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NoNukes
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Message 196 of 1184 (831047)
04-11-2018 2:43 PM
Reply to: Message 194 by Percy
04-08-2018 7:53 AM


Re: Ted Nugent Goes on Hate Filled Tirade
Nugent's comments are remarkably consistent in their emphasis on fact-free accusations and judgments.
Supposedly, we are seeing the new, moderated speech Ted Nugent and not the one that told Obama to suck on his machine gun.
Ted is infinitely ignorable.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World.
Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith
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Message 197 of 1184 (831118)
04-12-2018 9:04 AM
Reply to: Message 196 by NoNukes
04-11-2018 2:43 PM


Re: Ted Nugent Goes on Hate Filled Tirade
NoNukes writes:
Ted is infinitely ignorable.
I'm making sure I ignore him in all his commercial expressions.
--Percy

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Message 198 of 1184 (831181)
04-13-2018 5:04 PM
Reply to: Message 197 by Percy
04-12-2018 9:04 AM


This from NPR:
How Often Do People Use Guns In Self-Defense?
quote:
  • The latest data show that people use guns for self-defense only rarely. According to a Harvard University analysis of figures from the National Crime Victimization Survey, people defended themselves with a gun in nearly 0.9 percent of crimes from 2007 to 2011.
  • "The average person ... has basically no chance in their lifetime ever to use a gun in self-defense," he tells Here & Now's Robin Young. "But ... every day, they have a chance to use the gun inappropriately. They have a chance, they get angry. They get scared."
  • Guns just don't add up...unless one believes the argument that an unarmed populace can be controlled by an armed oppressive government.
    Even then, simply owning a gun is no guarantee that the average person knows how to use it.

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    Message 199 of 1184 (831183)
    04-13-2018 5:14 PM
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    04-13-2018 5:04 PM


    Re: This from NPR:
    quote:
    Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun crime in the world. In 2014 there were just six gun deaths, compared to 33,599 in the US. What is the secret?
    How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime - BBC News
    Edited by Tangle, : No reason given.

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    Percy
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    Message 200 of 1184 (831188)
    04-13-2018 6:25 PM


    All Americans know that the solution to school shootings is to arm teachers. There's nothing that could go wrong and everything that could go right. Even our president, the smartest man in world (ask him, he'll tell you, but don't ask him right now because against the advice of his lawyers (naturally) he's on his cell to fellow co-conspirator Michael Cohen), knows we have to arm teachers.
    But as obvious as this is, now comes news that possibly casts doubt on this best of all solutions. Stoneman Douglas Teacher Arrested After Forgetting Loaded Gun at Beach, says the New York Times headline. Sean Simpson, interviewed after the shooting as willing to consider being an armed teacher, this past weekend left his Glock 9 mm in a beach restroom where it was discovered by a homeless man who fired a shot into a wall, killing it instantly.
    But not to worry because of course this is just an isolated incident. We all know it is incredibly rare for people to ever get angry or depressed or mentally ill or careless, so let the arms flow. Shootings can happen anywhere, so we have to arm not just teachers but WalMart clerks, beauticians, postal workers, surgeons and receptionists, to name but a few.
    But we can't stop there. Americans are winners, and it's not enough that we lead the wealthy countries of the world in gun death rate by at least 3 or 4 times, we should lead by at least 10 times or 20 times or more. We'll have to take proactive measures to achieve this, of course. We'll need a law that everyone be armed with guns, safeties off, in your hand at all times with finger on the trigger. I can see some problems with things like typing, bagging groceries and juggling, but we'll adjust.
    --Percy

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    Message 201 of 1184 (831659)
    04-22-2018 4:24 PM
    Reply to: Message 200 by Percy
    04-13-2018 6:25 PM


    Shooters Get Too Much Media Attention
    The latest incident, Naked Gunman at Waffle House
    again has images of the shooter emblazoned across the media, which in my mind would be all that many deranged minds would seek-notoriety!
    Comments?

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    Message 202 of 1184 (831676)
    04-22-2018 7:05 PM
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    04-22-2018 4:24 PM


    Re: Shooters Get Too Much Media Attention
    And the apparent shooter in Nashville had previously had his AR15 taken away, but the police gave it back to his dad, who gave it back to him.

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    Message 203 of 1184 (831691)
    04-23-2018 12:26 AM
    Reply to: Message 202 by Coragyps
    04-22-2018 7:05 PM


    Re: Shooters Get Too Much Media Attention
    Coragyps adds:|
    "but the police gave it back to his dad, who gave it back to him"
    it seems that would make him an accomplice who should be charged as well.
    Edited by xongsmith, : fix grammar
    Edited by xongsmith, : No reason given.

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    NoNukes
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    Message 204 of 1184 (831704)
    04-23-2018 11:47 AM
    Reply to: Message 203 by xongsmith
    04-23-2018 12:26 AM


    Re: Shooters Get Too Much Media Attention
    it seem that would make him an accomplice who should be charged as well.
    I don't know if I can agree with that. But the situation is totally bizarre. The police took the guns away from his son. Why would they give the guns back to his dad if the son was not supposed to have them? If the shooter-to-be was not supposed to have the guns, why didn't the police keep them? Why on earth would the police be obligated to give the guns to a family member?
    Given all that, I don't see any way that pop is an accomplice absent some more facts having to do with knowing his son's specific state of mind. But even more pressing a question is why was his dad even put in the position of guarding his son's access to firearms?
    Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

    Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
    "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
    We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World.
    Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith
    I hate you all, you hate me -- Faith

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    Message 205 of 1184 (831748)
    04-23-2018 8:49 PM
    Reply to: Message 204 by NoNukes
    04-23-2018 11:47 AM


    Re: Shooters Get Too Much Media Attention
    NoNukes writes:
    quote:
    Given all that, I don't see any way that pop is an accomplice absent some more facts having to do with knowing his son's specific state of mind.
    No, there's no need to "know his son's specific state of mind."
    Where did the father get the gun? From the cops. Who took it away from his son.
    Therefore, the father knows that the son is not supposed to have a gun. After all, the cops are not in the habit of just giving guns to people. But, he gave his son the confiscated weapon anyway.
    There is a reasonable case to be made. Whether it survives scrutiny in the court is precisely why the court is there. But, this is not a frivolous charge.
    That the cops didn't seize the weapon is, indeed, a legitimate question, but it doesn't mitigate the father's neglect.

    Rrhain

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    Percy
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    Message 206 of 1184 (831792)
    04-24-2018 5:59 PM


    Chilling Parkland Shooter Timeline Animation

      
    NoNukes
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    Message 207 of 1184 (831795)
    04-24-2018 6:50 PM
    Reply to: Message 205 by Rrhain
    04-23-2018 8:49 PM


    Re: Shooters Get Too Much Media Attention
    No, that is not correct. The police also take cars away from drunk folks. They may even give the car to a family member when they arrest the drunk. That does not imply that the owner cannot have his car back. When you say that he was not supposed to have a gun, what kind of legal "not supposed" do you mean?
    After all, the cops are not in the habit of just giving guns to people.
    I don't know what to make of this statement. How does it advance your case?
    There is a reasonable case to be made. Whether it survives scrutiny in the court is precisely why the court is there. But, this is not a frivolous charge.
    Then make the case.
    I will give you some things to think about while you do that.
    1. Unfortuntately, being mentally ill and disturbed is not sufficient legal reason to be denied a gun.
    2. Parents are generally not responsible for their children's crimes, and are certainly not responsible for the crimes of a 29 year old adult even if he is living at home.
    3. Neglect, which you have suggested requires that there be a required duty which the dad failed to carry out. That means a legally required duty, and not just something Rrhain wants to happen and did not.
    4. The police position is that they are unware of any law that Reiinking would have violated by being given his guns back.
    So, I think you'd have an uphill battle charging dad for his role. But I'm willing to entertain arguments.
    Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

    Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
    "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
    We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World.
    Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith
    I hate you all, you hate me -- Faith

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    Message 208 of 1184 (831798)
    04-24-2018 7:16 PM
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    04-24-2018 6:50 PM


    Shooter was Christian home schooled etc
    Replying to the message that is at the current end of the chain.
    Waffle House Shooter’s Mom Claims Lack Of School Prayer Causes Mass Shootings
    quote:
    Bottom line: Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking was raised in a Christian family, was home-schooled, and was given unlimited access to guns.
    And so it goes.
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    Message 209 of 1184 (831818)
    04-24-2018 9:10 PM
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    Re: Shooter was Christian home schooled etc
    quote:
    Waffle House Shooter’s Mom Claims Lack Of School Prayer Causes Mass Shootings
    That is the second stupidest thing I have read on EvC today.

    Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
    "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
    We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World.
    Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith
    I hate you all, you hate me -- Faith

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    Message 210 of 1184 (831821)
    04-24-2018 9:19 PM
    Reply to: Message 207 by NoNukes
    04-24-2018 6:50 PM


    Re: Shooters Get Too Much Media Attention
    1. Unfortuntately, being mentally ill and disturbed is not sufficient legal reason to be denied a gun.
    Depends where you are.
    2. Parents are generally not responsible for their children's crimes, and are certainly not responsible for the crimes of a 29 year old adult even if he is living at home.
    Unless they give knowingly give assistance to their child in the commission of a crime. I'm not saying that is the case here, incidentally.
    4. The police position is that they are unware of any law that Reiinking would have violated by being given his guns back.
    The Tennessee police. Illinois police, I believe, have not commented. It is an offence in Illinois to give weapons to certain individuals, although there are potential loopholes to this. The ATF suggests there may be an Federal offence. But nobody has committed definitively one way or another as far as I can tell.
    Edited by Modulous, : No reason given.

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