tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post2723887952909120211..comments2024-03-28T05:06:55.172-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: More guns do not make people safer.Shaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-8414351349392031542014-04-05T20:34:46.644-04:002014-04-05T20:34:46.644-04:00Clearly The Wanker Files is not thinking clearly.Clearly The Wanker Files is not thinking clearly.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-45257749829524222822014-04-05T20:34:01.625-04:002014-04-05T20:34:01.625-04:00"On gun control, which has been in the spotli...<b>"On gun control, which has been in the spotlight since the July 20 mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, Justice Scalia hinted that something could be done to control semi-automatic weapons.<br /><br />“Yes, there are some limitations that can be imposed,” he said. “Obviously, the [Second Amendment] does not apply to arms that cannot be carried. It does not apply to cannons.”</b>Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-24238019365494550322014-04-05T18:42:13.779-04:002014-04-05T18:42:13.779-04:00Was it not Scalia who neuetered the 'well regu...Was it not Scalia who neuetered the 'well regulated militia cause?<br />My guess? Because the NRA realized there is a hell of a difference between a well regulated militia and some clownish cop wannabee lugging his boy toy everywhere.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-11707729176298086092014-04-05T17:46:38.855-04:002014-04-05T17:46:38.855-04:00'Too bad the a**holes in the N.R.A. and the Co...'Too bad the a**holes in the N.R.A. and the Congresscowards don't engage in a circular firing squad.'<br /><br />precisely the sentiment the debate does NOT need.<br /><br />think about it...what you said.<br /><br />sheesh.okjimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013002335848390765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-88875197418888610912014-04-05T16:56:12.399-04:002014-04-05T16:56:12.399-04:00Too bad the a**holes in the N.R.A. and the Congres...Too bad the a**holes in the N.R.A. and the Congresscowards don't engage in a circular firing squad.The Wank Fileshttp://i.qkme.me/3q75a0.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-52897521278501925022014-04-05T16:55:35.478-04:002014-04-05T16:55:35.478-04:00As is often stated, correlation does not mean caus...As is often stated, correlation does not mean causation. Thus, logically you cannot say that more guns result in more gun deaths.<br /><br />BUT<br /><br />You can definitely and logically say, more guns absolutely do not result in less gun deaths.<br /><br />The lack of correlation proves there is NO causation, and there is no correlation between more guns and fewer gun deaths.<br /><br />That's logic talking.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-9469682413545530972014-04-05T14:45:07.975-04:002014-04-05T14:45:07.975-04:00There have been published statistics that the numb...There have been published statistics that the number of homes with firearms is declining.<br /><br />However, the manufacturers are turning out more "product".<br />Now where is that "product" being consumed?<br />Some of it goes to gun owners who have to "collect them all" but a lot goes to the street because manufacturers and their lobbying arm, the NRA, wants to keep point of sale laws lax.<br /><br />Nothing circular about this at all. Tighter point of sale laws can reduce gun deaths. Unfortunately that means reducing industry profits.<br /><br />Nothing circular at all.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-68565579810160336282014-04-05T12:09:34.338-04:002014-04-05T12:09:34.338-04:00Unfortunately. There are times it would be better ...Unfortunately. There are times it would be better if we were. Emotions impair the ability to reason.<br /><br />Yep, we're human. It is the way it is. <br /><br />I stand completely with my comments and the data you cite in the post. I'll leave the emotionally charged rhetoric to others.<br /><br />I repeat emotionally, good post.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-49712006990380852492014-04-05T11:49:26.660-04:002014-04-05T11:49:26.660-04:00Responsible gun owners have a right to Stand Their...Responsible gun owners have a right to Stand Their Ground? It's covered under the "Well Regulated Militia" clause of the 2nd amendment? Only "gun grabbers" argue that less guns equals less shootings?<br /><br />IMO what we need to get smart about is that this debate is all about gun manufacturer profits and profits for their lobby/<a href="http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2013/05/further-proof-nra-terrorist-organization-if-any-more-was-needed" rel="nofollow">terrorist organization</a>, the NRA.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-87558668855293824422014-04-05T11:46:05.705-04:002014-04-05T11:46:05.705-04:00After the Sandy Hook massacre, a majority of N.R.A...After the Sandy Hook massacre, a majority of N.R.A. membership, the law enforcement people, and a majority of the American people wanted to see a background check law passed. The cowards in Congress (Dems. and Repubs.), sucking up to the powerful criminals in the N.R.A., defeated what the American people wanted.<br /><br />That is NOT what a representative democracy is about. <br /><br />And of course there will always be emotions involved in the discussions of gun deaths. The deaths of 26 people at Sandy Hook, including 20 children, just to mention one massacre, would certainly cause emotions to run high. That's a wholly human reaction, just as anger and fear was the human reaction to 9/11.<br /><br />We're not Vulcans.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-49631165888785705492014-04-05T10:05:27.477-04:002014-04-05T10:05:27.477-04:00It is clear that the pro firearm anti firearm deba...It is clear that the pro firearm anti firearm debate has become circular. Always starting with the report of death by firearm(s), followed by the scripted arguments by both sides in the debate including the emotional, factual, and the spin factors. Concluding with the support for "doing something" and for "doing nothing." Life then returns to normal. until... The next time.<br /><br />What is puzzling is why, being a 'civilized' society and all we seem unable to see doing the same thing over and over again produces, wait for it... the same results. <br /><br />Isn't it sensible, indeed time, that we actually take action that reduces the violence, insures the rights of responsible firearm owners to continue to hunt, target practice, and secure their property, and also makes the streets safer for all. Everywhere.<br /><br />Perhaps we're just not smart enough.<br /><br />Putting aside the occasional emotionalism <br />and obvious bias in the post the statistical data makes the case, and it is a strong one, that it is time to look at the issue of firearm violence and its impact on society intelligently and then make intellegent and balanced decisions.<br /><br />Time to move beyond emotionalism, special interests (NRA/Firearms Manufacturers), and politics.<br /><br />Well down Shaw...Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.com