mr_genius

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 05:41 AM) You might say boehner's "plan b" wasb an abortion your post was probably offensive to some posters here StrangeSox. Apologize.

I kinda agree. just go over the stupid cliff. i'm sure any compromise will be the worst of both sides.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 04:21 PM) I apologize for bringing it up...Like i said I knew it was pretty out there...I will continue bashing this guy. no need to apologize

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 04:17 PM) And if they want they can buy Duck Hunt for nintendo. actually, i think that will fall into the violent video game ban.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 03:56 PM) Wow, I don't wanna jump to conclusions because i still think it's pretty out there but... Peter Lanza (Adams dad) is the Tax Director and Vice President at GE and Robert Holmes (James Holmes dad) is a Crime Scientist for Fico. Both were set to testify in the LIBOR scandal. This is what my friend from high school brought up and after some research it seems to hold some truth...Like I said I think it's pretty out there, I'm interested in hearing what some of you have to say about this. i'm not seeing the conspiracy theory. you are going to need to connect the dots for me

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 02:56 PM) So back to the question in the title of this thread? Is it time to revisit the 2nd amendment? I don't have a problem with certain types of weapons being illegal.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 02:14 PM) I'd be more than happy to consider this as well...but the data I've seen on this is inconclusive at best. Here's a 2010 study: Now, the caveat on this of course is that this is a single incident...you're not testing the sociological impact of people playing them for years...but at least in that study, the video games werent' an immediate trigger. At best we currently can say we have an anecdotal connection where some shooters also play video games or go to violent movies..but given how widespread "Violent movies and video games" are in our society it's a hard one to look at. The Batman shooter, for example...focused on a fairly violent set of movies, but is the answer to that to ban that kind of violence from movies? Maybe it is, but you have to show me that it would have a decent chance of being effective. Maybe the Joe Liberman commission on violent media will give some more insight.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/17...inment-culture/

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 16, 2012 -> 07:07 PM) Seems like the Westboro Baptist Church finally crossed the line. They plan to picket the children's funerals. And now America is pissed. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/l...H2d#thank-you=p Sign this petition to have them legally recognized as a hate group. i'm pretty sure they crossed the line years ago. nothing is too low for them to do.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 16, 2012 -> 01:33 PM) p.s. Did you all see this? A death threat was phoned into today's church service in Ct., and they had to clear the church. Our country is a joke; our country is doomed. There was another sicko out there that thought it appropriate to call in a death threat??? http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/newtow...-182416799.html that really is pathetic.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) a person of the wrong name, I'll await your sincere apology well maybe I did jump to conclusions on that one. also, i would like to add that you are really going overboard with the person attacks lately. what makes it worse is that you are a supposed moderator.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:31 PM) If it wasn't rounded up, it would be considered unlicensed and illegal. Mom would be a felon. moms dead

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:25 PM) I propose that goes away completely. i could agree to that

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:27 PM) His mom's rifle woudn't have been usable for him. Only she would have been able to use it. but what if it's an old gun that hasn't been collected and set with a biometric id? i don't see how you can get all those guns rounded up. but i'm not against what you are saying and it would help with all purchases going forward so its a win.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:20 PM) Guns will become closer regulated. People who are legal gun owners won't get punished and it makes illegal purchases even more severe. i guess that goes back to 'gun shows' and free for all gun buying with no checks. still, that wouldn't have stopped the shooting in question. i guess the guy took his moms hunting rifle and use that to kill. it's likely that his mom legally bought the gun.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:16 PM) You report a stolen rifle to the police. Yes, I know this is rocket science. most criminals steal guns or buy them from straw buyers. what you are suggesting doesn't fix anything.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:10 PM) Dealers should be responsible for selling to criminals. Tracking back a weapon used in a crime from someone with a criminal record should give the associated gun dealer a felony and a minimum of 5 years plus their business license taken away permanently. Right now the tracking of guns from manufacturer to end consumer is ridiculously awful. so someone buys a hunting rifle from Walmart, the rifle gets stolen by a criminal, and criminal shoots someone. who goes to jail? obviously not the shooter because it's the guns fault. but who at Warlmart goes to jail? CEO? Sales Clerk?

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 04:05 PM) All weapons in circulation should be required to be retrofitted with the biometrics of the person who has a license for them. that just doesn't seem practical. how would you get a hold of every gun in circulation?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 03:55 PM) Please go flush your head in a toilet as you add no value to any discussion ever. Your act is as old as Bea Arthur's schlong. it's actually the sensible solution compared to your magical ban on hunting rifles and super duper magical removal of all firing instruments form the planet.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 03:49 PM) Now it's confusing again. Was the "long rifle" a hunting rifle we don't know about, or was it the Bushmaster semi-automatic assault rifle? Because the cries to get assault guns off the streets definitely won't die down as a result of this. well you are just gonna have to ban hunting rifles. and knives. and rocks. and pointy sticks.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 03:46 PM) Why can't those poor people just get more money out of the ATM? i know right

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/15/...E8BD0U120121215 there goes the 'ban handguns fixes everything' argument.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 03:24 PM) 10/10 times they just turn out to be bat-s*** insane. that is also true

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 03:20 PM) If he loves firing weapons, wouldn't it make him a right-wing loon? you would think so, but when the background of the shooter is investigated 9 times out of 10 they are a left wing loon.