I care neither one way, nor the other, so am completely dispassionate and divorced from the event. From where I am standing, the pro-gun arguments are completely sterile in the face of a rationale profound in its simplicity. Attempts to derail the truth, with puerile, and hackneyed arguments, or demands for factual evidence that clearly needs no evidencing are as misguided as they are unhelpful. The world watches on in total bewilderment as brokers of fictitious nonsense ply their craft, in an episodic pantomime. The absurdity is so wearisome, most prefer to rise above the fray, in the (fairly) safe knowledge that time will allow the truth its moment of glory. The question is how do you wish your legacy to read? The world was flat?
FYI, violent crime statistics in the UK are distorted by a large number of kid-on-kid assaults over cell phones. This is just another example of an untruth being manipulated to serve an end. I’ve heard all these arguments over and over, and have read enough statistics and facts that have satisfied my own curiosity.[/quote]
What “ficticious nonsense”? With every anti-gun argument so far, it’s based entirely on emotional, hysterical nonsense. I have yet to see any facts or data to back up the pro-gun argument. If you don’t believe that facts and statistics have a place in this argument, that’s entirely your choice; but don’t think that it entitles you to push for legislation that would very negatively affect other people’s lives just because the anti-gun position makes you feel better.
I’ve made this point before, but will make it again: My mother and almost all of her friends lived through WWII in Austria, Germany, Poland, etc. They had to live through horrible atrocities because they were not able to defend themselves (against soldiers from all sides, since they were all guilty of committing crimes against the citizens there). Why? Because, in the early stages and prior to the war, Hitler and others decided that the people needed to be disarmed “for their own safety.” I do not trust any entity/government that thinks it should be able to overpower the masses, and I’m especially cynical when they claim it’s “for our safety.”
Additionally, for three years I had to deal with a stalker who had threatened to kidnap me and take me to Mexico to have his “Jesus babies.” I had never had relations of any kind with him, but he was convinced that I was his “wife” and even expressed his beliefs to the police. I slept with a gun under my pillow every single night, and that was the only thing that got me through that period of time. Under no circumstances do you or anyone else have the right to take away my ability to defend myself or my family.
If a person doesn’t like guns, don’t buy guns, but do NOT think you have the right to push your beliefs (which are based exclusively on “feelings,” and not facts or evidence) on others who strongly disagree with your “logic” and opinions.
