By: Jonathan Hughes
People are killing people with guns because people think a gun is power. Killing life is not power. When people see this the shooting of people will stop.
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Walter Zwick, Well done. If we scale that figure then we get a relation for 350 to 60, roughly 5 to one. We get about 10,000 to 300+ for USA to UK. So the USA is 30 times as crazy as UK. I said that....
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Everybody, Send a copy of the UK gun law explanation to your Congressman. Or better yet, to your friends with similar sympathies. Or even best, be generous: Send it to all you know—-except those at work.
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mespo727272 1, December 18, 2012 at 10:46 pm anonymously posted: Well ridiculous or no it’s certainly being done now in some schools....
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Excuse me, I’m unfamiliar with the term “custodial sentence” as opposed to a “prison sentence.” What’s the difference? In the UK.
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Could it be said that, like a lot of “time honored” institutions, the NRA has lost it’s way? Usurped for commerce, rather than teaching the youth of America traditions of gun safety, an appreciation of...
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Just guessing: Custody would be for those who as children can not be confined to prison. ??????? ( I thought that the UK was famous for not having this distinction.) What ýou don’t learn in the former,...
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JunctionShamus, “….and make every attempt not to be judgmental (THAT judgmental thing can be the hardest part of living)….” I used to spend every street walk judging every person and thing I...
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Well, in re “custody versus prison” in the UK gun laws, this: A person sentenced to prison for 5 or more years = no gun but A person sentenced to CUSTODY at all, for any amount of time = no gun So I...
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Odds of dying by suicide: 1 in 122 Odds of dying in an auto accident: 1 in 244 Odds of dying in from falling: 1 in 270 Odds of dying by accidental poisoning 1 in 292 Odds of dying by homicide...
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Starting as a juvenile criminal sentenced to correction (choose euphemism) will prevent gun ownership. No rebate for youth. Starting as an adult and requiring 5 years prison seems a bit light. But...
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You’re odds of being killed by something like a Coca-cola machine falling on top of you are twice as good as being killed in a terrorist attack.
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A heck of a lot of suicides are done with guns. I would bet it is in the top 5 methods used.
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A heck of a lot of suicides are done with Coke machines. It just takes a lot longer.
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Gene – Depends, though I understand what it is you’re getting at. Most deaths attributed to vending machines involve (1) alcohol, and/or (2) lost change. Got to a point when I was in the service, that...
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Intentional self-poisoning 1 in 727 Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation, 1 in 655 Intentional self-harm by firearm 1 in 214 Other and unspecified means 1 in 1,560
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“A heck of a lot of suicides are done with guns. I would bet it is in the top 5 methods used.” Yes, I’m sure it was the gun whispering into the victim’s ear.
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Life vests and helmets shall be worn at all times. The state doesn’t want you dying from falling down the stairs or drowning.
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When I was on the verge of death and physically depleted a few years ago I contemplated using a Coke machine to do the job, but couldn’t figure out the hoist mechanism. If I was a gun owner I wouldn’t...
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Mike, I’m a little pissed that you made me laugh with that remark. But it was funny.
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“Gene H.1, December 19, 2012 at 7:35 pm A heck of a lot of suicides are done with Coke machines. It just takes a lot longer. ————————- LOL, but true. Patient across the aisle was told that his daily...
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Clarfication: Grandpa’s edema was a serious strain on his heart, which was etc etc. Funny how a glass of water too many can kill you. And to exhilarate some, it won’t take long if you set your mine to...
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Gun deaths to surpass deaths in traffic accidents by 2015: report Gun deaths are on the rise, and in three years, more Americans will die from gunshot wounds than in car crashes, a report found. BY...
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Guns: Dangerous, Especially for Suicide, and Costly for America February 2010 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2848468/ Gun ownership is common in America. People report that they need them...
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By: Malisha
Mespo, thanks for the reassurance, but naw. You’re in Virginia. The Commonwealth is blocked from my brilliant ideas; it deserves it. There is a negative force field all around the Commonwealth and my...
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War occurs because people see war – killing as the answer. When you have people thinking killing is the ansewr there will be I wail get a bigger gun mentality with each side trying to our do the other...
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War occurs because people see war – killing as the answer. When you have people thinking killing is the answer there will be I wail get a bigger gun mentality with each side trying to our do the other...
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War occurs because people see war – killing as the answer. When you have people thinking killing is the answer there will be I wail get a bigger gun mentality with each side trying to our do the other...
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Do we have a very tolerant blawg or don’t we? Even anchorites visit us.
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http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/12/externalities-and-the-dubious-defenses-of-gun-enthusiasts.html
View ArticleBy: Malisha
OK so now the NRA wants an armed guard in every school. OK, then they need to pay for that. Gun-owners too. You have a car, you have to keep paying fees for it, year after year. The fees go towards the...
View ArticleBy: junctionshamus
Wrong… If all may derive a benefit, then all should pay. That’s what taxes are for. Doubt that NRA members are the ones committing these mass murders. Maybe some; as Mrs. Junctionshamus uses aversion...
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“If all may derive a benefit, then all should pay.” Wrong. I am pointing out that all do NOT derive a benefit from the unregulated gun ownership that we presently have. The level of “regulation” of gun...
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I must say this ,A gun does not save. Police do not save. Jesus in your soul saves to be like he is who does not retaliate not giving evil for evil thinking a weapon is a good thing. Had Jesus used a...
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Malisha – Your arguments are a non-sequitur. You’re blaming the acts of a miniscule portion of the population on a very large number of people. 300M persons in the US, 300M firearms in the control of...
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By: idealist707
JunctionShamus, Do much cherry picking? You say: 300 Mega persons and 300 mega guns. What PERCENT own guns. Education is a common resource, agreed many years ago. Private gun ownership under...
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BTW, we lose the equivalent of a small village to gun deaths every year. The UK per capita loses one thirtieth of that. And as projections show, gun deaths will go on cars death in a couple of years....
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It doesn’t matter that only a small number of people commit massive front-page-above-the-fold mass murders with high-powered superguns. That doesn’t matter at all, in fact. And I don’t need to prove...
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By: junctionshamus
Don’t mean to be condescending; but like with nukes – Who’s going to disarm first. And that just covers the defense perspective. Says nothing to the issues of shooting as a sport, hunting or other...
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National Shooting Sports Foundation, Newtown Gun Lobby, Keeps Military-Style Guns Legal Posted: 12/22/2012...
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By: idealist707
AY, Do you believe that we have a Sinterklaus here sponsored by CocaCola??? Who told you that? Or are you trying to prevent a comment from this end? We don”t even have any sort of fat man who delivers...
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JunctionShamus, LOL. Hope you have a dog who sleeps lightly too. Condescending is the least of the weapons used here. Ne’mind that. Who disarms first. They are solving that too, but collecting id’s of...
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You do not know Jesus who is the Lord God. One cares about this world, The other about the world to come. One cares about the physical things that wear out, and break. The other cares about us with...
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I707 – One step beyond the Vulcan mind-meld, to the Obama anal-probe… And for anyone who thinks the “gub’ment” doesn’t have a central file on gun purchases, you’re just deluding yourself. It’s tracked...
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I keep telling people that a fire arm is used because they think it is power. Piercing a person is perceived by the piercer to think they have power capable of piercing whoever. The devil through...
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But I didn’t say “disarm,” I said “begin to disarm.” A machine gun won’t save us from a tyrannical government action any more than a hand gun will save us from a lunatic with a machine gun. We will...
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I own 5 guns and have never shot anyone with them. Almost everyone I know owns at least one gun and I don’t know anyone who has shot anybody. Each gun I own has a specific and unique purpose for...
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