Isla Vista killing....the NRA's fault?

Yes, but you're less likely to do so. That's not an opinion. That's a quantifiable, unemotional fact.

It's crazy people with guns that kill a lot of people. A crazy person with rocks or knives will kill less people. Guns simply make the task far too easy and automatic guns make it efficient. It's takes guts to kill someone with a knife.

Also, I'm sure if we sat and made a list we would find that plenty of sane people have killed other people. The act of killing someone doesn't automatically make someone crazy. Mental illness is a separate issue as evidenced by the fact that not every crazy person with access to guns is killing people. There are more holes in that argument than a screen door factory.

 

It's a challenge that I don't know if an answer exists. I feel for parents with a kid struggling with severe mental illness. Like you said, once they are 18, you can't force meds. The police are limited. A 72 hour hold only delays the issue for 72 hours. When the person is potentially violent, there are few options. At some point, people should stop saying "I never thought" and move to "maybe he would".

I love the freedom of charter schools and the independence that is built into daily lessons and activities. There are days when my kid's come home, we talk about their day, and I have to "undo" what they were told. And no, you don't want to know or have our name behind certain activity. We don't need to know everything.

 

No.

It's covert killing...what kind of evidence do you want? Lol.

You won't get examples from me. I believe because....I have good reason to.

Right. Can those folks make $500k for a few month's work?

For me, I have all the evidence I need. My convictions on this point are immoveable.

 

No, I'm not guessing. The truth can make people uncomfortable. I get that.

I am not trying to convince you or anybody. When does that EVER happen on the internet? Do you honestly believe that everything the CIA does can be corroborated? Or that if it can't be, that it doesn't really occur?

http://www.theonion.com/articles/suicide-bomber-killed-en-route-by-car-bomb,2/

And no, the Bin Laden mole wasn't killed by Al Qaeda.....at least not without help.

 

how do you know it "takes more guts to kill someone with a knife"? These wackos know they are going to die. How do these things usually end? If the police don't kill the perp then they usually end up killing themselves.

As far as the argument being full of holes, its the logic of you and you left wing gun grabbing cohorts like Nancy Pelosi and Charles Shumer that is holier than a stadium full of saints. Lets just pretend that you get your wish and guns are made illegal. No pistols, no rifles, no shotguns. Not even a BB gun would be legal to possess. Don't you think that criminals would still have guns? And while I try to be law abiding I wouldn't turn if my guns. I would have to less open about having them but I would have them. I doubt that even somebody like Red, who straddles the fence on this subject would turn in his guns. Not sure about LaSalle. He would probably keep his and be open about it at least on internet forums where he thinks he is anonymous.

Case in point: A few years ago a man living in Florida legally purchased a .38 Special revolver. A few years later he moved to New York, where the gun laws are a lot more restrictive. Being the law abiding citizen that he was he applied for a permit to own the gun that he already owned. Because he had no criminal record its probable that in time and after much delay he would have been granted the permit. During the time he was waiting for the permit a bad guy broke into the man's house and was terrorizing the man's family. As the bad guy was making motions of stabbing the man's six year old son with a butcher knife the man shot the punk and killed him.

The rest of the story: That should have been the end of it but being that it was in New York the man was arrested and charged with murder. For killing an invader in his own home. I don't know how it turned out but we can only pray that common sense prevailed. Anyway don't you think its a good thing he had a gun even though it was illegal at the time? Because the had the gun the man was able to defend his family and save the life of his son.

 

It has been my experience that some folks, even when presented with truth, will still not believe. You are neither required nor implored to accept my opinion. S'okay with me.

Really.....do tell. And how can you corroborate what you don't know and what isn't reported? Our government is expert at purposeful misinformation.

Spies? The CIA does all those things and uses PMC's as well. There is no possible about it.

Incapable and afraid is not quite the right wording. I am however talking about the 1% of the 1%. There are very few people capable of doing what they do and who are willing to do it. It carries a price. Being declared a rogue warrior without any support from the government that sent you is a daunting proposition. It's unlikely that your guard will ever let down the rest of your life.

I figured the googlemaster would realize that. You can easily find headlines about the removal of targets and from legit news sources but I suspect you won't believe them anyway.