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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 9, 2019 at 1:08 pm
(August 9, 2019 at 8:12 am)Fireball Wrote: (August 9, 2019 at 7:36 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Ah, thanks. My residence in SoCal was from 198(mumble) to later. Bought several pieces that were walk-in-walk-out purchases. (My license allowed for immediate possession.)
I bought a pistol when I was stationed at Mare Island in '74. I had to wait some number of days, since I was not licensed for anything. I had a note from Mom.
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 9, 2019 at 1:22 pm
(August 9, 2019 at 9:11 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: (August 9, 2019 at 9:06 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Bwaaahhahaha...
You just figured it out? Your chances of being involved in a mass shooting are very close to nil.. YET you're all ready to ban guns because of your hysteria about mass shootings.
I' m much more concerned with a couple of punks with knives deciding to carve me up in a parking lot - or some asshole road raging and deciding he needs to get out and beat somebody up.
I carry a gun for the same reason I wear a seatbelt - or a life jacket on a boat. I' m not afraid of crashing or sinking - but I am prepared should it happen.
I think the ratio of possibility of harm to possibility of good does recommend the wearing of seat belt or life jacket as suitable comparisons for the wearing of a gun.
And I think you are free to make that assessment and be gun free.
You do it your way - I'll do it mine.
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 9, 2019 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2019 at 2:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Some of us have legitimate concern for other people, OLB.
That my chances of getting shot are effectively zero doesn’t change the fact that the number of my fellow Americans, an alarming portion of them children, who -are- shot, is a number greater than zero.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 9, 2019 at 5:12 pm
(August 9, 2019 at 2:13 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Some of us have legitimate concern for other people, OLB.
That my chances of getting shot are effectively zero doesn’t change the fact that the number of my fellow Americans, an alarming portion of them children, who -are- shot, is a number greater than zero.
Are you doing everything you can to get people to quit smoking? How about driving less? You giving out free condoms?
Those issues dwarf guns as a killer of people -- but they lack the impact (pun intended) of guns....
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 9, 2019 at 5:41 pm
I know the state provides condoms for free, stock market, kinda small for me. Also pills for the ladies. Driving is worked via more mass transit infrastructure and smoking is taxed to hell.
Hmmm.
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 9, 2019 at 6:41 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2019 at 6:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quitting smoking and driving less are both great ideas. Of what a person can do for their own health by reference to their own behavior. We do actually help people out with both.
Perhaps you might be able to understand the difference between that, and someone else shooting you.
Or perhaps not. Who even knows with you.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 9, 2019 at 9:12 pm
(August 9, 2019 at 5:12 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (August 9, 2019 at 2:13 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Some of us have legitimate concern for other people, OLB.
That my chances of getting shot are effectively zero doesn’t change the fact that the number of my fellow Americans, an alarming portion of them children, who -are- shot, is a number greater than zero.
Are you doing everything you can to get people to quit smoking? How about driving less? You giving out free condoms?
Those issues dwarf guns as a killer of people -- but they lack the impact (pun intended) of guns....
Again it's all or nothing. Never a middle ground with this lot.
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 10, 2019 at 5:15 pm
And the most recent entry in the Upper Echelon Douchebaggery Sweepstakes is...
Yeah, This'll Help
Quote:Prosecutors on Friday filed a terrorist threat charge against a 20-year-old man who said he walked into a Missouri store wearing body armor and carrying a loaded rifle and handgun to test whether Walmart would honor his constitutional right to bear arms.
Quote:Andreychenko said his intention was to buy grocery bags. The rifle had a loaded magazine inserted, but a round was not chambered. A handgun on his right hip was loaded with one round in the chamber.
Eedjit.
Boru
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 11, 2019 at 8:26 am
(August 10, 2019 at 5:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: And the most recent entry in the Upper Echelon Douchebaggery Sweepstakes is...
Yeah, This'll Help
Quote:Prosecutors on Friday filed a terrorist threat charge against a 20-year-old man who said he walked into a Missouri store wearing body armor and carrying a loaded rifle and handgun to test whether Walmart would honor his constitutional right to bear arms.
Quote:Andreychenko said his intention was to buy grocery bags. The rifle had a loaded magazine inserted, but a round was not chambered. A handgun on his right hip was loaded with one round in the chamber.
Eedjit.
Boru NRA-TV addict, no doubt.
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RE: Nine killed in Dayton, Ohio
August 11, 2019 at 9:06 am
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(August 9, 2019 at 5:12 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (August 9, 2019 at 2:13 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Some of us have legitimate concern for other people, OLB.
That my chances of getting shot are effectively zero doesn’t change the fact that the number of my fellow Americans, an alarming portion of them children, who -are- shot, is a number greater than zero.
Are you doing everything you can to get people to quit smoking? How about driving less? You giving out free condoms?
Those issues dwarf guns as a killer of people -- but they lack the impact (pun intended) of guns....
Not this shit again!
Smoking kills? NO FUCKING SHIT!
But I can't take use my pack of smokes to murder 9 people in less than 9 seconds. I cant bust out a window 32 stories up, and murder over 50 people at a concert. with a pack of cigarettes.
"Other bad shit happens, so don't do shit about this" IS FUCKING BULLSHIT.
There is no such thing as a "High capacity pack of cigarettes".
Just like there is no such thing as a "High capacity video game"
Just like there is no such thing as "High capacity mental illness"
There is such a thing as ease of access.
There is just firearm CEOs suckering gullible people like you into fear so they can keep their market and profits.
Should people not smoke? NO FUCKING SHIT!
But that does not mean anyone should have to fear having their brains/guts blown out for merely going shopping, to a movie, to a concert, to work, to school or to a house of worship.
And if you must know, I wish we did with tobacco and alcohol what Australia does. They don't have their tobacco adds in stores. They have nondescript drawers with no logos on them, just numbers. And they don't plaster tobacco adds where kids can see them. And with alcohol they don't have ABC stores, but all alcohol, beer and whine included, are sold in private shops separate from grocery stores where kids can see it.
And they also still sell firearms but they simply don't make them like candy or hand them out like candy. Just like we should not sell tobacco or alcohol to kids. Not everyone needs a firearm, nor should have a firearm. Just like it is legal to sell alcohol, but drinking and driving is illegal, and we don't sell booze to 5 year olds.
REGULATIONS are not bans. DUMBASS!
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