Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-06 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What's an A500?

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Bow down and welcome our child overlords
>>
>> --R
>>
>
> My son was in 6th grade when I stopped helping him, and he began the "help
> desk"  It was also when he got an old A500 of his own and he began to
> unleash his genius.
>
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-05 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes



During the 20 years from 1995 to 2015 there was average yearly 
enrollment of 30,000,000 grade school (grades 1 to 8) students 
enrolled in U.S. schools. During that same period 168 people were 
killed in school shootings, and this ignores the number enrolled in 
high schools.
That means the percent of grade and high school students killed was 
something much less than 0.05% of students killed.
Banning personal weapons in the hopes of saving that 0.05% is 
such a silly idea, it makes one wonder if its advocates might have 
ulterior motives.

Gerry



Ding Ding Ding Ding!  Gerry Scores!Bingo!

lessee:  tyrants who disarmed the population:
1. lenin/stalin   (probably in the double digits millions killed)
2. Dolfie(6 million plus killed)
3. Benito  (the Mussolini one)   (dunno how many there)
4. One of the mexican despots, followed by all the rest...  (millions)
5. Mao (not the list member)  (probably in the double digit millions killed)
6. Pol pot   (millions)
7.  Kim Jong whatevers  (millions)
8.  The brothers fidel and raul, along with the hotshot che... (millions)


If our dear leader follows the predictable pattern, he will continue 
to rule by fiat, dissolve congress by some ' national emergency," 
confiscate all ammunition/weapons and proceed to kill millions who 
don't see things his way.


No thanks!

I much prefer the constitution, as amended, and keeping and bearing arms.

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Reminds me of the saying:  "Never attribute to malice that which can be
explained by stupidity."

Gerry wrote:
> > Banning personal weapons in the hopes of saving that 0.05% is such a
> silly idea, it makes one wonder if its advocates might have ulterior
> motives.
>
>


-- 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes

Bow down and welcome our child overlords

--R


My son was in 6th grade when I stopped helping him, and he began the 
"help desk"  It was also when he got an old A500 of his own and 
he began to unleash his genius.


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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it 
what to do.  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell 
it to navigate to some address or place you have saved, or change 
the radio or music on your pod or call someone or do various other 
things.  She has tried it but apparently they don't understand each 
other too well yet.  She finds the soul in the machine to be 
pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what to do, unlike her 
views toward me while doing the same.  It has also assimilated her 
phone into it so it can call people or send texts or do other things 
phone-wise, and apparently can also suck in 10GB or 80GB of music to 
its memory banks.


I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.

It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to 
whiz around the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The 
instruction book is about 400 pages long.


--R


Jaime's baby, I think.

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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Well.. thank heaven there is an instruction manual so you won't have
distracted driving operating all those nifty little geegawws that do things
other than let you pay attention to driving the car and other drivers who
wish to drive through you.

Multi Tasking:  That principle of time and action management that allows
you to do many simultaneous actions poorly while believing you are over
achieving.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what to
> do.  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to navigate
> to some address or place you have saved, or change the radio or music on
> your pod or call someone or do various other things.  She has tried it but
> apparently they don't understand each other too well yet.  She finds the
> soul in the machine to be pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what
> to do, unlike her views toward me while doing the same.  It has also
> assimilated her phone into it so it can call people or send texts or do
> other things phone-wise, and apparently can also suck in 10GB or 80GB of
> music to its memory banks.
>
> I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.
>
> It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to whiz
> around the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The instruction book is
> about 400 pages long.
>
> --R
>
>
>
> On 3/4/15 7:41 PM, wiltonw--- via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> I used Dragon Speaking with good results 6 or 8 years ago.  Problem for
>> last couple months is tremor of right hand so bad my handwriting is
>> unreadable, even by me.
>>
>> Wilton
>>
>>  OK Don via Mercedes  wrote:
>>
>>> It is, if you take the time to learn it and to train it to your voice.
>>>
>> However, writing with your fingers and dictating text are not usually the
>> same thing. You don't talk like you write. It takes getting used to
>> planning what your are about to say with your mouth the way you do when
>> you
>> write/type.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>>  DragonSpeak is supposed to be really good.  I don't have any direct
>>> experience with it, however.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-05 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Gerry wrote:
> Banning personal weapons in the hopes of saving that 0.05% is such a 
> silly idea, it makes one wonder if its advocates might have ulterior motives.
>

One thing for sure - law and regulation has lost sight of intention.
We are tied up in the underwear of law and regulation rather than
intent.  The intent is... shall we morph this topic to
fill-in-the-blank?
Intention is: protection of all carried out by all.
Thanks.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-05 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:25:02 -0500
Scott Ritchey via Mercedes  wrote:

> I see the error now.  We should have banned movie theaters.
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From:  Addison Thompson via Mercedes
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 2:25 PM
> > 
> > IMNSHO the problem is one group's attempt to control morality and illegal
> > behavior by controlling a "thing," i.e. the guns, instead of focusing on
> the
> > actual behavior of the small number of misbehaving individuals.
> > 
> > For example, some nut-job shoots up a movie theater and the response from
> > some is to try to ban the tool that he used rather than advocate for more
> > mental health programs to deal with the cause of the shooting. As Dan
> said,
> > there is a need for more mental health resources for those that need it.
> > 
> > In so doing, the controls advocated by the ban group infringe on the
> rights of
> > the vast majority that do not exhibit the criminal behavior thus setting
> up this
> > endless discussion.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Addison
> > (who advocates for my right to self-defense)
> > 

During the 20 years from 1995 to 2015 there was average yearly enrollment of 
30,000,000 grade school (grades 1 to 8) students enrolled in U.S. schools. 
During that same period 168 people were killed in school shootings, and this 
ignores the number enrolled in high schools.
That means the percent of grade and high school students killed was something 
much less than 0.05% of students killed.
Banning personal weapons in the hopes of saving that 0.05% is such a silly 
idea, it makes one wonder if its advocates might have ulterior motives.
Gerry 

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-05 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
The witness Amanda showed excellent judgment by leaving.  When it is safe to
do so, escape is almost always the best option.  The real first rule in a
gun fight is "don't get shot."  Which reminds me, I need to renew my CCP
later this year.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Penoff via Mercedes
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 5:48 PM
> 
> I'm not taking sides on the issue either way, but I thought this was
rather
> timely considering the conversation:
> 
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mcdonald-s-shooting-on-danforth-
> leaves-2-dead-
> 1.2977019?cmp=fbtl&utm_content=buffercabe2&utm_medium=social&utm_s
> ource=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
> 
> Dan
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-05 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
I see the error now.  We should have banned movie theaters.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Addison Thompson via Mercedes
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 2:25 PM
> 
> IMNSHO the problem is one group's attempt to control morality and illegal
> behavior by controlling a "thing," i.e. the guns, instead of focusing on
the
> actual behavior of the small number of misbehaving individuals.
> 
> For example, some nut-job shoots up a movie theater and the response from
> some is to try to ban the tool that he used rather than advocate for more
> mental health programs to deal with the cause of the shooting. As Dan
said,
> there is a need for more mental health resources for those that need it.
> 
> In so doing, the controls advocated by the ban group infringe on the
rights of
> the vast majority that do not exhibit the criminal behavior thus setting
up this
> endless discussion.
> 
> Regards,
> Addison
> (who advocates for my right to self-defense)
> 
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

Could it understand Okie?

--R


On 3/5/15 11:02 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

My GL had that sort of deal

Sent from my iPhone


>On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
wrote:
>
>So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what to do.  
You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to navigate to some 
address or place you have saved, or change the radio or music on your pod or call 
someone or do various other things.  She has tried it but apparently they don't 
understand each other too well yet.  She finds the soul in the machine to be 
pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what to do, unlike her views toward me 
while doing the same.  It has also assimilated her phone into it so it can call 
people or send texts or do other things phone-wise, and apparently can also suck 
in 10GB or 80GB of music to its memory banks.
>
>I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.
>
>It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to whiz around 
the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The instruction book is about 400 
pages long.
>
>--R



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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread wiltonw--- via Mercedes
Still a fine little lady growing up fast.

Wilton

 Meade Dillon via Mercedes  wrote: 
> Yesterday my wife called me at work with a question about MS Word and
> adding/importing clipart.  I didn't know enough to talk her through it over
> the phone, best I could offer was "press F1 to bring up the Help dialogue,
> use the search function there and follow the directions."
> 
> Right after I said that, our 8-year old (who was home sick with a fever)
> happened upon the scene, and I hear "I can show you Mommy, press this..."
> and help was rendered (and I was off the hook, both figuratively and
> literally).
> 
> I'm thinking we should get the 8-year old a cell phone so Momma can call
> her with her "help desk" questions.
> 
> -Max
> 
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> > So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what to
> > do.  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to navigate
> > to some address or place you have saved, or change the radio or music on
> > your pod or call someone or do various other things.  She has tried it but
> > apparently they don't understand each other too well yet.  She finds the
> > soul in the machine to be pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what
> > to do, unlike her views toward me while doing the same.  It has also
> > assimilated her phone into it so it can call people or send texts or do
> > other things phone-wise, and apparently can also suck in 10GB or 80GB of
> > music to its memory banks.
> >
> > I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.
> >
> > It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to whiz
> > around the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The instruction book is
> > about 400 pages long.
> >
> > --R
> >
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts

2015-03-05 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

How is the left hand?
Maybe you can switch?

RB

On 04/03/2015 6:41 PM, wiltonw--- via Mercedes wrote:

I used Dragon Speaking with good results 6 or 8 years ago.  Problem for last 
couple months is tremor of right hand so bad my handwriting is unreadable, even 
by me.

Wilton





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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
I think if M could pay in candy or stuffed animals, 8-yr-old would be
willing to train her on the ML?

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Bow down and welcome our child overlords
>
> --R
>
>
>
-- 
-
Max
Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
My GL had that sort of deal

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what to do. 
>  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to navigate to some 
> address or place you have saved, or change the radio or music on your pod or 
> call someone or do various other things.  She has tried it but apparently 
> they don't understand each other too well yet.  She finds the soul in the 
> machine to be pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what to do, unlike 
> her views toward me while doing the same.  It has also assimilated her phone 
> into it so it can call people or send texts or do other things phone-wise, 
> and apparently can also suck in 10GB or 80GB of music to its memory banks.
> 
> I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.
> 
> It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to whiz around 
> the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The instruction book is about 
> 400 pages long.
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> 
>> On 3/4/15 7:41 PM, wiltonw--- via Mercedes wrote:
>> I used Dragon Speaking with good results 6 or 8 years ago.  Problem for last 
>> couple months is tremor of right hand so bad my handwriting is unreadable, 
>> even by me.
>> 
>> Wilton
>> 
>>  OK Don via Mercedes  wrote:
>>> It is, if you take the time to learn it and to train it to your voice.
>> However, writing with your fingers and dictating text are not usually the
>> same thing. You don't talk like you write. It takes getting used to
>> planning what your are about to say with your mouth the way you do when you
>> write/type.
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> DragonSpeak is supposed to be really good.  I don't have any direct
>>> experience with it, however.
>>> 
>>> Dan
> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

Bow down and welcome our child overlords

--R



On 3/5/15 10:40 AM, Meade Dillon wrote:
Yesterday my wife called me at work with a question about MS Word and 
adding/importing clipart.  I didn't know enough to talk her through it 
over the phone, best I could offer was "press F1 to bring up the Help 
dialogue, use the search function there and follow the directions."


Right after I said that, our 8-year old (who was home sick with a 
fever) happened upon the scene, and I hear "I can show you Mommy, 
press this..." and help was rendered (and I was off the hook, both 
figuratively and literally).


I'm thinking we should get the 8-year old a cell phone so Momma can 
call her with her "help desk" questions.


-Max

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it
what to do.  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell
it to navigate to some address or place you have saved, or change
the radio or music on your pod or call someone or do various other
things.  She has tried it but apparently they don't understand
each other too well yet. She finds the soul in the machine to be
pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what to do, unlike her
views toward me while doing the same.  It has also assimilated her
phone into it so it can call people or send texts or do other
things phone-wise, and apparently can also suck in 10GB or 80GB of
music to its memory banks.

I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.

It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to
whiz around the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The
instruction book is about 400 pages long.

--R

-
Max
Charleston SC


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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Yesterday my wife called me at work with a question about MS Word and
adding/importing clipart.  I didn't know enough to talk her through it over
the phone, best I could offer was "press F1 to bring up the Help dialogue,
use the search function there and follow the directions."

Right after I said that, our 8-year old (who was home sick with a fever)
happened upon the scene, and I hear "I can show you Mommy, press this..."
and help was rendered (and I was off the hook, both figuratively and
literally).

I'm thinking we should get the 8-year old a cell phone so Momma can call
her with her "help desk" questions.

-Max

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what to
> do.  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to navigate
> to some address or place you have saved, or change the radio or music on
> your pod or call someone or do various other things.  She has tried it but
> apparently they don't understand each other too well yet.  She finds the
> soul in the machine to be pleasant enough, however, when it tells her what
> to do, unlike her views toward me while doing the same.  It has also
> assimilated her phone into it so it can call people or send texts or do
> other things phone-wise, and apparently can also suck in 10GB or 80GB of
> music to its memory banks.
>
> I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.
>
> It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to whiz
> around the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The instruction book is
> about 400 pages long.
>
> --R
>
-
Max
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts now Telling your Benz what to do

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So the new MamaML has a deal where you can talk to it and tell it what 
to do.  You push a button on the steering wheel then you tell it to 
navigate to some address or place you have saved, or change the radio or 
music on your pod or call someone or do various other things.  She has 
tried it but apparently they don't understand each other too well yet.  
She finds the soul in the machine to be pleasant enough, however, when 
it tells her what to do, unlike her views toward me while doing the 
same.  It has also assimilated her phone into it so it can call people 
or send texts or do other things phone-wise, and apparently can also 
suck in 10GB or 80GB of music to its memory banks.


I find this whole thing somewhat disturbing yet intriguing.

It has a rotating pushbutton mouse joystick sort of thing too to whiz 
around the screen if you don't want to talk to it.  The instruction book 
is about 400 pages long.


--R



On 3/4/15 7:41 PM, wiltonw--- via Mercedes wrote:

I used Dragon Speaking with good results 6 or 8 years ago.  Problem for last 
couple months is tremor of right hand so bad my handwriting is unreadable, even 
by me.

Wilton

 OK Don via Mercedes  wrote:

It is, if you take the time to learn it and to train it to your voice.

However, writing with your fingers and dictating text are not usually the
same thing. You don't talk like you write. It takes getting used to
planning what your are about to say with your mouth the way you do when you
write/type.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


DragonSpeak is supposed to be really good.  I don't have any direct
experience with it, however.

Dan








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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Curt started it ---

That animation reminded that I had not shared this Russian video yet:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/FG1LGKieTxY?rel=0

We have all wondered what would happen if the oxygen and acetylene welding
gas delivery truck had an accident in front of us.   View the video below
for what actually happens. It’s spectacular … and just when you think it’s
all over . BANG!!

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUjtHf76wM
> -Curt
>



-- 
OK Don

NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens!

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learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Mine  is from shot guns and engines without mufflers - auto and aircraft.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Jon Agne via Mercedes  wrote:

> Heavy Metal???
>
> > On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:01 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > So you were a party animal.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have tinnitus in both ears as well, but it's not so bad that it
> prevents me from hearing - more like a nuisance thing in the background.
> >>
> >> Not a lot you can do for it, so I understand.  I suspect mine is due to
> exposure to high noise levels when I was younger...
> >>
> >> Dan
>


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUjtHf76wM
-Curt
  From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes 
 To: Mercedes Discussion List  
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 9:46 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
I'm high on the real thing -- a clean windshield , powerful gasoline , and a 
shoe shine.

--R (sent from my miniPad)

On Mar 4, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
wrote:

Why am I picturing you rolling a fatty about now?

Dan "is someone burning rope? Man

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> You are only coming through in waves
> Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
> When I was a child I had a fever
> My hands felt just like two balloons
> Now I've got that feeling once again
> I can't explain, you would not understand
> This is not how I am
> I have become comfortably numb
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> 
>> On 3/4/15 6:22 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Since you brought it up
>> 
>> I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due 
>> mainly to some really nasty inner ear infections I had.  The frequencies 
>> affected are between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle 
>> of the range for normal speech.
>> 
>> I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I 
>> can hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible 
>> for me to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot 
>> of background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party.  If you speak to 
>> me in one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned 
>> thing you say. It's frustrating and isolating.
>> 
>> Insurance has never covered hearing aids.  Why  I can buy insurance for 
>> vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as 
>> a human, but not hearing aids.
>> 
>> This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco.  They are supposed to 
>> have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids.  I haven't had a 
>> chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes, many in the mental health systems saw that one coming, but they didn't
>>> have a voice in Washington.
>>> 
>>> What the mental health professionals wanted was the closing of the massive
>>> institutions, replacing them with smaller ones for acute treatment and
>>> outpatient clinics. What they got was de-funding of the whole system, so
>>> only the rich could afford mental health treatment of any significance.
>>> 
>>> Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine, health insurance. It makes NO
>>> sense to insure for treatment of one part of your body and not another. It
>>> should be all or none. Separate insurance for heart disease, teeth, vision,
>>> mental health, etc. is absurd.
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I'm high on the real thing -- a clean windshield , powerful gasoline , and a 
shoe shine.

--R (sent from my miniPad)

On Mar 4, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
wrote:

Why am I picturing you rolling a fatty about now?

Dan "is someone burning rope? Man

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> You are only coming through in waves
> Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
> When I was a child I had a fever
> My hands felt just like two balloons
> Now I've got that feeling once again
> I can't explain, you would not understand
> This is not how I am
> I have become comfortably numb
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> 
>> On 3/4/15 6:22 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Since you brought it up
>> 
>> I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due 
>> mainly to some really nasty inner ear infections I had.  The frequencies 
>> affected are between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle 
>> of the range for normal speech.
>> 
>> I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I 
>> can hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible 
>> for me to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot 
>> of background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party.  If you speak to 
>> me in one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned 
>> thing you say. It's frustrating and isolating.
>> 
>> Insurance has never covered hearing aids.  Why  I can buy insurance for 
>> vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as 
>> a human, but not hearing aids.
>> 
>> This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco.  They are supposed to 
>> have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids.  I haven't had a 
>> chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes, many in the mental health systems saw that one coming, but they didn't
>>> have a voice in Washington.
>>> 
>>> What the mental health professionals wanted was the closing of the massive
>>> institutions, replacing them with smaller ones for acute treatment and
>>> outpatient clinics. What they got was de-funding of the whole system, so
>>> only the rich could afford mental health treatment of any significance.
>>> 
>>> Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine, health insurance. It makes NO
>>> sense to insure for treatment of one part of your body and not another. It
>>> should be all or none. Separate insurance for heart disease, teeth, vision,
>>> mental health, etc. is absurd.
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Jon Agne via Mercedes
Heavy Metal???

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:01 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> So you were a party animal.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I have tinnitus in both ears as well, but it's not so bad that it prevents 
>> me from hearing - more like a nuisance thing in the background.
>> 
>> Not a lot you can do for it, so I understand.  I suspect mine is due to 
>> exposure to high noise levels when I was younger...
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:32 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dan wrote:
>>> 
 Since you brought it up
>>> 
 I have had partial hearing loss in >my left ear since I was a child, due 
 >mainly to some really nasty inner >ear infections I had.
>>> 
>>> ‎I don't feel all alone anymore.  
>>> Someone on this very list suggested a Lyric hearing aid. I may try one 
>>> soon. In going to have to do something. 
>>> 
>>> Rick 
>>> Who has hearing loss in his right ear, and tinnitus in both. 
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
So you were a party animal.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I have tinnitus in both ears as well, but it's not so bad that it prevents me 
> from hearing - more like a nuisance thing in the background.
> 
> Not a lot you can do for it, so I understand.  I suspect mine is due to 
> exposure to high noise levels when I was younger...
> 
> Dan
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:32 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dan wrote:
>> 
>>> Since you brought it up
>> 
>>> I have had partial hearing loss in >my left ear since I was a child, due 
>>> >mainly to some really nasty inner >ear infections I had.
>> 
>> ‎I don't feel all alone anymore.  
>> Someone on this very list suggested a Lyric hearing aid. I may try one soon. 
>> In going to have to do something. 
>> 
>> Rick 
>> Who has hearing loss in his right ear, and tinnitus in both. 
>> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I suppose if I get tested I'll have the same results you have. I've got 
tinnitus with a kind of high pitched squeal. No idea when it started, as far as 
I can remember its always been there. It blanks some of the range where people 
talk.
Finally got Angie to understand that if I say I can't hear her she can't just 
repeat the statement at the same volume, pitch and intonation. If I didn't get 
it the first time I'm not going to get it just through repetition.
-Curt
  From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes 
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 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 8:32 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
Dan wrote:

>Since you brought it up

>I have had partial hearing loss in >my left ear since I was a child, due 
>>mainly to some really nasty inner >ear infections I had.

‎I don't feel all alone anymore.  
Someone on this very list suggested a Lyric hearing aid. I may try one soon. In 
going to have to do something. 

Rick 
Who has hearing loss in his right ear, and tinnitus in both. 
Sent from my BlackBerry Z10

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I bought a new hearing aid, best kind money can buy. Cost me $8000. 

--R (sent from my miniPad)

On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:13 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes  
wrote:


Dan Penoff wrote: 
> I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due 
> mainly to some really nasty inner ear infections I had.  The frequencies 
> affected are between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle of 
> the range for normal speech.
> 
> I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I 
> can hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible 
> for me to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot of 
> background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party.  If you speak to me 
> in one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned 
> thing you say. It's frustrating and isolating.

G: Please let me know if the hearing aid you buy helps in a noisy environment. 
My hearing aids, which were state of the art programmable about 15 years ago, 
have never helped that problem; and I have never talked to anyone who had a 
hearing aid that did although "every" hearing company for the past 40 years has 
claimed that theirs solves the noisy environment situation.  
> 
> Insurance has never covered hearing aids.  Why  I can buy insurance for 
> vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as 
> a human, but not hearing aids.

G: My Blue Cross insurance pays $1000 per hearing aid as do many other 
insurors. This has been in effect for only a couple of years. If you are on the 
counties group insurance plan, they may not.
> 
> This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco.  They are supposed to 
> have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids.  I haven't had a 
> chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.
> Dan

G: Costco sounds like a good bet since they have a fine reputation in other 
respects. Otherwise, it's best to go to an ENT M.D. who has his own audiologist 
and sells hearing aids.
Most of the rest are in the same category as car salesmen IMO.
Another option I just remembered was a med school. UF med school has a good 
hearing department and sells hearing aids.
USF may have one as well. 

Suggestion:
Buy the best you can afford since even the best is seldom as good as you hope 
for. 
Good luck,
Gerry

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I have tinnitus in both ears as well, but it's not so bad that it prevents me 
from hearing - more like a nuisance thing in the background.

Not a lot you can do for it, so I understand.  I suspect mine is due to 
exposure to high noise levels when I was younger...

Dan

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:32 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Dan wrote:
> 
>> Since you brought it up
> 
>> I have had partial hearing loss in >my left ear since I was a child, due 
>> >mainly to some really nasty inner >ear infections I had.
> 
> ‎I don't feel all alone anymore.  
> Someone on this very list suggested a Lyric hearing aid. I may try one soon. 
> In going to have to do something. 
> 
> Rick 
> Who has hearing loss in his right ear, and tinnitus in both. 
> Sent from my BlackBerry Z10
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
She was not a "CIA operative" and she had already told the world she 
worked for the CIA.


There was no "news"  just a rehash of previously disclosed stuff.

Not to forget Scooter Libby who's outing of a CIA operative during a 
"time of war" should have him in front of a firing squad...

-Curt


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Dan wrote:

>Since you brought it up

>I have had partial hearing loss in >my left ear since I was a child, due 
>>mainly to some really nasty inner >ear infections I had.

‎I don't feel all alone anymore.  
Someone on this very list suggested a Lyric hearing aid. I may try one soon. In 
going to have to do something. 

Rick 
Who has hearing loss in his right ear, and tinnitus in both. 
Sent from my BlackBerry Z10

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes

Dan Penoff wrote: 
> I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due 
> mainly to some really nasty inner ear infections I had.  The frequencies 
> affected are between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle of 
> the range for normal speech.
> 
> I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I 
> can hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible 
> for me to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot of 
> background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party.  If you speak to me 
> in one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned 
> thing you say. It's frustrating and isolating.

G: Please let me know if the hearing aid you buy helps in a noisy environment. 
My hearing aids, which were state of the art programmable about 15 years ago, 
have never helped that problem; and I have never talked to anyone who had a 
hearing aid that did although "every" hearing company for the past 40 years has 
claimed that theirs solves the noisy environment situation.  
> 
> Insurance has never covered hearing aids.  Why  I can buy insurance for 
> vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as 
> a human, but not hearing aids.

G: My Blue Cross insurance pays $1000 per hearing aid as do many other 
insurors. This has been in effect for only a couple of years. If you are on the 
counties group insurance plan, they may not.
> 
> This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco.  They are supposed to 
> have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids.  I haven't had a 
> chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.
> Dan

G: Costco sounds like a good bet since they have a fine reputation in other 
respects. Otherwise, it's best to go to an ENT M.D. who has his own audiologist 
and sells hearing aids.
Most of the rest are in the same category as car salesmen IMO.
Another option I just remembered was a med school. UF med school has a good 
hearing department and sells hearing aids.
USF may have one as well. 

Suggestion:
Buy the best you can afford since even the best is seldom as good as you hope 
for. 
Good luck,
Gerry

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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts

2015-03-04 Thread wiltonw--- via Mercedes
I used Dragon Speaking with good results 6 or 8 years ago.  Problem for last 
couple months is tremor of right hand so bad my handwriting is unreadable, even 
by me.

Wilton

 OK Don via Mercedes  wrote: 
> It is, if you take the time to learn it and to train it to your voice.
However, writing with your fingers and dictating text are not usually the
same thing. You don't talk like you write. It takes getting used to
planning what your are about to say with your mouth the way you do when you
write/type.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> DragonSpeak is supposed to be really good.  I don't have any direct
> experience with it, however.
>
> Dan
>
>
>


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Why am I picturing you rolling a fatty about now?

Dan "is someone burning rope? Man

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> You are only coming through in waves
> Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
> When I was a child I had a fever
> My hands felt just like two balloons
> Now I've got that feeling once again
> I can't explain, you would not understand
> This is not how I am
> I have become comfortably numb
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/4/15 6:22 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Since you brought it up
>> 
>> I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due 
>> mainly to some really nasty inner ear infections I had.  The frequencies 
>> affected are between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle 
>> of the range for normal speech.
>> 
>> I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I 
>> can hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible 
>> for me to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot 
>> of background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party.  If you speak to 
>> me in one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned 
>> thing you say. It's frustrating and isolating.
>> 
>> Insurance has never covered hearing aids.  Why  I can buy insurance for 
>> vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as 
>> a human, but not hearing aids.
>> 
>> This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco.  They are supposed to 
>> have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids.  I haven't had a 
>> chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes, many in the mental health systems saw that one coming, but they didn't
>>> have a voice in Washington.
>>> 
>>> What the mental health professionals wanted was the closing of the massive
>>> institutions, replacing them with smaller ones for acute treatment and
>>> outpatient clinics. What they got was de-funding of the whole system, so
>>> only the rich could afford mental health treatment of any significance.
>>> 
>>> Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine, health insurance. It makes NO
>>> sense to insure for treatment of one part of your body and not another. It
>>> should be all or none. Separate insurance for heart disease, teeth, vision,
>>> mental health, etc. is absurd.
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts

2015-03-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
It is, if you take the time to learn it and to train it to your voice.
However, writing with your fingers and dictating text are not usually the
same thing. You don't talk like you write. It takes getting used to
planning what your are about to say with your mouth the way you do when you
write/type.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> DragonSpeak is supposed to be really good.  I don't have any direct
> experience with it, however.
>
> Dan
>
>
>


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

--R



On 3/4/15 6:22 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Since you brought it up

I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due mainly 
to some really nasty inner ear infections I had.  The frequencies affected are 
between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle of the range for 
normal speech.

I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I can 
hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible for me 
to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot of 
background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party.  If you speak to me in 
one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned thing 
you say. It's frustrating and isolating.

Insurance has never covered hearing aids.  Why  I can buy insurance for 
vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as a 
human, but not hearing aids.

This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco.  They are supposed to 
have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids.  I haven't had a 
chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.

Dan



On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  wrote:

Yes, many in the mental health systems saw that one coming, but they didn't
have a voice in Washington.

What the mental health professionals wanted was the closing of the massive
institutions, replacing them with smaller ones for acute treatment and
outpatient clinics. What they got was de-funding of the whole system, so
only the rich could afford mental health treatment of any significance.

Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine, health insurance. It makes NO
sense to insure for treatment of one part of your body and not another. It
should be all or none. Separate insurance for heart disease, teeth, vision,
mental health, etc. is absurd.



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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
DragonSpeak is supposed to be really good.  I don't have any direct experience 
with it, however.

Dan


> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> WILTON wrote:
>> What I NEED is something that'll turn my shaky handwriting into readable
>> script!  ;<
> 
> 20 years ago my father in law was looking for something similar.
> DragonSpeak or somesuch program was text to speech but I don't know
> about these 'aps' today.  Talk your text in to existence.  With Siri
> and others you would think this would be a reality, but from what
> Wilton says, probably not?
> mao
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Since you brought it up

I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due mainly 
to some really nasty inner ear infections I had.  The frequencies affected are 
between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle of the range for 
normal speech.

I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I can 
hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible for me 
to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot of 
background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party.  If you speak to me in 
one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned thing 
you say. It's frustrating and isolating.

Insurance has never covered hearing aids.  Why  I can buy insurance for 
vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as a 
human, but not hearing aids.

This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco.  They are supposed to 
have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids.  I haven't had a 
chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.

Dan


> On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> Yes, many in the mental health systems saw that one coming, but they didn't
> have a voice in Washington.
> 
> What the mental health professionals wanted was the closing of the massive
> institutions, replacing them with smaller ones for acute treatment and
> outpatient clinics. What they got was de-funding of the whole system, so
> only the rich could afford mental health treatment of any significance.
> 
> Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine, health insurance. It makes NO
> sense to insure for treatment of one part of your body and not another. It
> should be all or none. Separate insurance for heart disease, teeth, vision,
> mental health, etc. is absurd.
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes, many in the mental health systems saw that one coming, but they didn't
have a voice in Washington.

What the mental health professionals wanted was the closing of the massive
institutions, replacing them with smaller ones for acute treatment and
outpatient clinics. What they got was de-funding of the whole system, so
only the rich could afford mental health treatment of any significance.

Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine, health insurance. It makes NO
sense to insure for treatment of one part of your body and not another. It
should be all or none. Separate insurance for heart disease, teeth, vision,
mental health, etc. is absurd.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> You do know that the mental health system, such as it was, was dismantled
> under Reagan because that is what mental health "advocates" wanted -- they
> believed that the system as it was violated the rights of mentally ill
> people by forcing them into treatment or hospitals or whatever, against
> their will.  So Reagan et al. gave them what they wanted, rights for the
> mentally ill to decide what they wanted or needed.  So now we have mentally
> ill people with their rights who can't get the treatment they need, or who
> refuse it because it is their right to do so, and live on the streets and
> damage themselves and others with their freedom.
>
> Of course, no one saw that one coming...
>
> --R
>

OK Don

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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts

2015-03-04 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
WILTON wrote:
> What I NEED is something that'll turn my shaky handwriting into readable
> script!  ;<

20 years ago my father in law was looking for something similar.
DragonSpeak or somesuch program was text to speech but I don't know
about these 'aps' today.  Talk your text in to existence.  With Siri
and others you would think this would be a reality, but from what
Wilton says, probably not?
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
--R wrote:
> Of course, no one saw that one coming...

Old people (I am old people), mental people, cancer people, etc all
cost much more than they contribute.  Any loss of these class of
people becomes a benefit for the culture/society/nation as a whole.
Yes, I am ready to be fertilizer, I know I am the problem, hence, I
stay away from these systems of health and mental etc
Reality must rule.  Feelings take right seat, i.e. SIC.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Very much so.  And I didn't agree with them then, and I don't agree with them 
now.

Dan

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> You do know that the mental health system, such as it was, was dismantled 
> under Reagan because that is what mental health "advocates" wanted -- they 
> believed that the system as it was violated the rights of mentally ill people 
> by forcing them into treatment or hospitals or whatever, against their will.  
> So Reagan et al. gave them what they wanted, rights for the mentally ill to 
> decide what they wanted or needed.  So now we have mentally ill people with 
> their rights who can't get the treatment they need, or who refuse it because 
> it is their right to do so, and live on the streets and damage themselves and 
> others with their freedom.
> 
> Of course, no one saw that one coming...
> 
> --R
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You do know that the mental health system, such as it was, was 
dismantled under Reagan because that is what mental health "advocates" 
wanted -- they believed that the system as it was violated the rights of 
mentally ill people by forcing them into treatment or hospitals or 
whatever, against their will.  So Reagan et al. gave them what they 
wanted, rights for the mentally ill to decide what they wanted or 
needed.  So now we have mentally ill people with their rights who can't 
get the treatment they need, or who refuse it because it is their right 
to do so, and live on the streets and damage themselves and others with 
their freedom.


Of course, no one saw that one coming...

--R



On 3/4/15 5:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Thanks, Grant.

I had skin in that game, as I had a family member who required hospitalization 
on a couple of occasions for mental health issues.  Fortunately for them at the 
time it was pre-Reagan dismantling of public health services and they were able 
to get the care and attention they needed for proper treatment.  I'm pleased to 
say that they are and have been a contributing member of our society as a 
result of this and other resources that were available at the time.

I work in an urban area where there are many homeless folks. I'm sure some are 
there because they choose to be, but a fair number of them are clearly in need 
of mental health services that just don't exist.  While none that I have seen 
appear to be a threat to society, I often wonder about those we *don't* see who 
are living on the fringes and have or could be identified as being in need of 
such services.

Hmm.

Dan



On Mar 4, 2015, at 3:23 PM, G Mann via Mercedes  wrote:

Dan,

A note of thanks for your even handed moderation of this discussion.

I join with you in the assessment that our society needs to give both
recognition and attention followed by treatment to individuals who display
the potential to harm others.  I would be very content to see my tax
dollars spent to treat these persons correctly and remove them from access
to the means to harm others.

In each of the cases of mass murders the "after the fact" investigation
demonstrated the individual had clearly [if anyone had been looking]
displayed a rather long history of unhealthy and antisocial behavior. Our
social system failed in each case to treat these individuals.

This group, I believe, is composed of better than average intelligence
individuals, and as such, are both involved and concerned in making the
place we live safer and better.. Each of us is an individual with different
viewpoints...  Thank you for listening to mine.. I would agree with yours..
but then.. we would both be wrong.. ;))

Grant...



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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I have a brother who has worked in the corrections business for years now.
He states that we should be locking up those we are afraid of, not those we
are mad at.

Yes, the drug war is totally irrational, generates much more violent crime
than it reduces, and a huge waste of funds.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I'm not endorsing Bill Maher by any means, but he did say something the
> other day on his show that I thought was pretty astute:
>
>
> http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/bill-maher-calls-obama-end-drug-war-free-drug-war-prisoners
>
> We lock up so many people in Federal prisons with mandatory sentences for
> stupid things. This has done nothing to stop the flow of drugs or for that
> matter, the "drug war".  It's a giant resource suck of not only taxpayer's
> dollars but of human resources as well.
>
> Just my $0.02.
>
> Dan
>
>
>


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
The issue as I see it is that the genie is already out of the bottle, and
you can't put it back. There are too many guns already in circulation to
effectively reduce access to them, so stop trying to.

Yes, mental health is a major issue that gets ignored. However, relying on
identifying and treating potential violent offenders is also fraught with
it's own set of horrors. Who decides who get locked you for treatment when?

The statistics regarding the number of guns, number of citizens, and
frequency of shootings rather nullifies the need to carry a gun for
personal or even group defense. The likelihood of ever needing to use one
is extremely small, unless you like to put yourself in harms way.

If you look at the recent reporting of shootings, if we want to reduce
the gun violence rate, we need to dis-arm the police. Of course, a lot of
this is due to what's being reported when. Local shootings didn't get
reported nationally in the '50's and 60's.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Addison Thompson via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> IMNSHO the problem is one group's attempt to control morality and illegal
> behavior by controlling a "thing," i.e. the guns, instead of focusing on
> the actual behavior of the small number of misbehaving individuals.
>
> For example, some nut-job shoots up a movie theater and the response from
> some is to try to ban the tool that he used rather than advocate for more
> mental health programs to deal with the cause of the shooting. As Dan said,
> there is a need for more mental health resources for those that need it.
>
> In so doing, the controls advocated by the ban group infringe on the
> rights of the vast majority that do not exhibit the criminal behavior thus
> setting up this endless discussion.
>
> Regards,
> Addison
> (who advocates for my right to self-defense)
>
>
>


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I'm not taking sides on the issue either way, but I thought this was rather 
timely considering the conversation:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mcdonald-s-shooting-on-danforth-leaves-2-dead-1.2977019?cmp=fbtl&utm_content=buffercabe2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Dan


> On Mar 4, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I'm not endorsing Bill Maher by any means, but he did say something the other 
> day on his show that I thought was pretty astute:
> 
> http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/bill-maher-calls-obama-end-drug-war-free-drug-war-prisoners
> 
> We lock up so many people in Federal prisons with mandatory sentences for 
> stupid things. This has done nothing to stop the flow of drugs or for that 
> matter, the "drug war".  It's a giant resource suck of not only taxpayer's 
> dollars but of human resources as well.
> 
> Just my $0.02.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:11 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Not the guns yet, but the bullets now.  The Apostate has a pen and a phone!
>> 
>> --R
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/4/15 4:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
>>> Hey - you forgot our first Kenyan Muslim non-Christian President who Wants
>>> to Confiscate Your Guns.  You're getting soft!
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Thanks, Grant.

I had skin in that game, as I had a family member who required hospitalization 
on a couple of occasions for mental health issues.  Fortunately for them at the 
time it was pre-Reagan dismantling of public health services and they were able 
to get the care and attention they needed for proper treatment.  I'm pleased to 
say that they are and have been a contributing member of our society as a 
result of this and other resources that were available at the time.

I work in an urban area where there are many homeless folks. I'm sure some are 
there because they choose to be, but a fair number of them are clearly in need 
of mental health services that just don't exist.  While none that I have seen 
appear to be a threat to society, I often wonder about those we *don't* see who 
are living on the fringes and have or could be identified as being in need of 
such services.

Hmm.

Dan


> On Mar 4, 2015, at 3:23 PM, G Mann via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> Dan,
> 
> A note of thanks for your even handed moderation of this discussion.
> 
> I join with you in the assessment that our society needs to give both
> recognition and attention followed by treatment to individuals who display
> the potential to harm others.  I would be very content to see my tax
> dollars spent to treat these persons correctly and remove them from access
> to the means to harm others.
> 
> In each of the cases of mass murders the "after the fact" investigation
> demonstrated the individual had clearly [if anyone had been looking]
> displayed a rather long history of unhealthy and antisocial behavior. Our
> social system failed in each case to treat these individuals.
> 
> This group, I believe, is composed of better than average intelligence
> individuals, and as such, are both involved and concerned in making the
> place we live safer and better.. Each of us is an individual with different
> viewpoints...  Thank you for listening to mine.. I would agree with yours..
> but then.. we would both be wrong.. ;))
> 
> Grant...
> 


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I'm not endorsing Bill Maher by any means, but he did say something the other 
day on his show that I thought was pretty astute:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/bill-maher-calls-obama-end-drug-war-free-drug-war-prisoners

We lock up so many people in Federal prisons with mandatory sentences for 
stupid things. This has done nothing to stop the flow of drugs or for that 
matter, the "drug war".  It's a giant resource suck of not only taxpayer's 
dollars but of human resources as well.

Just my $0.02.

Dan


> On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:11 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Not the guns yet, but the bullets now.  The Apostate has a pen and a phone!
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/4/15 4:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
>> Hey - you forgot our first Kenyan Muslim non-Christian President who Wants
>> to Confiscate Your Guns.  You're getting soft!
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts

2015-03-04 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
What I NEED is something that'll turn my shaky handwriting into readable 
script!  ;<


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" 

To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 2:33 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Facts now Fonts



This looks like fun

http://www.wherethesmileshavebeen.com/how-to-turn-your-handwriting-into-a-font-for-free/

Back to work now

--R



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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

Not the guns yet, but the bullets now.  The Apostate has a pen and a phone!

--R



On 3/4/15 4:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

Hey - you forgot our first Kenyan Muslim non-Christian President who Wants
to Confiscate Your Guns.  You're getting soft!



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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Hey - you forgot our first Kenyan Muslim non-Christian President who Wants
to Confiscate Your Guns.  You're getting soft!

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 3:59 PM, G Mann via Mercedes 
wrote:

> 
>
> Nawww.. we just elect them to a second term as president..
>
> aka ... jennifer flowers, monica lewenski, et al. admitted sexual predator.
>
> Complex question with no simple straight line answer, currently...
>
> >Snark off<
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:45 PM, clay via Mercedes 
> wrote:
>
> > What is the tool/thing sexual violators can be deprived of?  We lock them
> > up, but they come out and do it again.  No need to source a weapon
> > illegally.  Burglars and robbers keep doing the same things as well.
> > Bankers and embezzlers keep screwing people over.  Maybe we need to
> deprive
> > the perpetrators of a chance to repeat.  White collar, violent, criminal,
> > property, any criminal, just snuff them out.  No need to control bullets,
> > guns, computers, gonads.
> >
> > clay
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 4, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Addison Thompson via Mercedes wrote:
> >
> > > IMNSHO the problem is one group's attempt to control morality and
> > illegal behavior by controlling a "thing," i.e. the guns, instead of
> > focusing on the actual behavior of the small number of misbehaving
> > individuals.
> > >
> > > For example, some nut-job shoots up a movie theater and the response
> > from some is to try to ban the tool that he used rather than advocate for
> > more mental health programs to deal with the cause of the shooting. As
> Dan
> > said, there is a need for more mental health resources for those that
> need
> > it.
> > >
> > > In so doing, the controls advocated by the ban group infringe on the
> > rights of the vast majority that do not exhibit the criminal behavior
> thus
> > setting up this endless discussion.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Addison
> > > (who advocates for my right to self-defense)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mar 4, 2015, Dan wrote:
> > > From: Dan Penoff 
> > > Subject: [MBZ] Facts
> > > Date: March 4, 2015 10:05:28 AM PST
> > >
> > > I'm not going to intervene unless people get nasty. As long as everyone
> > can agree to disagree and there are no personal attacks I'm OK with
> things.
> > >
> > > While I have mixed emotions about gun ownership, I see this as a
> > circular argument that will never go away I also think it points to
> the
> > serious need for mental health resources being more available to those
> who
> > need them.
> > >
> > > Did anyone read about the coed at Oregon who reported a sexual assault,
> > only to have her records shared with the defense attorneys because they
> > fell under the student records laws rather than HIPAA?
> > >
> > > Or better yet, our selective prosecution where people like David
> > Petreaus who get a slap on the wrist for disclosing secret information
> > while others who did far worse get incarcerated?
> > >
> > > While I'm not about to renounce my citizenship, I will say this place
> is
> > messed up.
> > >
> > > Let the discourse begin.
> > >
> > > Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread G Mann via Mercedes


Nawww.. we just elect them to a second term as president..

aka ... jennifer flowers, monica lewenski, et al. admitted sexual predator.

Complex question with no simple straight line answer, currently...

>Snark off<

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:45 PM, clay via Mercedes 
wrote:

> What is the tool/thing sexual violators can be deprived of?  We lock them
> up, but they come out and do it again.  No need to source a weapon
> illegally.  Burglars and robbers keep doing the same things as well.
> Bankers and embezzlers keep screwing people over.  Maybe we need to deprive
> the perpetrators of a chance to repeat.  White collar, violent, criminal,
> property, any criminal, just snuff them out.  No need to control bullets,
> guns, computers, gonads.
>
> clay
>
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Addison Thompson via Mercedes wrote:
>
> > IMNSHO the problem is one group's attempt to control morality and
> illegal behavior by controlling a "thing," i.e. the guns, instead of
> focusing on the actual behavior of the small number of misbehaving
> individuals.
> >
> > For example, some nut-job shoots up a movie theater and the response
> from some is to try to ban the tool that he used rather than advocate for
> more mental health programs to deal with the cause of the shooting. As Dan
> said, there is a need for more mental health resources for those that need
> it.
> >
> > In so doing, the controls advocated by the ban group infringe on the
> rights of the vast majority that do not exhibit the criminal behavior thus
> setting up this endless discussion.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Addison
> > (who advocates for my right to self-defense)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 4, 2015, Dan wrote:
> > From: Dan Penoff 
> > Subject: [MBZ] Facts
> > Date: March 4, 2015 10:05:28 AM PST
> >
> > I'm not going to intervene unless people get nasty. As long as everyone
> can agree to disagree and there are no personal attacks I'm OK with things.
> >
> > While I have mixed emotions about gun ownership, I see this as a
> circular argument that will never go away I also think it points to the
> serious need for mental health resources being more available to those who
> need them.
> >
> > Did anyone read about the coed at Oregon who reported a sexual assault,
> only to have her records shared with the defense attorneys because they
> fell under the student records laws rather than HIPAA?
> >
> > Or better yet, our selective prosecution where people like David
> Petreaus who get a slap on the wrist for disclosing secret information
> while others who did far worse get incarcerated?
> >
> > While I'm not about to renounce my citizenship, I will say this place is
> messed up.
> >
> > Let the discourse begin.
> >
> > Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
What is the tool/thing sexual violators can be deprived of?  We lock them up, 
but they come out and do it again.  No need to source a weapon illegally.  
Burglars and robbers keep doing the same things as well.  Bankers and 
embezzlers keep screwing people over.  Maybe we need to deprive the 
perpetrators of a chance to repeat.  White collar, violent, criminal, property, 
any criminal, just snuff them out.  No need to control bullets, guns, 
computers, gonads.  

clay



On Mar 4, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Addison Thompson via Mercedes wrote:

> IMNSHO the problem is one group's attempt to control morality and illegal 
> behavior by controlling a "thing," i.e. the guns, instead of focusing on the 
> actual behavior of the small number of misbehaving individuals.
> 
> For example, some nut-job shoots up a movie theater and the response from 
> some is to try to ban the tool that he used rather than advocate for more 
> mental health programs to deal with the cause of the shooting. As Dan said, 
> there is a need for more mental health resources for those that need it.
> 
> In so doing, the controls advocated by the ban group infringe on the rights 
> of the vast majority that do not exhibit the criminal behavior thus setting 
> up this endless discussion.
> 
> Regards,
> Addison
> (who advocates for my right to self-defense)
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 4, 2015, Dan wrote:
> From: Dan Penoff 
> Subject: [MBZ] Facts
> Date: March 4, 2015 10:05:28 AM PST
> 
> I'm not going to intervene unless people get nasty. As long as everyone can 
> agree to disagree and there are no personal attacks I'm OK with things.
> 
> While I have mixed emotions about gun ownership, I see this as a circular 
> argument that will never go away I also think it points to the serious 
> need for mental health resources being more available to those who need them.
> 
> Did anyone read about the coed at Oregon who reported a sexual assault, only 
> to have her records shared with the defense attorneys because they fell under 
> the student records laws rather than HIPAA?
> 
> Or better yet, our selective prosecution where people like David Petreaus who 
> get a slap on the wrist for disclosing secret information while others who 
> did far worse get incarcerated?
> 
> While I'm not about to renounce my citizenship, I will say this place is 
> messed up.
> 
> Let the discourse begin.
> 
> Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes

The


   BRUSHMASTER

is the one for you

I like the Ruger pistola, those are some nice little plinking arms

--R


On 3/4/15 3:21 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote:

http://murphyauction.com/Auction/Details/4674

I am thinking of getting a heater and a stove at this place.  The Kriss Vector 
.45 looks sleek

clay

On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:


On 04/03/2015 10:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?



Does it truly matter?

RB

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Dan,

A note of thanks for your even handed moderation of this discussion.

I join with you in the assessment that our society needs to give both
recognition and attention followed by treatment to individuals who display
the potential to harm others.  I would be very content to see my tax
dollars spent to treat these persons correctly and remove them from access
to the means to harm others.

In each of the cases of mass murders the "after the fact" investigation
demonstrated the individual had clearly [if anyone had been looking]
displayed a rather long history of unhealthy and antisocial behavior. Our
social system failed in each case to treat these individuals.

This group, I believe, is composed of better than average intelligence
individuals, and as such, are both involved and concerned in making the
place we live safer and better.. Each of us is an individual with different
viewpoints...  Thank you for listening to mine.. I would agree with yours..
but then.. we would both be wrong.. ;))

Grant...

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> I read where he never brushed his teeth, would just swish green tea
> around.  Apparently he could knock a buzzard off a wagon.
>
> --R
>
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>
> On 3/4/15 2:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> Mao, rest in peace, was as crazy as a fox.  He led China for decades.
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
http://murphyauction.com/Auction/Details/4674

I am thinking of getting a heater and a stove at this place.  The Kriss Vector 
.45 looks sleek

clay

On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:

> On 04/03/2015 10:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
>> DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?
>> 
>> 
> Does it truly matter?
> 
> RB
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
Kip Kinkel, Oregon youth, boy scout shooting medal, had mental issues as well 
as behavioral.  Kip showed an interest in guns, so his folks thought it would 
help to support his hobby.  Might draw him out and make him more sociable.

clay

On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

> Columbine and the Colorado theater thing were both guns kids took from their 
> parent's.
> There was another one I can't remember the name of where the parents had 
> given the kid a gun to "teach him responsibility" which is backwards, the gun 
> should be a reward for showing responsibility...
> -Curt
> 
>  From: Andrew Strasfogel 
> To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List 
>  
> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> 
> Is that a hunch?  IIRC the Va Tech killer purchased his legally.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Usually they're legal guns obtained illegally, usually from family.
> -Curt
> 
>   From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
>  To: Greg Fiorentino ; Mercedes Discussion List 
> 
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:19 AM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> 
> DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?
> 
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
>> was
>> stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
>> seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
>> armed civilian were not on the scene.
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
>> Ritchey via Mercedes
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
>> To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>> 
>> Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
>> was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
>> ...
>>> You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down
>>> at
>> the
>>> mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at the
>>> sporting goods store.
>> ...
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
We are going to have the biggest and best wild bunnies in the 
neighborhood this spring.

We have been feeding them all winter.
Needless to say, my back yard is well fertilized.

RB

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
And all the Federal criminals who are toking up left and right.  Why is the 
drug gestapo not out rounding them up?  All the middle schools are "drug free 
zones" but have the most active drug scene in neighborhoods.  

Maybe the recent move to restrict the sale of 5.56mm or .223 rounds will save 
all the little drug dealers.  Or at least stop hunters from shooting bunnies.

clay

On Mar 3, 2015, at 9:44 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

> Actually, the Tucson shooting of Giffords and the other victims did happen
> in a "gun free zone" also..
> 
> Apparently, criminals intent of violence and murder don't bother to read
> the signs.
> 
> Some time back, I read a rather in-depth and factual piece on the Colorado
> theater mass murder which listed the shooter as having broken 57 gun laws
> before arriving at the theater to commit mass murder.
> 
> All those laws did not deter this individual from breaking them. Also,
> there is now reasonable evidence which demonstrates the shooter selected
> the particular theater because it did not allow patrons who had concealed
> carry permits to have their legally owned and carried weapons inside the
> theater.
> 
> Imagine that..
> 
> It gives rise to the question, would less people have been harmed if
> someone had the means to protect themselves and the lives of others.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> When Tsar Vladimir is Tsar of all the Russias.Next year, perhaps?Or do I
>> have too little faith in our dear leader.
>> 
>> Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
>> 
>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 19:31:10 -0600
>>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>>> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>>> 
>>> clay wrote:
>>>> ...will result in a peace and love utopia for all.
>>> 
>>> I like that.
>>> When does it start?
>>> mao
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
w

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 3:00 PM, clay via Mercedes 
wrote:

> Well, at least he is now opposed to political killings.  He is being twice
> as Transparent as our faithless leader himself.  No need for FOIA with
> Pooter, he will disclose it all.  There are no soviet troops in Ukraine,
> Crimea wanted to become part of the new USSR in a bloodless coup that did
> not involve soviet troops taking it over, and there is no connection with
> Tsar Pooter and blowing plaines out of the sky.  I have no official email
> account for the NSA to track
>
> clay
>
>
> On Mar 3, 2015, at 7:43 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote:
>
> > When Tsar Vladimir is Tsar of all the Russias.Next year, perhaps?Or do I
> have too little faith in our dear leader.
> >
> > Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 19:31:10 -0600
> >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> >>
> >> clay wrote:
> >>> ...will result in a peace and love utopia for all.
> >>
> >> I like that.
> >> When does it start?
> >> mao
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread clay via Mercedes
Well, at least he is now opposed to political killings.  He is being twice as 
Transparent as our faithless leader himself.  No need for FOIA with Pooter, he 
will disclose it all.  There are no soviet troops in Ukraine, Crimea wanted to 
become part of the new USSR in a bloodless coup that did not involve soviet 
troops taking it over, and there is no connection with Tsar Pooter and blowing 
plaines out of the sky.  I have no official email account for the NSA to track

clay


On Mar 3, 2015, at 7:43 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote:

> When Tsar Vladimir is Tsar of all the Russias.Next year, perhaps?Or do I have 
> too little faith in our dear leader.
> 
> Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
> 
>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 19:31:10 -0600
>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>> 
>> clay wrote:
>>> ...will result in a peace and love utopia for all.
>> 
>> I like that.
>> When does it start?
>> mao
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I read where he never brushed his teeth, would just swish green tea 
around.  Apparently he could knock a buzzard off a wagon.


--R



On 3/4/15 2:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

Mao, rest in peace, was as crazy as a fox.  He led China for decades.



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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Is that true?  Apparently, the leak came from Armitage (and others?) who were 
never charged. Libby was convicted of lying to investigators in an attempt to 
cover it up. 

> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt
> Raymond via Mercedes
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 1:21 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
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> 
> Not to forget Scooter Libby who's outing of a CIA operative during a
> "time of war" should have him in front of a firing squad...
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Addison Thompson via Mercedes
IMNSHO the problem is one group's attempt to control morality and illegal 
behavior by controlling a "thing," i.e. the guns, instead of focusing on the 
actual behavior of the small number of misbehaving individuals.

For example, some nut-job shoots up a movie theater and the response from some 
is to try to ban the tool that he used rather than advocate for more mental 
health programs to deal with the cause of the shooting. As Dan said, there is a 
need for more mental health resources for those that need it.

In so doing, the controls advocated by the ban group infringe on the rights of 
the vast majority that do not exhibit the criminal behavior thus setting up 
this endless discussion.

Regards,
Addison
(who advocates for my right to self-defense)



On Mar 4, 2015, Dan wrote:
From: Dan Penoff 
Subject: [MBZ] Facts
Date: March 4, 2015 10:05:28 AM PST

I'm not going to intervene unless people get nasty. As long as everyone can 
agree to disagree and there are no personal attacks I'm OK with things.

While I have mixed emotions about gun ownership, I see this as a circular 
argument that will never go away I also think it points to the serious need 
for mental health resources being more available to those who need them.

Did anyone read about the coed at Oregon who reported a sexual assault, only to 
have her records shared with the defense attorneys because they fell under the 
student records laws rather than HIPAA?

Or better yet, our selective prosecution where people like David Petreaus who 
get a slap on the wrist for disclosing secret information while others who did 
far worse get incarcerated?

While I'm not about to renounce my citizenship, I will say this place is messed 
up.

Let the discourse begin.

Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Mao, rest in peace, was as crazy as a fox.  He led China for decades.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Are you saying Mao has mental problems and needs help?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 4, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not going to intervene unless people get nasty. As long as everyone
> can agree to disagree and there are no personal attacks I'm OK with things.
> >
> > While I have mixed emotions about gun ownership, I see this as a
> circular argument that will never go away I also think it points to the
> serious need for mental health resources being more available to those who
> need them.
> >
> > Did anyone read about the coed at Oregon who reported a sexual assault,
> only to have her records shared with the defense attorneys because they
> fell under the student records laws rather than HIPAA?
> >
> > Or better yet, our selective prosecution where people like David
> Petreaus who get a slap on the wrist for disclosing secret information
> while others who did far worse get incarcerated?
> >
> > While I'm not about to renounce my citizenship, I will say this place is
> messed up.
> >
> > Let the discourse begin.
> >
> > Dan
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
My niece, for reasons I will not go into, had fairly direct knowledge of 
that situation and would say you are incorrect in your characterization 
of it.  It was mostly a political hack job.


--R



On 3/4/15 1:20 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Not to forget Scooter Libby who's outing of a CIA operative during a "time of 
war" should have him in front of a firing squad...
-Curt




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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Are you saying Mao has mental problems and needs help?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I'm not going to intervene unless people get nasty. As long as everyone can 
> agree to disagree and there are no personal attacks I'm OK with things.
> 
> While I have mixed emotions about gun ownership, I see this as a circular 
> argument that will never go away I also think it points to the serious 
> need for mental health resources being more available to those who need them.
> 
> Did anyone read about the coed at Oregon who reported a sexual assault, only 
> to have her records shared with the defense attorneys because they fell under 
> the student records laws rather than HIPAA?
> 
> Or better yet, our selective prosecution where people like David Petreaus who 
> get a slap on the wrist for disclosing secret information while others who 
> did far worse get incarcerated?
> 
> While I'm not about to renounce my citizenship, I will say this place is 
> messed up.
> 
> Let the discourse begin.
> 
> Dan
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Not to forget Scooter Libby who's outing of a CIA operative during a "time of 
war" should have him in front of a firing squad...
-Curt

  From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes 
 To: Mercedes List  
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:05 PM
 Subject: [MBZ] Facts
   
I'm not going to intervene unless people get nasty. As long as everyone can 
agree to disagree and there are no personal attacks I'm OK with things.

While I have mixed emotions about gun ownership, I see this as a circular 
argument that will never go away I also think it points to the serious need 
for mental health resources being more available to those who need them.

Did anyone read about the coed at Oregon who reported a sexual assault, only to 
have her records shared with the defense attorneys because they fell under the 
student records laws rather than HIPAA?

Or better yet, our selective prosecution where people like David Petreaus who 
get a slap on the wrist for disclosing secret information while others who did 
far worse get incarcerated?

While I'm not about to renounce my citizenship, I will say this place is messed 
up.

Let the discourse begin.

Dan

Sent from my iPad
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
But the point is that the people who are shot and killed are still dead 
so to them it really makes little difference whether the gun was legally 
obtained or not.


RB

On 04/03/2015 11:13 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Of course it does. In the wake of a shooting you get all the chowderheads that 
thing new laws will prevent future shootings which they don't:A. Shooters don't 
care that they're breaking the law orB. The gun was legal anyway.
-Curt




Does it truly matter?

RB






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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Of course it does. In the wake of a shooting you get all the chowderheads that 
thing new laws will prevent future shootings which they don't:A. Shooters don't 
care that they're breaking the laworB. The gun was legal anyway.
-CurtIf Canadian gun laws work so well why do people still get shot in Canada?
  From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
 To: Andrew Strasfogel ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:09 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
On 04/03/2015 10:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
> DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?
>
>
Does it truly matter?

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Funerals are not performed for the dead...
-Curt
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 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:16 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
But the point is that the people who are shot and killed are still dead 
so to them it really makes little difference whether the gun was legally 
obtained or not.

RB



On 04/03/2015 11:13 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> Of course it does. In the wake of a shooting you get all the chowderheads 
> that thing new laws will prevent future shootings which they don't:A. 
> Shooters don't care that they're breaking the law orB. The gun was legal 
> anyway.
> -Curt


> Does it truly matter?
>
> RB
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I think it is worth notice that the very openly bias new media failed to
report the details of the civilian who stepped up and saved the lives of
other people.

Such acts of bravery should never go unnoticed or unrewarded, yet they do.

In my state, it is a legal and justifiable use of deadly force to protect
yourself and others who are in danger from such a Felony act. The Citizen
is afforded the same legal standing as any sworn police officer. Like any
sworn officer, make sure you have your criminal attorney on retainer,
someone will sue you and try to put you in prison for saving peoples lives.

Such a choice is a very personal one. Just as people wear clothing to
prevent frostbite or freezing in the cold to protect themselves.. so choose
not to.. Personally, I choose not to walk barefoot in an ice storm. ;))



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> The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
> was
> stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
> seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
> armed civilian were not on the scene.
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
> Ritchey via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
> To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
> was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
> ...
> > You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down
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> > sporting goods store.
> ...
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

On 04/03/2015 10:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Columbine and the Colorado theater thing were both guns kids took from their 
parent's.
There was another one I can't remember the name of where the parents had given the kid a 
gun to "teach him responsibility" which is backwards, the gun should be a 
reward for showing responsibility...
-Curt




Was that the one in Kentucky where the parents gave their 5 year old a 
small rifle and he shot and killed his little sister?


The local sheriff was quoted as saying, "it was just a tragic accident". 
Duh?


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

On 04/03/2015 11:08 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Its a reminder that NONE of the new gun laws in the wake of any of the 
tragedies has actually done ANYTHING to prevent further tragedies. Since the 
guns weren't illegal then laws making them more illegal won't help.
-Curt

 

And won't keep them out of your "gun free safe zones" either.

RB

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

On 04/03/2015 12:55 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote:

The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012 was
stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
armed civilian were not on the scene.

Greg


Yeah, but . . .  if guns were not so prevalent, it likely would not have 
been necessary for your armed civilian shoot the shooter.


I would think that with all of the shootings by police in the USA these 
days, I would be a bit nervous about being the hero that shoots the bad 
guy. The cops coming on the scene are quite likely going to shoot you 
and then sort it out later if they get a call about something like this 
and happen to show up while you are in the midst of being the hero that 
shoots the bad dude.


Better practice ducking. And always wear your bullet proof underwear.

RB

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

On 04/03/2015 10:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?



Does it truly matter?

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2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Its a reminder that NONE of the new gun laws in the wake of any of the 
tragedies has actually done ANYTHING to prevent further tragedies. Since the 
guns weren't illegal then laws making them more illegal won't help.
-Curt

  From: Andrew Strasfogel 
 To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:00 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
Well, that must have been reassuring to the victims' families.


On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Columbine and the Colorado theater thing were both guns kids took from their 
parent's.
There was another one I can't remember the name of where the parents had given 
the kid a gun to "teach him responsibility" which is backwards, the gun should 
be a reward for showing responsibility...
-Curt

      From: Andrew Strasfogel 
 To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List 

 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:37 AM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts

Is that a hunch?  IIRC the Va Tech killer purchased his legally.


On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Usually they're legal guns obtained illegally, usually from family.
-Curt

      From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
 To: Greg Fiorentino ; Mercedes Discussion List 

 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:19 AM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts

DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
> was
> stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
> seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
> armed civilian were not on the scene.
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
> Ritchey via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
> To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
> was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
> ...
> > You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down
> > at
> the
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> > sporting goods store.
> ...
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Well, that must have been reassuring to the victims' families.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Columbine and the Colorado theater thing were both guns kids took from
> their parent's.
> There was another one I can't remember the name of where the parents had
> given the kid a gun to "teach him responsibility" which is backwards, the
> gun should be a reward for showing responsibility...
> -Curt
>
>   From: Andrew Strasfogel 
>  To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:37 AM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> Is that a hunch?  IIRC the Va Tech killer purchased his legally.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Usually they're legal guns obtained illegally, usually from family.
> -Curt
>
>   From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
>  To: Greg Fiorentino ; Mercedes Discussion List <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:19 AM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
> > was
> > stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
> > seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
> > armed civilian were not on the scene.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > -Original Message-----
> > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
> > Ritchey via Mercedes
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
> > To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> >
> > Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
> > was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
> > ...
> > > You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Columbine and the Colorado theater thing were both guns kids took from their 
parent's.
There was another one I can't remember the name of where the parents had given 
the kid a gun to "teach him responsibility" which is backwards, the gun should 
be a reward for showing responsibility...
-Curt

  From: Andrew Strasfogel 
 To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:37 AM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
Is that a hunch?  IIRC the Va Tech killer purchased his legally.


On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Usually they're legal guns obtained illegally, usually from family.
-Curt

      From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
 To: Greg Fiorentino ; Mercedes Discussion List 

 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:19 AM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts

DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
> was
> stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
> seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
> armed civilian were not on the scene.
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
> Ritchey via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
> To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
> was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
> ...
> > You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down
> > at
> the
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Is that a hunch?  IIRC the Va Tech killer purchased his legally.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Usually they're legal guns obtained illegally, usually from family.
> -Curt
>
>   From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
>  To: Greg Fiorentino ; Mercedes Discussion List <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:19 AM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
> > was
> > stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
> > seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
> > armed civilian were not on the scene.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
> > Ritchey via Mercedes
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
> > To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> >
> > Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
> > was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Usually they're legal guns obtained illegally, usually from family.
-Curt

  From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 
 To: Greg Fiorentino ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:19 AM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?

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> The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
> was
> stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
> seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
> armed civilian were not on the scene.
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
> Ritchey via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
> To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
> was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
> ...
> > You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down
> > at
> the
> > mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at the
> > sporting goods store.
> ...
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-04 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
DId those mass murderers obtain their guns legally or illegally?

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012
> was
> stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
> seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
> armed civilian were not on the scene.
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
> Ritchey via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
> To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
> was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
> ...
> > You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down
> > at
> the
> > mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at the
> > sporting goods store.
> ...
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
The shooting that occurred at the mall in Clackamas, OR in December 2012 was
stopped by a licensed armed civilian after the shooter had killed 2 and
seriously wounded one.  The death toll could have been much worse if an
armed civilian were not on the scene.

Greg

-Original Message-
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott
Ritchey via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:23 PM
To: 'Randy Bennell'; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts

Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?

> -Original Message-
> From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
...
> You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down 
> at
the
> mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at the 
> sporting goods store.
...


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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Actually, the Tucson shooting of Giffords and the other victims did happen
in a "gun free zone" also..

Apparently, criminals intent of violence and murder don't bother to read
the signs.

Some time back, I read a rather in-depth and factual piece on the Colorado
theater mass murder which listed the shooter as having broken 57 gun laws
before arriving at the theater to commit mass murder.

All those laws did not deter this individual from breaking them. Also,
there is now reasonable evidence which demonstrates the shooter selected
the particular theater because it did not allow patrons who had concealed
carry permits to have their legally owned and carried weapons inside the
theater.

Imagine that..

It gives rise to the question, would less people have been harmed if
someone had the means to protect themselves and the lives of others.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes <
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> When Tsar Vladimir is Tsar of all the Russias.Next year, perhaps?Or do I
> have too little faith in our dear leader.
>
> Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 19:31:10 -0600
> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> >
> > clay wrote:
> > > ...will result in a peace and love utopia for all.
> >
> > I like that.
> > When does it start?
> > mao
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
When Tsar Vladimir is Tsar of all the Russias.Next year, perhaps?Or do I have 
too little faith in our dear leader.

Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.

> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 19:31:10 -0600
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> 
> clay wrote:
> > ...will result in a peace and love utopia for all.
> 
> I like that.
> When does it start?
> mao
  
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
" once again, someone gets shot."  And rightly so, IMO.  What other outcome
would you prefer?  Counseling? No civilian guns in the country?  Is there
any reason to believe that a comprehensive gun ban would be more effective
than prohibition or the war on drugs?  We have plenty of examples to show
how this works out: like LA, Chicago, and NYC.

> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
> Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 3:20 PM
> 
> On 03/03/2015 2:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
> > If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most
> > any state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long
> > enough to wreak too much mayhem.
> >
> > And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic
> > for long.
> >
> > --R
> >
> 
> But that just proves my point, does it not?
> You would shoot him so once again, someone gets shot.
> 
> RB
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Other than the Giffords shooting, is anyone aware of a mass shooting that
was not in a "safe" gun-free zone?

> -Original Message-
> From:  Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:01 PM
...
> You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down at
the
> mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at the
> sporting goods store.
...


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Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns

2015-03-03 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Dillon, not Dillion.  No relation, but people have asked.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On March 3, 2015 6:14:20 PM EST, G Mann via Mercedes  
wrote:
>Correct... the Mini Gun was developed by General Electric and first
>used in
>Vietnam conflict.
>
>An improved variant of that original patent is now manufactured by
>Dillion
>Precision of Scottsdale AZ. and sold to the military under DOD
>contract.
>
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
clay wrote:
> ...will result in a peace and love utopia for all.

I like that.
When does it start?
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread clay via Mercedes
Our faithless and hopey leader, Neville obama Chamberlain, knows that appeasing 
the  bad actors will result in a peace and love utopia for all.  Meanwhile the 
rest of us know that nukes and ICMBs are going to be flying, with the bullets 
and all manner of religious extremism.   Adolph Putin is on an unimpeded march 
toward Chekoslovakia, then Poland once he has Ukraine.  The conniving Hillary 
(the federal rules don't apply to me) made a mess of the muddled east, and now 
the catsup cowboy is not any better, but at least he has an official email 
address.

clay


On Mar 3, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

> Yeah, what happens in Canada? They apologize him to death?
> There are bad people in the world. Appeasing the bad people doesn't work.
> -Curt
> 
>  From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
> To: Rich Thomas ; Mercedes Discussion 
> List  
> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> 
> On 03/03/2015 2:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
>> If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most 
>> any state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long 
>> enough to wreak too much mayhem.
>> 
>> And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic 
>> for long.
>> 
>> --R
>> 
> 
> But that just proves my point, does it not?
> You would shoot him so once again, someone gets shot.
> 
> 
> 
> RB
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Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns

2015-03-03 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Correct... the Mini Gun was developed by General Electric and first used in
Vietnam conflict.

An improved variant of that original patent is now manufactured by Dillion
Precision of Scottsdale AZ. and sold to the military under DOD contract.

As for having the necessary Department of Defense [DOD] clearance to  sell
internationally all it takes is paper and patience... some of that
paper must be covered with special green ink, however, so it is not for the
garden variety gun dealer.  The restrictions have always been tight.. since
911 and the passage of Patriot Act.. it is positively made difficult to
qualify and maintain.

Then again... "We are from the Government and we are here to help you" is
not the motto government functions under.  It is much more "We are not
happy until you are not happy".

;))

Grant...  Rank Civilian.. [comma deliberately omitted]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> A friend of mine owned a sporting goods store in MA of all places, and had
> a firearms sales permit, which apparently included automatic weapons.  One
> night we were socializing and he says he just sold 2 mini-guns to some
> foreign buyer.  These were the things that go like 3000 or 6000 rounds per
> minute, like mounted on helicopters for hosing down targets quickly.  I
> think they were made by GE or some subsidiary, might have been located in
> MA, I don't remember.
>
> So this was intriguing, turns out his store had the necessary permits for
> selling and exporting this thing so he was basically just the pass-through
> on it.  I don't recall him ever saying who the buyer was, or if we asked he
> averred on the identification, which was further intriguing as to who would
> be buying these, how they had the necessary permits to do so, with the
> foreign connection, etc.
>
> I could see mounting one on the front of the truck.  Maybe both.
>
> --R
>
>
>
> On 3/3/15 3:22 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> You are correct. The sale of all new full automatic weapons is
>> forbidden to private ownership since the 1986 law took effect. Only
>> those owned prior to that date are permitted to be owned.
>>
>> The resultant effect has been a huge escalation in value for those
>> guns. The $1,000 dollar full automatic cheaply made AK 47 now sells
>> for $12,000 and up, plus fees for license.
>>
>> Production and sale of full auto continues to the military and select
>> police units. Not private citizens.  The "mini guns" you see on TV may
>> be "made for hollywood props" ?
>> I have contact with a manufacturer of the mini gun used by the
>> military, and I can tell you, it is tightly and securely controlled..
>> every part is accounted for under DOD contract. Federal inspectors are
>> on site full time.
>>
>> Interesting fact:  If Chicago, Detroit, and NYC firearm murder
>> statistics were removed from the calculations, USA would rate second
>> from the bottom in worldwide number of firearm deaths.. I take note
>> that those three cities have the most draconian gun laws against
>> private ownership in the whole United States.. The conclusion can be
>> made that murderers prefer unarmed victims..
>>
>> On 3/3/15, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  wrote:
>>
>>> You still need a gun that was originally licensed before the 1986 ban on
>>> full autos.
>>> I do wonder about the mini-guns I see on TV, must be some special
>>> licensing
>>> law there...
>>> -Curt
>>>
>>>From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes 
>>>   To: 'Addison Thompson' ; 'Mercedes Discussion
>>> List'
>>> 
>>>   Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 2:12 PM
>>>   Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts (Randy Bennell)
>>>
>>> Many states allow full auto if you have the proper (and expensive)
>>> licensing!
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Addison
>>> Thompson via Mercedes
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 10:19 AM
>>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts (Randy Bennell)
>>>
>>> Randy,
>>> Automatic weapons have been illegal in the US since the 1930s. You
>>> probably
>>> mean "semi-automatic" weapons which pretty much includes most modern
>>> rifles
>>> and pistols designs of the past century.
>>> Addison
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 3, 2015, Randy Bennell  wrote:
>>>
>>> From:
>>

Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns

2015-03-03 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
No doubt in the shape of a 3-pointed star.

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From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Fred Moir
via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 1:28 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns




Rich, et Alles.My car has a gun-sight already for a mini
anything.Pedestrians mostly.

Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.

> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:23:05 -0500
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns
> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> 
> A friend of mine owned a sporting goods store in MA of all places, and 
> had a firearms sales permit, which apparently included automatic 
> weapons.
> 
> I could see mounting one on the front of the truck.  Maybe both.
> 
> --R
  
  
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Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns

2015-03-03 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes



Rich, et Alles.My car has a gun-sight already for a mini anything.Pedestrians 
mostly.

Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.

> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:23:05 -0500
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns
> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> 
> A friend of mine owned a sporting goods store in MA of all places, and 
> had a firearms sales permit, which apparently included automatic 
> weapons.
> 
> I could see mounting one on the front of the truck.  Maybe both.
> 
> --R
  
  
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Re: [MBZ] Facts -- meenieguns

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
A friend of mine owned a sporting goods store in MA of all places, and 
had a firearms sales permit, which apparently included automatic 
weapons.  One night we were socializing and he says he just sold 2 
mini-guns to some foreign buyer.  These were the things that go like 
3000 or 6000 rounds per minute, like mounted on helicopters for hosing 
down targets quickly.  I think they were made by GE or some subsidiary, 
might have been located in MA, I don't remember.


So this was intriguing, turns out his store had the necessary permits 
for selling and exporting this thing so he was basically just the 
pass-through on it.  I don't recall him ever saying who the buyer was, 
or if we asked he averred on the identification, which was further 
intriguing as to who would be buying these, how they had the necessary 
permits to do so, with the foreign connection, etc.


I could see mounting one on the front of the truck.  Maybe both.

--R



On 3/3/15 3:22 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

You are correct. The sale of all new full automatic weapons is
forbidden to private ownership since the 1986 law took effect. Only
those owned prior to that date are permitted to be owned.

The resultant effect has been a huge escalation in value for those
guns. The $1,000 dollar full automatic cheaply made AK 47 now sells
for $12,000 and up, plus fees for license.

Production and sale of full auto continues to the military and select
police units. Not private citizens.  The "mini guns" you see on TV may
be "made for hollywood props" ?
I have contact with a manufacturer of the mini gun used by the
military, and I can tell you, it is tightly and securely controlled..
every part is accounted for under DOD contract. Federal inspectors are
on site full time.

Interesting fact:  If Chicago, Detroit, and NYC firearm murder
statistics were removed from the calculations, USA would rate second
from the bottom in worldwide number of firearm deaths.. I take note
that those three cities have the most draconian gun laws against
private ownership in the whole United States.. The conclusion can be
made that murderers prefer unarmed victims..

On 3/3/15, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  wrote:

You still need a gun that was originally licensed before the 1986 ban on
full autos.
I do wonder about the mini-guns I see on TV, must be some special licensing
law there...
-Curt

   From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes 
  To: 'Addison Thompson' ; 'Mercedes Discussion List'

  Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 2:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts (Randy Bennell)

Many states allow full auto if you have the proper (and expensive)
licensing!

Greg

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Thompson via Mercedes
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 10:19 AM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts (Randy Bennell)

Randy,
Automatic weapons have been illegal in the US since the 1930s. You probably
mean "semi-automatic" weapons which pretty much includes most modern rifles
and pistols designs of the past century.
Addison


On Mar 3, 2015, Randy Bennell  wrote:

From:
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
Date: March 3, 2015 10:00:43 AM PST

On 03/03/2015 11:45 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

Thank you for your efforts to direct the thinking of these foreign
individuals to understand this very special American Right.


You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down at the
mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at the
sporting goods store.

Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the beauty in a well made firearm. I
think it would be interesting to make an AK47 and have watched the video on
how to do it.  I own a couple of .22 rifles and have been considering
something a bit bigger. However,  I am happy with the fact that hand guns
and automatic weapons are not common in Canada.  Let us face it, there are a
lot of people out there who should not be permitted to have any sort of
firearms. They are stupid, or criminally minded, or careless, or mentally
unstable, bad tempered, etc. Being permitted to possess a weapon should
require rigorous background checks, formal training, and ongoing checks to
make sure things are not changing. Automatic weapons should only be had by
the military for war. They should not be sold to anyone with sufficient cash
and no obvious criminal record.

RB who will now climb down off of the soapbox
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I take notice that those who are fearful of private citizens being in
possession of a firearm, when trouble comes,, call for the police, who
bring a firearm to protect them... after the fact.

"When seconds count, the police are only minutes away" ...

Hoplophobia: It means the fear of firearms. Now recognized as a
psychosis, I believe.

Some have it and have not been treated.. Some do not have it.. While I
respect your illness, I will not participate in it by catching it.

On 3/3/15, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  wrote:
> Yeah, what happens in Canada? They apologize him to death?
> There are bad people in the world. Appeasing the bad people doesn't work.
> -Curt
>
>   From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  To: Rich Thomas ; Mercedes Discussion
> List 
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 3:19 PM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>
> On 03/03/2015 2:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
>> If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most
>> any state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long
>> enough to wreak too much mayhem.
>>
>> And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic
>> for long.
>>
>> --R
>>
>
> But that just proves my point, does it not?
> You would shoot him so once again, someone gets shot.
>
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Exactly right.  And most likely before the cops could show up to do the 
deed.  And most likely saving (my and) other lives in the process.  
Exactly right.


The interesting thing is, most of these random shootings do not occur in 
places where the perp is likely to face opposition.  They have the 
foresight to select a soft target, and when it is likely the target will 
not be soft, the perps either don't do the deed, or go somewhere 
easier.  So deterrence works, and self-protection works.


I understand that some people just can't grasp or accept the realities 
involved.  Even in places where the gun laws are stringent, wackos find 
a way, either with a gun or something else. France and the Charlie Hebdo 
business comes to mind, even the cop did not have a weapon to defend 
himself and the people he was "guarding."  You have the right to your 
beliefs and I respect that though I disagree and find them puzzling when 
the facts mitigate against them.  But, YMMV.


--R  (When seconds count, the police are only minutes away)



On 3/3/15 3:19 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:

On 03/03/2015 2:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most 
any state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long 
enough to wreak too much mayhem.


And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic 
for long.


--R



But that just proves my point, does it not?
You would shoot him so once again, someone gets shot.

RB




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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Yeah, what happens in Canada? They apologize him to death?
There are bad people in the world. Appeasing the bad people doesn't work.
-Curt

  From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
 To: Rich Thomas ; Mercedes Discussion 
List  
 Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 3:19 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
On 03/03/2015 2:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
> If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most 
> any state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long 
> enough to wreak too much mayhem.
>
> And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic 
> for long.
>
> --R
>

But that just proves my point, does it not?
You would shoot him so once again, someone gets shot.



RB

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Re: [MBZ] Facts (Randy Bennell)

2015-03-03 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
You are correct. The sale of all new full automatic weapons is
forbidden to private ownership since the 1986 law took effect. Only
those owned prior to that date are permitted to be owned.

The resultant effect has been a huge escalation in value for those
guns. The $1,000 dollar full automatic cheaply made AK 47 now sells
for $12,000 and up, plus fees for license.

Production and sale of full auto continues to the military and select
police units. Not private citizens.  The "mini guns" you see on TV may
be "made for hollywood props" ?
I have contact with a manufacturer of the mini gun used by the
military, and I can tell you, it is tightly and securely controlled..
every part is accounted for under DOD contract. Federal inspectors are
on site full time.

Interesting fact:  If Chicago, Detroit, and NYC firearm murder
statistics were removed from the calculations, USA would rate second
from the bottom in worldwide number of firearm deaths.. I take note
that those three cities have the most draconian gun laws against
private ownership in the whole United States.. The conclusion can be
made that murderers prefer unarmed victims..

On 3/3/15, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  wrote:
> You still need a gun that was originally licensed before the 1986 ban on
> full autos.
> I do wonder about the mini-guns I see on TV, must be some special licensing
> law there...
> -Curt
>
>   From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes 
>  To: 'Addison Thompson' ; 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> 
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 2:12 PM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts (Randy Bennell)
>
> Many states allow full auto if you have the proper (and expensive)
> licensing!
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Addison
> Thompson via Mercedes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 10:19 AM
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts (Randy Bennell)
>
> Randy,
> Automatic weapons have been illegal in the US since the 1930s. You probably
> mean "semi-automatic" weapons which pretty much includes most modern rifles
> and pistols designs of the past century.
> Addison
>
>
> On Mar 3, 2015, Randy Bennell  wrote:
>
> From:
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
> Date: March 3, 2015 10:00:43 AM PST
>
> On 03/03/2015 11:45 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
>> Thank you for your efforts to direct the thinking of these foreign
>> individuals to understand this very special American Right.
>>
>
> You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down at the
> mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at the
> sporting goods store.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the beauty in a well made firearm. I
> think it would be interesting to make an AK47 and have watched the video on
> how to do it.  I own a couple of .22 rifles and have been considering
> something a bit bigger. However,  I am happy with the fact that hand guns
> and automatic weapons are not common in Canada.  Let us face it, there are a
> lot of people out there who should not be permitted to have any sort of
> firearms. They are stupid, or criminally minded, or careless, or mentally
> unstable, bad tempered, etc. Being permitted to possess a weapon should
> require rigorous background checks, formal training, and ongoing checks to
> make sure things are not changing. Automatic weapons should only be had by
> the military for war. They should not be sold to anyone with sufficient cash
> and no obvious criminal record.
>
> RB who will now climb down off of the soapbox
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
*sigh*
If gun laws worked so well why does Canada still have firearms deaths and why 
are gang related homicides on the rise in Canada while they decline in the USA?
-Curt

  From: Randy Bennell 
 To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
 Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 3:04 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
   
Well, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics in that order as I recall.
AND unfortunately, people do get shot all of the time.
BUT I did not expect that very many of you folks would agree with me 
even it I was correct.

RB

On 03/03/2015 2:01 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> Sorry Randy your ignorance is showing.
> It is VERY difficult to own an automatic weapon. There is a licensing process 
> and significant background checks, the gun is licensed much like a car.
> I believe you're thinking of semi-automatic weapons.
> Remember you are 100x more likely to die from a medical accident than be 
> gunned down ANYWHERE, not just the mall. Do you not realize how big a 
> difference that is? ALMOST NOBODY GETS SHOT IN THE US. More (way more, like 
> 3x) people die from the flu for crying out loud, gun violence isn't even in 
> the top 10.
> Your soap box sucks because its got no actual facts on it...
> -Curt
>
>        From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  To: G Mann ; Mercedes Discussion List 
>
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 1:00 PM
>  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts
>    
> On 03/03/2015 11:45 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
>> Thank you for your efforts to direct the thinking of these foreign
>> individuals to understand this very special American Right.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down at
> the mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at
> the sporting goods store.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the beauty in a well made firearm.
> I think it would be interesting to make an AK47 and have watched the
> video on how to do it.  I own a couple of .22 rifles and have been
> considering something a bit bigger. However,  I am happy with the fact
> that hand guns and automatic weapons are not common in Canada.  Let us
> face it, there are a lot of people out there who should not be permitted
> to have any sort of firearms. They are stupid, or criminally minded, or
> careless, or mentally unstable, bad tempered, etc. Being permitted to
> possess a weapon should require rigorous background checks, formal
> training, and ongoing checks to make sure things are not changing.
> Automatic weapons should only be had by the military for war. They
> should not be sold to anyone with sufficient cash and no obvious
> criminal record.
>
> RB who will now climb down off of the soapbox
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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

On 03/03/2015 2:12 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote:
If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most 
any state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long 
enough to wreak too much mayhem.


And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic 
for long.


--R



But that just proves my point, does it not?
You would shoot him so once again, someone gets shot.

RB

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
If some dude pulled that sort of thing at a mall in SC or TX or most any 
state with a concealed carry law, the dude would not last long enough to 
wreak too much mayhem.


And he would not be using an automatic weapon, nor a semi-automatic for 
long.


--R



On 3/3/15 1:00 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:

On 03/03/2015 11:45 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:


Thank you for your efforts to direct the thinking of these foreign
individuals to understand this very special American Right.




You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down 
at the mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down 
at the sporting goods store.


Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the beauty in a well made 
firearm. I think it would be interesting to make an AK47 and have 
watched the video on how to do it.  I own a couple of .22 rifles and 
have been considering something a bit bigger. However,  I am happy 
with the fact that hand guns and automatic weapons are not common in 
Canada.  Let us face it, there are a lot of people out there who 
should not be permitted to have any sort of firearms. They are stupid, 
or criminally minded, or careless, or mentally unstable, bad tempered, 
etc. Being permitted to possess a weapon should require rigorous 
background checks, formal training, and ongoing checks to make sure 
things are not changing. Automatic weapons should only be had by the 
military for war. They should not be sold to anyone with sufficient 
cash and no obvious criminal record.


RB who will now climb down off of the soapbox

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Re: [MBZ] Facts

2015-03-03 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

Well, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics in that order as I recall.
AND unfortunately, people do get shot all of the time.
BUT I did not expect that very many of you folks would agree with me 
even it I was correct.


RB

On 03/03/2015 2:01 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Sorry Randy your ignorance is showing.
It is VERY difficult to own an automatic weapon. There is a licensing process 
and significant background checks, the gun is licensed much like a car.
I believe you're thinking of semi-automatic weapons.
Remember you are 100x more likely to die from a medical accident than be gunned 
down ANYWHERE, not just the mall. Do you not realize how big a difference that 
is? ALMOST NOBODY GETS SHOT IN THE US. More (way more, like 3x) people die from 
the flu for crying out loud, gun violence isn't even in the top 10.
Your soap box sucks because its got no actual facts on it...
-Curt

   From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
  To: G Mann ; Mercedes Discussion List 

  Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 1:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [MBZ] Facts

On 03/03/2015 11:45 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

Thank you for your efforts to direct the thinking of these foreign
individuals to understand this very special American Right.





You, and your family enjoy the special American right to be shot down at
the mall by some nut who legally purchased an automatic weapon down at
the sporting goods store.

Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate the beauty in a well made firearm.
I think it would be interesting to make an AK47 and have watched the
video on how to do it.  I own a couple of .22 rifles and have been
considering something a bit bigger. However,  I am happy with the fact
that hand guns and automatic weapons are not common in Canada.  Let us
face it, there are a lot of people out there who should not be permitted
to have any sort of firearms. They are stupid, or criminally minded, or
careless, or mentally unstable, bad tempered, etc. Being permitted to
possess a weapon should require rigorous background checks, formal
training, and ongoing checks to make sure things are not changing.
Automatic weapons should only be had by the military for war. They
should not be sold to anyone with sufficient cash and no obvious
criminal record.

RB who will now climb down off of the soapbox



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