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You know I have the solution for this, right?Michael Cornell, of Jacksonville, Florida was at home Wednesday night when a bullet came flying through the wall of his home from the apartment next door. Cornell said the bullet landed on the staircase in his home just minutes after his 8-year-old daughter had been playing on the stairs.According to Cornell, this is the second time in the past few years his neighbor has unintentionally fired a bullet into his home while cleaning his gun. Both times Cornell called the police, and both times the police said there was nothing they could do. According to the police, "the law favors the gun owner and not those affected.As no one was injured, the law does not allow enforcement to apprehend or cite the offender."
Too bad the victim of this unacceptable negligence is in Florida. There isn't a more difficult state in the union in which to try for reasonable gun-rights decisions.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
What do you mean, "There isn't a more difficult state in the union in which to try for reasonable gun-rights decisions"? Florida is great for gun rights.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the unreasonable kind.
DeleteBy the way, I'm sure that you were just gleeful to find one person who had two accidents. You do realize that one example or even ten or a hundred would be far too few in a nation of 100,000,000 gun owners to justify your proposals?
ReplyDelete"By the way, I'm sure that you were just gleeful to find one person who had two accidents"
DeleteNa, he found Laci quite a while ago. He was so impressed by two accidental discharges that he made him a coblogger.
Bullshit, Greg, my proposals were already justified before I noticed this story. But, you're right I was gleeful, in that dancin'-in-the-blood kinda way.
DeleteMikeb, your proposals aren't justified on the numbers. That was my point.
DeleteAnd, once again, Greg Camp demonstrates his total disregard for the safety on non-gunzloonz.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, Democommie demonstrates his inability to distinguish between hysteria and rationality.
DeleteDemocommie, we never hear any solutions from you. What would you do to keep something like this from happening? Other than running around, shrieking "OMG, OMG, someone got hurt!" that is.
I must admit this is a bit perplexing. I would think that reckless endangerment charges could be filed.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought some kind of felony negligence.
DeleteIf this story is 100% accurate, something should definitely be done. Seriously, who the fuck cleans a loaded weapon? Isn't that the first thing any gun owner does, myself included. Empty the chamber, fucking retard.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is how do we identify the fucking retards. One way is by negligent discharges, you know all those guys who forget there's one in the chamber. One strike you're out, says I.
DeleteMike- Gun safety testing might work. One strike maybe harsh. Remember, our country is broke. How about this.
Delete1st strike- $500 fine
2nd strike- $5000 fine with confiscation of guns. Guns will be returned once fine is paid and gun safety classes are attended.
3rd strike- Give up your gun rights.
If bodily injury occurs during an accidental discharge, then maybe increase the fine by 10% + community service time. However, their are somethings you would have to agree to. I posted them below for Greg. What do you think?
That would be much better than what we have now, although a bit on the lenient side.
DeleteThe idiot that cleans his gun while loaded needs to use his brain and surrender his weapon to someone that knows how to use proper gun safety before he kills himself or someone else...but the idea from those that would remove all guns from gun owners is insane and plays right into the hands of the tyrants that wish to take away our 2nd amendment rights !!! Once the gun control activist are the majority the commie tyrants that want to control us all will CONTROL US ALL !!! Is that what these IDIOTS WANT???
ReplyDeleteNobody I know whats to do that. We want to disarm unfit and dangerous people, the fucking retards, as J.O.B. calls them, and leave the rest of you alone.
DeleteHow alone will you leave us? Do I get to carry a gun where I want to? Do I get to own whatever I want? Will you promise to support no attempts to know what I own? And by the way, you know Dog Gone and Laci, right?
DeleteGreg Camp:
ReplyDeleteI don't think I really run around "shrieking". It's just that to you, anyone who disagrees with your idiotic propsitions is, by virtue of their disagreeing, wrong.
Many ideas have been floated to attempt to reduce the carnage caused by moronz wit teh gunz. Sociopaths like you have no interest is addressing the problem, because you simply don'f care what happens to others.
Yes, Greggums, you're a sociopath. I'm aware that you don't like being told that--not that I give a fuck what you like or don't like--but, that's the situation with your mental state. Your many comments which seek to marginalize the suffering of those who are the victims, intentional or otherwise, of fuckheadsz wit teh gunz make it clear that you're mentally ill. You are, indeed, one of the people that both mikeb302000 and myself do not trust with gunz.
"...but the idea from those that would remove all guns from gun owners is insane and plays right into the hands of the tyrants that wish to take away our 2nd amendment rights !!! Once the gun control activist are the majority the commie tyrants that want to control us all will CONTROL US ALL !!! Is that what these IDIOTS WANT???"
Wow; breathe, dude.
Democommie, you telling someone to breathe is like a junkie telling someone not to inject. It is odd watching you attempt psychology. You diagnose in the absence of evidence. Contrary to your assertions, it's not that I don't care about the victims of violence. I simply recognize that the solutions proposed here won't solve the problem. I also recognize that feeling sorry for someone is not by itself sufficient justification for taking away the rights of citizens.
DeleteBut trying to understand people who disagree with you is contrary to your nature, as is seeing the humanity in such people. The good news is that in a society such as ours, rights are respected, both by the law and by enough of the citizens to matter.
Greg- Not to get in the way of the banter you have with Mike, but I believe this would be one of those perfect political compromise situations. Gun owners agree to a standard gun safety test with possible psych evaluation before they may legally own a handgun. In turn, the term "Assault weapon" is no longer used, and we amend the Constitution to include some sort of carry legislation for all 50 states. That last one may be a little biased, but what do you think?
DeleteBecause that psyche test loophole leaves the government too much wiggle room to reject anyone it wishes. We gun owners can't make any deals with the gun control people right now. In the future, perhaps, if they show for many years that they've learned good sense, but not now.
DeleteGreg- How about this one. The same psych evaluation is given, along with an I.Q. test. It is a standard test you must take before you are allowed to vote. Therefore, if you are allowed to vote, you are allowed to own guns. How about that one?
DeleteStephen Jay Gould's "The Mismeasure of Man" convinced me of the flaws of I.Q. assessment--in fact, the whole concept of I.Q. has its problems. There is no such test for voting at the moment, and I doubt that the gun control side would support one, given their typical political leanings. How about we just insist that people be responsible for their own actions?
DeletePlease note that you guys are both on the same side. I don't agree to the J.O.B. suggestions.
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ReplyDeleteGreg Camp:
ReplyDeleteI understand many, many people with whom I disagree. I understand that you have deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and attempt to bolster your self esteem by hazzin' teh gunz. I also understand that you do not exhibit any sympathy or empathy re: the people that are shot by reckless, stupid, malevolent assholez exercizin' their Sacred Second Rightz. Considering your intense distrust and antipathy towards the mental health profession, as evidenced in numerous of your comments, I'm fairly certain that you would dismiss their attempts at diagnosis at least as much as you dismiss mine. There is a difference between me and them; I don't charge you anything for my services.
"The good news is that in a society such as ours, rights are respected, both by the law and by enough of the citizens to matter."
OTOH, the bad news for those of us who like to live in peace, is that people like you will simply disobey the laws if the laws change and call for control of your fetishistic hobby.
Democommie, I hold not the slightest concern for your opinion of me, knowing, as I do, how much your opinion is worth. I have challenged you in the past to show me how I'm a danger to you or to anyone else, but all you can offer is vague twitchings in your left toe. I am no danger to you. You live in New York, and I have little interest in visiting that state. I can't imagine ever living there. There's a brownstone on West 35th Street that I'd like to see, but I understand that it's pure fiction, and the address is probably in the middle of the river, anyway.
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