I'm watching some of the older videos on my hulu account that are about to expire--namely Colbert and Jon Stewart. Of course, the top news for January 4th or so was still the underwear bomber. Here's what I don't understand:
WHY THE HECK IS YEMEN A NEW COUNTRY OF TERROR?!?!? DOESN'T ANYONE REMEMBER 2000 WHEN THAT WAS THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE BOMBERS OF THE USS COLE?!?!? Or is that only relevant to one small 12 year old who remembers seeing the faces of the 17 dead on the front page of the paper and reading the stories of their lives. How about walking into a classroom and having a teacher mention that she had taught one of the 5 dead who grew up in and around Norfolk? I'm actually disappointed by Stewart and Colbert to not have picked up on this--it makes me sadder that the 17's deaths were in vain. RIP.
Showing posts with label Violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Violence. Show all posts
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Woman shoots man trying to break into her home.
THIS is why people need guns. Not semi-automatic Marine Corps rifles, but 16 gauge shotguns. Maybe a handgun in the purse, but there is no reason to be out buying military grade weapons. Especially since the 2 most common reasons for buying a gun is protection and hunting. You can't hunt anything with a rifle!
Did you know that Arizona is the 2nd highest ranked location for kidnapping in the WORLD?!? And that it's over drugs coming over the border. Apparently it's quite easy to walk into a gun shop and purchase one of those military grade weapons. What a vicious cycle. Maybe Arizona deserves to have all those kidnappings.
If you just want the thrill of shooting a machine gun or other military weapon, then find a shooting range and rent one. If none exist, start one. Get the licensing and make a ton.
Big boys like big toys and I'm about to quit caring when this country goes to hell in a hand basket because everyone wants to own power. Everyone thinks that Jurassic Park will be the ultimate destruction of the world (science going too far), but no. It's happening right now when the "bad people" get easy access to drugs and guns because the "good people" HAVE to have easy access to their hobbies. Obviously, no one cares about those "unintended" consequences or maybe there would be more regulation.
I'm all for getting rid of government regulation, but only when humans can prove that they are actually capable of monitoring themselves--of being good, moral citizens. We tried to deregulate the business world and they showed themselves to be just as greedy as they were 100 years ago--so, back to square one with high regulation. Maybe in 20 years we can breed morality back into that segment of the economy. Maybe if gun-shop owners would start caring less about a profit and more about who they are actually selling to, we could deregulate that industry.
Did you know that Arizona is the 2nd highest ranked location for kidnapping in the WORLD?!? And that it's over drugs coming over the border. Apparently it's quite easy to walk into a gun shop and purchase one of those military grade weapons. What a vicious cycle. Maybe Arizona deserves to have all those kidnappings.
If you just want the thrill of shooting a machine gun or other military weapon, then find a shooting range and rent one. If none exist, start one. Get the licensing and make a ton.
Big boys like big toys and I'm about to quit caring when this country goes to hell in a hand basket because everyone wants to own power. Everyone thinks that Jurassic Park will be the ultimate destruction of the world (science going too far), but no. It's happening right now when the "bad people" get easy access to drugs and guns because the "good people" HAVE to have easy access to their hobbies. Obviously, no one cares about those "unintended" consequences or maybe there would be more regulation.
I'm all for getting rid of government regulation, but only when humans can prove that they are actually capable of monitoring themselves--of being good, moral citizens. We tried to deregulate the business world and they showed themselves to be just as greedy as they were 100 years ago--so, back to square one with high regulation. Maybe in 20 years we can breed morality back into that segment of the economy. Maybe if gun-shop owners would start caring less about a profit and more about who they are actually selling to, we could deregulate that industry.
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