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Things are really winding down in the bin.
#345683 - 09/30/15 04:41 PM
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Re: Things are really winding down in the bin.
[Re: GatKong]
#345705 - 10/01/15 04:51 PM
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Yeah, it's definitely not like it used to be. I barely have time to check in here once in a while, let alone post. I guess that's just how it goes, eventually the world moves on. It was fun while it lasted, and this place lasted longer than most.
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I think that time Tom and I created a rip in the very fabric of time and space causing mameworld to break for weeks may have contributed to the current muerto.
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Let me kick things up.
[Re: GatKong]
#345717 - 10/02/15 12:40 AM
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Obama, just said we are the only country that has this gun issue with mass casualties, because other countries have gun laws!
Yeah, In those countries they use BOMBS!
People that want to kill people will find a way to kill people! STFU
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> Obama, just said we are the only country that has this gun issue with mass
> casualties, because other countries have gun laws!
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> Yeah, In those countries they use BOMBS!
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> People that want to kill people will find a way to kill people! STFU
WE have "gun laws." Too many of them even. OTHER countries just ban them.
...Because they hate freedom.
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I blame lev
[Re: GatKong]
#345723 - 10/02/15 04:29 AM
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But seriously, everyone's grown up, got busy, etc. Several agitators who produced guaranteed responses or arguments have mellowed or been banned. The world's moved on.
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I got collared the other day.....
[Re: GatKong]
#345727 - 10/02/15 05:40 AM
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which has led me to realize I don't need to take pictures of anything anymore. Whatever I see in the world is just for me.
Anyways, yeah, peeps movin on.....
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A pic of a German would've been better...
[Re: Traso]
#345728 - 10/02/15 07:05 AM
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> which has led me to realize I don't need to take pictures of anything anymore.
> Whatever I see in the world is just for me.
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> Anyways, yeah, peeps movin on.....
Think more Hitler, less Shitler. 
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Re: I'd rather not...
[Re: TriggerFin]
#345732 - 10/02/15 10:19 AM
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The meme going around comparing Honduras to Switzerland, although flatly false, does bring up a good point though. Pretty much every adult male under 30 has a weapon because of mandatory military service. Their gun homicide rate is pretty darn low.
Of course there are places like Japan with even lower rates that have strict gun laws...
My personal belief is that everyone in the US (who isn't a felon or loony) should carry, simply because it is impossible to prevent ALL from carrying there. It's already out of control. I'm willing to bet that in every mass shooting that has taken place, like... ever, there would have been far fewer deaths if someone was nearby to shoot the bastard that started it.
I feel safer in Japan though, where extremely few people have guns. I can't go hunting here, but I don't need to.
Edit: Not to mention the violent crime rate both on the street and in homes in the US make me feel that I NEED a weapon there. Taking my right to have one away, will not prevent those people from using them. Period. I'd like some protection. While in the States... some fresh cottontail wouldn't hurt either 
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Re: Let me kick things up.
[Re: *=/STARRIDER\=*]
#345736 - 10/02/15 04:09 PM
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> Obama, just said we are the only country that has this gun issue with mass
> casualties, because other countries have gun laws!
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> Yeah, In those countries they use BOMBS!
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> People that want to kill people will find a way to kill people! STFU
That's weird, we have neither gun attacks nor bomb attacks here in Sweden. Perhaps there's something fundamentally wrong with how the USA handles mental health and social care? 
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Re: I'd rather not...
[Re: URherenow]
#345737 - 10/02/15 04:14 PM
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> My personal belief is that everyone in the US (who isn't a felon or loony) should
> carry, simply because it is impossible to prevent ALL from carrying there. It's
> already out of control. I'm willing to bet that in every mass shooting that has taken
> place, like... ever, there would have been far fewer deaths if someone was nearby to
> shoot the bastard that started it.
I completely agree with this. People who respect the four rules of firearm ownership should absolutely be able to carry in order to quickly shut down what would otherwise become a mass shooting. If everyone in those classrooms were armed and trained in the use of said firearms, I believe there would be far fewer than 10 people dead and 20 people injured.
That having been said, it would be nice to see the USA doing something to figure out why people go on these rampages in the first place, rather than just concentrating on stopping these rampages once they start. There are plenty of modern countries in Europe that have comparable gun ownership rates that don't even remotely have the same level of mass shootings, and it's not because everyone is walking around while carrying. I feel there's something to be said for solving the societal issues that lead to a person wanting to commit mass murder in the first place.
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[Re: MooglyGuy]
#345748 - 10/02/15 09:10 PM
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> > My personal belief is that everyone in the US (who isn't a felon or loony) should
> > carry, simply because it is impossible to prevent ALL from carrying there. It's
> > already out of control. I'm willing to bet that in every mass shooting that has
> taken
> > place, like... ever, there would have been far fewer deaths if someone was nearby
> to
> > shoot the bastard that started it.
>
> I completely agree with this. People who respect the four rules of firearm ownership
> should absolutely be able to carry in order to quickly shut down what would otherwise
> become a mass shooting. If everyone in those classrooms were armed and trained in the
> use of said firearms, I believe there would be far fewer than 10 people dead and 20
> people injured.
Six decades or more gone is that. We've gone from guns being part of the curriculum to fear of guns being part of the curriculum, because the second one fits the budget better.
> That having been said, it would be nice to see the USA doing something to figure out
> why people go on these rampages in the first place, rather than just concentrating on
> stopping these rampages once they start. There are plenty of modern countries in
> Europe that have comparable gun ownership rates that don't even remotely have the
> same level of mass shootings, and it's not because everyone is walking around while
> carrying. I feel there's something to be said for solving the societal issues that
> lead to a person wanting to commit mass murder in the first place.
Well, they do it to advance the cause of disarming the populace, of course.
< /conspiracy >
OK, not at all true, but it certainly seems like news reports are more frequent when it's time to stop the next pro-gun candidate. Not that I can find statistics on it before I lose interest.
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[Re: TriggerFin]
#345768 - 10/03/15 02:55 PM
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> OK, not at all true, but it certainly seems like news reports are more frequent when
> it's time to stop the next pro-gun candidate. Not that I can find statistics on it
> before I lose interest.
Personally, I think guns are a nice sound-bite-able issue that the mass media can latch onto in order to distract Americans from asking the important questions about mental health - such as, "Why are we still holding to a system of mental health care that was largely defunded and defanged by Reagan's cuts back in the 80's?" I mean, the reason is obvious, it's that to question Saint Reagan would be tantamount to career suicide for a politician, but still.
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Re: I'd rather not...
[Re: MooglyGuy]
#345865 - 10/06/15 05:28 AM
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> I mean, the reason is obvious, it's that to question Saint Reagan would be tantamount to career suicide for a politician, but still.
I doubt that, nowadays. There are several solutions, but the easiest one will be turning into The Culture. I await....
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Re: A pic of a German would've been better...
[Re: Tomu Breidah]
#345866 - 10/06/15 05:30 AM
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> Think more Hitler, less Shitler.
Don't you know they are indistinguishable? Any german porn that doesn't have anal isn't german.
Besides, at least my picture was artistic - versus Smitty's simple ring turd in the bowl.
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Re: I'd rather not...
[Re: TriggerFin]
#359062 - 09/28/16 09:26 PM
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> OK, not at all true, but it certainly seems like news reports are more frequent when
> it's time to stop the next pro-gun candidate. Not that I can find statistics on it
> before I lose interest.
Repeating.
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Re: I'd rather not...
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#359065 - 09/28/16 11:10 PM
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> > My personal belief is that everyone in the US (who isn't a felon or loony) should
> > carry, simply because it is impossible to prevent ALL from carrying there. It's
> > already out of control. I'm willing to bet that in every mass shooting that has
> taken
> > place, like... ever, there would have been far fewer deaths if someone was nearby
> to
> > shoot the bastard that started it.
>
> I completely agree with this. People who respect the four rules of firearm ownership
> should absolutely be able to carry in order to quickly shut down what would otherwise
> become a mass shooting. If everyone in those classrooms were armed and trained in the
> use of said firearms, I believe there would be far fewer than 10 people dead and 20
> people injured.
>
> That having been said, it would be nice to see the USA doing something to figure out
> why people go on these rampages in the first place, rather than just concentrating on
> stopping these rampages once they start. There are plenty of modern countries in
> Europe that have comparable gun ownership rates that don't even remotely have the
> same level of mass shootings, and it's not because everyone is walking around while
> carrying. I feel there's something to be said for solving the societal issues that
> lead to a person wanting to commit mass murder in the first place.
Isn't this kind of talk considered treasonous according to Repuhblicuns?
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Re: I'd rather not...
[Re: MooglyGuy]
#359082 - 09/29/16 04:25 AM
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> I completely agree with this. People who respect the four rules of firearm ownership
> should absolutely be able to carry in order to quickly shut down what would otherwise
> become a mass shooting. If everyone in those classrooms were armed and trained in the
> use of said firearms, I believe there would be far fewer than 10 people dead and 20
> people injured.
While that's a nice theory, even trained professionals shoot badly in stress situations. NYPD, for example, only hits a human target with 34% of shots fired (although they do hit dogs with about 55% of shots fired).
Also: if a trained professional is at a situation where multiple civilians draw "to quickly shut down what would otherwise become a mass shooting", how does that trained professional tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys"?
As a gun owner in Maryland, I recently had to take a 4-hour class (including range time) to get a "Handgun Qualifying License", to be able to buy/sell handguns (new law, which I support). At our class, after 45 minutes of "this is the barrel, this is the grip" and a number of repetitions of basic safety rules, the students were invited to come to the front of the class to "handle" the guns that had been displayed there throughout (a couple of 9 semis, a couple of .38 revolvers). Fully 7 of the 20, having just been told not to, picked up one of the guns, pointed it at another person, and pulled the trigger.
Problem is, they were not automatically disqualified for doing that.
I don't want anyone else in that class, with the exception of my wife, to ever get the idea that their drawing in public would be the least bit helpful.
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Why is this in The Bin and why are you morons responding to a year-old post *nt*
[Re: JWJr]
#359090 - 09/29/16 12:46 PM
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> > I completely agree with this. People who respect the four rules of firearm
> ownership
> > should absolutely be able to carry in order to quickly shut down what would
> otherwise
> > become a mass shooting. If everyone in those classrooms were armed and trained in
> the
> > use of said firearms, I believe there would be far fewer than 10 people dead and 20
> > people injured.
>
> While that's a nice theory, even trained professionals shoot badly in stress
> situations. NYPD, for example, only hits a human target with 34% of shots fired
> (although they do hit dogs with about 55% of shots fired).
>
> Also: if a trained professional is at a situation where multiple civilians draw "to
> quickly shut down what would otherwise become a mass shooting", how does that trained
> professional tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys"?
>
> As a gun owner in Maryland, I recently had to take a 4-hour class (including range
> time) to get a "Handgun Qualifying License", to be able to buy/sell handguns (new
> law, which I support). At our class, after 45 minutes of "this is the barrel, this is
> the grip" and a number of repetitions of basic safety rules, the students were
> invited to come to the front of the class to "handle" the guns that had been
> displayed there throughout (a couple of 9 semis, a couple of .38 revolvers). Fully 7
> of the 20, having just been told not to, picked up one of the guns, pointed it at
> another person, and pulled the trigger.
>
> Problem is, they were not automatically disqualified for doing that.
>
> I don't want anyone else in that class, with the exception of my wife, to ever get
> the idea that their drawing in public would be the least bit helpful.
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Re: Why is this in The Bin and why are you morons responding to a year-old post *nt*
[Re: MooglyGuy]
#359092 - 09/29/16 01:34 PM
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It's in the bin because you're the one who said "...to question Saint Reagan would be tantamount to career suicide..." trying to steer it into politics a year ago, so no one was demanding it be moved.
They're responding because they didn't notice it was a year old after after I woke it up to reiterate my comment about the escalating media coverage of shootings that occurs before elections, in light of the recent glut of such reports.
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Re: Why is this in The Bin and why are you morons responding to a year-old post *nt*
[Re: TriggerFin]
#359094 - 09/29/16 02:00 PM
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Oh, fuck off you necroposting shithead
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Dude, wahn.
[Re: MooglyGuy]
#359125 - 09/29/16 08:39 PM
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Also, I agree with J-dub. Firearms training classes seem to be a joke. Of course, because the whole thing is a money-maker.
In other words, if it isn't military- or maybe Marine Corps-grade training, it's a travesty.
Key words: lethal force
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