US gun control debate in thejournal.ie

yubabill1

US gun control debate in thejournal.ie. Be careful.

http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-despite-the-newtown-massacre-america%e2%80%99s-sickening-gun-culture-lives-on-840162-Mar2013/#comment-1037824

mister gullible

Be careful of what?

EWQuinn

We have to respect every nation's right to govern the way they see fit. Nobody can expect nations on different continents with peoples from different backgrounds to think alike on any number of issues.

However, while these crimes are certainly horrific, I tend to put these events into perspective by looking at the world from a slightly different light. Since 2000 we have had 2 Tsunamis that have swept 300,000 Indonesians and 10,000 Japanese away in a matter of minutes. We had a hurricane that devastated almost the entire gulf coast of the US and killed 1,000 in New Orleans. alone. We had an attack on the US that killed 3,000 in 2001. Haiti had an eartquake in 2008 that killed 300,000. Recently, we had an asteroid come within 20,000 miles of earth (hair's width in a solar system), on the same day a meteor exploded over Russia causing mass chaos and damages.

In a nation of 300 million laden 100-200 million guns depending upon which statistic you believe, 320 persons were murdered with rifles in 2011, 8,500 total murdered by guns. 32,000 were killed in auto accidents. Below are an interesting couple of maps regarding gun ownership and murder in the world:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/12/U-N-Maps-Show-U-S-High-In-Gun-Ownership-Low-In-Homicides

rowa

mister gullible wrote: »

Be careful of what?

Upsetting the guardian readers and other champagne socalists :rolleyes:

mister gullible

I've never heard of anyone being able to control tsunamis or earthquakes.

mister gullible

rowa wrote: »

Upsetting the guardian readers and other champagne socalists :rolleyes:

Why or how would they be upset by a debate on American gun control?

EWQuinn

mister gullible wrote: »

I've never heard of anyone being able to control tsunamis or earthquakes.

my point exactly, thank you

rowa

mister gullible wrote: »

Why or how would they be upset by a debate on American gun control?

Have you ever seen the attitude displayed on the journal about firearms ownership before ? Not positive is an understatement.

NewApproach

EWQuinn wrote: »

We have to respect every nation's right to govern the way they see fit. Nobody can expect nations on different continents with peoples from different backgrounds to think alike on any number of issues.

However, while these crimes are certainly horrific, I tend to put these events into perspective by looking at the world from a slightly different light. Since 2000 we have had 2 Tsunamis that have swept 300,000 Indonesians and 10,000 Japanese away in a matter of minutes. We had a hurricane that devastated almost the entire gulf coast of the US and killed 1,000 in New Orleans. alone. We had an attack on the US that killed 3,000 in 2001. Haiti had an eartquake in 2008 that killed 300,000. Recently, we had an asteroid come within 20,000 miles of earth (hair's width in a solar system), on the same day a meteor exploded over Russia causing mass chaos and damages.

In a nation of 300 million laden 100-200 million guns depending upon which statistic you believe, 320 persons were murdered with rifles in 2011, 8,500 total murdered by guns. 32,000 were killed in auto accidents. Below are an interesting couple of maps regarding gun ownership and murder in the world:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/12/U-N-Maps-Show-U-S-High-In-Gun-Ownership-Low-In-Homicides

Given so many are dying in natural disasters, we should ban guns in order to reduce that 8,500 figure to compensate.

aaakev

NewApproach wrote: »

Given so many are dying in natural disasters, we should ban guns in order to reduce that 8,500 figure to compensate.

Yes lets do that, because banning all guns will mean there are no guns, why didnt anyone think of this before? You sir are a genius....

Grizzly 45

Article was written by a typical Left wing liberal gobdaw American from Boston over here teaching law!:rolleyes:If the likes of him are teaching law ,no wonder most law mongers are as dumb as a bunch of rocks!
Worst thing about the Journal.ie is its not even printed on paper!! :mad:Otherwise it could put it to good use in the WC.

yubabill1

aaakev wrote: »

Yes lets do that, because banning all guns will mean there are no guns, why didnt anyone think of this before? You sir are a genius....

Actually, I think you will find the UN has exactly this policy.

wait long enough and you will see the BATF expand its remit to sugar intake and exercise.

Grizzly 45

Do they actually do much about Alcohol and Tobacco these days???:rolleyes:

yubabill1

EWQuinn wrote: »

We have to respect every nation's right to govern the way they see fit. Nobody can expect nations on different continents with peoples from different backgrounds to think alike on any number of issues.

However, while these crimes are certainly horrific, I tend to put these events into perspective by looking at the world from a slightly different light. Since 2000 we have had 2 Tsunamis that have swept 300,000 Indonesians and 10,000 Japanese away in a matter of minutes. We had a hurricane that devastated almost the entire gulf coast of the US and killed 1,000 in New Orleans. alone. We had an attack on the US that killed 3,000 in 2001. Haiti had an eartquake in 2008 that killed 300,000. Recently, we had an asteroid come within 20,000 miles of earth (hair's width in a solar system), on the same day a meteor exploded over Russia causing mass chaos and damages.

In a nation of 300 million laden 100-200 million guns depending upon which statistic you believe, 320 persons were murdered with rifles in 2011, 8,500 total murdered by guns. 32,000 were killed in auto accidents. Below are an interesting couple of maps regarding gun ownership and murder in the world:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/12/U-N-Maps-Show-U-S-High-In-Gun-Ownership-Low-In-Homicides

Apologies for appropriating your link, too good to resist!

EWQuinn

If you can ever use anything that I post, by all means appropriate whatever you want. Value judgements in a society and by their political leaders are what they are, and so are numbers.

mister gullible

EWQuinn wrote: »

If you can ever use anything that I post, by all means appropriate whatever you want. Value judgements in a society and by their political leaders are what they are, and so are numbers.

What does that mean?

yubabill1

I think he means on any subject there is your opinion, someone else's opinion and then the cold, hard facts.