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Originally posted by Maxatoria
...less nutters = less shootings...
There are those who believe that the government should have the monopoly on violence; that the government should be the only one armed, and that we should trust the government to protect us. There is just one little tiny problem with that, and that is that the gang of armed men doing the killing and the kidnapping usually IS the government.
It is the governments of the world who have initiated the genocides, the ethnic cleansings, the great mass murders. It's the governments that have systematically exterminated political dissidents. It's the governments who have built the concentration camps and the secret prisons.
It's the governments that have always been behind the worst crimes committed against humanity. Human governments have repeatedly demonstrated themselves to be the most bloodthirsty, ruthless, and corrupt organizations on earth. Even the sickest serial killers have nothing on the state.
And yet some would entrust them with the absolute power of life and death over you and your family. That's what is at stake when you give the government the monopoly on violence, because when the people have no defense the government has no boundaries.
The REAL Mass Murderers
Originally posted by Murgatroid
Here is the summary:
Here are the main objectives of the President's plan:
1. Close background check loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands;
2. Ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines;
3. Make schools safer; and
4. Increase access to mental health services.
www.shakesville.com...
A full transcript of the President's and Vice President's remarks is available here.
edit on 16-1-2013 by Murgatroid because: Added link
Originally posted by DrumsRfun
Here is a question I have been dying to ask you Americans.
1.Your 2nd Amendment was made for a reason,correct??
2.Your government is highly corrupt,correct?
3.If you guys have done nothing about it then don't you deserve to lose that 2nd Amendment??
4.Would this happen if they were scared of you "the people"?
Answers please?
I am Canadian so forgive my ignorance on this issue.
3.If you guys have done nothing about it then don't you deserve to lose that 2nd Amendment??
Originally posted by Murgatroid
Originally posted by Violater1
Please provide a couple of links to your source. If not, just listen for yourself.
I can't bear to listen to ANY more lies from politicians...
I feel polluted and disgusted just listening to them, which is WHY the transcript link.
Am I the ONLY one here that feels that way?
'I can't stand to hear his voice any more. He's a liar and worse.' ~ Caroline Kennedy
edit on 16-1-2013 by Murgatroid because: I felt like it..
President Obama's historic plunge Wednesday into the politics and realities of gun control in America has mobilized advocates on both sides of the issue. But though his major proposals, from banning assault rifles to more stringent background checks and ammunition limits, are being rolled out in the shadow of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., their Capitol Hill prospects remain highly uncertain given longstanding resistance to such efforts. Both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, head of the president's task force on gun violence, said as much during their televised announcement of the gun violence prevention initiative. "I have no illusions about what we're up against or how hard the task is in front of us," Biden said. "But I also have never seen the nation's conscience so shaken by what happened at Sandy Hook." Said Obama, nodding to the reality of politics, pundits, and politicians: "This will be difficult."
Originally posted by Maxatoria
Well we all know the governments of the world do nasty stuff to maintain the status quo, but if we can stop some guy(s) with sick minds doing stupid things then why not (assuming it doesn't stop anyone else doing what they want legally)
"...the tragic fact is that disarming victims leads to great bloodshed. I'm referring to the millions of people who died at the hands of their government over the past century. Most of these mass murders were preceded by a cynical and calculating "gun control" program, leading to eventual disarmament. Genocide followed soon thereafter."
Leave Mass Murder to the Professionals
I would rather be judged by 12 farmers than 12 scholars