Yes, everyone must grieve and wallow in self pity, while trying to come up with some connection to the people there who actually were affected by this so it can be made more real. The fragile children, how will anyone ever move on from this?
What do I see when I go in Google news? The top story is VA Tech. Another story is that 160 were just killed in a string of car bombs in Iraq. It looks like we need to restrict guns, and they need to restrict cars.
Seriously folks, people do bad things. We can get upset, but instead of looking at what already happened, how about moving forward and thinking about how we can make things better? All I can think about when I read stories about VA Tech is about the article a few weeks back about how this new generation is the 'me' generation.
Sorry, that's the end of my rant.
What do I see when I go in Google news? The top story is VA Tech. Another story is that 160 were just killed in a string of car bombs in Iraq. It looks like we need to restrict guns, and they need to restrict cars.
Seriously folks, people do bad things. We can get upset, but instead of looking at what already happened, how about moving forward and thinking about how we can make things better? All I can think about when I read stories about VA Tech is about the article a few weeks back about how this new generation is the 'me' generation.
Sorry, that's the end of my rant.
And you REALLY think those comments are worth him getting fired? Yikes.
Its because of people like you that tenure is there in the first place!
His post wasn't funny, but yours reminds me of a Chris Rock bit where he said give whoever wants a gun a weapon of their choice, but charge $50 per bullet.
That way you'll be inclined to really think about shooting before you pull the trigger.
He said something like:
"Man, I would shoot your ass, but my bullet's on layaway! You just wait!"
I thought his comment was both funny and made his point well. I don't see why you get to decide how someone else frames their argument.
Instead of you saying "Please find another board to troll", you should have just said that you didn't like the way he phrased his argument. Because apparently, not explicitly spelling out your point is now considered trolling.
Criminals and crazies will find a way to get a hold of a gun. Might as well let citizens have guns to protect themselves.
moshquerade
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"I don't see why you get to decide how someone else frames their argument."
and yet, you feel you can do the same to me. :laugh:
if you read his post that i made the initial comment on, without his additional explanation that followed to cover his ass, it plainly sounds like he was saying this VTech incident had to do with the guy being Korean.
argue all you want about my interpretation. that is how i saw it, and i thought it was inappropriate to post.
Yeah. And what do you do when a crazy ass citizen comes up and shoots somebody for no reason. Are you going to have your gun on you at all times?
Gun control aside, there is no reason this guy should have been allowed to purchase a handgun if he had mental illness that WAS reported back in 2005.
I think that handguns should have more stringent regulations than long arms, as they are easy to conceal, and seem to be a favorite of the nuts out there. If he was walking around with a shotgun, it would have set off alarms vs. packing inside his coat.
I think that handguns should have more stringent regulations than long arms, as they are easy to conceal, and seem to be a favorite of the nuts out there. If he was walking around with a shotgun, it would have set off alarms vs. packing inside his coat.
Vic
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It is technically illegal in some states (though rarely enforced) for college professors at public universities to push political agendas/candidates in class. The students and taxpayers are paying him to teach, not get on his soapbox.
Personally, I despise the morons in the "simple solution" crowd. There are no simple solutions in this complex world. The knee-jerkers demonstrate IMO a truly callous and selfish disregard for humanity with their chronically-ineffective simple solutions.
The problem with your argument
Even though that opinion appears on a partisan site, it is still worth a read.
herm0016
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QFT!!! around here that guy would not have gotten 100 feet after killing someone. there is a reason we all carry knives and most have guns in the lockup in each dorm, or in there dorm rooms. even a couple of paintball shots to the face or something would slow him down. I have never been in that situation, but have pulled a knife on people threatening to mug me before. he decided he did not want to be stabbed that day.
fight a gun, run from a knife. you cant outrun a bullet and the gunmen will be taken by surprise.
baning all guns will just make it so we cannot protect ourselves from others or our government when the time comes.
Vic
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Because that same tactic has been so effective with drugs, right?
And if we ban ALL guns, does that mean that the police and the military will be the first to be disarmed?
Kindly come back to reality, eh?
edit: I love that line, "ban all guns, illegal or otherwise." The comical irony... so naive... OMG hilarious.
PepePeru
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you posted knee-jerk response w/o a single thought about what i had posted. nice. b/c i have explicitly spell out my argument in a 'moshquerade approved' way im covering my ass? the only reason i had to 'cover my ass' was due to your knee-jerk response.
thats like a bully on the schoolyard saying 'stop hitting yourself'.
My buddy goes to one of the Univ. of Wisconsin schools. In his American history class the professor started out the class talking about the bill of rights, and how they are not up to interpretation. She started talking about the 1st Amendment and the freedoms it gaurantees. Then as soon as she got to the second amendment she started talking about how this just gives us the right to form militias, not to own guns. I thought it was kind of ironic how she stated that the bill of rights isn't up for interpretation but then she put her liberal interpretative spin on the second amendment.
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