Actually, they didn’t have enough arms.JonNC:
Doesn’t that demonstrate the uselessness of being armed against a government though? The Lakota people already had arms and they were useless against the might of the government arms. And they were more of a ‘regulated militia’ than todays random American.
The reason that ‘terrorism’ is so powerful is that it is unexplainable and without warning. It’s a phenomenon that erodes the sense of security at the very core of peoples being. That’s why it is such a big issue. It means that society that thrives in an atmosphere of peace, is oppressed by the spectre of the next random massacre. It equates to living in a constant state of cold war. Not healthy.
Can you not see the silliness of this comment? How many arms would a tribe need to match the governments cache?Emeraldlady:
Actually, they didn’t have enough arms.JonNC:
Doesn’t that demonstrate the uselessness of being armed against a government though? The Lakota people already had arms and they were useless against the might of the government arms. And they were more of a ‘regulated militia’ than todays random American.
Human beings who are always going to be in charge of more weapons of war than little tribes.
Background check laws differ in different states. Statistics show that in states that strengthened their background checks, gun deaths went down. And states that relaxed those checks saw gun deaths go up. I don’t have to explain how it works. That fact that is works is reason enough.Rhubarb:
I did not see a story on the website where it said people were dying in rural gop controlled states. I just saw state averages, which isn’t the same thing. the numbers are diluted.
we have background checks
explain to me how a background check works on the black market? like what happens in the gun show parking lots.
You were the one who said we probably have too many people locked up for poor reasons. So it should be easy to find a million or so that do not need to be incarcerated. But until that is corrected, I am suspicious of any plan that says we need to lock up more people.
As I said, that method has been tried, and the effectiveness of that method was not shown to be extremely effective in reducing more serious crime. But it was shown to be effective in fostering distrust of police within the community. And good community relations is essential for effective policing.
This is an odd societal flaw I suppose. As a diabetic I suppose I’ve come to terms with my mortality in a way others have yet to. Death is often waiting around the corner and to some extent is just background noise to the melody of life.
www.pbs.org
I forget if it was Sandy Hook or one that followed shortly after, but I remember then-President Obama giving a speech that had a tone of absolute defeat. At the very least, I think the aftermath of Sandy Hook was part of the reason, since we saw the lengths many would go to to cling onto their guns.
Even as someone who doesn’t live in Chicago, I still see semi-frequent updates on how X number of people were shot over a given weekend. Last year or the year before was particularly bad, as there were some records set.
Terrorism doesn’t really equate to conditions that can be explained by genetics or lifestyle choices. There exists no malicious force of intent to kill random strangers for the sole purpose of destroying peace, freedom and security involved. Terrorism profoundly affects every person in a society whether they realise it or not. Their opinions, choices, decisions and values change in dramatic ways as they do in theatres of war. There’s a huge difference in societies that live in an environment of peace to those who live in an environment of war.Emeraldlady:
This is an odd societal flaw I suppose. As a diabetic I suppose I’ve come to terms with my mortality in a way others have yet to. Death is often waiting around the corner and to some extent is just background noise to the melody of life.
For me, death is always around the corner, playing both the long and short game waiting for me to make a mistake. On one hand is the risk of mismanaging and losing body parts and decades off my lifespan. On the other is improperly balancing food vs activity vs meds with the real possibilityyou’ll start to die in hours.
So given the number of people with an otherwise deadly condition or whom engaging in potentially deadly activities (an travel faster than 10 mph, eating solid food, etc) the way we view danger as a society is of to me.
The very fact that the framers of the American constitution considered it such a significant concern that they felt it necessary to establish protection of the right to arms.
The many many more who have not been killed because of governments keeping order is testimony for it.Emeraldlady:
You can make the case for only government having guns, but the tens of millions of civilians killed by governments over the last century is s testimony against it.
“Part” only? Without them, there would be no mass shootings or bombings like McVeigh’s.
Contrary to popular belief, Indians in North America were almost always armed as well as the settlers or the army; and sometimes better, as with Custer’s defeat and demise. Just to clarify.
Even if there would be a Constitutional Amendment? Your side keeps on harping about the rights declared in the Constitution as if that would be the final word. But the Constitution can be changed, and hopefully it will be if enough people will say “enough of this!!!”. We don’t need the blood of our children on the streets.
Will you scream: “But I want to kill! I want to rape!”No, you want feel-good laws instead of addressing the root cause. The AR isn’t the issue. The reality is, it doesn’t kill that many people. What is being done to address the root cause?
