Culture of Shootings , "Thoughts and Prayers" But No Solutions

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  1. Collateral Damage

    Collateral Damage Well-Known Member

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    Please, reread your post, in specific, what I bolded.

    That is a very dangerous path to tread.
     
  2. Collateral Damage

    Collateral Damage Well-Known Member

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    Is 'shall not be infringed' vague? What other Right includes those words?
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Quite the opposite. The idea of armed militias came from Queen Elisabeth's 16th century England. She instituted a national militia where all men were required take part in a militia to defend England. That is where idea originated from. Of course the armed militias in England go back much further than that, because they existed already around year 700, when local kings were able to call up the militias when needed.
     
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    drluggit Well-Known Member

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    This one is self identified as a Syrian refugee. The facts will emerge. It just isn't going to end up supporting the democratic party narrative, so likely, you won't seem much of this in the news.
     
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    drluggit Well-Known Member

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    Hmm.. I suppose that it never occurred to you that he might be lashing out now because, a) he is old enough to engage in Fatwah, or b) that his own self identified musings on the ol interwebs likely put him square in the sights of law enforcement, and dude acted out because of the Biden attacks on his homeland? No? How novel, a democrat with tunnel vision...
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What does "well regulated" mean? Come on, - the wording of the 2A has been debated for decades.

    To some people the "well regulated" means the exact opposite, - "100% unregulated".

    A well regulated militia means "well functioning", and as such, there would be:
    - No children
    - No mentally ill people
    - No people who are physically unable to handle firearms
    - No criminals
    - No habitual drunkards
    - No junkies
    - No untrained people (basic firearm safety course needed)

    IMO we could have a national firearms license, which would allow people to carry anywhere in US. The above basic requirements should apply in order to get the license, as they already do, at least here in Florida.
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Facts already emerged. He was a Syrian immigrant, but not a refugee since they came in 10 years before the war in Syria begun. He was 2 yrs old at the time. Apparently he was from an affluent family living in a house that cost nearly a million bucks. He was sick in the head, which himself and his family admit. Paranoid, violent, and had threatened to kill people in the past.
     
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    He lived in Arvada. This kind of like living in Compton. The house is worth what it is because of the refugees from CA artificially inflating the housing costs there. This reminds me of the shooting up of the gay club in Orlando. Or the offices in San Bernadino a few years back. I suppose when the video of dude screaming alluha akbar comes out, you're be what? shocked?
     
  9. Pro_Line_FL

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    Then you have obviously never been in either place.
     
  10. truth and justice

    truth and justice Well-Known Member

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    So funny watching you run away from every claim you've made
     
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    drluggit Well-Known Member

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    Hmm.. That's a truly ironic statement...
     
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    drluggit Well-Known Member

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    Hmm.. so at least you're amused by the fact that shooting up the food king was the act of a religious zealot. How comforting for the rest of us.
     
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    If you say so. Anyone can compare Compton to Arvada to see how they compare

    Arvada 91% white, and $85 000 median household income, and 4.6% below poverty line.
    Compton 1% white and $50 000 median household income (which is nothing in California), and 12.1% below poverty

    Compton is a gang and drug infested part of LA metro, and is considered the most dangerous city in California.

    So, exactly how does Arvada compare to Compton, and why would Californians "escape" California and move to a city which you say is as bad as the most dangerous city in California?

    You have a habit of just throwing crap on the wall and hope it sticks, and it never does.
     
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    Arvada is a gang infested shyte hole. Ask anyone who lives in, or around Denver. That you don't know that, well, not surprising.
     
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    No, you cannot walk into a Wal Mart or a gun store and purchase the equivalent of a real assault weapon.

    LOL - And it's precisely the ability of a fully automatic assault weapon to fire more rounds that enables the person firing that weapon to kill more people in a shorter period of time. That's why our military issues fully automatic assault weapons to its personnel and that's why you cannot walk into a Wal Mart or a gun store and purchase one.

    Dude, it takes seconds to reload the magazine on a rifle or a handgun, and it doesn't require superhuman motor skills to reload a revolver or shotgun in under a minute.
     
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    Reading comprehension challenges?
     
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    So you believe the USSC has been wrong about the 2nd Amendment since it's inception?
     
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    Now that we know the shooter is a Muslim it probably will be forgotten in a week.
     
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    What you purpose is in your post #230. It truly is sad you don't remember what you purposed.
     
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    Gun enthusiast don't trust people who say they don't want to remove the 2A, they just want to make guns harder to own which is why they are not willing to compromise because it's just the beginning of ending gun ownership.
     
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    Obama's identity politics turned the nation into a bunch of "thems", building on earlier progress of stripping Americans of national identity by using origin hyphenated names.
    The FBI was aware of this guy. They didn't object to him buying a firearm knowing he was not a hunter or a target shooter. As long as he didn't have a MAGA hat, he was good togo.
     
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    I'll repeat myself.

    Is shall not be infringed vague? What other Right includes those words?

    While an interesting argument that includes a number of subjective judgements, it's not what I asked, now is it? Please see above for my question.
     
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    How did they know he was not a hunter or target shooter? There is no such requirement, so why should they keep track of such things?

    I stand by what I said without repeating it. People can read it again if they like. 2A has 27 words in it, so why pretend only 2 of them matter? I support gun rights, but the words "well regulated" are there for a reason. I do not want a bunch of mentally ill drunkards running around with AR15s. Anthony Scalia agreed with this.
     
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  24. truth and justice

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    You mean a bit like 911 was forgotten in a week?
     
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    Lol, you are comparing an attack by an international terrorist organization that killed thousands and leveled two skyscrapers and damaged the pentagon to a lone nut at a store?
     

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