Bill: "I carry a handgun all the time."
Jim: "Why?"
Bill: "I live in a really bad part of town, and without my gun, I just don't feel safe."
Jim: "Why don't you move?"
Problem is that most people who live in the 'bad' parts of town don't do so by choice, but out of economic necessity. In fact, I'd go as far to say that if you live in a high crime area by choice, you're either a criminal or insane.
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."- General Sir Charles Napier
Sea Skimmer wrote:Most people get those for shits and giggles, and probably don't even carry a gun. Anyway, the deterrent effect could be useful if people did take such things seriously. I know more then one person who has the signs and stickers on their house for a security system they don't have.
Many security systems companies will often give those to people even if they don't buy the security system.
Damien Sorresso
"Ever see what them computa bitchez do to numbas? It ain't natural. Numbas ain't supposed to be code, they supposed to quantify shit."
- The Onion
It's actually a very stupid idea to have such an inflamatory bumper sticker. Assuming the person with the sticker carries a gun, and actually has to use it in defense of his life, or his family's, a DA could paint the picture of a derranged vigilante, itiching to kill someone.
Same principle goes if you shoot pictures of liberal politicians at the gun range, and tape them up at home. You'll be branded a nut.
Of course, it's much different to have a sticker that states your affiliation with a Pro-gun group, such as the NRA, or the group I belong to, Gun Owners of America. In fact, when I visited Santa Cruz, I noticed the ratio of cars with Dennis Kuchinich stickers seemed about equal to my town's ration of NRA stickers.
"In the new trilogy, Anakin Skywalker portrays a damning indictment of technology's modern dehumanization of mankind through Hayden Christensen's lifeless, almost inhuman performance. There is a river of tragedy in every robotic line he utters, a horrific monotonal indication of his cyborgal fate."-Dr. Albert Oxford, PhD
On the subject of comparing crime rates between the U.S. and other countries, does anyone take into account the population differences between the two?
Rubberanvil wrote:On the subject of comparing crime rates between the U.S. and other countries, does anyone take into account the population differences between the two?
Yes. That's why it's called a "rate."
Damien Sorresso
"Ever see what them computa bitchez do to numbas? It ain't natural. Numbas ain't supposed to be code, they supposed to quantify shit."
- The Onion
Gunshy wrote:Of course, it's much different to have a sticker that states your affiliation with a Pro-gun group, such as the NRA, or the group I belong to, Gun Owners of America.
I thought there was a NRA bumper sticker saying something like "The owner of this car is willing to protect his property"?
"Hi there, would you like to have a cookie?"
"No, actually I would HATE to have a cookie, you vapid waste of inedible flesh!"
Of course, the bumper sticker you mentioned doesn't sound too bad. I mean, I've seen some really weird ones, like, "Nobody every raped a .44 magnum." I agree with the principle, but man...It's almost like you're trying to incite people.
"In the new trilogy, Anakin Skywalker portrays a damning indictment of technology's modern dehumanization of mankind through Hayden Christensen's lifeless, almost inhuman performance. There is a river of tragedy in every robotic line he utters, a horrific monotonal indication of his cyborgal fate."-Dr. Albert Oxford, PhD
Tell me gunshy, do you have anything in life other than guns? I mean shit,
you're the stereotypical gun nut
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
MKSheppard wrote:Tell me gunshy, do you have anything in life other than guns? I mean shit,
you're the stereotypical gun nut
Unfortunately no, my isolated mountain cabin has little other means of entertaining me. Oh well, time to read the Turner Diaries again.
"In the new trilogy, Anakin Skywalker portrays a damning indictment of technology's modern dehumanization of mankind through Hayden Christensen's lifeless, almost inhuman performance. There is a river of tragedy in every robotic line he utters, a horrific monotonal indication of his cyborgal fate."-Dr. Albert Oxford, PhD
MKSheppard wrote:Tell me gunshy, do you have anything in life other than guns? I mean shit,
you're the stereotypical gun nut
*blinks*
Did I just see Shep call somebody else a stereotypical gun nut? Or has my sugar intake finally reached hallucination-inducing levels?
Someone notify Mike that Shep's account has been hacked.
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."- General Sir Charles Napier
I mean god damn, his SIG, his avatar, and even his fucking username
are all wank wank wank wank, I'm not that damn one-dimensional, and
he owes me $200, as per SDN Union Regulation 501(c), I am the only
one allowed to make Gun Control Comments or start said threads.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
Gunshy wrote:Oh well, time to read the Turner Diaries again.
Want "Hunter", or in a few months "Serpent's Walk"?
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
What can I say MK, the men in my family were born without penises. Lubing up all those long, hard, steel barrels is how i compensate.
"In the new trilogy, Anakin Skywalker portrays a damning indictment of technology's modern dehumanization of mankind through Hayden Christensen's lifeless, almost inhuman performance. There is a river of tragedy in every robotic line he utters, a horrific monotonal indication of his cyborgal fate."-Dr. Albert Oxford, PhD
MKSheppard wrote:I mean god damn, his SIG, his avatar, and even his fucking username
are all wank wank wank wank, I'm not that damn one-dimensional, and
he owes me $200, as per SDN Union Regulation 501(c), I am the only
one allowed to make Gun Control Comments or start said threads.
Jealous? Watch me switch over to my Heinrich Himmler Avatar
Seriously, the way this idiot is behaving it just screams troll to me.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
Rubberanvil wrote:On the subject of comparing crime rates between the U.S. and other countries, does anyone take into account the population differences between the two?
MKSheppard wrote:I mean god damn, his SIG, his avatar, and even his fucking username
are all wank wank wank wank, I'm not that damn one-dimensional, and
he owes me $200, as per SDN Union Regulation 501(c), I am the only
one allowed to make Gun Control Comments or start said threads.
