Meh we will just have to wait another 10-15 years and most will die of health issues any-ways. By then I hope some new-blood can get into congress and the senate and bring real change.Lovely Mixture said:Look; I'm all for bashing dumb politicians, but I draw the line at advocating their deaths.Desert Punk said:Or pray if someone takes a shot they get em bothamaranth_dru said:
Would be far more productive!
Well, after repeatedly beclowning himself on gun control with his blather about shotguns [http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/20/joe-biden-shotgun-advice-could-land-jill-biden-in-jail], he had nowhere to go but up.Covarr said:
South Carolina here, and I bought a new pistol this past January. The procedure is much the same in the South as it is anywhere else in the country - I filled out the form 4473 with my personal information, and gave the clerk my driver's license. He disappeared into the back with the gun and my paperwork, where he ran me through the FBI's National Instant Check System database, to ensure that I am not flagged for any purpose (felony conviction, adjudicated mental incompetency, misdemeanor convictions for domestic violence, etc.). Since I'm not, he returned, I paid for the gun, and left. The whole process took about an hour.FalloutJack said:
But then the Speaker of the House becomes president D;Desert Punk said:Or pray if someone takes a shot they get em bothamaranth_dru said:
Would be far more productive!
Oh wow. Now I remember why I stopped posting here.Leximodicon said:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/295519-support-for-gun-control-slips-below-50-percent-after-senate-voteVMK said:
it's a combination of fear on behalf of the politicians, idiocy, and money from groups like the NRA.VMK said:
Ah, thank you. Now, I didn't think it was too easy to get a gun in any other part of the country, but seeing as how I can only speak for a small part of it, it was better to ask someone who knows. And it is indeed good to know that the practice is so-observed properly.ThatDarnCoyote said:
You know, I think that's no change at all, really. Many people compare the old and senile to the young and childish. What you want is someone who understands politics better than politicians and can take the piss out of it. Colbert may have turned down the idea of being president, but why not another comedian? I seem to recall a movie about this...Storm Dragon said:
How about no increases on taxes from either guns or video games. That is what actually makes sense, instead of falling into the same trap they want you to. Ignore the fact that the government spends money like it falls from the sky. Keep giving them money and they will keep spending it. You and I have to live on some sort of budget, they don't because they keep fooling people into letting them take more money.Akalabeth said:
That's a trick question. No one is against gun restriction or gun laws. It's actually pretty amusing when they talk about further restricting gun ownership because in a lot of places it's actually really hard to get guns. If you live in a city it's nearly impossible to get anything but a shotgun (which is the worst possible weapon to actually defend your home with). But there is literally no way to stop bad people from getting guns unless no one has guns, and even then bad people will still have ways of getting them that law abiding citizens won't have a way to protect against. Sure, you can argue that it is still better that no one has guns, but it's also not right to punish the 45% of the US (in 2011 statistics) that own guns and manage not to murder anyone or even have to draw on another human being. Also, they don't want to lose votes, that is all any politician anywhere really cares about... or at least most politicians, and that same number are just idiots. Joe Biden is actually a really big idiot here because as videogames fall under first amendment protection (according to the Supreme Court), there is that stopping them from taxing it.VMK said:
Don't tax shit! The producers of guns and games made their product, they should get profit. The federal government shouldn't be able to cash in on the productivity of real markets.Chrono212 said:
Collateral +20?Desert Punk said:Or pray if someone takes a shot they get em bothamaranth_dru said:
Would be far more productive!
I don't know, the South is the best place in the US to me. The Mid-US isn't a nice place, and the north and west coast are becoming terrible liberal majorities. The South is the final beacon of a balanced political conflict. If the South seceded the US would be done for.DVS BSTrD said:
True enough. It's only a matter of hoping that the new-blood won't try to emulate the old-blood too much.Cecilthedarkknight_234 said:
As per my current psychology class: according to most research they do actually have some effect on behavior but it's apparently such a small correlation that all the researchers didn't think it proved anything.MeChaNiZ3D said:
I recall one female comedian that said "you can either be vice-secretary of state or a kindergarten teacher....Either way you have to handle a baby who can barely form complete sentences."Storm Dragon said: