the fact that some people (politicians) are more up in arms about marijuana and PP than they are guns is absurd. priorities.
the fact that some people (politicians) are more up in arms about marijuana and PP than they are guns is absurd. priorities.
I dont really see making it harder to get a gun helping. Going through government process BS would probably only raise their urge to kill. Sure we can sue the gun companies but that just raises their prices and I imagine the gubments the biggest buyer of guns. I wonder how many cops we can have at each school if they werent running around looking for Tyrone with a gram of weed.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
Little Thethe Nov 19, 2020.
The Port Arthur massacre of 28–29 April 1996 was a killing spree in which 35 people were killed and 23 wounded. It occurred mainly at the historic Port Arthur former prison colony, a popular tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Martin Bryant, a 28-year-old from New Town, a suburb of Hobart, was found guilty and given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole. Following the incident, it emerged in the media that Bryant had significant intellectual disabilities. He is now imprisoned in the Wilfred Lopes Centre near the Risdon Prison Complex.
The Port Arthur massacre remains one of the deadliest shootings worldwide committed by a single person. Following the spree, the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, introduced strict gun ownership laws within the country and formulated the National Firearms Programme Implementation Act 1996, restricting the private ownership of semi-automatic rifles, semi-automatic shotguns and pump-action shotguns as well as introducing uniform firearms licensing. It was implemented with bipartisan support by the Commonwealth, states and territories.
certainly helped in Australia
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"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
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From a point made in Mossy's prayers thread:
As someone who is in media, the whole notion that the media shouldn't show a killer's photo is complete bull**** and weak.
If Barack Obama or anyone were assassinated tomorrow, would it be enough to just say..."Oh, yea, some neo-nazi did it?" Get real.
If anything, I don't think people have seen enough. If people saw pictures of dead bodies from these atrocities, it might make them more inclined to be outraged and work more aggressively toward solutions.
Seems like we've done a lot of praying over these shootings the last several years, but they don't stop.
Are there any conspiracy theories about this being a hoax posted on the Internet yet? Obama gone get them guns.
Waiting....
Garmel (10-01-2015)
I am saddened that people died; but, 'praying' to fictional characters and stupidly thinking it will stop with no action taken is delusional.
Laws need to be amended and it needs to be made harder for lunatics like this to have access to weapons.
Even better in this election season
What is the record / views on gun regulation POTUS candidates.
Start with:
HRC since she leads polls
http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hil...un_Control.htm
or Trump (R) polls
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015...rump-guns.html
Last edited by 57Brave; 10-02-2015 at 05:14 AM.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015...hooting-oregon
" But as I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before that, and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. It’s not enough. It does not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel. And it does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America -- next week, or a couple of months from now. "
Last edited by 57Brave; 10-02-2015 at 05:23 AM.
13 blacks have been shot and killed and another 94 wounded (many young kids) by gunfire the past two weeks in Chicago. Numbers far worse than yesterday's tragedy, yet not one peep about that or the need for gun control at all from you or yeesus or anyone else in this forum. Why is that?
I don't believe the poster asking for prayers was thinking that it would stop future gun violence, nor was he even thinking of that. He can correct me but I believe he was merely expressing sadness and seeking compassion for his friends and neighbors in the common language of our times, by asking for prayers. Even if you're an atheist you should be able to understand this and act accordingly.
BedellBrave (10-02-2015), bravesnumberone (10-02-2015)
Well some believe prayer does have external benefits and, IMO, it's not your place to tell them it doesn't.
And people have been "outraged" at these shootings for a long time. Is that working?
One could argue that the increased attention from the media's outrage has brought a level of theater that the mentally ill seek which could result in more shootings.
Last edited by chop2chip; 10-02-2015 at 08:10 AM.
BedellBrave (10-02-2015), Garmel (10-02-2015)