tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post6229299249130141821..comments2024-03-28T15:24:53.579-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Again the NRA and Trump Are Lyng...Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-47493844687288775222016-06-17T14:42:11.954-04:002016-06-17T14:42:11.954-04:00Over 60% of US families don't have them,
don&#...<i>Over 60% of US families don't have them,<br />don't need them, don't want them; in fact most weapons belong to people who have several. Even among the<br />gun owners, the majority favor at least background checks (and they should, the violent few giving them all<br />a bad name). Somehow, in this country, where the rights of a minority are protected, this particular minority tramples the rights of the majority. And so it continues, the collateral damage.</i><br /><br />Borderline insanity, if not complete insanity methinks.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-44784553828141809592016-06-16T19:40:01.065-04:002016-06-16T19:40:01.065-04:00We blame mental illness, we blame Muslims, we blam...We blame mental illness, we blame Muslims, we blame anger...but we dare not blame firearms. Guns dont' kill<br />....so, what ARE they for? IMO, the NRA has fostered a gun culture, wrapped in a constitutional amendment<br />written with a quill about weapons with a flintlock by a people who lived in borderline wilderness-and made<br />the concept sacrosanct. Background checks are required for school volunteers, employment, credit etc, but not<br />rapid fire, high capacity firearms. We need licenses, pay taxes, require training, need references and pass scrutiny for many things-but not rapid fire, high capacity firearms. Over 60% of US families don't have them,<br />don't need them, don't want them; in fact most weapons belong to people who have several. Even among the<br />gun owners, the majority favor at least background checks (and they should, the violent few giving them all<br />a bad name). Somehow, in this country, where the rights of a minority are protected, this particular minority tramples the rights of the majority. And so it continues, the collateral damage.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-13482201951602793282016-06-16T14:39:09.284-04:002016-06-16T14:39:09.284-04:00There are mistakes made on every list. The solutio...There are mistakes made on every list. The solution is to make the list better not ignore it. Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379858419292168210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-49617721894341991052016-06-16T13:43:01.647-04:002016-06-16T13:43:01.647-04:00Here's why I find the worrying about innocent ...Here's why I find the worrying about innocent people not being able to buy a weapon because they were erroneously put on the no-fly list so puzzling: I've never heard as many people worry about innocent men or women being given the death penalty because of mistakes in evidence or bad lawyering or even crooked cops. Yet those errors have actually caused Americans to lose their lives. Yet many states keep the death penalty on the books, because, well I guess they feel a few deaths of innocents by mistake is worth keeping the death penalty for the real criminals who commit heinous crimes. In my world, not being allowed to buy a weapon is hardly as horrifying as killing an innocent person by way of capital punishment because of misconduct by law enforcement or any other reason. I guess what I'm trying to say is that people accept that -- where there could be a loss of life, but they seem to be horrified by the loss of owning a weapon.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-81294286071580563012016-06-16T12:00:50.952-04:002016-06-16T12:00:50.952-04:00Jerry... there are people on the no-fly list, whic...Jerry... there are people on the no-fly list, which is the list HRC cites when talking about this, who are there erroneously. Even Ted Kennedy was on it at one point.<br /><br />Once on that list, it is very difficult to convince the gov you are there in error, which could infringe upon your right to have a gun.<br /><br />Even though I agree with the premise of "if you can't get on a plane, you shouldn't have a gun," I've got to acknowledge we might have some issues there regarding due process.<br /><br />Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-6082859831908347102016-06-15T21:14:53.673-04:002016-06-15T21:14:53.673-04:00If they are on a terrorist watchlist, they have al...If they are on a terrorist watchlist, they have already been investigated. Being on a terrorist watchlist is sufficient reason to not allow them to buy any type of gun...or any weapon for that matter.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-15300552153952977612016-06-15T21:09:33.451-04:002016-06-15T21:09:33.451-04:00The self-proclaimed Great Negotiator meets with th...The self-proclaimed Great Negotiator meets with the people who gave us Saturday night specials, mega magazines, concealed and open carry just about everywhere, even national parks, the pitch that every<br />'real man' needs an arsenal for 'defense' and banned the NIH from collecting any data on firearms death.<br />He says he's great, we know they are unbelievably formidable: for the crumb of banning sales to known<br />terrorist, what is Drumf giving up? My guess, an excise tax on the 50% of citizens who own no firearm.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.com