http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/12/18/gun-violence-and-the-fantasy-of-an-armed-citizenry Comments On: Gun Violence and the Fantasy of an Armed Citizenry by Betsy Phillips en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss >You continue to demonstrate that you don't know what you're talking about.<<

She doens't have to know. After all, she IS a triple AA child: mixed race, female, & lesbian.
Posted by bobsguns]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:38:05 -0600 Nashville Scene >if the gubmint wants li'l Gilbert's pop-gun, or Gast's tactical slingshot, they're gonna show up with a drone and get it<<

Molon labe, sir. Molon labe.
Posted by bobsguns]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:34:32 -0600 Nashville Scene >I hate America more all the damn time<<

I'm sure China or Russia would welcome you with open arms, sir. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, eh?
Posted by bobsguns]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:32:36 -0600 Nashville Scene >We quit prioritizing dealing with mental illness back when Reagan (and other Republicans) closed down mental hospitals and dumped the patients on the street.<<

Actually it was a lawsuit by the liberal-funded ACLU that did this. They took the side of a mentally unbalanced person did not have to be held in a hospitial/facility merely because he/she was unstable/crazy.
Posted by bobsguns]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:21:01 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by kkykx]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:31:40 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Makiaveli]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:01:25 -0600 Nashville Scene
No one has any need to drink booze either. We should outlaw all alcohol consumption to prevent drunk driving.

Oh wait, we tried prohibtion already and it didn't work out too well.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:31:02 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by AnglRdr]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:24:38 -0600 Nashville Scene
"No one has need of fully or semi auto weapons other than for terrorist acts, or for shits and giggles! Hunting weapons, revolvers and small capacity pistols, magazines and clips for personal protection, shotguns, and reasonable target weapons should be beyond sufficient for public ownership IMHO!"

Are you unaware that people have hunted with semi-autos for well over 100 years?
Posted by 464 ZMB]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:44:35 -0600 Nashville Scene
HELLS NO, considering some (all?) of the women I have known in my misspent youth.
Posted by Jim Collins]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:37:53 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Jim Collins]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:32:23 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Ben P]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:23:37 -0600 Nashville Scene
That was no comparison. The question was how far do you think Hitler would have gotten had the citizens been armed?
Posted by 44allin]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:51:14 -0600 Nashville Scene http://reason.com/archives/2012/12/19/flas…

"After the massacre, Press Secretary Jay Carney reiterated Obama's support for reinstating the federal "assault weapon" ban that expired in 2004, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) promised to introduce a bill aimed at doing so next month. But we know for sure that an "assault weapon" ban would not have stopped Lanza or made his attack less deadly, because it didn't.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:37:46 -0600 Nashville Scene
Please, continue. Ignorance is bliss, I've heard, so you must be an exceedingly happy fellow.

[Edited to add: the reason the blog is incorrect is because, like you, it misstates the weapon that was used.]
Posted by AnglRdr]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:32:04 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Ben P]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:59:50 -0600 Nashville Scene
No you didn't.
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:56:41 -0600 Nashville Scene
How far do you think Hitler would have gotten had the citizens been armed? They did their best to take away firearms, especially from Jews.

And no, that is no right wing paranoid fantasy inference to Obama.
Posted by 44allin]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:52:29 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Ben P]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:16:50 -0600 Nashville Scene In Norway, the annual rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 population is 2009: 0.1919

The U.S rate of accidental deaths is higher than Norway's murder rate: In the United States, the annual rate of unintentional shooting death per 100,000 population is 2005: 0.2718
Posted by Fay Delk]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:10:19 -0600 Nashville Scene
As has been mentioned, "assualt weapon" has a specific definition under the law, so the use of the term on its own demonstrates nothing.

And Gil, I offered proof for my contentions. Are you willing to do the same?
Posted by AnglRdr]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:09:56 -0600 Nashville Scene
In the meantime I can willfully ignore the facts that guns kill thousands of innocent people every year, and that not everyone wants or should be forced to be at the mercy of my temper and my John Wayne fantasies.
Posted by Concertina Terpsichore]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:54:44 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Min]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:48:08 -0600 Nashville Scene
Too many people are influenced by the 'look' of weapons rather than their capabilities.
Posted by Mark Rogers]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:26:50 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by TobintheGnome]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:54:08 -0600 Nashville Scene