Gun Apprecitation Day ; 5 people shot

[Sam Fisher]

Why is the 2nd amendment still needed? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it initially implemented so that people could protect themselves when invaded by a foreign power or from a too oppressive main government?

Okay then, get rid of the First Amendment while you're at it...... no more freedom of speech for you. Next time you say something in public that someone doesn't like, you will be thrown in jail.

 

[Mayhem]

The exact text as adopted by your congress. Nowhere does it mention tyranny from the US government. the security of a free state can be threatened by an external force.

Security Of A Free State. There is your mention of tyranny.


Well, nuking may be a bit over the top, but using tanks (think of China and the Soviet Union) have in fact been used and we are talking about tyrants.


You just made my above point. They used tanks against an unarmed populace. And it's stunning to me how people continuously choose to ignore Syria. These guys are duking it out against tanks and fighter jets, and they're making it happen. It's tough going and a lot of people are dying. But by your claim, they should have been rolled over within a month.

Difficult, not impossible. First of all, an amendment itself a change to the original law or, in this case, constitution (just think of it, the right to own a gun wasn't even in the original constitution, which was adopted in 1787, while the 2nd amendment was adopted in 1791). It requires a 2/3 majority of both houses congress, but the constitution and amendments can be amended.

They are never going to get the votes. It's as simple as that.


Please enlighten me.

No. It's not my job to see to your education. Every single sentence in that particular paragraph was wrong. It's up to you to find out why.

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[Sam Fisher]

Johan, get it into your thick skull.....

 

[Johan]

I personally like the smiley face in the thread title that precedes the "5 people shot," line. I guess to you gun violence is a good thing when people with whom you disagree are the ones getting shot. Pretty despicable.

Seems that the concept of irony is a little too complicated for you tiny mind. The Gun Appreciation Day's purpose was to show how responsible most gun owners are. It appears that these responsible people shot 5 people. Talk about responsible people...

Anyway, I allow myself to make fun of this because no one got killed, otherwise I wouldn't...

 

[PlumpRump]

Seems that the concept of irony is a little too complicated for you tiny mind. The Gun Appreciation Day's purpose was to show how responsible most gun owners are. It appears that these responsible people shot 5 people. Talk about responsible people...

Anyway, I allow myself to make fun of this because no one got killed, otherwise I wouldn't...

No. Gun appreciation day was intended to show support of private gun ownership and designed as a message of support for the 2nd Amendment to Congress and the President. Given the wording on the Gun Appreciation Day website, which makes no mention of "how responsible most gun owners are," I would say that it might be you that doesn't understand the concept of irony.

As for your statement that

I allow myself to make fun of this because no one got killed, otherwise I wouldn't...

are you implying, then, that its OK to make fun of the Lone Star College incident, or say, the Taft Union high school incident in California because no one was mortally wounded?

I thought guns were the issue to you, now it seems pretty clear that the issue to you is people who think differently than you do.