Michael Moore on the latest US gun massacre
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Re: Michael Moore on the latest US gun massacre
Big leap of logic there, buying a gun means I am willing to kill another human being?
As a gun owner in Ireland I can assure you that's certainly not true, I am definitely not willing to kill another human being.
In the US I might accept being willing to defend yourself as a cause for gun ownership.
If I wanted to kill someone I doubt availability of guns was going to really impair me in doing so.
As a gun owner in Ireland I can assure you that's certainly not true, I am definitely not willing to kill another human being.
In the US I might accept being willing to defend yourself as a cause for gun ownership.
If I wanted to kill someone I doubt availability of guns was going to really impair me in doing so.
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Having a death penalty is therefore hypocrisy.
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A very simple question! - Why do we have an 'Apparent' American making judgment on a British Website? - Purely and observation.
Ah sorry, it is owned in the US to promote Financial Services?
Ah sorry, it is owned in the US to promote Financial Services?
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It then allows an outdated document, to be used out of context by, to justify the unjustifiable. Now, where has that led to trouble before...
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I'm sure someone can find a breakdown of the type of guns sold in the US and I'm sure it would show a size-able percentage of those are handguns. I defy anyone to tell me that handguns are bought for hunting and that there purpose is for anything other than 'self defense'. Anyone who has a hand gun and is willing to use it, by default in my opinion, is willing to kill.
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I made NO judgement, only posed a question.
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BIG SIGH< I have owned a hand gun my entire adult life. I have NO desire to kill anyone or thing. Would I in my home? Against someone who refused to RETREAT(please pardon the capitals) yes. If you are running or walking out the door then no. I own a handgun but do not want to kill. That is 99% of America. Please look beyond the headlines.
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It'd be interesting to know what the guns per capita is - the population has grown considerably in that period of time. Is the rate at which guns go out of use/circulation higher or lower than the rate of births/deaths/immigration?
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BIG SIGH< I have owned a hand gun my entire adult life. I have NO desire to kill anyone or thing. Would I in my home? Against someone who refused to RETREAT(please pardon the capitals) yes. If you are running or walking out the door then no. I own a handgun but do not want to kill. That is 99% of America. Please look beyond the headlines.
Go back a step. If there were fewer guns in circulation, there would be less gun crime and less perceived 'need' for people like you to own guns. Can't you see that it's insidious?
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BIG SIGH< I have owned a hand gun my entire adult life. I have NO desire to kill anyone or thing. Would I in my home? Against someone who refused to RETREAT(please pardon the capitals) yes. If you are running or walking out the door then no. I own a handgun but do not want to kill. That is 99% of America. Please look beyond the headlines.
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I find this fascinating. A country in which there is a strong Christian tradition and the figures for believers and church attendance is high. A religion which has 10 commandments, one of which is 'Thou shalt not kill' but where many people support doing just that.
Having a death penalty is therefore hypocrisy.
Having a death penalty is therefore hypocrisy.
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How the man on the street reacts. In some ways I get it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-2...ssacre/4155336
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-2...ssacre/4155336
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Correlation does not imply causation.
It'd be interesting to know what the guns per capita is - the population has grown considerably in that period of time. Is the rate at which guns go out of use/circulation higher or lower than the rate of births/deaths/immigration?
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It'd be interesting to know what the guns per capita is - the population has grown considerably in that period of time. Is the rate at which guns go out of use/circulation higher or lower than the rate of births/deaths/immigration?
You don't need to pardon capitals for Jack, he loves them, more the merrier.