bengalrick Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 When I think of police state, I think of the population have little to no guns.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 [quote name='bengalrick' timestamp='1354801242' post='1189112'] When I think of police state, I think of the population have little to no guns.... [/quote] And few to no rights to question authority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 [quote name='mongo' timestamp='1354800609' post='1189107'] 'Gun culture' is the catch phrase for those that prefer a 'Police State.' It's political idiom warfare. [/quote] riiiiiiight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I invite you to question the authority of a cop when he tells you to do something, especially if you're packing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='CincyInDC' timestamp='1354807909' post='1189139'] I invite you to question the authority of a cop when he tells you to do something, especially if you're packing. [/quote] A more literal translation of 'Police State' than I was intending with the analogy, but there's some truth to it. The point was that jackasses on one side of the argument flock to the term 'Gun Culture' to describe an unenlightened, cro-mag, group of yahoos who want to shoot everything they can't fuck. Conversely, jackasses from the other side of the argument use the term 'Police State' to describe a castrated, pacified society that does as it's told by government and enforcers of law. Neither term is particularly accurate, but people just love to use those terms to draw their line in the sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='Bunghole' timestamp='1354713259' post='1188851'] Ken, you need to keep training! Set up a perimeter! [/quote] [url="http://i.imgur.com/CURnd.jpg"]"Lift your head up..."[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysabengal Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 When I was growing up burglery was very rare. People didn't break in because they knew just about everyone had a gun & they would get there azz shot. If I wanted to watch a political comentary, I would not be watching a football game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 To be fair, I think his intentions were less political commentary and more "Look at me! I'm on television! I have opinions on stuff and what I think is [i]very[/i] important!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='mongo' timestamp='1354884604' post='1189377'] A more literal translation of 'Police State' than I was intending with the analogy, but there's some truth to it. The point was that jackasses on one side of the argument flock to the term 'Gun Culture' to describe an unenlightened, cro-mag, group of yahoos who want to shoot everything they can't fuck. Conversely, jackasses from the other side of the argument use the term 'Police State' to describe a castrated, pacified society that does as it's told by government and enforcers of law. Neither term is particularly accurate, but people just love to use those terms to draw their line in the sand. [/quote] I think if you think that there is no gun culture I'd invite you to go read Big_Dish's posts in the Travion Martin thread and realize that there is a large segment of our society that feels the way he does regarding what I view as cowboy justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 [quote name='Orange 'n Black' timestamp='1354654579' post='1188718'] Meh. It's just a self-righteous "guns are bad, m'kay" circlejerk by Whitlock. If an NFL linebacker wants to kill his girlfriend, lack of a gun isn't going to stop him. [/quote] It's going to slow him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 [quote name='big_dish' timestamp='1354666599' post='1188766'] Exactly. People dont seem to get that. Murder didn't come about with the advent of guns, it just became a little easier. If you want to kill, you will use whatever you want. At the time of the second amendment, the same arms were available to both citizens and government (for the most part)... Yeah, times have changed drastically and the people would have a tough time defending against 21st century technology... however, its still nice to have some kind of a fighting chance instead of being relegated to just roll over. Besides, if shit really hit the fan, it would be nice to be able to protect yourselves from the roving bands of thug mercenaries. Kind of like modern day Detroit. [/quote] Roving bands of thug mercenaries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelWeston Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 The idea that he would have found a way to kill her with or without guns is just flat out rationalization by people who want to have the ability to have guns. The lethality of something surely matters in cases like this. If you lower the lethality you lengthen the time....even if its just seconds or minutes...... to rethink what you are doing. Those seconds give your emotions time to balance out. The finality of a gun and a baseball bat are huge factors here. I am not anti gun. I am anti gun freaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalBacker Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 From my cold, dead hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 [quote name='BengalBacker' timestamp='1354957057' post='1189567'] From my cold, dead hands. [/quote] that is an awesome idea, and by awesome I mean ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 [quote name='BengalBacker' timestamp='1354957057' post='1189567'] From my cold, dead hands. [/quote] Well he is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|kennethmw| Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Guess we've got another one. http://news.msn.com/us/three-dead-in-mall-shooting-near-portland-ore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sois Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote name='kennethmw' timestamp='1355322904' post='1191940'] Guess we've got another one. [url="http://news.msn.com/us/three-dead-in-mall-shooting-near-portland-ore"]http://news.msn.com/...ar-portland-ore[/url] [/quote] Guns are real cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sois Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Again, no horse in this race but: Damage done with knives by psycho: [url="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/22-children-1-adult-injured-knife-attack-outside-081543284.html"]http://ca.news.yahoo...-081543284.html[/url] Damage done with guns by psycho: [url="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/connecticut-towns-schools-locked-down-following-shooting-report-153953370.html"]http://ca.news.yahoo...-153953370.html[/url] Seems like guns are hella gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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