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(OP) User ID: 1158661 United States 01/30/2013 11:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's almost funny, that they actually BELIEVE that they would obey those new laws when they won't obey the old ones. They know they won't. As long as these thugs keep thes libs in power it's business as usual. I dunno, I'm sure there are some useful idiots that actually think they can create some type of utopia if only guns were gone...but you're right, it's about keeping them in power so they can HAVE the power. |
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User ID: 16510251 United States 01/30/2013 11:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good post, I dont understand people who think no guns = no gun murder they set out to take someones life that itself is highly against the law and very wrong so what makes people think a gun being banned will stop it? drugs are banned and many people still use them. :/sdfhasdfshasd/: Those who live by the sword die by the sword, those who don't live by the sword are subject to those who do. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24068510 United States 01/30/2013 11:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's almost funny, that they actually BELIEVE that they would obey those new laws when they won't obey the old ones. You'd have thought that with a magnificent black man in office, things would have changed, and all the criminals would become honest, law abiding and productive citizens. So sad. |
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(OP) User ID: 1158661 United States 01/30/2013 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good post, I dont understand people who think no guns = no gun murder they set out to take someones life that itself is highly against the law and very wrong so what makes people think a gun being banned will stop it? drugs are banned and many people still use them. Quoting: AtsuiPanda What's ironic is that it's the NY Times running this article!!! They are contradicting themselves and other articles they've had in the past... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 18237036 United States 01/30/2013 03:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | CHICAGO — Not a single gun shop can be found in this city because they are outlawed. Handguns were banned in Chicago for decades, too, until 2010, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that was going too far, leading city leaders to settle for restrictions some describe as the closest they could get legally to a ban without a ban. Despite a continuing legal fight, Illinois remains the only state in the nation with no provision to let private citizens carry guns in public. Quoting: Laura Bow And yet Chicago, a city with no civilian gun ranges and bans on both assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, finds itself laboring to stem a flood of gun violence that contributed to more than 500 homicides last year and at least 40 killings already in 2013, including a fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl on Tuesday. To gun rights advocates, the city provides stark evidence that even some of the toughest restrictions fail to make places safer. “The gun laws in Chicago only restrict the law-abiding citizens and they’ve essentially made the citizens prey,” said Richard A. Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association. To gun control proponents, the struggles here underscore the opposite — a need for strict, uniform national gun laws to eliminate the current patchwork of state and local rules that allow guns to flow into this city from outside. More at [link to www.nytimes.com] Sorry to correct you friend but the latest guns going off with bullets hitting people in chicongo is over 50. Now back to you......... |
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User ID: 32831057 United States 01/30/2013 06:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think we're way overdue for a law against killing people. If only there was a law against crime the US would be a wonderful place If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already. Bob Marley “The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32328802 United States 01/30/2013 07:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Gun Control is working out Great for Chicago. Thread: Chicago More Deadly than Afghanistan! More people Killed in Chicago over last ten Years than 10 Years of Deaths in Afgan War |
upyoursnwo User ID: 31907650 United States 01/30/2013 08:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I live in the burbs of Chicago. Most of the gun deaths are criminals killing criminals so there's no big deal there and probably an overall benefit. There are innocents caught in the cross-fire quite often and that is tragic. But if you could get stats on how many worthwhile humans were killed by guns, the numbers wouldn't be nearly as dramatic. The problem here is long-running and well known to the nation...greedy, corrupt sociopaths run the city and state (that pig George Ryan was just released from prison today) and this breeds a lack of respect for order with the population. Chicago is packed full of gangstas, but also mafia from all corners of the world. They can operate with impunity here because all they have to do is grease the palms of the politicians and cops. And from there, the hilarity ensues. Anyone with means has ditched the city. And the rest of the state is ruled by the voting decisions of the dregs inhabiting Chicago who want to keep the corrupt elements in place. We have $100B in unfunded pension obligations, credit rating downgrade, retards and criminals running the state, criminals and sociopaths in Chicago determining election results for the state-wide races. Illinois is fucked. Harsh gun laws/lax gun laws, would not change what ails this putrid state. But it is fun to see them use this hellhole as an example as to why gun control laws don't work. Nice to see the state contributing something of use to the cause. |
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