tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post4664406296144415978..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: Pop pop pop, Psycho Killer, Run Run Run AwayGrant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-11839169385071430642012-12-17T10:21:12.877-08:002012-12-17T10:21:12.877-08:00It was telling that with one minor exception (a ne...It was telling that with one minor exception (a newly elect-congress critter) not a single Rethuglican was willing to come on the absurd Sunday morning talking head shows to discuss the shootout in Newtown. In the case of Meat the Press, thirty one ReThug senators declined to appear so they had to make do with two pro-gun-control Dem Senators Shumer (from New York) and Feinstein from Northern California. Mayor Bloomberg of NYC also gave a lengthy interview. <br /><br />In spite of the fact that Conn. has some of the more stringent gun laws in the U.S., a loophole still allowed Lanza'a mom to acquire the Bushmaster assault rifle, which wound up killing her, unless it was one of her Glocks. <br /><br />An ironic fact is that gun manufacture is a MAJOR industry in Conn., with a number of major manufacturers headquartered and operating in a region known locally as "Gun Valley."<br /><br />Most of the guns and other weapons killing people in the Middle East were also made in the USA, or even Conn., like Syria where lately as many children generally die every day before lunch as died in the tragedy in Newtown. <br /><br /><i>"In 2011, US corporations sold 75% of all the arms sold in the international weapons market, some $66 billion of the $85 billion trade. Russia was the runner-up with only $4 billion in sales."</i><br /><br />(from Informed Comment by Juan Cole of University of Michingan)<br /><br />So the violence in Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan etc. isn't so much a matter of Islamic extremism as it is a result of American marketing!kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-19631832670546939292012-12-15T19:33:48.072-08:002012-12-15T19:33:48.072-08:00Take the gun out of the killing equation and you h...Take the gun out of the killing equation and you have made if more difficult to kill. Make those crazy bastards find some other less effective way.The irony of this is that the mother owned these guns, not her son. She was killed by her own purchase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-58378792183124936982012-12-15T11:16:38.887-08:002012-12-15T11:16:38.887-08:00Greed and the lust for power, comes first. There a...Greed and the lust for power, comes first. There are country's, where little children are exploited. Some country's have placed, very little value on human life, not even on childrens lives.<br /><br />Boessenkool said. The smartest thing Harper did was to, cancel the National Child Care Program. Gordon Campbell's horrible disgrace of, having the highest number of children living in poverty. BC children who go to school hungry. This is still so, with Christy Clark.<br /><br />I can't even try to imagine the grief, of those family's with murdered children. The adults mowed down, are likely parents too. Can you imagine how children will feel, going back to that school, for their classes?<br /><br />Our children must be kept safe at their schools. Armed guards in high sentry boxes, if necessary. The first thing we have to do? We need to elect politicians, who care about our kids more than, they care about themselves.<br /><br />Canada just doesn't cut it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-46604362273559184542012-12-15T00:55:15.079-08:002012-12-15T00:55:15.079-08:00I don't pretend to know the answer to this. I ...I don't pretend to know the answer to this. I do know that if I was in possesion of such weapons I would not do such a horrific thing.<br />In Africa the weapon of choice seems to be the machette or in the middle east the bomb. <br />There is something else not being addressed, a sociatle sickness. Something far more sinister.<br />Why is this so prevelant lately when these people have been allowed to bare arms for centuries?<br />There is certainly more to this than guns!Don F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-51152593821507042312012-12-14T18:42:23.443-08:002012-12-14T18:42:23.443-08:00To many Americans, the Second Ammendment is carved...To many Americans, the Second Ammendment is carved in stone, but what about "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"? Especially the "life" part?<br /><br />This incident will soon fade, 'till a copycat or worse happens. The NRA will just hunker down for a while and spread their bulls$#t, and I believe nothing will have been learned from this.<br />Thom Hartmann (am 1090) stated today that the 2nd ammendment was created when and for people hunting with muskets. Hardly a weapon of mass destruction. This sick bastard had 3 guns, none of which were muskets.<br />One dead child is horrible. There were 20 I believe. 6 adults plus the perp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-70141233187525652392012-12-14T15:22:04.471-08:002012-12-14T15:22:04.471-08:00When you use few words your message rings loudest,...When you use few words your message rings loudest, thanks for those words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com