--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > Its just part of life for a lot of people here. My old > > man used to keep a loaded .357 Magnum on his bureau. > > We never shot nobody with it though. > > It's an incredible blind spot for many people. Their > whole "American mythos" keeps them from noticing it > and how insane it is. Unless you live in "bear country" > (the only North American animal that would require a > .357 magnum to take it down), the *only* reason to > own a gun like that is to *kill people*. > Fuk you Barry, Rama was a Black Belt ~ he could take You down easy.
> I think I've mentioned here a friend from Santa Fe who > is a classic example of this "blind spot." In person > he's just the nicest guy in the world -- a talented > guitarist and folk singer, loving father and husband, > etc. He *does* have a tendency to get monotopical about > Libertarianism, which is why I have had to block his > posts on some forums we share. He was also a Divinity > student in his youth, and almost became a preacher. > > But he owns over forty (40) guns. Some of them have > been converted to full auto. In fact, he has over half > of them wrapped in oilcloth and buried in a trunk some- > where secret, in preparation for the day when "The > guvmint will come to get my other guns." Go figure. > > > ________________________________ > > From: salyavin808 <fintlewoodlewix@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 6:02 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > > > > > Has *anyone* in America stopped to ponder whether the problem > > > > here is easy availability of guns rather than race or whatever > > > problems? > > > > > > > > Seems likely that if you couldn't get hold of 9mm pistols at the > > > > corner shop this situation might have amounted to a bit of arguing > > > > and not much more. When everyone is scared that everyone else is > > > > armed people are bound to be be a bit spikier. > > > > > > > > I hear they have armed guards at primary schools now. What the > > > > fuck is wrong with your country? > > > > > > It's a kind of collective "me first" insanity, bred of seeing too > > > many cowboy/cop movies, believing in too many of America's > > > myths, and never having been exposed to other, more civilized > > > countries and societies. > > > > > > The Bureau of Consular Affairs now *brags* that a "record > > > number of Americans now hold passports." That "record number" > > > is slightly over 33%. Admittedly, that is WAY up from only a few > > > years ago, when only 8% of Americans held passports (and thus > > > were even *able* to see what life was like in other countries), > > > but now you need a passport to even go to Canada or Mexico, > > > so that accounts for much of the increase. (You don't need a > > > US passport to get *into* either Canada or Mexico, BTW...you > > > need one to get back into your own country...that's the kind of > > > insular mentality that America lives with these days.) > > > > > > Americans -- for the most part -- have never had the experience > > > of being able to walk safely after dark almost *anywhere*, as I > > > have done in France, in Spain, in the Netherlands, and in many > > > other countries in the years since I kissed America goodbye. They > > > don't know what it *feels* like to live in a society in which random > > > violence is not an ever-present possibility. > > > > > > And they actually *believe* that totin' a gun will make them safer. > > > The facts are somewhat different. The states with the highest gun > > > ownership have a gun murder rate 114% higher than those with > > > the lowest gun ownership. The number of mass shootings stopped > > > by gun-toting civilians in the last thirty years is ZERO. For every > > > time a gun is used in self-defense in the home, there are 7 assaults > > > or murders, 11 suicide attempts, and 4 accidents involving guns > > > in or around the home. 43% of homes with guns and kids leave > > > their guns unlocked, and in one experiment, 1/3 of 8-12-year-old > > > kids who found a handgun pulled the trigger. > > > > Very interesting. > > > > I saw a shocking documentary about the youngest kid in jail in > > the US for life without parole (12) after he helped a friend kill > > his stepdad. What a waste of lives but amidst all the handwringing from > > police, neighbours and family, *not one* person stopped to > > wonder whether keeping two loaded pistols in an unlocked kitchen drawer was > > a bad idea. It's like some weird blind spot that was > > so taken for granted it wasn't even considered. It's just what > > they all do. > > > > I wonder how England would be if guns were freely available? > > We like to import everything else from the US: TV, shit food, > > unfair business practises etc. So why not a liberal attitude > > to weapons of mass destruction, how long would it take before > > we're popping caps like it's some sort of solution? > > > > Or would we be like Canada which, as I understand it, has > > as many guns per person as the US but a much lower murder > > rate? > > > > > In 2011, nearly 10 times more people were shot and killed in argu- > > > ments than by civilians trying to stop a crime. One study found > > > that the odds of an assault victim being shot were 4.5X greater > > > if he carried a gun, and his odds of being killed were 4.2X greater. > > > > > > http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-check > > > <http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fact-check> > > > > > > The last time I was in America (back in Santa Fe to renew > > > documents), out of curiosity I dropped in to a local gun show. > > > I was offered handguns, rifles, shotguns, and in four cases > > > semi-automatic rifles that had been converted to full automatic > > > (e.g., machine guns) *over the counter*. I would have had to > > > show no ID, and no "background checks" would have been > > > performed. If I had bought them, I would have walked out of > > > the show fully equipped to become a mass murderer, requiring > > > only a short stop at Walmart to stock up on ammo first. > > > > Unbelievable. To me. > > > > > America is not only an insane asylum, its inmates are armed. > > > > I blame this constitution thing... > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Looks like a new version of the Trayvon/Zimmerman encounter is > > > developing, see Drudge Report. Seems that on the Pierce Morgan Show last > > > night that Rachel Jeantel reported that race had nothing to do with the > > > encounter . She said that she and Trayvon thought Zimmerman might be a > > > *rapist*, a homosexual rapist at that and that's why Trayvon was > > > Creeped-out by Zimmerman following him. He didn't want Zimmerman > > > following him to his home because his little brother was there and > > > might... It's looking more like Trayvon intended to give Zimmerman the > > > Mathew Shepherd treatment. Martin intended to beat the snot out of the > > > *fagot* that was stalking him. Zimmerman took a pounding for 45 seconds > > > and then fired in self defense. In short, Trayvon's homophobia killed > > > him. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
