Barack Obama: The 3,000 beautiful lives on 9/11 will not be forgotten! Congress: The more than 450,000 beautiful lives lost to guns over the past 15 years? Already forgotten!
It’s so sad that so many people die of accidental discharges and stupid arguments and impulse suicide. But at least a tiny percentage of them are rumored to prevent violence with them before they take their own lives, or those of loved ones.
Right wingers don’t care about your life. They have no health care plan and love flooding the country with guns. They won’t even fund Zika. They really don’t care about you.
@Jeddidyah – Britain is a small island. Fairly easy to control guns yet still people die. Even if the USA could circumvent the constitution and try to control guns, consider that the USA can’t even control people crossing its boarders much less something like guns. .Like prohibition couldn’t control alcohol there are no laws that will stop illegal guns from getting into the hands of criminals. Many, if not most, gun deaths are bad guy on bad guy deaths. These won’t stop. .All you do with gun control is take away a good persons right to defend themselves from bad people.
If you think owning a gun protects you, you haven’t seen the statistics. They mostly kill the people and families of people who own them. People who own guns are much more likely to die from guns than those who don’t.
And the GOP, the hand maiden of the NRA, continues to think that putting military weapons in the hands of the wackos is not only a good idea, but a great idea.
BigShellStill on that “prohibition was a failure” lie? Prohibition came into force about the time the medical world finally realized it was a medical problem rather than a “moral” one. There were 87 hospitals in the US solely treating alcoholism. When repealed, there were three..Prohibition didn’t outlaw drinking, only the manufacture and trade in it. Many consider it was repealed because the wealthy finally ran out of their hoarded supplies. Prohibition got the blame for crime after WW-I, “they won’t let me drink” lie. Very emotional. Who can get emotional over social breakdown due to rapid urbanization after the war – best illustrated by the song of the time, “How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve see Paree?”
Those are false numbers, because you cannot equate homicide and suicide.This falsely presumes that if guns suddenly went away, there be no more suicides. How do I know that this is false? South Korea, France, Japan and China; all of which have very strict gun laws; have HIGHER rates of suicide than WE do! They aren’t shooting themselves, especially Japanese women, who commit suicide at THREE TIMES THE RATE of American women.………………..The “French” in French Fries refers to a preparation technique whereby the food item is cut into long, thin strips before cooking. Think about French-cut string/green beans. French toast was also originally strips of bread that were dipped in batter and deep-fried.FYI, there is no clear evidence that French Fires were served before Thomas Jefferson did so in 1769.
braindead Premium Member over 7 years ago
It’s good to remember that Trump lost ‘hundreds of friends’ on 9/11.
They were such good friends, that Trump attended NONE of their funerals.
NONE
Maybe he was too busy hiring illegals.
streetbeater over 7 years ago
“We have met the enemy, and he is us!”
http://incommunion.org/2005/04/25/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-is-us/
Kip W over 7 years ago
It’s so sad that so many people die of accidental discharges and stupid arguments and impulse suicide. But at least a tiny percentage of them are rumored to prevent violence with them before they take their own lives, or those of loved ones.
Happy Two Shoes over 7 years ago
Right wingers don’t care about your life. They have no health care plan and love flooding the country with guns. They won’t even fund Zika. They really don’t care about you.
BigShell over 7 years ago
@Jeddidyah – Britain is a small island. Fairly easy to control guns yet still people die. Even if the USA could circumvent the constitution and try to control guns, consider that the USA can’t even control people crossing its boarders much less something like guns. .Like prohibition couldn’t control alcohol there are no laws that will stop illegal guns from getting into the hands of criminals. Many, if not most, gun deaths are bad guy on bad guy deaths. These won’t stop. .All you do with gun control is take away a good persons right to defend themselves from bad people.
ARodney over 7 years ago
If you think owning a gun protects you, you haven’t seen the statistics. They mostly kill the people and families of people who own them. People who own guns are much more likely to die from guns than those who don’t.
schrocknik1 over 7 years ago
…also the hundreds of thousands of Syrians, Libyans, and Iraqis who perished because Obama never followed through with his “red lines.”
superposition over 7 years ago
As the Russians are working on autonomous tanks, I honestly do not believe a handgun will deter them.
philnuffer over 7 years ago
450,000 lives lost to people with guns? Which army or country are you talking about? Get real. Exageration defeats the purpose of your statement.
tauyen over 7 years ago
And the GOP, the hand maiden of the NRA, continues to think that putting military weapons in the hands of the wackos is not only a good idea, but a great idea.
hippogriff over 7 years ago
BigShellStill on that “prohibition was a failure” lie? Prohibition came into force about the time the medical world finally realized it was a medical problem rather than a “moral” one. There were 87 hospitals in the US solely treating alcoholism. When repealed, there were three..Prohibition didn’t outlaw drinking, only the manufacture and trade in it. Many consider it was repealed because the wealthy finally ran out of their hoarded supplies. Prohibition got the blame for crime after WW-I, “they won’t let me drink” lie. Very emotional. Who can get emotional over social breakdown due to rapid urbanization after the war – best illustrated by the song of the time, “How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve see Paree?”
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 7 years ago
Lost to ILLEGAL guns, so you want to remove our best defense? What is your motive? Too many conservative voters?
KenseidenXL over 7 years ago
Those are false numbers, because you cannot equate homicide and suicide.This falsely presumes that if guns suddenly went away, there be no more suicides. How do I know that this is false? South Korea, France, Japan and China; all of which have very strict gun laws; have HIGHER rates of suicide than WE do! They aren’t shooting themselves, especially Japanese women, who commit suicide at THREE TIMES THE RATE of American women.………………..The “French” in French Fries refers to a preparation technique whereby the food item is cut into long, thin strips before cooking. Think about French-cut string/green beans. French toast was also originally strips of bread that were dipped in batter and deep-fried.FYI, there is no clear evidence that French Fires were served before Thomas Jefferson did so in 1769.