Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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This should be on the Ballots of each State as well as at the Federal level so that we can work with and around whatever politicians block or support these Constitutional Amendments. There are some states which I would guess that would probably never get through this kind of Constitutional Amendment. |
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Automatic weapons are already banned and have been for years. You would need a very special and expensive license to buy one. What was used was a semi-automatic weapon. On a semi-auto you must pull the trigger for each and every shot. On an auto you pull the trigger once and hold it and it will keep firing until empty. This is what the military uses and cannot be legally owned.
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Do not blame the National Rifle Association and their brow-beating Congress to allow modified assault rifles such as the AR-15 to be sold as well as high-capacity magazines (twin banana clips taped back to back) - but put the blame on a ban on prayer in school?
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This happened on Thursday May 27, 1999The rest of the story can be found here; snopes.com: Darrell Scott Testimony From Snopes................ As transcripts of the proceedings demonstrate, Darrell Scott did make the statement attributed to him in the account reproduced above, but virtually everything framing his statement in that account is false. Mr. Scott wasn't speaking to national leaders present at a "special session of Congress," people who were "not prepared for what he was to say" and "did not receive it well." He was simply one of eight people who presented statements to a small House subcommittee meeting in an office building; his statement wasn't received differently than any of the others and didn't prompt outrage from an unreceptive audience. Moreover, unlike the other persons who testified before the Congressional subcommittee that day, Mr. Scott presented no facts or statistics relating to the issues of gun control and gun law enforcement; he merely gave his opinion that gun control laws wouldn't have stopped the Columbine High School shootings and that those shootings were somehow related to a lack of religion in schools (repeating along the way the mistaken claim that prayer has been "outlawed" in schools). Another parent who lost a child to a school-related shooting, Byrl Phillips-Taylor, testified after Darrell Scott and offered the opposite opinion: a lack of controls on the sale of assault weapons, Ms. Phillips-Taylor maintained, had led to the shooting death of her son. Finally, contrary to the coda of the e-mailed account, the "media" did not prevent anyone from hearing Darrell Scott's words. The subcommittee hearing at which he spoke was covered by the Associated Press and reported in several big-city newspapers; in fact, due to intense media interest regarding everything related to the then-recent Columbine shootings, the event actually received much more general media coverage than a House subcommittee hearing typically would have. Last edited by Bogie Shooter; 12-22-2012 at 09:39 PM. |
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This young killer spent hour after hour playing video games in his basement. Have you seen what they are like? Heads chopped off, blood spurting, etc. This gives the viewer a feeling of power and life has no meaning. He has been built up to think he is in one of those games and winning it. It was as if he was striking back at society because he had so few friends. He will use anything to accomplish his goal. Thats why he picked an elementary school, easy pickings, and not a police station. As soon as he saw signs of the swat team he killed himself. Nobody wants to research banning these games, just the one tool he used. He could have used knives, bombs, gasoline, SUV, etc.
Think back to when we were kids. None of this ever happened. Guns were just as prevalent and so were semi-auto's with the end of WWII. The most violent things we saw was cowboy and gangster movies.
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There are some video games that go way over the top in terms of violence and pornography but these are usually only found through underground sellers. |
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You couldn't even buy a playboy magazine in the small community where I grew up. Roy Rogers and Gene Autry were our heroes. Instead of killing the bad guy they shot the gun out of his hand. Yes, there were guns----for hunting game. You were "unusual" if you didn't attend church. The worst violence on television was Gunsmoke but old' Matt Dillon always prevailed. If you had too much to drink, the good policeman brought you home. They wanted to throw Elvis in jail and off television because he was too sinful and provocative. Wow! How times "they have changed."
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Based on the heading, I thought this thread was going to be about interplanetary travel and/or parallel universes.
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Of course, I never played something like Manhunt but assume there are even worse video games in the black market. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_(video_game) Snuff movies are almost always sold underground as so I would assume would video games that pander to the same market. This article talks about one Call of Juarez: The Cartel that has not been banned in this country but has a black market in others. http://hnn.us/node/137191 |
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Last edited by senior citizen; 12-29-2012 at 04:24 AM. |
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Read post #78
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Grew up in Brooklyn, NY- became an adult in Rockland County, NY and living a 2nd childhood in the Villages (Finally a FROG). "Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway" |
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