13 Aug 12
Originally posted by finneganIt is shocking. Especially considering she was just a child. I don't think if someone kills a person with a gun or anything else for that matter for personal gain or hate and get extreme punishment is wrong. Is it extreme thinking to be for harsh punishment for wanting those that commit such crimes to be punished severely and make them accountable for their actions in a way that will deter others from that behavior? I do see how gun control is used by police as a tool, however why punish those who don't use firearms in crimes for the actions of a few? Do you think that someone who risks getting caught killing someone is worried more about getting caught with a firearm? The criminals will be the only ones carrying them.
I wasn't looking for a chuckle. It is a shoocking thing to report and I came across it yesterday reading a history "The Invention of Childhood" by Hugh Cunningham. However it was intended to convey my extreme disagreement with your extreme thinking.
The level of punishment for gun crime in Britain, however severe, falls way short of extreme. Clearly ext ...[text shortened]... and get very hot under the collar about it but that is a law this country wants and supports.
13 Aug 12
Originally posted by AThousandYoungIs nothing sacred.
Sounds like an opportunity for some criminals to move in and take over!
Looks like the Jamaicans are on the job. How did this yardie get an automatic? Even our gun slaughters don't tend to involve automatic weapons.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/859574.stm
Here's something more recent, and more professionally done:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-19003129
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/05/shootings-us-cities-independence-day
13 Aug 12
Originally posted by AThousandYoungTaking care of business, like in Peckham, n Bournemouth, Bournemouth is like an old peoples home, if you aint safe there you aint safe anywhere.
Nah, they love the English these days. Besides these killings aren't arbritrary. People are targetting specific individuals or organizations.
I could really care less about what happens in the UK.......
first thing that pops in to mind, is our sharp shooters popping off their commanders in the revolutionary war,, and them screaming, that's not bloody fair.... well then turn your horses around and get the hell outta here..
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yes I am crazy...
16 Aug 12
Originally posted by FMFConsidering that targetting commanders with sharpshooters was considered "gun crime" at the time, perhaps he would not welcome such a decline.
Would you welcome a decline of gun crime in the U.S.? Presumably yes. Is there anything in the U.K. experience that is of interest or relevance in the U.S.?
16 Aug 12
Originally posted by FMFwhat I would welcome here in the US, is more people with concealed carry weapons, and someone actually whacking a few of these guys BEFORE they kill innocent people... it happens daily, but doesn't deserve media coverage because of left wing media groups.... for that you have to subscribe to American Rifleman, this months page,, the armed citizen offers 8 such stories that you won't read about or hear about anywhere else...
Would you welcome a decline of gun crime in the U.S.? Presumably yes. Is there anything in the U.K. experience that is of interest or relevance in the U.S.?
we all die, seldom get to choose how....
hey, I had someone come in my house in the spring, boy was that a surprise.... guns were locked up, the dog was not..:-)
Loved the Olympic games. You guys did a wonderful job of hosting them.... :-)
16 Aug 12
Originally posted by AThousandYoungI would tend to agree here.... somewhat like the killings in Mexico, smaller scale perhaps..
Nah, they love the English these days. Besides these killings aren't arbritrary. People are targetting specific individuals or organizations.
16 Aug 12
Originally posted by Hugh GlassI think the Mexican cartel thugs are unnecessarily brutal which is harder to get away with here. Brutality gets weeded out in the US to a greater extent by rival organizations and the goverrnment.
I would tend to agree here.... somewhat like the killings in Mexico, smaller scale perhaps..
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16 Aug 12
Originally posted by Hugh Glassthe american riflemen, part of the nra. are they more or less likely to give an unbiased response towards gun-crime than left wing tv?
what I would welcome here in the US, is more people with concealed carry weapons, and someone actually whacking a few of these guys BEFORE they kill innocent people... it happens daily, but doesn't deserve media coverage because of left wing media groups.... for that you have to subscribe to American Rifleman, this months page,, the armed citizen offers 8 ...[text shortened]... og was not..:-)
Loved the Olympic games. You guys did a wonderful job of hosting them.... :-)
17 Aug 12
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Originally posted by stellspalfieno,,,, These are stories taken from local newspapers about the country...
the american riflemen, part of the nra. are they more or less likely to give an unbiased response towards gun-crime than left wing tv?
York daily record-Elizabeth PA,,, The Telegraph-Macon Georgia,,, Express-Times Bethlehelm PA,,,, San Francisco Chronicle Vallejo Ca,,,, Upper Michigan Source Marquette MI,,,,, Knoxville News-Crossville TN,,,, Fox16, Little Rock AR.
written by the local papers,, not the magazine.
People have been killing people since creation..... McVie didn't need a gun to kill the people in Oklahoma City..just an imagination, and time. Jack the Ripper used a knife,
if guns kill people, spoons make people fat.
I dare say more people are killed daily while texting on cell phones, than by a bullet from a gun.
Texting While Driving Statistics
About 6,000 deaths and a half a million injuries are caused by distracted drivers every year.
While teenagers are texting, they spend about 10 percent of the time outside the driving lane they’re supposed to be in.
Talking on a cell phone while driving can make a young driver’s reaction time as slow as that of a 70-year-old.
Answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds. That is enough time to travel the length of a football field.\
so in our society, the gunshot victim gets the news, the people killed while distracted
by cell phones seems to go un-noticed.... it's just not "real" news?