[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Susan1717

So true!! Just like the man that used his vehicle as a weapon and ran over all those elderly people and children at the Wisconsin Christmas parade!! No gun involved but his car was his weapon. I’m from chicago where there are mass shootings every week. The majority of those guns are bought illegally off the street from gangs and brought in by cartel

It seems like the US is at WAR with ITSELf. It seems that we need NEW TOOLS against drugs, gangs, and cartels. I suggested patrolling DRONES overhead around The Villages..........and people FREAKED OUT........saying that something like that would be too "Big Brother" and would somehow hurt the independent individuality of the average Village resident. The problem is that the THREAT of drugs, gangs, and cartels is so MUCH of a greater PROBLEM that a few Village residents getting their feelings hurt. They are going to be PHYSICALLY hurt if the Villages does NOT hire enough POLICE to keep things here safe.
.......So, that is why new technology involving stationary cameras and cameras on DRONES are needed to keep the "BAD GUYS" at bay.

[Cobullymom]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

There are no book bans in Florida. The law prohibits books containing certain information the responsible parents consider inappropriate for children from being in libraries meant for children. Do you think it is acceptable to allow Playboy or Hustler magazines to be in a library for kids? Is their absence from children's libraries not book banning?

They love throwing out propaganda, book bans, don't say gay, assault rifles, clueless nonsense repeated over and over

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Cobullymom

They love throwing out propaganda, book bans, don't say gay, assault rifles, clueless nonsense repeated over and over

Banning books in libraries is ridiculous. The parents can control to a certain extent which books they read at home by not getting those books from a library. And once you tell a teen they cannot do something that usually ends in them doing just that. Especially when the arts are concerned. Elvis for instance and his music for another group of teens.

[TeresaE]

There are no books banned in Florida. You can go buy whatever you want and read it. There are books and learning materials that are not allowed in our public schools in Florida. See the difference?

[Cybersprings]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

No one is suggesting banning of all guns. That is a straw man argument.

and that is LIE.

Joe Biden Says 9mm Bullet 'Blows The Lung Out of The Body'

[Cybersprings]

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[MrFlorida]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

No one is suggesting banning of all guns. That is a straw man argument.

I have a bridge to sell you....

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Banning books in libraries is ridiculous. The parents can control to a certain extent which books they read at home by not getting those books from a library. And once you tell a teen they cannot do something that usually ends in them doing just that. Especially when the arts are concerned. Elvis for instance and his music for another group of teens.

I agree, in a Public Library. I believe the books were pulled from the elementary school library.

[Wondering]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Live updates: Atlanta Midtown shooting news

I recall writing a top lawyer in San Francisco at a law firm which had just had a shooting inside and he had written back to me that they did not have the resources to do anything about addressing the needs of survivors/victims of these kind of crimes. One of which had just happened at his law firm.

My concern in writing the lawyer was access to practical materials for survivors/victims of crimes in SF Bay Area law libraries and other kinds of libraries.

But I do think that law firm was a major driver towards a assault weapons ban that went into effect. 101 California Street shooting - Wikipedia

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act - Wikipedia

What society needs are more guns - not! Isn't it "great" that we live in Florida with open carry and doing away with concealed weapons permits. Is this really the State of freedom? Shouldn't we be free from gun violence! How about banning books and doing away with the teaching of true, factual history! Feels like going down a slippery slope, like Germany in the 1930's.

[NoMoSno]

Originally Posted by Wondering

What society needs are more guns - not! Isn't it "great" that we live in Florida with open carry and doing away with concealed weapons permits. Is this really the State of freedom? Shouldn't we be free from gun violence! How about banning books and doing away with the teaching of true, factual history! Feels like going down a slippery slope, like Germany in the 1930's.

There is no open carry in FL.

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by Wondering

What society needs are more guns - not! Isn't it "great" that we live in Florida with open carry and doing away with concealed weapons permits. Is this really the State of freedom? Shouldn't we be free from gun violence! How about banning books and doing away with the teaching of true, factual history! Feels like going down a slippery slope, like Germany in the 1930's.

In the 1930's the NAZI government banned private ownership of firearms. Notice how well that worked out for the Jewish population.

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

It seems like the US is at WAR with ITSELf. It seems that we need NEW TOOLS against drugs, gangs, and cartels. I suggested patrolling DRONES overhead around The Villages..........and people FREAKED OUT........saying that something like that would be too "Big Brother" and would somehow hurt the independent individuality of The

We already have entered the era of government surveillance. Walking down Manhattan streets you are one multiple cameras at any one time, some with facial recognition. There are sniffers inside corner posts checking for explosives or radioactive materials as you pass. I have an office on a small barrier island on the west coast of Fl.. At both ends there are license plate readers. If the driver has anything from a warrant to an unpaid ticket, it alerts the island police. Easy Pass: twenty years ago (turn of the century) a man was missing in NY. He left the office but never returned home to his wife in Bergen County NJ. Police were able to track him down using the easy pass; and not just at toll booths but through readers placed intermittently along roadways. As for being at war with itself, we are not being honest with ourselves. The countries most cited by the right and the left as safe, clean, caring for its population, are homogenous countries (Japan the Nordic Countries). Perhaps diversity as it is practiced in 2023 is not a strength.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by TeresaE

There are no books banned in Florida. You can go buy whatever you want and read it. There are books and learning materials that are not allowed in our public schools in Florida. See the difference?

"Not allowed in public schools" usually means also in public school libraries. Which means a book ban.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Cybersprings

and that is LIE.

Joe Biden Says 9mm Bullet 'Blows The Lung Out of The Body'

Actually read the article.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

In the 1930's the NAZI government banned private ownership of firearms. Notice how well that worked out for the Jewish population.

How is anyone going to clear out all the guns in the US? Cannot be done in any way, shape or form!

Let's get real here. Weapons designed for battlefields are being used to attack parades, movie theater audiences, schools, churches, banks, work locations, and other places here in the United States. There should be fewer ways for these to be purchased. There have been more shootings per day in the US in 2023 as there are days so far.