Phil Pascoe
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I suppose a bow and arrow would be better.Guns aren't an effective defence weapon.
I suppose a bow and arrow would be better.Guns aren't an effective defence weapon.
A sharp letter to the comments section of the Guardian should do the trick. Works for me every time.I suppose a bow and arrow would be better.
In the intervening 230 years since the 2nd amendment was ratified they have never been used to escape from crooked government.....There was a point here about 240 years ago that we used them to get away from a crooked government, though. Quite effective.
In the intervening 230 years since the 2nd amendment was ratified they have never been used to escape from crooked government.
On the other hand they have been used once as a threat to a legitimate government. Only a few days ago, for those with short memories.
An overwhelming argument for a 3rd amendment!
In any case it was difficult to see how they could have been used effectively and instead they killed a cop with a fire extinguisher. Proud boys proudest moment!
Oh yes I wasn't counting. Roll on the removal of the 2nd amendment!I'm maybe being thick but there is a 3rd ammendment already is there not.
I'm not following your drift.
I'm assuming that this is response to my post about my time in Philly etc. From what I recall Broad Street, Philadelphia isn't usually regarded as a bad area of the city; if I recall correctly it's the main street that leads up to the guy p,,,sing off the big building in the center of the city; Broad street being very similar to Oxford street, London...that's in the UK. The UArts accommodation was used for many years as it was central and had excellent facilities.
As to not knowing what the US is like I also spent time in New England (I can list the places if you wish). Arizona, Texas, etc. and the west coast. It was fascinating to observe the difference between people on the west coast and those on the east; west cost more open to the world, east coast more up tight and trigger happy.... first time I saw an AK-47 in the flesh was in the office of the guy that ran the city recycling center for timber. And on that point I was really impressed with the forward thinking of the city of Philadelphia with regard to how they dealt with timber recycling which should be adopted worldwide IMHO.
Just out of interest have you ever been outside of the USA?
The U.S. has just 4% of the world’s population but owns about 40% of civilian-owned guns globally, according to a 2018 report from the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey. The SAS estimates that American civilians own 393 million guns, ranking the U.S. number one in firearms per capita.
If the ownership of guns were outlawed tomorrow, how many of these would be handed in?
Iits easy to find anecdotal evidence that agrees with almost any argument.
It seems to me that, now Trump has gone, everyone is flailing around trying to work out what to do. Four years of "Orange Man Bad!" has kept you all fully engaged, but now what?In the intervening 230 years since the 2nd amendment was ratified they have never been used to escape from crooked government.
On the other hand they have been used once as a threat to a legitimate government. Only a few days ago, for those with short memories.
An overwhelming argument for a 3rd amendment!
In any case it was difficult to see how they could have been used effectively and instead they killed a cop with a fire extinguisher. Proud boys proudest moment!
Now Biden is signing a series of executive orders reversing the orange man's moronic policies.It seems to me that, now Trump has gone, everyone is flailing around trying to work out what to do. Four years of "Orange Man Bad!" has kept you all fully engaged, but now what?........
It seems to me that, now Trump has gone, everyone is flailing around trying to work out what to do. Four years of "Orange Man Bad!" has kept you all fully engaged, but now what?
This thread has turned in to a generic "USA Bad" collection of disgruntled anti-right moans purely for the sake of it. Donald is out, but you can't quite switch it all off.
It seems to me that, now Trump has gone, everyone is flailing around trying to work out what to do. Four years of "Orange Man Bad!" has kept you all fully engaged, but now what?
This thread has turned in to a generic "USA Bad" collection of disgruntled anti-right moans purely for the sake of it. Donald is out, but you can't quite switch it all off.
.But way higher than England is Canada at 34.7/100, Finland at 32.4/100 and Switzerland at 27.6/100, all notoriously more peaceful countries than England. Meanwhile lawless, drug-gang ridden Mexico comes in at only 12.9/100.
All of which just tells us that correlation does not equal causation, which we knew already.
I find it strange and bizarre when my views - which I happily acknowledge are non conventional and possibly extreme - are more moderate and less extreme than the concensus presented here. I am supposed to be the one wearing the tinfoil hat, not everyone else. It's odd, and unsettling. It usually means I have misunderstood something.If you find us all so moronic why do you bother trying to engage us in conversation?
This isn't aimed at you, but it's funny how a few on here told me that I was painting a false picture about the capitol threat and the inauguration. The person who gave a first hand account of both the capitol riot and the shooting turned out to be far more accurate than the news, but living here, it wasn't hard to tell which was more credible. Now the news has walked back all of the fantasy.
The rest of the murse crowd has now gone on to fascination with guns, and despite having been in more places in this country than anyone on here and for longer, I'm learning that I really don't know what it's like to live here and the threat of getting shot is imminent.
It's really bizarre.
Maybe you haven't spotted that the general anti Trump feeling is shared by the majority of Americans, who are not generally regarded as alt-left, or even left at all. Also very likely shared by a majority of people all around the world! Haven't noticed any alt-left expressions in this thread either.....I am supposed to be the one wearing the tinfoil hat, not everyone else. It's odd, and unsettling. It usually means I have misunderstood something.
",...welcoming of differences of opinion..." doesn't mean agreeing with people!....Got to love the left - so accepting and welcoming of differences of opinion.
I stand by what I said....how many people would die without guns?
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