DanG

Actually, your post made my point. For whatever reason, modern conservative Christians have this desperate need to feel persecuted. They seem to get a sense of purpose by thinking everyone else is out to get them, even though Christians are a majority in most if not all Western countries. Most non-religious people (who actually are still persecuted) just want to be left alone. The reason you may see us criticizing Christianity more than other religions is simply because Christians are the ones forcing their religion down our throats the most often. - Dan G

And yet, there is something about the name, Mohammed. And yet, there is something about the name, Buddha. And yet, there is something about the name, Jehovah. And yet, there is something about the name, Ganesh. ... - Dan G

Uh, no. As much as you want non-religious people to secretly be anti-Christian to stoke your feeling of persecution, it's not true. - Dan G

Your proposal is interesting, but it would make life much more dangerous for a battered spouse trying to buy a gun for protection from their abuser. There is also the problem of paying for it. You'd have to have cops who's sole job is going around conducting gun purchase interviews. - Dan G

The difference between the gun deaths and car deaths is that guns are used the murder people. As in intentionally take their lives. The vast majority of automobile deaths are accidents. Believe it or not people get more upset about murder than they do about accidental death. - Dan G

Whatever. I usually agree with your political views, but your presentation is often unnecessarily obnoxious. Saying, "they'll die off soon enough," is rude and unnecessary. It doesn't serve any purpose other than to offend. And enough with the "Americans are all angry, alternative fact morons" bullshit. It's stupid and lazy. Notice I didn't say that all Canadians are haughty snobs. That would be stupid and lazy. - Dan G

You didn't address their racism. You said you hope they die. How would you feel if Ron said he disagreed with liberals, so he hopes they all die? If you can't see how that is inappropriate, I can't help you. - Dan G

Obnoxious and un-called for. - Dan G

Well, yeah, but the Patriots do suck. - Dan G

Well, you could really rack up the body count if you get away and do the same thing next week in the next town over. This guy had plenty more guns and ammo at home. - Dan G

To be fair, if someone walked into a church and yelled "grilled cheese sandwich" I would probably go into vigilant mode, too. Someone yelling anything in a public place with no context is pretty weird. Why a Muslim would yell "Allua Akbar" in church is beyond me, but if they did it would be weird and probably rightly result in people being sketched out. On the other hand, if Ron greeting a man at his church and the man warmly smiled and said "a salaam allakum" then drawing a weapon would be uncalled for. - Dan G

Hi, I understand better what you mean now. I still think a required two week training course is tough to swallow. It would essentially put legal firearms owners out of bounds for most people except the wealthy. Not too many working class people can afford to take two weeks off to attend a training class. Even if you did it on the weekend it would be tough for most people with responsibilities (kids, 2nd job, caring for elderly or sick relatives) to devote seven full weekends. I really think a two day course will teach most people what they really need to know. You could certainly require additional training if they wanted to open or concealed carry. As far as exempting military and LEO, I would be against it. I did IOBC almost 25 years ago. My continuing training in the Army was definitely not focused on home defense. Even my two tours overseas in a combat environment would not teach my what I needed in in civilian defense situation. And I probably had more and better training than most veterans. If you make the training course a two day class I don't think it is unreasonable to ask everyone to do it. - Dan G

I can mostly agree with everything except #4. That level of training is simply unrealistic for 95% of Americans. I graduated from the US Army Infantry Officer's Basic Course, and your MOUT (military operations in urban terrain) training is at least as much if not more than what we received. MOUT week was also the most physically demanding week we had, except maybe the final excercise. I can't imagine little old Mrs. Smith from down the block completing that level of training because she wants to keep a .22 in her nightstand. Also, why require training the pistol, shotgun, and rifle? I think training on the particular weapon you want to buy makes more sense. A training class of two days with one day at the range and the other on safe handling and storage I think is probably plenty, and much more realistic. - Dan G

Hmm, I'm aware of people getting kicked off every DZ I have ever been to. Been involved in kicking people off my old DZ back in the day, including lifetime bans. To imply Bill Dause has some sort of monopoly on safety is one of the most ridiculous things I think I have ever heard. - Dan G

It is much harder to get a gun in Europe and Canada. Not impossible, but harder. And when you do, most European countries do not let ordinary citizens have the same types of weapons we can get in the US. I know no one wants to hear it, but the difference is the easy access to high power, high capacity, high firing rate weapons. - Dan G

Hi Don, I'm replying to you because you are normal, not because of what you just posted. Anyway, I wonder about the people who say that the gun is just a tool, no different from any other object. They believe restricting the easy access to guns would just push would-be mass murderers to use other means. For these folks I have two questions: why do you think every military in the world arms their soldiers with guns, and why do we care if North Korea gets a nuclear ICBM? By the logic I have seen, militaries could save tons of money by issuing swords and knives instead of rifles and pistols. Also, can we agree that the phrase "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is directly analogous to "nukes don't kill people, nation-states kill people?" - Dan G

Not as hard to believe that you keep responding to him. - Dan G

I know you can't look into the hearts of other men (except Obama, apparently) but in your opinion was/is Jimmy Carter a good and true Christian? - Dan G

It probably means one guy was showing off his huge biceps to another guy's girlfriend, so the second guy killed him with a spork. Happens all the time, and the liberal fake news uses it to skew the "gun" statistics. BTW, please stop engaging him. His is a waste of time. - Dan G

Fascinating. BTW, your claim that you are an Independent is about the funniest thing I've seen today. Have you voted for anyone who wasn't a Republican in the last few decades? - Dan G

Pretty impressive that you were tracking an Illinois state senator from across the country. I had no idea you were to politically informed. Any obscure state senators we should keep our eyes on these days? - Dan G

Interesting. That law seems to have no purpose other than to make weapons hard to track. Besides the Obama coming for your guns argument, what is the point? - Dan G

I understand the resistance to a gun registry. I really do. I used to be staunchly pro-2nd Amendment. Unfortunately I am realizing more and more that supposedly responsible, law abiding gun owners are anything but, and the systems we have in place to protect the public from gun violence don't work. I find myself drifting away from my pro-gun rights beliefs with every dead child, concert attendee, or battered spouse. - Dan G

Apparently we are going to have to disagree on this point. Out of curiousity, are your unserialed weapons antiques? If not, can you explain how they don't have serial numbers? - Dan G

In Doug's system clearly the FFL dealer who sold the gun would have to keep a record. If all sales go through an FFL, then every gun has a paper trail. Yes, grandfathered guns would have to be dealt with, but they would either disappear over time, or if they proved to be persistent, they wouldhave to be registered. - Dan G