The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
In 1996, a gunman opened fire at a popular tourist destination on the Australian island of Tasmania. Using a semiautomatic rifle, he killed 35 people. Australia responded by reforming their gun laws. High powered rifles and shotguns were banned and uniform gun licensing requirements were imposed for the guns that remained legal. The country also implemented a buyback program which resulted in the destruction of more than a million firearms. In the last 19 years, there have been no mass shootings in Australia, defined as five or more people being shot.
Of course, Australia didn't have the all mighty, all powerful NRA working against them
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Ya gotta start somewhere. In the last 5 years, over 15,700 guns were sold in the USA "Legally" to someone without a completed background check. Sound like a loophole to you??? There is legislation proposed to tighten up the time limit and restrictions on background checks. An easy fix, and a start.
Nobody disagrees with background checks and closing loopholes.....I agree that this would keep firearms away from some people that really shouldn't have them.
Would you agree that 'Gun Free Zones' puts the lives of people in great jeopardy, since there is no way for a person to defend him/herself against someone who is armed.
These mass shootings aren't happening where people have the ability to be armed or have security that are armed.
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
The bottom line is thinking that gun violence won't take other forms.
The problem of violence in the country is caused by people reaching the point where their own lives no matter matter to themselves, and whatever excuse they use for their homicidal actions, is self justified, and worthy of forfeiting their own life.
The motivation is self sacrifice and drawing media attention(free publicity to recruit others) to their own personal agendas.
The cause of these reactions are media attention and extremist personal beliefs, and the absolute belief in self justification for using deadly force.
The belief in self justification for the use of deadly force is learned behavior from watching the daily actions by government employees.
You can't kill people every day, in every state, and around the world and keep using self justification, then expect others to do what you say, not what you do.
Self justification is the underlying belief of criminals, terrorists, police, soldiers, racists, Islamophobes, white supremacists, anti abortionists, extremist Jews, Christians, Catholics, Nazis, and the list is endless.
The people in charge of this nation need to lead by example and reign in their own extremists, and make certain that it is done showing all of the people that self justification for killing people is no longer acceptable behavior for them.
People forget that self justification and drug war gun violence was a reaction to Rockefeller drug laws promising life in prison, by those who were now threatened with having their entire lives taken from them, self justifying their own need for guns, and a willingness to use them, for self preservation.
Every day we tell the entire world that killing people and self justifying it, is unacceptable behavior, except when performed under government authority.
And then blame guns for deaths, performed by all the paranoid, self justifying haters out there who hold extremist views similarly as those who run this nation.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
These mass shootings aren't happening where people have the ability to be armed or have security that are armed.
The Oregon shooting wasn't a "GUN FREE ZONE"... so yes they are happening where people have the ability to be armed. ~ James Holmes killed 12 at a theater in Aurora, Colorado. NOT A GUN FREE ZONE! ~Columbine Had an Armed Guard, ~ Virginia Tech Had a Police Department, ~ Ft. Hood was a Military Base with armed guards at the gate and armed MPs ~Aaron Alexis killed 12 at the Washington Navy Yard.
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Among the 62 mass shootings over the last 30 years that we studied, not a single case includes evidence that the killer chose to target a place because it banned guns. To the contrary, in many of the cases there was clearly another motive for the choice of location. For example, 20 were workplace shootings, most of which involved perpetrators who felt wronged by employers and colleagues.
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The 12 school shootings we documented, in which all but one of the killers had personal ties to the school they struck. FBI investigators learned from one witness, for example, that the mass shooter in Newtown had long been fixated on Sandy Hook Elementary School, which he'd once attended.
The GunHugger propaganda is that "Gun Free Zones" are the problem... They will blame anything no matter how illogical to keep the focus away from the GunHugger Agenda.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Yes... Hitler... The guy who got rid of Germany's Gun Control Laws. He would have fit right in with America's GunHuggers.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Strange Post! The White House, (like schools) is a gun free zone. Only those authorized law enforcement and security people are allowed to carry guns.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Strange Post! The White House, (like schools) is a gun free zone. Only those authorized law enforcement and security people are allowed to carry guns.
So how come you don't call for the disarmament of law enforcement and security personal since guns are the problem?
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
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