SkyDekker

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    I agree, that is why I live in a country where I don't need a weapon to make myself or my family feel safe.
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    Looks like the only Weapons of Mass Destruction out there to be found are hidden in Texas
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    In a very simplified version. The police with the guns works to keep the small minority with guns away from the majority who like to live without guns. In general the police does a pretty good job, hence the majority of people can feel very safe without a gun strapped to them. Your question fails to show an understanding that eventhough society leans in a certain direction, it does not follow that everyone in the same society leans in that direction. Just a majority. Once you understand that, the rest of your question is somewhat silly.
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    Eventhough it is a right, that does not mean I have to agree with it. Also doesn't mean I begrudge those that do.
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    Future Sky Girl

    SkyDekker replied to Miami's topic in The Bonfire

    she is very cute.
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    Because it is a safety tool required to do their job.
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    No I don't, but I am not a police officer, I am very happy that I live in a country where the majority of people feel quite safe without carrying a gun around. The fact that so many Americans only feel safe with a gun strapped to them says enough about your society when it comes to violent crime and violent offences.l If you guys feel that the only way to combat all this violence is to throw more guns at it, be my guest, it doesn't affect me. In the mean time, I am very happy, living here with the polite people who don't need guns to feel safe.
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    So, you truly believe that Bush has been honest in his statements and intentions about the Iraqi war?
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    Exactly it is done out of respect, correct?
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    I think I am going to bow out of gun related discussion. Personally I find the notion that one needs a gun to protect oneself assinine. But that probably has to do with the countries and cultures I grew up in.
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    I saw that and had already edited it. I would not have a huge problem with that. But the other suggestions should then be implemented as well. I don't think you will find many pro-gun people who are even remotely in favour of doing that. I think it is quite fair that if you are not allowed to even have one sip of a beer before you are 21, you should not be allowed to even think about touching a hand gun until you have reached that age.
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    Sounds like they did it because they had to, not because of any deep routed respect for the Cinc.
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    So, fine, let's treat guns just as we treat cars and liquor. You cannot play with them until you are of a certain age. For a car that is 16 for liquor it is 21. Guns are far more serious then alcohol in my mind, so guns should be illegal for anyone at least under the age of 21. Towns and counties have the right to be "dry". They should be allowed to do the same with guns. You need a license to own a gun and you have to prove competency to own it. Every gun, just like every car, will have to be registered by their owners. And I could go on and on and on. I would be in great favour of treating guns just like cars and liquor.
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    All you said can be applied to other countries and leaders around the world. Hence, it clearly cannot be the reason for the action, since it would logically follow that other countries must be invaded as well. Hence, that may have played a role, but there must be something else at play.
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    No, it is not. The argument is that gun laws are useless because non law abiding citizens wont abide by them. The fact of the matter is, that specific argument can be used on every law in the book. Clearly there have to be laws to keep guns away from certain people? Yet, as you can see from your various wars on drugs, illiteracy etc, not all laws and efforts irradicate all problems. Just because people break the law, that does not mean there should be no laws to begin with.
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    No it doesn't. There are scores and scores of stories of fine upstanding citizens who get caught breaking a law at some point in their life. I am sure that pretty much all of us have run a red light in our past. Or have driven with m aybe a touch more alcohol in our blood than was premitted. Or maybe have driven a touch faster than the speed limit. So, now you are no longer a law abiding citizen. Laws don't stop law abiding citizens from doing something, it just defines who the law abiding and non law abiding people are. Laws are used to create an "accepted" behavioural pattern. There will always be those that chose not to follow that pattern. That however is in no way a valid argument for not having laws.
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    So, did you feel the same way when Clinton was your Cinc?
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    I have never understood this. Laws against running a red light do not stop all people from running a red light. In your logic, we might as well get rid of that law. Laws against drinking and driving do not stop people from drinking and driving. We might as well allow drinking and driving, obviously those laws aren't working either. The US war on drugs does not stop drug use. You better stop your war on drugs and legalize all drugs, since it is not working. The death penalty hasn't stopped people from being murdered. No jail sentence has stopped crimes from being committed. In the end there will never be a law that will completely stop criminals from acquiring guns illegally. It is impossible by definition.
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    I get the biggest smile every time I look at my beautiful wife and realize our baby is growing inside her...............
  20. SkyDekker
    So all his racial comments are nill and void because he slept with a black woman? That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
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    Baby Names

    SkyDekker replied to jfields's topic in The Bonfire

    Just don't pick Jonah for a boy or Maya for a girl
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    Bill good to hear you are back at home. I still hope that you will be able to make a jump in your 70s!! Hopefully you will be able to stop by skydive Burnaby this summer. Beer is on me, stories on you
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    Congratulations Lisa, that is just awesome.
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    True, the remarks at the time were that Mad Cow disease could never happen in the US. The rules and regulations were true stringent. It could never happen I hope it will not have the same devestating effect on the US cattle industry as it has had on the Canadian cattle industry.
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    If you guys just do a little reading, you'll find this guy has bigger balls than most of us will ever have. He deserves to be treated with some respect, even if you don't agree with his views.