City of Brotherly Love

[PornoDoggy]

This isn't really a 2nd ammendment issue; or better stated, the "guns" issue is low on the list of contributing factors.

All politics is local. Until the affected communities change from "get these gang bangers off the street except my [son/husband/brother/nephew/neightbor/baby's daddy"] to "get these gang bangers off the street, regardless", ain't nothing going to change.

Cops and other politicians are to blame too. When I say cops, however, I'm not talking about the grunt in the squad car doing his thing regardless of where they send him. I'm aiming at the the brass worrying about the next promotion or a run for city council who is deploying the grunt.

There are also economic and racial issues that come into play before the whole issue of guns comes in.

That being said ... "Why we will never be invaded. too many guns." should be accompanied by Minibon pointing at the sky shouting "De Plane! De Plane!"

The danger of being invaded by Genghis Kahn, his brother Don, and the whole damned mongol herd is probably lessened by the number of guns in the hands of the public, but that doesn't seem likely anytime soon (baring a beer shortage in Canada).

[MorganGrayson]

Pssst...PD...it's "Mongol horde."

Unless the Mongols have elected to send their sheep in after us...which in certain parts of our nation could provide sufficient distraction for us to be well and truly invaded.

The proliferation of guns in the US has nothing to do with the 2nd ammendment, or even the first part, which is the only part anyone ever reads.

If it's possible for an entire nation to be mentally ill, we've made it. Canada is up to its fine tush in guns but they seem to lack the desire to settle every single dispute with one.

People have had the ability to kill other people since the first cavedude bounced a rock off another cavedude's skull. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" has been seen by some to be a smart ass retort by the "gun freaks," but it's true none-the-less. Or more precisely "Americans kill people." I was raised to believe life was sacred and that was part of the "American fabric." The fabric unraveled a long time ago.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Canada is up to its fine tush in guns but they seem to lack the desire to settle every single dispute with one.

Rifles...

hand guns are tough to get legally.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Rifles...

hand guns are tough to get legally.

I do believe it's possible to kill another human with a rifle. The difficulties with a rifle my explain a certain percentage of the difference in gun murders between Canada and the US, but not the rather extreme one that's showing.

I also think the Canadian hunters would also have knives. Do you have a correspondingly high number of stabbings in Canada?

Or does some wierd thing happen at the border that makes Canadians just not want to kill each other as much as happens down here?

[PornoDoggy]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Pssst...PD...it's "Mongol horde."

See here, Ms Smartydrawers ... it's Mongol horde when it's just Genghis; when his brother Don accompanies, it's the whole damned mongol herd.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

This isn't really a 2nd ammendment issue; or better stated, the "guns" issue is low on the list of contributing factors.

All politics is local. Until the affected communities change from "get these gang bangers off the street except my [son/husband/brother/nephew/neightbor/baby's daddy"] to "get these gang bangers off the street, regardless", ain't nothing going to change.

Cops and other politicians are to blame too. When I say cops, however, I'm not talking about the grunt in the squad car doing his thing regardless of where they send him. I'm aiming at the the brass worrying about the next promotion or a run for city council who is deploying the grunt.

There are also economic and racial issues that come into play before the whole issue of guns comes in.

That being said ... "Why we will never be invaded. too many guns." should be accompanied by Minibon pointing at the sky shouting "De Plane! De Plane!"

The danger of being invaded by Genghis Kahn, his brother Don, and the whole damned mongol herd is probably lessened by the number of guns in the hands of the public, but that doesn't seem likely anytime soon (baring a beer shortage in Canada).

So... Are you saying that countries the US has been at war with did not consider US ARMED citizens as a deterrant?

Prepare to get owned.

[PornoDoggy]

Originally Posted by Anthony

So... Are you saying that countries the US has been at war with did not consider US ARMED citizens as a deterrant?

Prepare to get owned.

Since the Mexican-American War in 1846? Nope.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

Since the Mexican-American War in 1846? Nope.

WWII

Do a google search, plenty of instances where Japanese were quoted why they would not invade due to the prevalence of weapons in the U.S.A.

It took to long for you to answer, and I'm going to bed now.