Wait. Sit down first. Kick your feet up, get comfy.
You and I are 50/50 on this one. Owning guns isn't mysterious to me. I own several, they've never killed anyone. I think it's totally backwards to disapprove them but approve the ones on a cops belt. Their guns don't kill people either, people kill people. Big huge butcher knives should be banned in Europe and England then because although there's strict gun laws, people are stabbed 75 times in broad daylight. The knife didn't do it...
I'm just as much against gun violence as I am animal cruelty and all violence but I'm not against guns. I'm American, I think you nailed the issue and I'm not referring to the fucking moron asshole part you grouped me in. There's a lot of mentally unstable people in my home country and I think it stems from the healthless careless system you mentioned where medicine is a commodity. That should be illegal. If military and law enforcement possess firearms, I think everyone deserves the same right but don't worry, we're mono-e-mono on the abortion tip.
I won't disclose my personal experiences on the issue, not everything is meant for public.
Charging a woman for murder for having an abortion is absurd and, if that's the case, every man reading this is guilty of manslaughter on a weekly or even daily basis. I'm embarrassed the Supreme Court can just overturn multiple decade old laws and old white men in power at the head of state are just itching at the opportunity to pull the trigger.
Hello, Foodie. <3
Retort...
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It is OK to murder them in the womb, hell even during birth in some states.
Oh by the way. The Supreme jerkoffs in that now Banana Republic Muricas dictatorship court. They did not ban anything. Duh, They are making it a states issue. Ya'll can kill kill kill. You just might have to travel to one of those states where they defund the po-po, BLM and Antifa rule the streets, and people who illegally posses firearms kill 20+ every weekend in the progressive liberals gun free cities... (Cough cough shitcago)
But madness takes over when the (formally hospitalized crazzies)
mentally illGUN (yep, the gun did it) the firearm walks into an unprotected school building and slaughter children that have been outside of the womb for several years.An SUV ran over 50+ people at a parade. Not one call for banning SUV's. No calls for vehicle confiscation.
What a
downvoteclownboat world we live in where the banks, state and federal buildings, courthouses, political whorehouses in D.C. etc. Are protected by guns, gaurds, and such. But anyone can walk into a building containing our most precious, the innocent.I am not 100% against abortion. I do not want our tax dollars used for drive thru abortion clinics that some use as an extreme form of contraceptive. I believe abortion (just like vaccines) should be a private decision between a doctor and the
womanpatientooops my bad. Men can now have periods, breast feed, and use the ladies room... Clown World out of control. Thanks Bill Clinton for defunding mental hospitals to balance the budget. Now these crazzies run the show. Are on every street corner. And getting their hands on fire arms. The very same fire arms they will still use even if you "try" to take mine.Common Sense ain't really all that common anymore is it...
Are you talking about this Bill Clinton or this one? Since we're pointing fingers, shout out to Ronald Reagan for state colleges no longer being free unless of course you're minority. He and Bush senior were probably too busy over here doing what powerful white men do and free education cut into their programs.
I don't know up from down my dude, much less left from right, I've never even voted because if votes counted they'd be illegal. Well, that and...
Interesting none of those white powerful men lined up to control a woman have yet to spend a cent in the science lab developing a pill for men to shoot blanks long before the heartbeat—dicks.
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@pooky-jax did not guess that tune. We play the name that tune game. I usually win with the rock and metal. She gives me a run on the country and 80's music. Bout 51/50 and I win again...
R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen. (Best Lyrics Ever I.M.O.)
Hiya, how nice of you to stop by! I was quite overwhelmed with the sense of 'stupid' a few days ago, reading about mass shootings and crazy abortion laws! America: Shiny on the outside, rotten on the inside ;-)
Good to hear we can agree partially! Luckily we don't have to agree on everything.
You know, I will probably never understand an american's view on guns. They do not protect you, unless maybe you carry one 24/7 on high alert, but that's no way to live. In any other given case, you're probably not close enough to your gun to even use it for protection. I also don't see why you'd want them as a hobby, but I'm not a man and as a female, a little lower on that whole testosterone thing. At the very least though, even if only for a hobby, I think you'd need LOTS of better rules than something like 'Oh hey, you're 18? Here, buy this gun on a whim without any checkup at all', which seems to be the case in a couple of states?
I know I feel a lot safer in my country, where there are various checkups and you can't own a gun unless you keep it in a safe and only once you've spend atleast a year frequenting a gun range, using one of theirs which stays on the gun range. I think you're even obligated to continue frequenting one and there can be checkups at home for how you keep your gun. You're not allowed to carry guns on the street here, nor bigass knifes. I think maybe you can get away with a pocket knife, but I'm not entirely sure about that one... More knifes amongst kids is a troubling development here though, so I hope we can turn the tide there.
I honestly don't see why. They carry them, because they are needed for their job. I would think they get checked out mentally and they will be well trained for this. If they tend to misuse them, maybe the US should work on a better hiring policy for these professions. And maybe a random police officer shouldn't carry a gun without question (I don't think they do in our country), but then I'd lean towards taking away guns from them, instead of releasing even more into the general public. What does a random citizen need a gun for? If there aren't many guns around in the first place, you won't need one either. Here, petty criminals can't get a hold of guns. Here, disturbed people can't get a hold of guns. Organized crime can, but they don't go around causing random mass shootings. They either shoot rival criminals, or on a very rare occasion, one innocent person for a very clear motive. All very bad, but well thought out and very few random victims, as opposed to what a deranged mind can do on a whim.
I just don't see the use of so many dangerous weapons spread out amongst the general population. There are too many stupid and/or troubled people amongst us to make this a good idea.
But I also know the US already screwed up with so many guns in the country and I wish you good luck in correcting that mistake.
P.S.: I'm not sure I'll reply again, because starting a new job soon! Gonna be tiiiiiired 😴😴😴
Thanks for pitching in though! I think Americans and Europeans will mostly just be too far apart on this subject.
Abortions - There are obviously lots of angles that this is being portrayed but one of the ones that gets overlooked completely is that this should NEVER be a decision of the federal government. A person should be able to choose to do so or not to do so but it is up to the individual. It's also something that should be determined at the state level. There can be states that for whatever reason want to outlaw it, or there can be states that choose to allow it. It should not be something a federal government or court should have a say in because it's none of their damn business. I don't think federal officials need to get involved in state and local policies like this. That's not the job of the federal government.
One thing that this highlights though, and one thing we should pay attention to instead of getting as emotional as foodie is in this one, is the money behind it all. There is a LOT of money to be made by keeping abortions legal. It's a significant part of the healthcare racket going on in the country. If something is pushed so heavily, you can guarantee yourself that it's backed by significant amounts of money.
It's also an easy dividing line, which is the other unfortunate side of it.