Comments | slothzilla: We should ban evil things.

slothzilla

We should ban evil things.

Apr 18, 2007 11:22

The world is a pretty dangerous place. I'm pretty worked up about preventable deaths in the U.S. so this is what we should do ( Read more... )

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familyjules April 18 2007, 16:58:53 UTC

Geeeeeeeeez, Gordo, I can't believe you can't see that this only happened because guns are bad. It's all the guns fault. OBVIOUSLY.

slothzilla April 18 2007, 23:25:19 UTC

The media sensationalism drives me up the wall.

stupid evil guns.

friendoftheda April 18 2007, 22:07:53 UTC

I hear your frustration my friend. While I think it is important to recognize that buying a handgun should not be as easy as buying a candy bar, the focus on gun control takes away from the real issues behind the V-Tech shootings. If the people who are all screaming about guns were really concerned about public good they would be trying to figure out what in our society could make someone want to kill 32 people. Instead they have decided to focus on the method of the killer. So even if they manage to make handguns illegal the conditions that caused this person to want to kill have not changed and the American citizens are no safer for it.

brassknight86 April 18 2007, 22:11:54 UTC

You hit it on the head.

Happy people can use guns too. They take hunting trips and trips to the shooting range and all manner of social outtings.

Poor guy... I understand he was an international student? If so, he was culturally displaced and perhaps an introverted fellow to begin with. I wish I knew a solution to his malady... but figuring that out begins by caring about his welfare, not whether he owns a firearm or not.

slothzilla April 18 2007, 23:27:24 UTC

I completely agree with you.

Are you keeping an eye on HR 1022 and HR 1859?

facteorveritas April 19 2007, 03:24:49 UTC

He held a green card....so he wasn't that displaced.

What is HR 1022 and HR 1859?

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You opened up the box: brassknight86 April 18 2007, 22:08:50 UTC

There are a lot of part of this entry that I would like to expand upon ( ... )

Re: You opened up the box: slothzilla April 18 2007, 23:29:46 UTC

I abstained from any of the facebook-ery for the same reasons. They just feel disingenuous to me.

Re: You opened up the box: facteorveritas April 19 2007, 03:27:10 UTC

I'll have to remember to mock them.....that is if i ever actually log into MY facebook acount. I don't know why i still have it.

facteorveritas April 19 2007, 03:21:24 UTC

Did you read the article about the mayor of Nagasaki? Japan has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the world, yet the MAYOR of a MAJOR city in Japan was shot and killed in broad daylight ( ... )