[FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?

[cardemaister]

Phew! I feel much safer now, if I ever plan to visit
Colorado! :D


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@...> wrote:
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> Raunch,the average person can not buy automatic weapons today. All so called 
> assault weapons like AR-15 or AK47's for sale today are semi-automatic. That 
> means one bullet fired each time the trigger is pulled until the 
> ammunition clip is empty. Automatic means you can fire ALL of the bullets in 
> a clip by pulling the trigger once, like a machine gun. So the government has 
> already banned automatic weapons. I'm guessing you *might*be tolerant of 1791 
> technology but nothing beyond that.
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>  From: raunchydog <raunchydog@...>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:37 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?
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> --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> 
> wrote:
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> > Sorry Emily, this is the very reason why we do need guns. So people such as 
> > your self can not *organize* and  deny us our second amendment 
> > rights as well as  our first amendment or any other amendment rights. A 
> > well armed citizenry protects it's self from a tyrannical government. All 
> > conservative minded people should be well armed.Liberals can disarm or 
> > arm all you want, that's fine with me. As the old saying goes, when guns 
> > are outlawed,only outlaws will have guns.
> > 
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> "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, 
> the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." When 
> Congress ratified the Bill of Rights in 1791 they weren't talking about 
> automatic weapons and they sure as hell never dreamed that a deranged person 
> could acquire unregulated automatic weapons capable of destroying 70 innocent 
> lives in a matter of minutes. 
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> No one wants to take away your guns or deny your second amendment rights. So 
> stop letting the NRA brainwash you into being so paranoid. If the NRA gets 
> their way, every man woman and child would carry a concealed weapon, fully 
> loaded AK 47 and a rocket launcher aimed at the White House, you know, just 
> in case that guy from Kenya tries any funny business. 
> 
> It's not reasonable to use the slippery slope argument that government wants 
> to take away all your guns, including guns for hunting, just because they 
> want to regulate automatic firearms designed to kill as many people as 
> possible, quickly as possible.
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> Let's look at *arms* â€" specifically, guns â€" as they existed at the time 
> of the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
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> Guns in 1791 WOULD
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> ...be made by a gunsmith.
> ...have rudimentary rifling.
> ...be single-shot weapons.
> ...be loaded through the muzzle.
> ...fire by means of a flintlock.
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> Guns in 1791 WOULD NOT
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> ...have interchangeable parts. (Popularized in 1798)
> ...be revolvers. (Invented in 1835)
> ...be breachloaded. (Popularized in 1810)
> ...use smokeless powder. (Invented in 1885)
> ...use a percussion cap, necessary for modern cartridged bullets. (Invented 
> in 1842)
> ...load bullets from a clip. (Invented in 1890)
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> http://columbiaacs.blogspot.com/2007/11/right-to-bear-ye-olde-arms.html
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> > ________________________________
> >  From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@>
> > To: "mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com"; 
> > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A movie to die for?
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> > A serious tragedy that has nothing to do with the movie business.  His 
> > "mom" said "you have the right person" and is flying out.  Did she know 
> > her son was unstable?  It's a problem with our mental health system, 
> > where families cannot get help for their ill family members before these 
> > tragedies unfold.  Guns should be outlawed for the general public in our 
> > society, period.  We don't need them.  
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> > ________________________________
> >  From: Bhairitu <noozguru@>
> > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:44 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] A movie to die for?
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> >   
> > So have we reached the epitome of ignorance when a "tentpole" movie 
> > results in a mass shooting?  Oh for those whose keep their heads in the 
> > sand there 12 people were killed at the premiere of the new Batman movie 
> > at a Denver multiplex.  Me thinks the studios have made too much of 
> > "event" movies which are historically known as "tentpole" films. 
> > Usually with so much publicity for these means that I avoid them.
> > 
> > Hollywood has turned into a factory which is all about technique and 
> > little about art.  This mistake should be the source of their demise. 
> > They have become the principle instrument in the dumbing down of 
> > society.  And all just to make a few people very rich.
> > 
> > And it may well be the source of their demise.  These CEOs think that 
> > entertainment should be a "sure deal".  Never has been.  I think the old 
> > moguls understood this but not the Harvard trained grads who really only 
> > learned theory and NOT reality.  I'd love to see the studio system 
> > collapse and be replaced with smaller more honest companies that produce 
> > good art.
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