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| 2013-01-17 |
| by Deacon Blues These are just my thoughts. Guns, knives, baseball bats, golf clubs, sticks, stones, hammers, whatever do not cause crimes. There have always been criminals (see Cain and Abel) but the objects used to commit murder do not cause criminal behavior. Almost all firearm related crimes are committed by Gangs over turf wars or drug wars. Banning firearms is the easy and cheap political way to reassure a lot of the public. It makes people feel safer. It doesn't address the underlying causes of violent crime. That's much too expensive and un-PC. The school system is broken and has been for a long time. No one wants to address the problems of disfunctional families, absent Fathers, the dissolution of the Family, or the complete lack of basic morals in Modern society. Inner cities have been abandoned by the very elected officials whose job it is to assure these principles. Elected officials have put self agrandizement and monetary gain as their main objectives. The Voters bear some responsibility for this and the Mainstream media bears some responsibility by being Agenda oriented. The decline of the Rule of Law is very clearly demonstrated by the decision by the Washington D.C. prosecuters to not charge and prosecute a crime commited by David Gregory, shown on National TV. Mr. Gregory was in possession of a rifle magazine that exceeded 10 rounds, a clear violation of law that others had been guilty of. It's a ludicrous law, true, but the Constitution guarentees us equal protection under the law. I guess some people are more equal to others. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #5 If he can't control the 2300 guns he ran to the Mexican drug lords, how does he expect to control the 300 million already in the hands of mostly law abiding citizens? |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2013-01-17 14:44 |
| #4 Washington doesn't solve problems, it manages them. Solved problems don't create job security and donations. It has been said that Champ seems to be doing his best to set us off. Like he's trying to irritate normal Americans for some reason. Not just trample our rights, but insult, embarrass and humiate us in the process. Why? I'd be curious to find out. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-01-17 14:34 |
| #3 Ban sleezy, self-serving politicians who don't care a fig about our Constitution. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-17 11:02 |
| #2 As I've said elsewhere - the politicians don't *want* to solve the problem of spree shootings (I refuse to call it 'gun violence') or of 'poverty' or of 'drugs' or of single-parent households or of a failing school system, etc... So we have a continuing 'war on poverty' and a 'war on drugs' and now a 'war on violence'. The reason is simple - if they actually *solved* the problems then they would not longer have an *issue* they can use to drive their agenda. Take for example 'gun violence'. Obama and Biden and the rest know full well that gun control will not do anything to stop spree-shootings like in Newtown or Aurora. That is not the real target. The real target is to disarm law-abiding citizens. The fact that the measures are very likely to *increase* the likelihood of spree-shootings and school-killings is, to them, a *bonus* - and will help drive their next item. Notice how quickly they came out with their 'steps' after Newtown? Obama had his agenda lined up before Biden even completed his work - _that_ was simply theater. I'm willing to bet they have these measures are drawn up beforehand - just waiting for an incident so they can act. They were waiting -and perhaps praying- for an big school shootings with lots of kids getting killed so they can take advantage of it. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-01-17 08:17 |
| #1 Yea, but you can't abolish 22nd until you abolish the 2nd, DB. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-01-17 06:20 |