Why NOT to vote Republican

[littlebittybobby]

Okay---You know what? That one guy---the mentally deranged one--shot Ray-Gun & his press sec'ty with a very cheap, hardware-store pistol intended to kill varmits in your cabbage patch. You have the guy who broke outta the Zurra state pen, who shot the Black Activist in Memphis, with a brand-new pump-action hunting rifle that used ammo also designed for U.S. Army rifles from 1906-on down to the 50's. One shot, from 250 feet, M/L., is all it took. Then you have the .22 cal pistol Sirhan used to kill RFK. A cheap little gun. Yup. Oswald used a bolt-action $12.50 Carcano bolt-action, 1940-vintage Italian Army rifle, that dreadful day in Dealy in Downtown Dallas, to make LBJ the next POTUS, and that led to the deaths of 57,000 of Americas young men, in a cause that was lost from the start. .Too bad the limo had an open-top, with no protection from wackos. How do you like that? It doesn't take much of a gun; it takes bad judgement on the part of a misguided human. . See? Does that make any sense?

[littlebittybobby]

Okay---they need to pass a law, prohibiting the use of an Assault rifle for shooting an innocent person. That should do the trick. Wackos--take heed!

[Rogar]

There are plenty of whackos with little firearm training and maybe less intelligence who have AR-15s stuck under a bed or in a closet anticipating an undefined crisis based on irrational paranoia of the government or paranoid of the people who are paranoid of the government. For a small minority of those, one day the wires will cross upstairs and the AR will come out. It happens and the AR-15 is the ideal candidate for a variety of reason like accessibility, cost, ease of use, compactness etc. That's why they are so popular and you can't match the versatile characteristics with a bolt action or most other rifle styles, plain and simple. Whether this can be prevented by legislation is up for debate. Seems like our latest legislation was on ghost guns.

There are obviously other deadly weapons out there, but there is a solid reason why ARs and their look a likes are popular among mass shooters. They are conveniently deadly. The punk gangster types using pistols are a different issue.

[littlebittybobby]

Okay----Guns, Guns, and more GUNS. Yup. Gotta have 'em--it's the American way. The way everything west of Washington DC was won. Why? Well---it's so WE THE PEOPLE can be prepared(with the proper mindset, among other things, like tactical abilities)to bail out some other country(s) where they got TOO progressive and empowered their government TOO much so that a conflict was started with ANOTHER country that yes--also let their govvverment leaders become too powerful! Those leaders got like football schools, where inter-school on-field conflict got to be THE only thing. See? And then, the homies from the USA all signed up to get in on the ACTION. Now you know. I've been listening to interviews---oral histories of numerous Viet Vets, and their experiences and their reasons for ending up in VN. You should, too. But the bottom line is---just because YOU and your fellow ideologues don't mind giving up your right to own firearms, does NOT mean 1)that everyone else shares your view. Okay--Give up your gun. That's fine with me. Just don't expect everyone else to. 2)Nor does it mean that the evil-doers in this world will automatically follow suit, and give up their gun, just to be fair and play nice. Ha. See? So anyway, I've posted a chart FYI that shows various rounds of Ammo, used in warfare AND by civilians. But yeah--look at those "bullets", and tell me which two are cartridges for the much feared (by media)"Assault Rifles", and which one essentially was a key ingredient in military hardware, for The Good Guys to win WW2, against those Totalitarian Invaders. Yup. Plus--which one dropped MLK in one shot from 250 feet? Don't take all day to research it. This is a pop quiz to test your present knowledge. Hope that helps you some.2023-04-30 (3).jpg

[frugal-one]

23 mass shootings THIS WEEK. Yeah, thank the republicans for restricting guns… NOT!

[Alan]

23 mass shootings THIS WEEK. Yeah, thank the republicans for restricting guns… NOT!

If they had the power to do so, are you suggesting Republicans should restrict all guns? And, if Republicans did have that power, wouldn't it stand to reason that the Democrats would too?

Personally, I think it would be better if we looked into the societal problems that exacerbate the violence problem this country is experiencing. Wouldn't you agree?

[bae]

If they had the power to do so, are you suggesting Republicans should restrict all guns?

Surely you mean "restrict all guns....more", given that there are already quite a few restrictions in place?

[flowerseverywhere]

If they had the power to do so, are you suggesting Republicans should restrict all guns? And, if Republicans did have that power, wouldn't it stand to reason that the Democrats would too?

Personally, I think it would be better if we looked into the societal problems that exacerbate the violence problem this country is experiencing. Wouldn't you agree?

What societal problems are causing all this violence and how can they be fixed?

[JaneV2.0]

What societal problems are causing all this violence and how can they be fixed?

As many have pointed out, other countries have deranged and disgruntled citizens, too--but not the easy access to firearms to act out with.

[LDAHL]

23 mass shootings THIS WEEK. Yeah, thank the republicans for restricting guns… NOT!

People, especially people with an agenda, tend to uncritically accept numbers provided by the Gun Violence Archive, which defines “mass shootings” much more expansively than the FBI or other bodies.