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Plenty of shocking stuff, but one that grabbed me was:
"As of October 31, according to Prison Services figures, Israeli authorities held 5,426 detainees for “security” offenses, including 3,224 convicted prisoners, 1,465 pretrial detainees, and 481 in administrative detention based on secret evidence without charge or trial. Almost all are Palestinian."
FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE!! No charge, no trial, just locked up. Wow!!
A scorpion, which cannot swim, asks a frog to carry it across a river on the frog's back. The frog hesitates, afraid of being stung by the scorpion, but the scorpion argues that if it did that, they would both drown. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I couldn't help it. It's in my nature."
"Who needs a reason, this is ... (insert the Nation/Region of your choice)?"
see you there
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I don't want to open the door
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My dad ask me a question that I could not answer.Or at least not correctly.
He ask,how do the rioters support themselves? He went on to say that most Americans have jobs and once they get off work they go to the store,cook and eat supper and sit down to rest and eventually go to bed.
Rioters on the other hand,scream and crash and burn things all night. So apparently they sleep all day?
So how do the rioters afford to live?
How can they work and riot?
It's also been said that, the truth is hard to hear.
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19 mins. of Officer Tatum
I believe, he has a powerful message and thought I would share it...
What are your thoughts?
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Congrats on the recent retirement!? ✨ 🎉 🎆
I been enjoying it for about a year now. 👍
In preparation for a few upcoming events, I would implore you to go get yourself a nice pocket/purse sized handgun, of decent caliber.
Semper Paratus!
I'd prefer "Cura te ipsum" to Scorps' suggestion, as his probably means hiding behind a door with a gun in each hand!!
I am marketable and still have a few years left in me. Things probably won't get back to whatever "normal" is, until the November election and that's when I will see what's available.
1) Creeping privatisation of our National Health Service.
2) Ingrained class inequality.
3) Crisis in the provision of Social Care.
4) A National Debt that recently exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time in nearly 60 years.
5) Increasing unemployment, partially due to Covid 19.
6) An over-reliance on the Service sector within our economy (our manufacturing base is tiny, compared to our past).
7) Anti-immigrant biases and xenophobia.
An uncertain future after we, finally, leave the EU.
9) Right-wing terrorism.
10) An unrepresentative, and unelected, Second Chamber of our Government.
11) Puerile interest in celebrity culture (including our fucked-up Royal Family).
12) Homelessness.
13) Crony capitalism.
14) Government ministers that are inept, immoral or both.
That'll do - it's starting to get depressing!
The National Health Service would benefit from private organisations running it, and a rooting out of the useless management (see covid 19).
Of course there is class inequality. Some people are more privileged than others (usually money, not race).
Yes, Social Care is rubbish.
We are increasing unemployment daily with the cross-channel water-taxi service from France provided by the misnamed 'Border Force'. Who are put up in 4-Star hotels (closed at he moment)
Leave the EU, which 17.4 million voters voted for in 2016, a large majority, and then the remainer establishment spent 4 years trying to subvert Democracy. (We have left, officially).
We are the most welcoming country in the world, due to our extensive commonwealth of countries, black, white and brown.
There is no right-wing terrorism, only Muslim terrorism.
Yep, House of Lords needs a sort-out (of lib-dems).
(Skip a few lines)
Inept Ministers.
That'll do!
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Can you enlighten me?
In a mature democracy is there something inherently evil in being left-wing, pro-EU, voting Labour, or wearing a mask during a global pandemic? Or is it just that you hold different views?
I disagree with regards to privatisation of the NHS. You can reform management of the NHS without privatisation.
The number of people crossing the Channel is a drop in the ocean (no pun intended) when it comes to our unemployment figures. If you can find me a reputable source that proves that illegal immigrants (as opposed to asylum seekers) are being put up in 4 star hotels I will be very surprised.
Be honest about the EU referendum: it was a 52/48 result which I would struggle to call a "large majority". Given the turnout it wasn't even a majority of eligible voters.
Nevertheless, I respect the result despite it not being what I voted for.
"Most welcoming country" is your subjective view. We aren't bad, but Canada runs us pretty close. There's plenty of other Nations that are very welcoming too.
No right wing terrorism? Yeah, right! Who murdered Jo Cox? Didn't the vile Priti Patel recently outlaw "Feuerkreig Division"? Please don't talk out your ass.
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People can disagree with me, on an ideological basis, but if it's based on falsehoods I'll call it out as what it is - bullshit.
14. yep,a another biggei for the US, we dealt with it some in 2016 but still have some issues to fix.
At least if you get stabbed with a spoon here,you can just go to the hospital without insurance..
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Illegal immigration is shocking
Too easy to accept others culture over our own
Horrendous knife crime in places like London
Extreme poverty in areas
Too much homelessness
Inept political parties ( all of them!)
To be honest most of our problems are similar to other countries, i don't think anywhere is perfect!
Oh and our climate is far from nice BUT would I move to another country? I'm not 100% sure I would!
One of the things I've noticed is that I wake up somewhere between 3:30 and 4:30 and can't fall back asleep. Gee, it's not like I'm contemplating the umpteen things that I need to accomplish during the course of a day so quite often, I'm on my phone looking at Amazon, reading and deleting junk emails, on SYD/SYC, checking out YouTube, etc. One of the things that I often enjoy perusing is an app called NEXTDOOR, which encompasses our area. It's great! Last year, so-and-so had a bumper crop of rutabagas and was giving excess away for free. Another family posted when their cockatiel flew away, honk when you drive by so-and-so's house because their dad turned 84, somebody ran over my goose, boaters creating extreme wakes while water levels are so high, you know, it's the boats with the Trump flags, and on and on...... So the other day, a local bitched about UPS delivering her someone else's package AGAIN. Yep, AGAIN, as if this has happened more than once. The local discloses the receiver's full name and street name and wonders if anyone knows her. Hey, I think I have the solution, and I'm first to respond, I suggest that she contact UPS and have them sort it out. I don't say this, but no need to get yourself in a spin, apparently you don't want to deal with it so let UPS correct their error. Throughout the day, other "neighbors" are responding and someone responds to my post saying that we should go easy on UPS drivers because her nephew is a UPS driver in the upper peninsula and they are working long days delivering packages. I'm sure that they do work long hours but my guess is that they are also receiving premium pay for anything over their eight hour day, too. So......I respond back that I wonder if we should accept mistakes or mediocrity from our healthcare providers because of all the hours that they put in OR if that misdelivered box contained "your" medicine and/or insulin. DANG! My analogy made sense and my "neighbors" stopped bitching. After the original poster called UPS to make them aware of their error, she came back to apologize to the lady who defended her nephew, the UPS driver, it was actually a package delivered by FedEx.
I have to partially correct you though: it made the news here, a few thousand miles away, as well as Fox and CNN.
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Personally, I think tragedies like this are a direct result of you being a Nation that still has deep-seated problems when it comes to your "sacred cow" second amendment. My thoughts are with the poor little kid's family and friends. A tragedy.
The tragedy of this child's senseless murder was overshadowed by the rioting, looting and BLM.
I also agree with Country about the "black" in front of lives matter.
To acknowledge the skin color at all,is racist.If we are to be considered equal.
To be honest,why would anyone want to be "equal" Why not strive to be BETTER?
I would, however, tentatively suggest that it may have something to do with the worryingly high number of kids affected by gun violence EVERY day in the US. I saw something recently, on bradyunited.org, that stated the following:
"Every day, 21 children and teens (1-17) are shot in the United States. Among those:
4 die from gun violence
2 are murdered
17 children and teens survive gunshot injuries
8 are intentionally shot by someone else
2 children and teens either die from gun suicide or survive an attempted gun suicide
8 children and teens are shot instances of family fire — a shooting involving an improperly stored or misused gun found in the home resulting in injury or death"
Wholeheartedly agree that it was "senseless". I do, however, see a strange dichotomy: CC54 objects to the adjective "black" before Lives Matter, but takes the trouble to describe the thug (no argument on the noun) as "black".
As phart says: "To acknowledge the skin color at all,is racist.If we are to be considered equal." So why is the perpetrator described as "black"? The poor kid's father himself has said "This is no racial issue". Your troubled Nation needs a ton of healing.
You are absolutely right, we do NOT have a "gun problem".
The problem we DO have, is far more calculated and sinister. It's the constant peddling of a BIG, MASSIVE fucking lie, being pounded into the consciousness of a particular group of people, by numerous sources on a daily basis.
I'm afraid if it continues, there's going to be some VERY terrible times ahead. The damage may already be irreparable. Of course, I hope not, but I suppose we shall see in the near future.
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I'm not sure how much simpler I can make my opinion.
In the UK people get mad with their neighbours, get fucked-up on drugs, experience road rage, have mental health problems and the whole gamut of human frailties. However, we are not routinely armed with guns (regardless of clip capacity or whether they are automatic, semi-automatic etc). In 2019, as a Nation of about 67 million, we had 33 people killed as a result of gun crime. Personally, I don't feel less "free" because I'm not able to walk into my local gun shop and buy a weapon with minimal checks on my suitability to own such a weapon. Conversely, I feel more "free" to walk the streets in relative safety because I know the likelihood of someone pulling a gun on me is next to nothing.
In summary, the answer to your question is "yes" (but it applies to all age groups, not just your youth).
If shit like this happened in my country I would be mad as hell:
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As an aside: dgraff's comments, if indicative of even a minority in your Nation, are another part of the problem - Xenophobic and encouraging more violence to cure violence. Fucked up in the extreme.
How about answering the same question yourself?
If you have a gun within easy reach in the middle of the night, and you're ready for armed criminals to break in and threaten your family, I pity you. Living in that state of perpetual fear and readiness for violence is, in my opinion, a source of terrible sadness. That, as far as I can see, is the bargain you have struck when you defend that "sacred cow" 2nd amendment. Let's hope neither of us are faced with criminals breaking into our houses. Have a good weekend.
It is not an easy solution for the US I fear
Any current US citizen, if you ignore outliers like Erik the Red, live on land that 400 years ago didn't belong to them. A large proportion of that land was taken from the indigenous inhabitants by force, or other nefarious means. I believe "The Trail of Tears" has been mentioned in these forums before.
In addition, a significant proportion of the historical wealth of the US was built by "stealing" African people from their homelands and enslaving them. That, again, can only be done by force/violence.
If you're a Nation that is built on theft and violence might there be a subconscious feeling that, even at a collective subliminal level, in order to hold on to ill-gotten gains further violence is sanctioned?
If I took a straw poll amongst people from various countries and asked them which Nation do you think most closely aligns itself with the maxim "Might is right", I suspect that the US would be either near, or at, the top.
I don't, personally, think it's the "fault" of the Constitution. As an aside: I'm actually quite a fan of Thomas Paine (especially for his espousal of ideas like the guaranteed minimum income). I feel it's a flaw in the American psyche, if there can be such a thing.
As for hurting you,terrorist and crimminals might eat lunch at the next table from you that morning,and cut your throat that night.You never know about the crimminal mind or how it works.
I am strongly considering a concealed carry permit BUT I feel like it is a roundabout way of gun registration really.
I lock my doors and take sensible precautions to safeguard my property and possessions. What I DON'T do is arm myself like a one-man fucking army on the off chance that someone creeps into my house at night to steal my TV, and then come out all guns blazing! You'd rather shoot someone, rather than let them nick your TV and then claim on the insurance? Then it's YOU that's the fucking psychopath.
Are you telling me that you don't have a single insurance policy? If so, you're even more of a fucking idiot than I thought.
Why would terrorists and criminals want to cut MY throat?
The "crimminal (sic) mind" isn't usually that illogical. If all they want is stuff to sell to buy drugs why would they also cut my throat, and risk a murder charge?
I feel genuinely sad that you're considering a concealed carry permit. What's your motives for doing so? If your law enforcement officers can't keep you, and your property, relatively safe address THAT issue. Don't go thinking of yourself as some sort of latter day Rambo. You have any ideas of the chances that your own weapon will be taken from you by force and used to do YOU harm?
By your own admission you're an overweight, middle-aged bloke with cognition issues after a TBI. I'm betting my niece could overpower you. Grow up. Trying to take a cheap shot (no pun intended) at me, for having my home and contents insured is weak as piss. I can't believe, from your previous displays of humanity, that you would REALLY prefer me to be armed and waiting to shoot some poor miscreant just for trying to nick my telly!! Grow up for fuck's sake.
I am also conscious that it's not my country and I don't want to appear as though I'm lecturing you on how you should, collectively, run your Nation.
A few observations, nevertheless:
1)The link between economic inequality and both property crime and violent crime is well established.
2) Rates of violence are higher in more unequal societies.
3) Economic inequality affects violence by influencing the way we think, act and relate to others. It may stimulate social competition and so encourage violence or may curtail opportunities for some, giving rise to a sense of hopelessness which incites fear, violence and murder. Low levels of trust in (highly) unequal countries may provide the link which leads from higher inequality to high murder rates. Such societies may lack the social capacity to prevent violence and create safe communities. Experiences of inferiority may make someone less inclined to behave in a socially desirable way. This materialises as increased aggressive behaviour and high crime rates.
4) The average US Police Department requires fewer hours of training than it takes to become a barber or plumber.
5) You don't have a comprehensive National system to screen out "problem" police officers. I think they're known as "gypsy cops". Get busted for doing something wrong, and simply go and find a job with a different Police department in the next town/state.
6) Banning assault weapons could reduce gun deaths, but only when it is a mass shooting. Put simply: gunmen are less deadly when they have to reload.
7) Consider raising the age for having a gun to 21. One survey of inmates found that setting a minimum age requirement of 21 could have prohibited gun possession in 17 percent of cases in which people legally owned a gun and used it to commit a crime.
Safe storage laws. In Massachusetts, which has the strictest safe-storage laws in the country, guns are used in just 9 percent of youth suicides, compared with 42 percent nationally. The suicide death rate among youth in the state is 38 percent below the national average.
9) Try a "buy back" scheme for guns. Australia did it in the 90s, and had some success.
10) Hold gun dealers more accountable. Get them to change their sales practices, to comply with the law, or come down on them like a ton of bricks.
11) Strengthen background checks. Under federal law, only licensed gun dealers have to perform these background checks. Private individuals and many online retailers don’t. That leaves a lot of gun owners — about 42 percent, according to one survey published in 2017 — who didn’t undergo a background check for a gun purchase. So what happens when states go beyond federal laws and require all handgun sales to undergo a background check? Fewer gun deaths.
12) Close the "Charleston loophole".
13) Improve reporting on mental health.
14) Treat guns like we treat cars. In Connecticut, state lawmakers required people to get a license and safety training for a gun, just as we do for cars. In the decade after, it saw a drop in both gun homicides and suicides — at faster rates than other states without similar laws. And at the same time, Connecticut saw no significant drop in homicides not related to guns.
In short, I would prescribe progressive taxation. That would result in a less unequal society AND give you the necessary funds to develop a better-trained (and more numerous) Police Force, better mental health services, and all the other interventions I have suggested.
OR .. stay exactly as you are. If you do, however, you will have more stories like little Cannon Hinnant and more mass shootings etc etc.
You need politicians with the vision to have a long-term plan, because there is no "quick fix" - that's for sure. As you, rightly, point out the "bad people" will not just hand over their weapons. So, you need to take them from them and make it more difficult to get hold of them in the first place.
Sadly, I can "get" where you're coming from. The temptation to see yourself, and your family, as being in danger from gun crime and that the State is inept at protecting you must be terrible. In your shoes who's to say I wouldn't arm myself too?
It looks, however, like an internal arms race to me. "The bad guys have guns so I need a gun to protect myself and my family." All too often that mindset leads to dead bodies (never mind the risk of a child getting hold of your "home protection" gun, thinking it's a toy, and killing himself or another kid).
The current US thinking seems nihilistic, from my viewpoint. Good luck and stay safe.
#8 I'm all for safe storage, my guns are locked in a gun safe. #9 has been tried more than once and it attracts old broke guns from citizens as the criminals don't show up. #10 and #11 have been in process since 9/11. Good luck with #13. And as for #14, we are required to go through classes for a concealed weapons permit. However, the best training comes from our fathers, our grandfathers our uncle's. Just as I was trained and as I trained my boys. My boys will never be that kid at his friends house with a group of boys and gets shot accidentally by his father's gun. My boys will be the kid that takes the gun from his friends, un chambers it, pulls the clip, and hands it back to his friends and no one dies that day.
You asked me what I would do if criminals broke into my house in the middle of the night. Now you tell me your guns are locked in a gun safe?
What fucking use are they there, if you wake up in the middle of the night and a criminal is in your bedroom doorway? Politely ask him/her to wait while you get your guns from the safe?
Meanwhile you're looking at the "bad" end of a sawn off shotgun?
I have no problem with you having an opposing view, but it should at least make some sense ffs!
I go back, therefore, to my previous statement:
"If you have a gun within easy reach in the middle of the night, and you're ready for armed criminals to break in and threaten your family, I pity you. Living in that state of perpetual fear and readiness for violence is, in my opinion, a source of terrible sadness."
No, I don't have any weapons in my bedroom (or in my house for that matter). I'm 56 years old and have NEVER felt the need. Imagine that, CC? Living in a society where you feel, relatively, comfortable that you will not be a victim of violent crime and, therefore, feel no need to make your home a fucking arsenal! Have you any idea how bizarre it seems to the majority of the world's population that in "the land of the free" a private citizen feels it appropriate to have that many fucking deadly weapons in their house?
"4) The average US Police Department requires fewer hours of training than it takes to become a barber or plumber. "
I don't know the exact amount of hours for a cop, but just to be a VOLUNTEER fireman requires 125 hours of training.
when I dial 9-11, response for medical is about 7 minutes average as the folks are only a short distance away. Sherrif and his deputys, 15 minutes if you are lucky.Alot can happen in 15 minutes,I am not worried about my damn 22 year old tv set,I am concerned theives don't like the idea of witness's.
and most of the theives around these parts are jacked up on meth or something,drugs are the REAL ISSUE in the US,not the guns. Someone on meth,or whatever,is no one you want to tackle,they feel no pain,no logic,just 1 track mind,steal and sell for more drugs.
Telling me to grow up and you living over there with the All the queens men baby sitting you,hahah.
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You can't ask him to wait till he's 21 to own a gun? If he's not in the Armed Forces, why not?
Not all kids have been raised by you, and your wife.
We could go around in circles, agreed?
As I said : your country/ your problems. The status quo, however, is going to give you more mass shootings etc etc etc.
If so, I am happy to stand corrected but a link to show where you get YOUR data from would be helpful.
Maybe you should insist on a Police Service that responds more quickly when you need them. Maybe your country should invest in more drug treatment programmes so there are less miscreants fucked up on meth. Maybe you should get the rich to pay more taxes so that can happen. Maybe you should vote for someone who doesn't give tax breaks to millionaires, resulting in a more unequal society.
Is your TV insured then, phart? THAT'S what I was, primarily, mocking you for. Plus your implied assertion that your idea is "shoot first, ask questions later". Answer my questions for a change? What insurance policies do you have?
If you can show me a post where I have praised the UK as being, somehow, "better" than the US I'll be very surprised. My country has a ton of problems too. "All the queens (sic) men"? I would do away with our Monarchy in a heartbeat.
Value of items plays a part.I would probably not get anything if any of my tvs were stolen because the newest 1 is about 15 years old.the 1 I watch the most is 35 years old. another like I said is about 22 years old.
When we had a issue with the incomeing power lines,insurance gave me 75 dollars to cover the cost of a microwave oven and my computer,both that cost me over 2000 dollars total. A friggen joke.But to them they depreciate everything ALOT for each year of age.Like who can afford to go out and buy a new tv every 2 or 3 years? And nothing fit to watch if you had the best!
The theiving that has happened in this general area the past 3 or 4 years,which thank God has not been much, the theives break in when no one is home,steal some jewelery, money out of the kids piggy bank,and so on,and distroy everything they touch, turn over the fridge,dump out fish tanks, injure or kill animals,just cruel,hatful things. Meth heads,with nothing to loose. Hell if you shot them they would probably thank you as they died or their family would stop in and say thanks for getting rid of our problem!
Seems a little strange that you've been, regularly, praising your current POTUS for all his achievements in the economy/stock market BUT .. you can't afford a decent TV or appropriate levels of home insurance, and your community seems riddled with meth addiction and doesn't have the police resources to tackle those issues.
And your answer to all those problems - "Gotta git me a gun!".
You may not see it, but that looks fucking ridiculous to me.
Taxpayers can't be expected to fund 500 law enforcement in 1 of a 100 counties in 1 state.
If you'd rather live in a County/State where the police are underfunded (as you seem to be implying), you pay low taxes, and have to arm yourself like fucking Rambo in order to stay safe - good luck!
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"In general, income taxes are higher in the Nordic countries. The highest taxes being in Denmark, Finland, and Iceland with respectively, 55.89, 53.75 and 46.24 percent. Based on the principle of public responsibility, contributions of wealthier citizens provide the minimum provisions for the less fortunate. Countries such as Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium apply a similar model."
And have a guess where in the World people are "happiest" and have the lowest levels of crime?
I would, however, gently point out that if you feel you "pay all those taxes and never get any good from it" all is not well in your Nation/State/County. In the meantime you may find yourself in the unenviable position of deciding whether to pull the trigger and, potentially, taking another's life.
Not something I could easily live with.
DO IT!
Get your conceal carry permit, better to be safe than sorry. ESPECIALLY! Considering a couple events that are in our future, the Election, and the eventual verdicts on those Police killings.
They do NOT ask any questions about firearms you may or may not own. If your state is anything like mine, you have to participate in a 2 day class, 8 hours each day, on the safe handling and proper usage of firearms, they also make sure you shoot numerous rounds from your firearm or theirs and that your able to hit the target, "qualifying". The classes are well worth the fee. They also cover all the do's and don'ts within the confines of the laws as written in your state and even weird laws to be wary of in other states, like the communist run Illinois. I have maintained mine since the law was passed in my state, and have carried consistently every day since.
The piece of mind and on going training is well worth the time and cost.
To have a VALID debate or comparison between the two countries, the U.S. and the U.K. is not quite as simple as it seems.
ANY statistical comparison from YOUR country would need to be inflated by a factor of 6X, approximately, to even be remotely close to fair. Of course, there are other factors that would have to be taken in to account as well. Once the playing field is leveled fairly, I'm willing to go out on a limb and BET that the U.K.'s crime statistics OVERALL are just as bad if not worse than the U.S. and the ONLY possible exception, would be a crime involving a gun.
Just a quick example... How many crimes were committed in the U.K. involving a knife? Care to make a blind wager that it's FAR higher than the U.S.?
Albeit you are right, there is no "easy solution".
There are other things that KILL far more people, per year, in the U.S. than guns. Knowing that, why focus on guns? Does that make sense to you? Why not focus on DRUGS? Matter of fact, the number of deaths from drugs versus gun deaths is SO huge, it should be laughable to talk about guns. That's just one example...
"Knife murders are also higher stateside: there were 4.96 homicides “due to knives or cutting instruments” in the US for every million of population in 2016.
In Britain there were 3.26 homicides involving a sharp instrument per million people in the year from April 2016 to March 2017."
I'll take that wager.
"it should be laughable to talk about guns". I am staggered that you typed that, Scorps.
Plus, you can talk about both you know? In fact they're related, no? How many gun crimes are to feed a drug habit?
If you're awakened by a noise in the middle of the night from within your own house, how do YOU determine a trespassers intentions? Do you strike up a conversation? Once that's settled, do you assist them with hauling your goods out of the house? Do you go so far as to offer up even MORE valuable items? I have to ask, as I found your response... Interesting!
There are some nutty people in our world, as evidenced by the outrageous way that lil boy was killed. In most cases, there's no way to know when or where evil is going to strike or happen. That being said, don't you think it's best to be prepared for ANY or MOST situations to the best of your ability? Granted, there was NO preparation in the world that could have prevented his death, I mean generally speaking?
I'll be damned! There's that "sacred cow" reference again. WTF! 🤪
Risk assessments. You take each risk and consider 2 factors: how dangerous is the risk, and how likely is it to occur.
On that basis, from a personal point of view, it is highly unlikely that an ARMED criminal will enter my house. If one does it's pretty damned serious but it's also VERY unlikely to happen. So, measuring those 2 criteria I will have good locks on my doors and windows and a CCTV on an outside wall. But I will NOT arm myself with an AK47 or even a baseball bat. In that way I am REASONABLY prepared for the likely risks I face. I don't live in fear and I am highly unlikely to take another's life.
Where I differ from you is in your statement that "there was NO preparation in the world that could have prevented his death, I mean generally speaking?".
How about if ordinary citizens were NOT walking around armed? How about if ordinary citizens had to ALL have training in the safe use of guns? How about if assault rifles were banned? How about if ammunition was prohibitively expensive? How about really tough background checks and a mandatory waiting period before you get your gun(s)? How about better information on people with mental health problems being shared? Would all those measures have NO effect? You're not stupid, so answer honestly.
To answer your first, rather wacky scenario, question:
I would bellow at them to let them know I was aware of their trespass, call 999, turn on as many lights as I could and wait for the cops. You know the likelihood that this would lead to me being dead? VERY remote.
I'll take that deal.
Gun debates generally ARE "senseless and a waste of time", in most cases.
Unfortunately, I missed most of this conversation as it was taking place. I had to go pick up my shiny new Mini-14 yesterday. I'm VERY excited!
So my apologies, just trying to catch up.
Now that they don't need the US's protection from a enemy,they don't think we need guns. Finally it makes sense. Let the shit hit the fan in Europe again and I guess we should send in the troops with aluminum ball bat's with college degrees in social work.?
As an aside: how's your record in foreign military interventions post-1945?
There's that "sacred cow" quote, again. If you don't mind my asking, who are you quoting?
By referring to some of the numbers, it appears like you are sorta comparing the U.K. to the U.S. for illustration purposes, am I correct? I don't wanna just assume...
The 2nd amendment (surprise, surprise) isn't really a sacred cow, hence my use of that punctuation. I am trying to convey the meaning that the 2nd amendment, like cows for Hindus, seems untouchable - to the degree that it almost seems like a religious tenet.
I think I've made one statistical comparison between the UK and the US, plus some personal observations about how safe/free I feel.
Does that help?
Since you quoted Phart about the use of skin color preceding a description of a person as being racist, do YOU agree with that statement?
Depends on context/relevance, as you well know.
Sacred cow, huh...
Tragedy indeed!
There is SO much ridiculous bullshit being spouted off here, in this particular conversation, I don't even know where to start... 🥴
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If real Americans don't take the time to explain their own real life experiances to the europeans,they don't stand a chance of ever knowing or at least seeing things from a different perspective.
That's simply untrue, phart. I don't know what else to say to that.
In the UK we don't suffer from huge gun crime? Whether this is down to our police and general public not being armed or just that guns aren't as prevalent in the UK , I dont know to be honest. We also don't have as big a ' meth ' problem as the US so again that may be some of the issue in the US.
As for the comments about ' government run ' tv , that is very untrue in the UK , we have severL news outlets , as does the US, and yes each has its own agenda the same as the US. Do we get told everything that goes on around the world ...no ... do you in the US either? I very much doubt it. What we also have to factor in , discussing news outlets, they sensationalise a lot .... a sensational story attracts viewers/readers
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