Do guns protect you, or simply cause violence? (Page 187) lori100: like the teen grocery; store shooter, both teens had expensive protective gear and guns, both shot several victims in the head from a distance.....very difficult to do ...who paid for their gear , guns , and training????? WHlSKY: All these dumbass excuses is not based on reality, it is based on personal biases. You want it to be some political conspiracy because you can not face the fact that that white supremacist idiot took it on himself with his stupid ass ideologies to shoot up innocent people. It makes you look bad as a white right wing supporter. It is ridiculous. Just as ridiculous that a fúcking old ass moron think he needs 100 guns as ‘protection’ when those that need protection and are not getting it under proper gun laws are the kids. (Edited by WHlSKY) lori100: the dems set it up , cops stood back, allowed it to happen on the NRA weekend convention in Tx........what part did Beto play ?????? lori100: like I posted, dems in the 60s plotted to hijack planes, shoot citizens on the street , blow up buildings and blame Cuba.....jfk refused .....so whats to stop them from killing for their agenda again???? ghostgeek: An 18-year-old shooter killed 19 children and two adults on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, about an hour and a half’s drive west of San Antonio. And while such horrors happen across the US, Texas has a political culture of easing access to guns and fiercely opposing any efforts to limit the rights of its citizens to arm themselves with powerful weapons intended for use on battlefields. Texas’s rightwing Republican governor, Greg Abbott, made his first statement after the shooting from Abilene, Texas, where he was scheduled to address recent wildfires in the region. After news of the shooting, he pivoted to a brief update from Uvalde, reading from a prepared statement. “What happened in Uvalde is a horrific tragedy that cannot be tolerated in the state of Texas,” Abbott said, adding that the shooter “horrifically, incomprehensibly” killed more than a dozen students. Abbott also said the shooter, who was killed by law enforcement, had a handgun and possibly a rifle. A state representative told CNN the alleged shooter legally bought two powerful assault rifles just after turning 18. Yet last year, Abbott signed into law several measures making it easier to own and carry guns in the state. One allows Texans over 21 years old to carry a handgun like the one the shooter may have used without first getting a background check. At the time, the law was criticized by law enforcement officials, and a poll from the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune showed that about 60% of Texas voters did not want adults to be able to carry a gun without a license. But Abbott, who has signed nearly two dozen laws providing more access to guns, said the measure “instilled freedom in the Lone Star State”. [ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/25/texas-school-shooting-republican-leaders-respond ] lori100: ny post----The CIA experimented extensively with brainwashing during the 1950s and 1960s, honing techniques that could force someone to kill, then have no recollection afterward. Code-named MKUltra, the program involved some 149 separate experiments — many on unwitting Americans, including a Kentucky mental patient who was dosed with LSD for 179 days straight. MKUltra was officially launched in 1953 to develop better interrogation techniques, as well as to explore the possibility of creating a programmable assassin. The CIA also wondered if it would be possible to mind-control hostile foreign leaders, such as Fidel Castro. Some 44 universities, 12 hospitals and three prisons helped out with the experiments, though many were apparently not aware they were working for the CIA. The spy agency sometimes funded the work through anonymous grants that the organizations believed were from private individuals. The institutions that did know “acted in good faith and with the belief they were aiding their government,” per a 1977 Senate report. ghostgeek: UNITED KINGDOM A gunman killed 16 children and their teacher in Dunblane, Scotland, in 1996, prompting a public campaign that led to Britain adopting some of the strictest gun controls in the world. Within two years, new laws effectively banned civilians from owning handguns. The United Kingdom's rate of gun homicides is 0.04 per 100,000 people, the IHME calculates. [ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-26/factbox-how-canada-australia-uk-changed-laws-after-mass-shootings ] WHlSKY: These kids are taking on roles that they should not be handling. All because the adults don’t have the common sense to have proper gun legislation. Fractured fairy tale: They Will Never Ban Guns In America , Besides being Part of the Consitution , Its Been Ingraned In the Society Since Day One , Theres More Gins than People , Its Just a Fantasy Argument , and is just a Waste of Time Fractured fairy tale: Swine There Got Gun legislation , The Latest School Shooting Happened in a "No gun Zone" Problem Is People Who Break The Law Don"t follow them In the First Place I donno What the Answer Is Neither Does any one Else , The Problem Is Society Falling Apart Fractured fairy tale: Running Around The Streets Burning Down Buildings Throwing Statues in the River Screaming Raceism and White Suppremicy At the Top of your Lungs , Isn"t Gonna do any thing Just Making it Worse ,so were Calls too Defund the police Fractured fairy tale: Town Every thing Goes from one Extreme too the Other , There Is Never Any Middle Ground Its Always Either Your With This Group or Against Them ,No Matter witch Side it Is lori100: Shady Oak Ministries There are few things more gorgeous than a beautiful woman with a sound grasp on firearms chowomanishere: I have never said this before .... I am scared to live in America....And don't tell me to leave can't afford it.... kittybobo34: It's a shame we can't do anything about the gun situation in the US. The NRA has so much hold on many politicians. Just another example of Corporate power over our government. A government that is supposed to be for the people. Something like 90% of the population is for stricter back ground checks yet we cant get anything done. Fractured fairy tale: The NRA Really The NRA are Bankrupt , Really as a orgainization there Bankrupt Hold On Politicans Really , The NRA Spent a few Million Lobbying Politicans In the Last Election Compared too Other orgainizations That Spent Billions Arn"t You The Person Kitty That Said Prositutes Were Peeing On Donald Trump in Russian Holtel Rooms , why Do you Lie So much | Politics Chat Room 71 People Chatting Similar Conversations |