Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of Americans to feel safe." Dianne Feinstein (US Senator, D-CA); quoted by the Associated Press Newswire, 1993-11-18 and there is also: "The national guard fulfills the the militia mentioned in the Second Amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves." Dianne Feinstein (US Senator, D-CA) And I will also add in this quote from Bobby Rush, U.S. Representative from Illinois: “My staff and I right now are working on a comprehensive gun-control bill. We don’t have all the details, but for instance, regulating the sale and purchase of bullets. Ultimately, I would like to see the manufacture and possession of handguns banned except for military and police use. But that’s the endgame. And in the meantime, there are some specific things that we can do with legislation.” Chicago Tribune, December 5, 1999 By the by, still haven't seen what new gun laws will prevent the school shootings.
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Here's a list of individual served weapons of the U.S. military. It covers every category of weapon commonly owned by the general public. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia
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I know!!! Any one of the 99% of law abiding gun owners in the USA. |
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Thank you for your logic and insight. I might add another thought on those wanting to ban firearms. Remember the words in the '50's song, "Robbing people with a zipgun..." ? I remember zipguns, homemade out of common materials. Smuggling of guns would just add to the coffers of the drug smugglers, too. Killers will always get guns somehow when guns are their weapons of choice.
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Murder and street drugs are already banned. How's that working out? Oh, that's right; it's not!
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There are no easy solutions. There are no compromises that will make either side happy. Almost total banning of guns has worked in other nations. Not so sure it would work here. Some things I would like to see are stricter and more thorough background checks, no bump stocks allowed, no military grade “assault” type weapons in the hands of common citizens, no metal-piercing bullets, serious gun training and testing for all who buy weapons. Anyone convicted of a DUI should be banned from owning guns — if you can’t stop yourself from getting behind the wheel of your car while high, you really can’t be trusted to keep nor use a gun safely in my mind.
Parents that allow easy access to weapons should face the exact same charges as their children. You know your kids and, if you don’t, shame on you. Check their social media. Know what games they are playing and restrict access to those games you deem inappropriate. Ditto for movies and television programs. The idea of metal detectors, armed guards, etc. at schools nauseates me. However, there is no denying it has become a necessity. Our children deserve to be feel safe at school. So, do what it takes to make that happen NOW. I’m tired of hearing about kids shooting kids because a gun was left laying around. I’m sick of drive by killings. I’m really sick and tired of school shootings. Get the media to quit publicizing names and photos of shooters. The story can be told without that information. There are things we can and should do today. First and foremost, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
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Freedom of the Press.
We have Freedom of the Press so I do not believe that the focus on the shooter will subside. At least, they are spending a lot more press time on the survivors/victims and their families.
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Most other places with less harsh punishment, gun bans have failed miserably. And none of that will solve the problem of crazies who want to kill someone. They will use a knife, a bomb, a car, something else. Also would need to ban lathes, drills, all items to make gun powder, and several other things. Give me a basic machine shop and I can build a gun in less then 4 hours.
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But if enough people let their broadcasters and editors know they don’t want names publicized, the more the media will listen. We can talk with a button on the remote and a cancellation of newspapers and websites that give those names and show those pictures. We can boycott advertisers until they get message. If enough talk, the media will listen — there may and should be freedom of the press but news ain’t free.
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I think Oz may actually have a similar culture to ours regarding the wild, Wild West attitude and adulation (why I don’t think gun laws would work here) but they’ve managed to ban guns except for farmers. Their last mass killing by gun was a murder-suicide on a farm this year. There have been a few stranger killings between 1996 and today (a car plowed into a crowd, a university shooting and a hostage situation — all I can remember at the top of my head). John Howard, the PM in 1996, flat out said he didn’t want Australia following in America’s footsteps. So, not a perfect record but a heck of a lot better than ours. Their children are not being murdered on a regular basis.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay) "There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein |
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I don't believe the "Gun Ban" group is a crowd. I believe the gun control and regulation crowd, and those who want to remove military assault rifles from the streets of America are huge.
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Agree Carl 100%.
It's a sad fact though how this country and others have deteriorated to the point people have to be armed |
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I don't own a gun. Never have, and I don't believe I ever will. Generally speaking, I would like to see certain weapons done away with. But, here is where I get stuck on that:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." I am not sure how a well regulated militia can be formed without "militia" weapons. I seems that the framers wanted us to be able to put up a good fight if needed. The price of that, just like any of our rights, is misuse by someone who wants to bring harm to others. It is indeed a complicated and difficult issue. Guns have always been a part of our society. Like horses we see them as an important part of how we came to be the land that we love. Some places have no guns, and they eat horses. We have guns, and would never eat a horse. No easy answers here. Certainly, no quick answers. |
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