browneyedgirl wrote:If Lanza's mama had of had steak knives, or a chopping axe(and no guns) would he have went on a rampage at Sandy Hook school? I don't think so.
Certainly not- school rampages always require guns. Liberal laws on when and under what circumstances that an adult can be institutionalized for erratic behavior didn't help- as well as having a 'twitchy' son in a house with weapons set the stage for this incident.
Man Stabs 22 Children in China
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/world ... china.html
Too bad there are no legally armed citizens in China- a double tap from a Beretta M92 could have stopped that psychopath.
browneyedgirl wrote:I remember 20 years ago when that Waco Cult tragedy happened because the government was rightly trying to confisgate a large number of illegal weapons from the cult compound.
The weapons themselves weren't illegal, an investigation by the local authorities and the ATF indicated that
parts had been purchased that
could lead to the illegal modification of weapons. That was the basis for the original search warrant.
When the warrant was served, the ATF (which always likes to make a big splash regarding its own activities) were conveniently accompanied by the media, and the entire scene turned into a bloodbath.
Koresh and any of his lieutenants could have easily been picked up for questioning by McLennan County sheriff's deputies during trips into town to Wal Mart, grocery stores, and the like- and possibly defused the situation. But since the ATF's modus operandi is playing Gestapo, that was not likely to happen.
browneyedgirl wrote:Gunlovers were asskissing Koresh to unholy abandon
Almost funny to see if the circumstances had not been so tragic.
Then why use LOL emoticons when talking about this? Is it any less tragic for 19 kids under the age of eighteen that were killed at Waco than the ones that were killed in Connecticut? Did the kids ask to be there? Was it their fault that their parents had been brainwashed by a second-rate Jim Jones?
browneyedgirl wrote:I mean it is scary how fanatic people are when it comes to firearms. I imagine there are untold number of children going hungry because their parents purchase guns instead of food.
What is even more scary is to see how fanatical the Feds were when wanting to make a point that dissent will not be tolerated- any
perceived threat will be met with brute force- tanks were on the scene there, as were U.S. Army Special Forces and even British SAS were there. It was also scary that an unarmed bystander got her head blown off (while holding her infant daughter) during the Ruby Ridge incident- and how a trained FBI sniper could mistake a mother holding her child for a combatant holding a weapon.
As far as the argument goes that children go hungry because of parents prioritizing guns over other necessities, that is purely speculative. We had an arsenal at home when I was growing up (as did many other family members and friends) and I never once remember going to bed hungry at any of their houses. There are however, plenty of kids in the projects that go to bed hungry at night while their parents waste money on malt liquor, drugs, iPhones, and $2000 rims to go on their cars.
browneyedgirl wrote:I'm not a gun hater, but after seeing the extreme lust people have for these deadly things I almost want to vomit. Hunting is one thing, but being so possessed by something that can kill so easily, it's frightening. The founding fathers of the USA did not have semi-or automatic weapons, glocks, or whatever, in mind when they declared a country should have a well-armed militia. And, militia for those who don't know
means, army.
You're not a gun hater- you're a people hater. Those that exercise their Second Amendment rights have no place in your Utopian world- one that has never existed nor will it ever exist. The argument that the Founding Fathers never intended for citizens to have semi or automatic weapons is farcical at best since weapons technology did not exist at that level during the time of the revolution.
The Colonists and the British were using single-shot black powder muskets as that was the most advanced small arms available at the time. Militias are not regular Army troops, hence the military term for militias is
irregulars. Militias formed an essential part of the Revolutionary Forces and without them, success against the British would have been far more difficult. They also were the pioneers of the guerrilla warfare type of combat that would come to dominate the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries.
browneyedgirl wrote:So, Merry Christmas, NRA. 20 families are living in heartbreak this holiday season indirectly because of you, but I know you fanatics will find an excuse to wipe the blood off your grimy hands--you always do.
If liberals are looking for someone to blame, then they need look no further than the mirror. If this was as bad as the left claims, then 90-100 million armed Americans would be exterminating the rest that are unarmed on a daily basis.
