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I agree.Originally posted by Bobbie Solo:
if we find out for sure that he used a high powered firearm, i hope this will finally be the impetus to limit those types of assault weapons. no need for the general public to have access to these types of guns. i'm sure it won't happen though. sad.
Nobody died at this incident in China. Nobody was seriously hurt.Originally posted by catholicman:
The pastor in Newtown, Msgr. Weiss, spoke well when he said there needs to be a greater respect for life in this country. Gun control won't solve the problem. Without guns, the violent and disturbed will have recourse to knives or bombs. Amazingly, on the same day as the Connecticut massacre, in China a mentally disturbed man went into a school and stabbed to 22 students.
A mentally challenged man has stabbed 22 primary school children in a village in the central Chinese province of Henan.
The attack took place on Friday at the entrance to the Chenpeng Village Primary School in Guangshan county.
"Twenty-two elementary school students were stabbed, so was an adult
villager," AFP quoted a police spokesman from Guangshan as saying.
The spokesman identified the attacker as 36-year-old villager Min Yingjun, currently in police custody.
Over the past two years, there have been several violent attacks against children in China.
In August, a knife-wielding man stabbed two students in a middle school in Nanchang, in southern China.
In 2010, 15 children were killed in five incidents. Murderers can receive the death penalty in China.
Well said. In addition, the context and interpretation of what a gun was and the intention of use at the time when the Amendment was written is often totally ignored as well.Originally posted by SnakeTom:
None of our freedoms are absolute not even freedom of speech. The second amendment preserves the right to bear arms but common sense tells you there is no reason why anyone other than the police or military should have the right to posess assault weapons. These are not hunting weapons but rather mass murder weapons. And by the way Congress did pass a law banning them in 1994 but President Bush let the law expire.
TK
There have been very few mass stabbing murders in China in recent years.Originally posted by catholicman:
There is tight gun control in China but several incidents in recent years of mass stabbing murders of children/others by knife-wielding lunatics.
Bush let it expire? Um no, the law was passed with a sunset date, only Congress could vote to renew it and then Bush would have had to sign it. It never made it out of Congress. A well-timed, ill-intentioned lie on your part.Originally posted by SnakeTom:
None of our freedoms are absolute not even freedom of speech. The second amendment preserves the right to bear arms but common sense tells you there is no reason why anyone other than the police or military should have the right to posess assault weapons. These are not hunting weapons but rather mass murder weapons. And by the way Congress did pass a law banning them in 1994 but President Bush let the law expire.
TK
Bush did not let the assault weapon ban die. You said he did. Therefore, that is bald faced lie!! That has nothing to do with disagreeing. You lied, plain and simple, to try and make a cheap political point at a time of a tragedy. Now you're trying to turn it on me, LOL.Originally posted by SnakeTom:
I find it interesting that everyone who disagrees with SPK is branded a liar by him. I've never seen anyone use that word as much as he does.
The fact is that it's too easy to obtain automatic weapons in this country. Defend them all you want. Maybe we should allow anyone to have hand grenades also and rocket launcers also in the name of the second amendment. It really does not matter whether it was the President or Congress. The point is that those in power allowed the assault weapon law to expire.
Tom K
+1. Tom, No offense...you did lie AND you turned a tragic event into an opportunity to take a shot at Bush and focus on only one of the potential causes. Shame on you.Originally posted by SPK145:
Bush did not let the assault weapon ban die. You said he did. Therefore, that is bald faced lie!! That has nothing to do with disagreeing. You lied, plain and simple, to try and make a cheap political point at a time of a tragedy. Now you're trying to turn it on me, LOL.Originally posted by SnakeTom:
I find it interesting that everyone who disagrees with SPK is branded a liar by him. I've never seen anyone use that word as much as he does.
The fact is that it's too easy to obtain automatic weapons in this country. Defend them all you want. Maybe we should allow anyone to have hand grenades also and rocket launcers also in the name of the second amendment. It really does not matter whether it was the President or Congress. The point is that those in power allowed the assault weapon law to expire.
Tom K
There is no FACT that it's too easy to obtain automatic weapons in this country, that's merely your opinion. You may be right, but it's still not a fact. Then you continue to grandstand with some ridiculous points about hand grenades, rocket launchers, and who's fault it is. Earth to Tom, the President does not make law.
This should continue on the other board, not here.
No one shamefully brought up Bush during this terrible tragedy except you. You have always had a deep-seated hatred for the man as evidenced by your past posts. Typical for you to invoke Bush to score cheap, despicable points. Why didn't you go after Obama, as per TC88 post? No cheap points to make there? Disgraceful.Originally posted by SnakeTom:
Thirdly I've been running this site for 14 years and only one person has ever called me a liar and he does it repeatedly. I didn't see SPK go after the others just me so yes I do consider it personal.
It has been 9 years. Still too soon to comment? Students in Newton Connecticut (including Sandy Hook Elementary) attended classes remotely today amid dangerous anonymous threats. Gun control is the answer. NOW is the time to talk about it.Never waste a good crisis, right?
It has been 9 years. Still too soon to comment? Students in Newton Connecticut (including Sandy Hook Elementary) attended classes remotely today amid dangerous anonymous threats. Gun control is the answer. NOW is the time to talk about it.
So what's your solution?This country will never give up their guns, even after 20 little kids were murdered. A huge swath of America bases their lives around their guns (see Christmas cards from certain right wing lunatics). Good luck changing any minds, it's a sad reality.