Posted on 10/19/2005 11:37:35 AM PDT by freepatriot32
Hmm I guess this african studys major hasnt gotton around to studying that part of african history about idi amin where he had all if his people diarmed then murdered in mass with select enemys of the state EATEN by the well armed thug.He also must have been sick or struck illiterate when they studied that part of africa that Robert Mugabe rules (that would be Zimbabwe for any idiot college students that happen to be lurking on freerepublic.)with an iron fist and a heavy anti gun agenda.After he disarmed his people he is right now starving them all to death by the hundreds a day and they cant do anything about it becasue they are disarmed and have no way to overthrow the s.o.b. or even hunt down some of the animals so they can eat and live.and where was this asshalf the day the were studing south africa where if you were black you were a third class citizen.(dogs were valued higher the black south africans.)and whenevr they marched in protest to the racist policys of south africa they were gunned down by the well armed police and south african military without having anyway to defend themselfs becasue it was illegal to carry guns.
imagine a drunken brawl or back alley mugging only stands to make things much, much worse. You go from losing your wallet to losing your life
HEY DIPS**T that is going on now and thats what concealed carry is aiming to prevent.The muggers are pulling out guns and robbing people and sometimes shooting them afterwords.(armed robbery is illegal in all 50 states and is only legal in washington d.c at the headquarters of the i.r.s.)This law would give the people the right to pull out their gun and attack the mugger without fear of getting arrested and going to prison for carying a concealed weapon.
If any college coeds at this university ever sleep with this "man" they will have just had thier first lesbian experience
>>flawed study by gun-loving economist John Lott<<
It'd be nice if this idiot would tell how the study is flawed rather than assert it is because he doesn't like the conclusion.
ping
"Last week, two state legislators finally introduced the controversial Personal Protection Act, a proposal that would allow citizens to bear a gun, knife or as ridiculous as it sounds a billy club in public. "
Yep, God forbid the government should recognize the fundamental human right of self defense or do anything to acknowledge the amendment to the constitution that helps secure that right. /sarcasm
yeah then he goes on an qoutes this little gem that has been debunked beyond a showdow of a doubt
and its well known that a gun is 43 times more likely to be used in killing its owner or a relative than an intruder.
showdow=shadow
That explains why he's so sophomoric.
sophomoronic is more like it :-)
No more controversial than carrying any other tool. A person walking down the street with a holstered firearm should be no more considered a cause for alarm than a person walking down the street carrying a screwdriver.
Nope, all you need to be is ignorant.
What is it about "progressives" that allows them to both let criminals run free, and assume that lawful citizens will shoot each other without provocation?
Can't get further behind the curve than this turd.
Rarely have I seen such a collection of beliefs and wishes and bold-faced lies presented as though they are hard facts............methinks Adam needs some more eduction, buty he's not going to get it with his current chosen curriculum.
"While granting citizens the means to protect themselves, it also gives criminals the means to commit crimes."
I love the way liberals throw gun carrying criminals in with gun carrying law abiding citizens.
How many of the 'gun crimes' he cites were committed by people who had permits and legal ownership of the weapon?
Criminals, by definition, don't give a d*mn about laws - INCLUDING gun control!!!
Oh, really? Name one.
Yet the odds that one would use a gun on an assailant or thief are quite minimal of the over 30,000 gun deaths in 2002, only 163 were deemed justifiable homicide, and its well known that a gun is 43 times more likely to be used in killing its owner or a relative than an intruder.
Notice the slide from "using" a gun on an assailant to the measurement of shooting him. This is a classic gun-grabber cheat. The vast majority of such "uses" do not involve shooting anyone. An argument that a gun only escalates a situation coupled with a refusal to measure it when it serves that purpose without shooting is an intellectual fraud.
If gun accessibility is not a problem, then why do firearm fatalities remain as the second leading killer of this nations youth?
Because the author is lumping in murder in these cooked statistics, where the only "accessibility" issue is the fact that criminals can get guns where their victims are prevented.
Really, this is puerile nonsense from a young fellow too full of himself and too intellectually dishonest to give the matter a modicum of objective research. If he wishes to live unarmed under the delusion that it makes him safer, let him. If he wishes to force that opinion on everyone else, he needs to stick a sock in it.
"If owning a weapon makes people safer, then why does a gun in the home triple the risk of homicide?"
What does that mean? Is he saying that people with a gun in their home are more likely yo be murdered or more likely to murder?
I hear 99% of murder victims have TVs in their homes. Maybe we should outlaw those, just in case.
While granting citizens the means to protect themselves, it also gives criminals the means to commit crimes.
Pssssttttt nobody tell Adam that criminals dont need to change a law in order to carry concealed guns. This is because theyre criminals, dumbass.
What do you expect from a sophomore who looks like hes about 28 years old?
This girly man needs a rabies shot.
They might not be deterred the first time, but they certainly would be the second, that is if they survived the first time.
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