Stephen King on US gun contols.

[Cybermat47]

Bugger

http://www.news.com.au/world/two-sho...-1226566379028

NRA chief: Why we fight for gun rights

(CNN) -- After President Lyndon Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968, many anti-gun politicians looked forward to the day when they could completely ban the sale and ownership of firearms and perhaps even confiscate those already in private hands.

Is that complete rubbish from the NRA yet again?
Lets see.
45 years for them to find a even a single careless slip from some politician that would back up their crazy conspiracy theory ....and they have produced absolutely nothing.
People still parrot their rubbish though.

[August]

I found this quote the other day which I thought fits pretty well with this discussion:

“Political tags ― such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth ― are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort."

- Robert Heinlein

[Cybermat47]

Wonder wether or not the Georgia school shooting today was done with legally owned guns?

[August]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Wonder wether or not the Georgia school shooting today was done with legally owned guns?

14 years old? I seriously doubt it.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by August

14 years old? I seriously doubt it.

The police haven't released much information on the shooter. Not even his age.

[August]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

The police haven't released much information on the shooter. Not even his age.

My bad it's the victim that was 14.

One interesting tidbit from the CNN article:

An off-duty Atlanta police officer working as a school resource officer disarmed and apprehended the suspect immediately after the shooting, police Chief George Turner said.

Maybe putting a guard at our schools can work after all.

Bugger

And
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/31...est=latestnews

and talking of suspicuious surly curmudgeons being good neighbours
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/31...ma-school-bus/