12-18-2012, 11:24 AM
@SC
I thought the topic of this thread was 'Guns don't kill people, or do they?'
IMO, guns kill people.
The problem with 2nd Amendment supporters, is:
A) They don't look at how archaic the language in the actual amendment is. It's clearly written for 1791 America, not 21st century America.
B) They instantly retreat to a postion of 'No one is going to take away my right to own guns. Period.'
C) They are closed minded. Not looking at the 'big picture'. Not willing to even consider some form of limitations on any sort of firearms or their capacity to create carnage.
Fortunately, as I read more about this deranged killer, I'm discovering that he was living in a world of isolation with just his mother. I don't know if he actually ever came out of the house. If he did it was rare.
He was more than just a 'loner' or 'a little off'.
Are there more like him in our country? Most likely, but I pray that very few are actually capable of what he has done.
However, massive body counts are being perpetrated by people with semi-automatic weapons with high-capacity magazines.
Why are those necessary in our society?
If someone could give me a rational answer without invoking 'Well, it's simply our right to have them', I'd be interested in hearing it.
I have never ONCE in any of my posts said 'Revoke or rewrite the 2nd Amendment'. I have also never said 'ban all guns'.
That's what's so funny to me. Clearly, I'm the rational one trying to seek answers to a clear epidemic, while the hard-liners basically say, 'fuck you, leave me and my guns alone'.
Interesting.
Wonder who's truly living in their bubble?
I thought the topic of this thread was 'Guns don't kill people, or do they?'
IMO, guns kill people.
The problem with 2nd Amendment supporters, is:
A) They don't look at how archaic the language in the actual amendment is. It's clearly written for 1791 America, not 21st century America.
B) They instantly retreat to a postion of 'No one is going to take away my right to own guns. Period.'
C) They are closed minded. Not looking at the 'big picture'. Not willing to even consider some form of limitations on any sort of firearms or their capacity to create carnage.
Fortunately, as I read more about this deranged killer, I'm discovering that he was living in a world of isolation with just his mother. I don't know if he actually ever came out of the house. If he did it was rare.
He was more than just a 'loner' or 'a little off'.
Are there more like him in our country? Most likely, but I pray that very few are actually capable of what he has done.
However, massive body counts are being perpetrated by people with semi-automatic weapons with high-capacity magazines.
Why are those necessary in our society?
If someone could give me a rational answer without invoking 'Well, it's simply our right to have them', I'd be interested in hearing it.
I have never ONCE in any of my posts said 'Revoke or rewrite the 2nd Amendment'. I have also never said 'ban all guns'.
That's what's so funny to me. Clearly, I'm the rational one trying to seek answers to a clear epidemic, while the hard-liners basically say, 'fuck you, leave me and my guns alone'.
Interesting.
Wonder who's truly living in their bubble?