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In Topic: Mayan Calender "Experts"

Posted 22 Dec 2012

It's just to save face. Watch it be "rescheduled" after no disasters occur Sunday.
In Topic: 27 people shot dead at CT school, mostly kids!

Posted 16 Dec 2012

CTphpnwb, on 16 December 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:
nunc, on 16 December 2012 - 01:27 PM, said:
Well regardless of what you would do, the fact still remains that the crime rate is lower than the national average.

And regardless of what happens in one small town, most people don't want to carry or even own weapons. Your solution is Big Government at its worst: penalizing most law abiding citizens so that a few can have their toys. Moreover, the results cannot be extrapolated to work on a larger scale, especially considering that they may be coincidental and/or related to the novelty of the law.

I don't recall ever saying that the US should require every citizen to have a gun. I was simply making a point. There are a lot of people that don't like nor want guns and so I don't believe they should be forced to own one. That's an infringment of rights. I'm just pointing out that guns can stop other guns, and the knowledge that a potential victim might have a gun is a deterrant for crime.
In Topic: 27 people shot dead at CT school, mostly kids!

Posted 16 Dec 2012

Well regardless of what you would do, the fact still remains that the crime rate is lower than the national average.

You are also forgetting that a security system requires a montly upkeep, something not everybody may be able to afford. Also if an intruder carries a gun and you carry a samurai sword, there's a good chance the intruder with a gun will get you before you slash him up.
In Topic: 27 people shot dead at CT school, mostly kids!

Posted 16 Dec 2012

farrell2k, on 16 December 2012 - 12:06 PM, said:
Python_4_President, on 16 December 2012 - 10:41 AM, said:
No one mentioned Kennesaw, Georgia?

Kennesaw said:
The Gun Law

Kennesaw once again was in the news on May 1, 1982, when the city unanimously passed a law requiring "every head of household to maintain a firearm together with ammunition." After passage of the law, the burglary rate in Kennesaw declined and even today, the City has the lowest crime rate in Cobb County.

There is no reason to believe that mandating a security system and the ownership of a sword in every home would not also produce the same effect.

I think the real deterrent was the public knowledge that there was a gun in the house criminals could be shot with. A security system doesn't offer the same sort of threat. Jail time vs being shot and potentially killed. And I don't think a sword promotes the same type of fear as a gun.
In Topic: 27 people shot dead at CT school, mostly kids!

Posted 14 Dec 2012

I agree with the whole USA culture. To me it seems like we're tiptoing around careful not to step on something should it break. With all that tiptoing, it's going to take forever to get where you need to go.

I have no opinion on gun control. Valid points on both sides were brought up. I do have to agree that there needs to be a change in American culture. I don't know what, where, when or how, but I do know why. Incidents like these. I can't imagine the guy went in and shot up a bunch of kids because he had a gun that was available to him. There's always a story behind, and I imagine that story was impacted by the way American culture is set up.

atraub, on 15 December 2012 - 12:29 AM, said:
To be honest, that's a little naive. It's virtually impossible to remain completely unbiased. There's only so much news that can be fit into a single slot and the networks have to choose what they do and don't want to include in their reports. When they interview people after the incident, should they calmly tell the survivors "Please try to keep your opinions to your self and try not to show any un-needed emotion, we're trying to be unbiased" lmao

I don't believe that's the case. I'm fine with interviewing peoples opinion. Give me their opinion in the interview but don't spin the story to be something it's not. That's the kind of bias I'm talking about.