Things that made you frown today (Political Version)

[drauz]

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-win?CMP=fb_gu



This is what you're up against. Guns are now part and parcel of the culture wars. They're more fetish token than useful tool around the homestead. The NRA overplayed their hand and it's coming back to bite them.

I also will no longer tell you that, "No one wants to take away your guns!"

Glad hes off the bench then.

[~Rocktar~]

I also said that banning certain magazines wouldn't touch the Bill of Rights, because I said doing a lot of things wouldn't touch the Bill of Rights, because there are lots of versions of Constitutional gun control.

You are simply wrong and before you come back with the tired old part about being voted on or passed by the Supreme Court keep this in mind. Slavery and segregation among many other atrocities were voted on and passed the Supreme Court. Being voted on or passing a court decision does not mean that they are right or moral.

We already have regulations on free speech that everyone agrees with; for example, you don't think people should be allowed to shout fire in a crowded theater.

You are so wrong it hurts. The government does not ban you from saying this. It does provide penalties for doing so frivolously. Nice try.

And yes, you need 2/3 of the states to agree to a constitutional amendment. Do you think that will fly?

Why are you so supportive of giving up our Rights? Why do you want to enslave and kill millions? Why are you so against a weapon that is less dangerous than fists, motor vehicles, and hammers?

Why are you so egotistical, arrogant and elitist to think that law abiding citizens should not own something that is less dangerous than fists, motor vehicles and hammers?

Why do you and others think that you know better than the founding principles that have proven for over 200 years to serve us better than any other form of founding principles yet in existence?

[Latrinsorm]

I'm confused, are you suggesting that these people are of sound mind?

I'm noting the following facts in the context of developed countries:
-America's rate of mental illness is about average.
-America's rate of gun ownership is well above average.
-America's rate of gun death is well above average.
-In general, gun ownership is much better correlated than mental illness is to gun deaths.

You want to know which is a symptom and which is the cause, here is your answer.

I don't know if these people were or weren't of sound mind, but I know for certain what weapon they used.

[Latrinsorm]

You are simply wrong and before you come back with the tired old part about being voted on or passed by the Supreme Court keep this in mind. Slavery and segregation among many other atrocities were voted on and passed the Supreme Court. Being voted on or passing a court decision does not mean that they are right or moral.

Nobody said right or moral. We're talking about what's Constitutional. That's why we're talking about the Supreme Court. When you have grasped this distinction, let me know, and we can consider your other questions.

[~Rocktar~]

So basically you are tap dancing around the hard questions as to why you are a gun banner and want to see people hurt and/or killed because of your emotions.

[Neveragain]

Just 3% of Americans own half of the guns in America. And that 3% isn’t just anyone. According to a Harvard study flagged by Scientific American this month, the person most likely to stockpile guns in this country is an older, white man from a rural conservative area. And an alarming body of research shows that they’re motivated by racial anxiety and a fear of emasculation.

Who owns the other 150,000,000 guns? Young black men from the liberal inner cities?

[cwolff]

Who owns the other 150,000,000 guns? Young black men from the liberal inner cities?

I see your snark but will respond anyway. I don't know who owns the other 150,000 guns. Probably people like me who only own one or two.

[tyrant-201]

No one should own guns. Ever. The government should have all the guns.

[Neveragain]

I see your snark but will respond anyway. I don't know who owns the other 150,000 guns. Probably people like me who only own one or two.

Did you know that you're an illegal gun owner?

[cwolff]

Did you know that you're an illegal gun owner?

[sighs] am I an illegal gun owner? Please do tell.