Like the 48% decrease in gun homicides? On May 28, 2014 10:30 AM, "GMoney" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This is true. > > Mass shootings are poor examples for why we need stronger gun control. For > perfectly apt examples, just pick up your morning paper. > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So do I. Also, this latest killing had nothing to do with gun > > control. None of the proposed legislation would have stopped him from > > buying guns, and it seems that none of the current mental health > > reporting requirements would have prevented it either. Short of > > banning and destroying all guns, you can't stop crazies and crooks > > from getting them. And if he had not had guns, he would still have > > killed. Half of the fatalities were stabbed to death and several of > > the injured were hit by his car. He was going to kill. Being able to > > buy guns might have made it somewhat easier, but nothing short of > > being locked away in solitary would have kept him from killing. He > > was just so badly broken - a paranoid psychopath of the worst type. > > His writings and videos are the scariest stuff I've seen since Ted > > Bundy or the Unibomber - neither of whom used a gun. > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Scott Stewart > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I agree with Judah, however appalling Joe's words may be. > > > On May 27, 2014 6:13 PM, "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> The dude may be a jerk, but I don't think he's wrong. That's the part > > about > > >> Constitutional rights...they are rights even when it isn't convenient > or > > >> pretty or nice. Freedom of speech is freedom of speech even for > hateful > > >> biggots. The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection for everyone > and > > >> your state doesn't get to change the rules even when you think you > have > > a > > >> really really good reason. > > >> > > >> I disagree with his view on what the 2nd Amendment entails but > whatever > > the > > >> current legal definition of it is, it applies even when people are > > dying. > > >> > > >> Judah > > >> > > >> > > >> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > http://talkingpointsmemo. > > >> > > com/livewire/joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher-ucsb-shooting-dead-kids > > >> > > > > >> > > presented with disgust. > > >> > > > > >> > > How many more have to be sacrificed on the altar of the current > > >> > > twisted interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. > > >> > > > >> > Here's the quote that got me: > > >> > ----------- > > >> > I am sorry you lost your child. I myself have a son and daughter and > > the > > >> > one thing I never want to go through, is what you are going through > > now, > > >> > wrote Wurzelbacher, who became something of a mascot for John > McCainâs > > >> > failed 2008 presidential campaign. But: As harsh as this sounds â > your > > >> dead > > >> > kids donât trump my Constitutional rights. > > >> > ----------- > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370522 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
