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*sigh* I still remember those old times when people could just honestly admit they screwed up with their point. Even Republicans (somehow this probably related to "personal responsibility"). Not anymore, as I understand. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

In past you have been caught multiple times in situations when you said something which was discovered to be false, and then played "this is not what I meant" game, refusing at the same time to explain what you meant. No, thanks. Either you explain what you mean by your quite out of context post, or talk to yourself. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

No, my is not. Despite the larger number of criminals in Russia, there are only few crimes with guns, most of them being professional killers - which, of course, is much less concern for most of people. And the number of gun crimes increased in 1990s when the guns became more available (due to situation with Chechnya), and decreased dramatically in 2000s after some kind of order was established, and getting a gun out of Chechnya became quite difficult again. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So how many cases can you refer to when some "law abiding citizen" with a gun, who was not a cop, came to rescue someone being clubbed or stabbed by a loony? Compare it with just the number of murders, you'll get probability. Looking through the history of massacres during last ten years I can say that such probability seems to be no more than winning a jackpot in lottery - it is possible, but it is not something a reasonable person can count upon. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

What is your point? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

You only covered one case. What about purchases made by those to-be felons who do not have a record yet? What about straw purchases? Your point is kinda silly. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Yes, because it is extremely hard for a single person going crazy to kill twelve people with a bat, or stab them to death - makes it easier to contain a specific individual once he gets crazy. As recent example, I'm pretty sure L. Mixon wouldn't be able to kill four police officers in Oakland with a knife or baseball bat. Oh no, those things already led to restriction of your rights. Have you tried to bring a full-size scissors in a plane recently? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

No, I do not support the right of yet another "law abiding individual" to shot me or my children because he was fired from his job, broke with his girlfriend or pissed off on his teachers and peers - even if that is what they really want. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Wouldn't it be good then if loony ex simply cannot get a gun to shot you without going to black market dealer (and being a loony is likely to be ripped off or just arrested)? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

No GUN ever committed a Crime no matter where it came from. Cities that have banned guns have a higher violent crime rate than those that have not banned guns. True? Really? Are you sure? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Well, if there are no gun stores in DC, where are all those guns used in crimes come from? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Special service for foreigners I think. Their own people they still shot. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

They do the same in Russia for all flights to U.S. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

They also make Jesus vodka there, apparently for smart people. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

http://www.kalashnikovvodka.com/usa/usa/ (the vodka itself is kinda crappy though, but who cares? it's not for drinking anyway) * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So what? They are paying some nice premiums to have this coverage, why not use it? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

On a map training back in Russia our sergeant asked a question, like, what is the result of 2/3 - 1/2? Only half of the class actually replied something meaningful, and only three people out of 25 had it right. What was wonderful was the explanation of our sergeant - like "you idiots, you have a bottle of vodka which is 2/3 full, now imagine drinking half of what you have, what is the result?" He apparently didn't know that 2/3 - 1/2 is not equal to 2/3 divided by 2. Honestly I don't believe this was the case. Those I talked to perfectly admitted they wouldn't be able to afford those properties unless getting interest-only mortgage with neg.amortization. They, however, clearly had no intention to keep them, their rationale was "if it goes up, I'll sell it and make some money. If it goes down, I'll give it back to the bank and walk away". It was a risk-free investment for them. China, however, has some very good mathematicians though. Maybe we should export math there as well. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Your reaction indeed makes it funny. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

I usually take one when flying out of SFO, as most people don't go there, so the line is much smaller. Have never seen one in AMS though, unless they installed them in last two months. However I have to say that the terrorists now got a clue that they do not need to actually bomb anything to get fear and attention (which is what they wanted), and this is something I do not like. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Exactly. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Yes. Before I was under impression that most gun owners are reasonable, and it is just Brady types who are full of themselves, have no idea what they're talking about, and have no problems to lie, cheat or cherry-pick facts as long as it fits their agenda. Now I'm pretty much sure that both sides are equally full of themselves, have no idea what they're talking about, and have no problems to lie, cheat or cherry-pick facts as long as it fits their agenda. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

It depends on morals. I just want to point out that he's not an innocent tourist who forgot a couple of joints he bought for personal consumption. Nine pounds of heroine is serious trafficking, and everyone going to China is, or should be aware what the penalty for drug trafficking is. That's because you do not spend a lot of time in a social circle where those who used hard drugs (including ex-lawyers, ex-doctors and ex-engineers) fall into. Same as you only see healthy skydivers in the plane going up. Just making drugs illegal but not enforcing it indeed solves nothing. Making them illegal AND enforcing it decreases the levels of drug usage dramatically. For example because historically people may have higher tolerance for alcohol than drugs. I.e. if you have a sample of ~1000 people who drink vodka and another sample of those who inject heroine, there will be more abusers in the second group. So how long is enough then if 30 minutes is too little? 8 hours? One year? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Your question is too vague. For me - no. For his fans - maybe yes (he may be also their personal Jesus as well). Whether he is qualified to give medical advice depends on what kind of education he got, besides just being a bodybuilder. No, I didn't see him saying that. What I see, however, is Mnealtx saying that USA is doing poorer in life expectations comparing to Europe because of lifestyle, and I would disagree here. While obesity indeed seem to be much less a problem in Europe, they have other factors which U.S. have on much smaller scale - smoking, alcohol consumption, worse air quality and so on. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Yeah, I've read this too. However I also been on the other side of the fence, and it is not green either - basically no business gives any shit about you as liability is not their concern at all. I don't know how a good tort reform would work. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

This is addressed in existing law already, there is no need to address it twice. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *