007 13:08 aRod wrote: This is in response to headbangaa.
We are one of the only countries with any reference to fire arms in our constitution. I claim this is one of the reasons some remain attached to them. People have a love of the constitution. I personally love the majority of it. A logical step is guns = constitution = good. Do you see it? It's right there.
Guns are really only one piece of your constitution, so it equaling it isnt exactly true. It is true your constitution mentioned firearms, but that is only one of the sections of it. If someone does the step guns = constitution = good would mean they don't care about the document in entirety, and instead the part that lets them carry around weapons.
I look at this as kinda a dumb argument, with this day and age, guns will be around, all that is required is gun control that is stricter in a sense of "you cant have automatic weapons" but letting people still have their rifles and hand guns. Just make sure your system is one that works decently and realize that people will still obtain automatics illegally, or the like.
The answer isnt remove all weapons, or let everyone have what they want its moderation. Give access to the ones that can be used in recreational fun, not the ones that are specifically designed with killing other people as the purpose.
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This is in response to arod.
You know what's super awesome about the constitution? It's not immutable. The architects of the constitution were keen to cultural change, and knew better than to impose their temporal 'druthers in an absolute manner. That's how you can love the constitution without dogma. It is quite an impressive piece of work, actually.
But your statement seeks to exploit the polarization of patriots as "righties" and flag-burners as "lefties". I consider you a casualty of the media.
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Ima wear my bullet vest now... But serious how the fuck did he get an AK47, that's insane.
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On December 07 2007 12:59 {88}iNcontroL wrote:Wow I never expected 3 people with this mindset to be ganging up on 1-2 people with that mindset.. pretty funny Usually its the mob of ignorant lefties vs the few "radical" righties who have the guts to say a word or two.
thanks for putting everyone for gun laws as a tree hugging hippiel and everyone who opposses it as a right wing radical. There is no freethinking and we're just brainwashed by groupthink special interests groups!
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I don't know.
What I do know:
- It was illegal for him to possess an AK-47 - It was illegal for him to possess hand grenades - Laws didn't stop him
Once again, the laws did nothing to prevent a criminal's behavior. This is why gun control will not work.
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This is in response to Mayson
I acknowledge many of you points and support many of them. Gun control legislation in the United States has not produced results. I don't think it will work. You are right here. I HAVE acknowledge this. I don't like the static nature of unrestricted gun use in a country when many others are outlawing them. I have only stated I wish we could move away from them, and gun control is part of this effort.
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arod, your theories about cultural drift don't apply. Society will not evolve away from "crime". Guns are a means, not a paradigm (such as racism, sexism). Apples and oranges, kiddo.
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