Horrific Newtown, CT school shooting

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

You shouldn't think. You might hurt yourself.

Spoken like a true intellectual, with manners no less.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Spoken like a true intellectual, with manners no less.

It's hard to be well mannered when you act like the conservative version of Riot talking around points and ignoring the ones that prove you wrong.

[NTamm1215]

I have heard people say that they think restricting what types of guns people can purchase is a slippery slope that will lead to the destruction of certain rights. I disagree. The 2nd amendment is arguably open to more interpretation than any other amendment because the original intent is virtually inapplicable by modern standards. The "right to keep and bear arms" had everything to do with defending oneself from the government and/or his/her fellow man when they felt like their rights were being violated. The idea that people can stockpile assault rifles because of the 2nd amendment seems very silly to me. Restricting what types of guns can be made for legal purchase is constitutional.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I have heard people say that they think restricting what types of guns people can purchase is a slippery slope that will lead to the destruction of certain rights. I disagree. The 2nd amendment is arguably open to more interpretation than any other amendment because the original intent is virtually inapplicable by modern standards. The "right to keep and bear arms" had everything to do with defending oneself from the government and/or his/her fellow man when they felt like their rights were being violated. The idea that people can stockpile assault rifles because of the 2nd amendment seems very silly to me. Restricting what types of guns can be made for legal purchase is constitutional.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I have heard people say that they think restricting what types of guns people can purchase is a slippery slope that will lead to the destruction of certain rights. I disagree. The 2nd amendment is arguably open to more interpretation than any other amendment because the original intent is virtually inapplicable by modern standards. The "right to keep and bear arms" had everything to do with defending oneself from the government and/or his/her fellow man when they felt like their rights were being violated. The idea that people can stockpile assault rifles because of the 2nd amendment seems very silly to me. Restricting what types of guns can be made for legal purchase is constitutional.

I agree. We are already limited to what we can or cannot own. We didnt slide down any slippery slope when the assault ban was in force before.

[Rupert Pupkin]

"As a teenager, Adam Lanza would come in for a haircut about every six weeks without speaking or looking at anyone and always accompanied by his mother."

http://news.yahoo.com/stylists-lanza...215310243.html

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

"As a teenager, Adam Lanza would come in for a haircut about every six weeks without speaking or looking at anyone and always accompanied by his mother."

http://news.yahoo.com/stylists-lanza...215310243.html

I've been waiting for days now for you to chime in on this topic of banning assault weapons and this is the best you can do?

How many times has the story changed? First it was the brother who was the shooter and the media reported that, then it was the mother was a teacher at the school, now she isn't, then the mother is a prepper, now she isn't.

You simply DO NOT CARE. STOP ACTING LIKE YOU CARE. If you cared you would restrain from wanting the second amendment destroyed. But unfortunately your brain can't see that many angles and definitely can't handle trauma so you just let the television do the thinking for you.

jms you're just a troll like Piers Morgan who wants to demonize his fellow American for not falling hook, line, and sinker for your masters beckoning. You have enough sense to see through the bs of this storyline.

More coverage by reporters and investigators in the media on gun control than finding out what really happened at that school.

You people who want to take our liberties for the illusion of safety need to open up a history book that isn't state run.

This country is unique. Take our right to defend ourselves away and we're stuck with a government the rest of the world truly despises. A government that has bullied millions of people on this planet. A country where the borders are wide open and have been for quite some time. A country where 50-60 million food stamps are handed out each month and the CEO of the bank that is making it so warning us that his bank will be o.k....America might not be.

Absolutely brilliant. Low information liberals...the lot of you.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by jms62

I've been waiting for days now for you to chime in on this topic of banning assault weapons and this is the best you can do?

Where do you come up with this stuff? First, you call me a right-winger, then you call me a"bleeding heart liberal", then you accuse me of being a pot smoker, and now you think I want assault weapons banned. So far you've been wrong on every single one of your assumptions. I look at every individual issue separately. I'm basically a moderate Republican but you're going to have a hard time guessing where I stand on issues based on that. I'm left of center on certain issues and right of center on others. The fact that I like all animals doesn't make me a bleeding heart liberal. The fact that I'm not a big fan of hunters doesn't mean I want to ban assault weapons. The fact that I think marijuana should be legal doesn't mean that I smoke marijuana.The fact that I'm a registered Republican doesn't mean that I don't want Boehner to compromise a liitle more and make a deal with the President on the Fiscal Cliff.